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[Asheron]

Posting after nebulous post.

Asheron, might I suggest planning out the post in a text program, instead of this "holdonwaitaminutealmostthere" constant editing?

Hmm. That is... quite a good idea actually. Thanks. I have no idea why I never thought of that.

[Asheron]

To my minister of diplomacy;

There has been a spark, and it has ignited. Austria is now at war with Prussia and France, two mayor powers. Shall we make it three, or leave them be? ( the rhyme was not intended )

To my minister of finances;

The tax income has gone up again, thank god Allah. Since you have so little to do, I'm making you my minister of finances and colonies. Too bad we don't have colonies - yet -.

To my minister of war and religion;

Though we were victorious in Muscovy, Moscow still is in Russian hands. I suggest trying again.
Also, if both army group Patras and Fox decide to attack Venice, we will surely win. With the declaration of war from France and Prussia against Austria, this might be possible. On the other hand, army group Fox may also be used to attack Austria, though the amount of forces they have at our borders is still impressive.

To my minister of naval affairs;

Hmm. I guess we should move a part of our fleet to Patras to pick up army group Patras if we decide to attack the following year. There is also some good news; the Crimean Khanate has built a fleet and it is moving in to the mediterrenean, which gives us more power to count on if we go to war against a mayor naval power.

To my minister of subterfuge and assassination;

The spy has succesfully infiltrated Moscow. It can stay there or move somewhere else, though I recommend keeping it so that it can give us up-to-date information. 

To my minister of justice and research;

Research has started on common land enclosures, as you can read about in the Ottoman Yearly. The situation in Patras has stabilized, and we can safely turn taxes off. Less money has gone in to development of our industry because of the Crimean campaign and the planning of the Venetian invasion, though we can easily create some military facilities in the far east. These will allow us to produce some of the more basic and vitally needed units in an army in case Persia, Georgia... would want to attack us. They are relatively cheap ( 750 for a single city, with three cities being able to build one ). Shall we build them or use the money to build some roads in the Balkan?   

[Servant Corps]

To my minister of diplomacy;

There has been a spark, and it has ignited. Austria is now at war with Prussia and France, two mayor powers. Shall we make it three, or leave them be? ( the rhyme was not intended )

Make at thee. We speak well of the Prussians, we might as well follow up our words with action.

[woose1]

Hmm. I guess we should move a part of our fleet to Patras to pick up army group Patras if we decide to attack the following year. There is also some good news; the Crimean Khanate has built a fleet and it is moving in to the mediterrenean, which gives us more power to count on if we go to war against a mayor naval power.

Do this.
Make sure to escort them fairly well, too. It sucks to lose a whole army. And keep an eye on that 'Crimean Khanate'. Werent those guys the main source of piracy back then? Or was the the Barbarary States? I need to look up on my history.

[Asheron]

Hmm. I guess we should move a part of our fleet to Patras to pick up army group Patras if we decide to attack the following year. There is also some good news; the Crimean Khanate has built a fleet and it is moving in to the mediterrenean, which gives us more power to count on if we go to war against a mayor naval power.

Do this.
Make sure to escort them fairly well, too. It sucks to lose a whole army. And keep an eye on that 'Crimean Khanate'. Werent those guys the main source of piracy back then? Or was the the Barbarary States? I need to look up on my history.

The Barbary States were a mayor pirate state who enslaved and pillaged regularly. They are our protectorates though, so I wouldn't worry. They are both Islamic too.

[Boksi]

Since there's really nothing else to do, I'll merely take credit for our great financial situation.

What's our wealth growth right now, anyway?

[Asheron]

Since there's really nothing else to do, I'll merely take credit for our great financial situation.

What's our wealth growth right now, anyway?

We are now at 7600 a turn, so thats a growth of about 1000 from 1704.

If you are talking about wealth growth of our provinces, not of our taxes, our wealth growth is going pretty badly purely because we are playing on hard. Somewhere around the -10 a turn.

[Boksi]

Unless I specify otherwise, I refer to province wealth growth when I say "wealth growth".

Hmph. It's not that bad. Negative growth is bad, but this isn't that much. It'll take many turns to lose a significant amount of income, and we can make up for it with infrastructure.

[Frelock]

Make at thee. We speak well of the Prussians, we might as well follow up our words with action.

Very well.  Have army group Fox march on Croasia (or whatever that province is which stands between us and Venice).  The troops on their boarders are disturbing, but hopefully we'll be able to deal with them.  I personally would suggest waiting for another year, so that the Austrians may withdraw more troops, but if our minister of diplomacy wants war, it shall be done.

Army group Patras, meanwhile, will move up the coast to reinforce army group Fox.  They will assist in driving back the Austrians, and will be very near to Venice for its final invasion.

As to the Crimean army, the losses were unfortunate.  Still, if you believe that we can take Moscow, I give my blessing with the invasion.  Force the Russians to come to us, begging for peace.  However, don't waste our men's lives needlessly.  If there are too many battles between them and Moscow, pull back.

