CoN 3: Legacies

The Third Council's founding nations went through many hardships throughout the game. Many of these nations rose and fell, except one that just stayed the same the whole game because he probably fell asleep.

-Emeriti are those who have a rich history with the council, they're original founding members or those able to proliferate quick enough to gain a seat on the high council by the end of the save.

-Destrui are those who are considered ex-council members. They include all played countries that were apart of the council at one point, regardless of how rich their lore is. The player's nations throughout the game are listed below.

= Emeriti (Honorary Members) =

Brandenburg (Zomjey)
main page: Revolutionary Germany

From the Great king of Fredrich II, to her royal majesty of Sophie I, to the revolutionary Ferdinand who brought teachings from Italy, the old Prussian Kingdom held strong. It is the German state that all militaries look to for guidance; Their discipline and training second to none. All praise the great Kaiser, and his might!

Livonian Order (Soy_boy ft. Buzzard)
The holy order stationed on the upper Baltic was in a difficult position at start. The Livonian people invaded their neighbors of Novgorod and their sister holy order to the south. Then the nation was mostly surrounded with the Danish subjects in the north, the powerful Muscovy in the east and the poles and Lithuanians to the south. Eventually the Livonians were able to use their combined might with the Poles and Lithuanians to beat down on the Russian principality. This would be the expansion route for much of the Livonian order's time. Once the protestant reformation came around the old holy order formed the militaristic nation of Kurland. Then the Danes were successfully defeated in the northern war started by the Kurlanders. Their northern border would reach the likes of Stockholm.

Then The War of Malding occurred. The Kurlander armies were routed by the superior number and economy of the Prussians at the time but this rivalry would not last for long. Before the War of Malding ended Livonia's previous leader left due to maldation and a new leader was installed and made a treaty with the victorious Prussians. This peace deal would not hurt the Kurlanders though as only three provinces were lost to the Prussians.

Then with a new ruler a spark of inspiration arose. Kurland changed its culture to Muscovite and formed the nation of Russia. The newfound Russian nation would begin by colonizing eastwards and beating down on the Muslim hordes. This however would prove difficult as all of the Hordes were allied to the massive nation of the Mamluks. Although the Italians also had common interest in the Mamluk territory so the two new allies went to war. At first the war was difficult as Russia had to subdue the tribes to their east while Italy had to deal with the massive Mamluk army. Once the Mamluk allies were peaced out the war became slightly easier. Eventually the war was over due to both sides no longer wanting to fight so the Italians and Russians took a few provinces and left the Sunni nation alone.

Russia would continue its expansion east creating its infamous Russian Mongolia (a Russian core territory not connected to any Russian land). Although all Russian expansions weren't as little thought out as Russian Mongolia. The Chinese warlords were still fighting over mainland China when Russia came to the east. This left many Chinese and Manchurian states ripe for Russian picking. The Russian territory in the region would increase dramatically at this time.

The Russians wanting to keep their absolutist government allied with their previous foe in the Germans to defeat the Revolutions. This war however was extremely one sided as the British Italian and the Andalusian cannon fodder doubled the max amount of the Germans and Russians due to the high autonomy from the revolution spreading in their nations. In the Revolution's Victory Russia was forced to release Crimea as a puppet but the treaty was extremely fair and the economic powerhouse of Britain supplied subsidies for the previous asolutionist governments to turn to the Revolutionary side.

Russia then with their new Revolutionary government led the charge back into China taking over 200% overextension at a time but the Russians prevailed. These new expansions were merely just a grab for development before the game ended in around 10 years. The last Russian war was against the Japanese for their territory in you guessed it China. A couple provinces were gained before the clock ticked to 1821.

Granada (OCMan101)
OCMan101 actually has a massive penis and by far had the most successful nation in the game, successfully winning wars against every major nation in the game. He built a prosperous multi-religious, and multi-cultural society. He is hot as shit and all women look up to him.

Scotland (WeirdWords)
For the first 200 years of the Council of Nations, Scotland sat idle in northern Britain. England, after nearly conquering the region, had experienced internal collapse, leaving a power vacuum on the island. The member state of Tuscany reached out and offered Scotland a gift, as a seat on the Council, total payment of debts, and excess subsidies allowed the Scots to push back against the English, first pushing them out of the Scottish lowlands, then Ireland, and finally booting them all the way to Sao Tome and Papua New Guinea. After this, the Council formed a coalition to fight the enormous French nation, brutally destroying their economy and kicking them out of Germany and Britain. Scotland finished unifying the region by conquering the last Irish minors while the French were distracted.

Scotland then formed the nation of Great Britain, and began to establish its naval superiority. From the great amounts of debt previously held by Scotland and England, the region went for hundreds of years lacking the funds to successfully construct manufactories, trade centers, or even workshops, leaving the region very poor and underdeveloped. Additionally, the autonomy of the newly conquered lands was extremely low, in an attempt to suppress the amount of rebels objecting the Scots. Thankfully, the Tuscan gifts and subsidies made this easier on the growing nation, as they upgraded their trade centers and capitalized on their position in an end trade node. Eventually, these developments allowed Great Britain to start building its industries in Cloth and Iron, growing until the arrival of The Enlightenment.

After the Enlightenment reached Great Britain, the Industrial Revolution was in full swing. The plentiful amount of Coal in Britain nearly doubled the nation's income, allowing them to finally build furnaces and manufactories in every available province. This again greatly increased the nation's income, leaving them in a position to rival the newly-formed Italian state's economy. After another successful war against France, Great Britain got a foothold on mainland Europe in Calais, paving the way for future conquests against France and the Dutch lowlands. In the War of Malding, when Westphalia and Austria found themselves too busy to intervene in foreign affairs, the British took advantage of the weakness of Brabant and took Flemish territory and increasing its control in the English Channel.

After the War of Malding, the Revolution sprung in Genoa, Italy. It quickly took control of Italy, after which they formed a Revolutionary Republic, once again becoming a terrifying force across the continent. Following the collapse of Westphalia, the Revolution spread through central Germany and the Dutch lowlands, before traveling west into France and Portugal. With France in perpetual rebellion, the British called upon Andalusia to help in conquering France, taking Brittany and Normandy for themselves and solidifying British control in the region. The British would continue to conquer northern France and the southern Low Countries, remaining mostly unaffected by the Revolution, as the country was already a Republic.

Eventually, the Revolution would spread to Great Britain, and, following a breakdown in Prussian-Italian relations, joined the European Revolutionary War on the Italian side against the German-Russian coalition to crush the Revolution. Though Britain's army was weak on its own, it was able to supplement the Italian troops with backup against the superior quality of German troops with the superior quantity of