Almost all recruitment should go to army group Fox.  They'll need it.  There should be a little left, however, to go towards army group Crimea.

[Emperor_Jonathan]

Let the spy stay at Moscow. It would be for the best in the upcoming Glorious Victory of the Russian Infidels at Moscow!

[Servant Corps]

Um. When we occupy Moscow, do we control all of Russia, or are we just occupying Moscow to force Russia to give up a bunch of territories?

Because if it is the former, I can't help but think it to be a waste of time. Sure, we get rid of the Third Rome and prove the Tsar's claim to lead the Roman Empire as false...but...

[Emperor_Jonathan]

Would you rather the Russians constantly wash upon the Mighty Ottomans shores?

((i.e. Wave after wave of russians injure our mens?))

[Servant Corps]

I mean, quite essentially, we are going to have to absorb a lot of population. Many of whom do not believe in our religion. We stuck with a choice:
1) Engage in a massive conversion of all Othrodox Chrisitans into Sunni Muslims, while all the time dealing with constant rebellions
2) Dilute our Muslim character.

If we want to annex Russia into our empire, #2 is the best possiblity. If we do that, we have to change our properganda. We have to believe that the Ottoman Empire is an empire that bring benieft to all people in the East, wheter they are Muslims or Non-Muslims. We have to believe that the Ottoman Empire will act as an effective bulwark against the West's decedance, and protect the glory of Eastern Civilization. In addition to stressing our Islamic hertiage, we would have to come up with a new ideology, the ideology of "Ottomanism", the belief that the Ottoman Empire is the future.

It is up to Mustafa II if he desires this.

[Aqizzar]

Nothing to be done about research for the moment then?  Very well.

Spend the money to build roads in the Balkans.  With open war in Central Europe, rapid deployment and movement of troops will be vital, along with properly linking these new territories into the rest of the Empire.  Although I'm loath to leave our military capacity in the Far East unfulfilled (I was going to recommend building those barracks last turn), Persia and the Mughals probably won't attack at a moment's notice.

[Asheron]

Ottoman Yearly
_{Issue 6, 1706 - 1708}

Economics



A very very slight boost in income.

Foreign News

Traitor Georgians invade and annexate Armenia!



The Georgians have declared war on our great empire and has invaded our weaker provinces in the east! After an unequal battle, Yerevan, Armenia, was captured.
Mustafa II swears he will crush the invading Georgians and that Tbilisi will burn! Persia has agreed to join in the war against the Georgians.



Troops are already gathering around the borders of Armenia. Army group Far East will be ready to strike within a year or two.

Sweden captures Moscow!

In one of the weirdest series of battles in the history of warfare, Sweden has wrestled control of Moscow. Army group Crimea annihilated Russian forces defending Moscow,
but was unable to conquer it's center as it was still making it's way through the rural lands of Muscovy. Sweden forces, however, managed to take Moscow due to their superior
speed. Army group Crimea has been quickly moved to the borders of Muscovy to prevent diplomatic "accidents". Russia has not yet agreed to peace with the Ottoman Empire in
exchange for more land, despite the fact that it is clearly fighting a losing war.

Venice burns!



Mustafa II, in his wisdom, has refused to declare war on Austria for this year.. Intel reports that no less then 2000 men are located in Croatia alone, which makes it impossible to
conquer unless both army groups can attack simultaniously, which they could not. Instead, military access was asked from Austria, and army group Patras and Fox attacked Venice.
After a long and harsh battle, the city was captured, and the world was shown a lesson about attacking the Ottoman Empire. A lesson Georgia still has to learn.



General Mehmed, who led the attack and survived, surprisingly enough, was restored in honour.

Hostility breaks out between two Islamic brethren!



Morrocco has attacked the Barbary States today. The Ottoman Empire has chosen the side of it's protectorate and the stronger country, the Barbary States.
Mustafa II sincerely hopes that the conflict will be resolved soon and that a peaceful agreement can be made between the two states.

National News

Technological advancement!



Common land enclosures has now become the standard in the Ottoman Empire, allowing the agriculture in the Ottoman Empire to be a lot more efficient. The improvement still
has to be applied to a lot of our land though.

Drafts in Far East!

As a response to the Georgian invasion, forces are being recruited in the Far East to form army group Far East. All able men appointed for recruitment will have to serve in the army,
refusal will be punished with beheading.





General Abdulhamid Rifat will be in charge of the army group.

Military Updates



Both army group Patras and army group Fox are now in Venice, keeping the peace for the time being. Army group Crimea has been moved to the northern borders of the Crimea,
after the debacle at Moscow.
Army group Far East is forming in the... Far East.

Politics

Government approval: 60% and improving!
Minister cabinet; Servant Corps, Boksi, Frelock, woose1, Emperor_Jonathan, Aqizzar.
Current king; Mustafa II
Current allies; The Barbary States ( PROT ), The Crimean Khanat ( PROT ), Persia
Current trade agreements; Persia, Poland-Lithuania, The Crimean Khanate, The Barbary States, Mughal Empire
Current enemies; Russia, Georgia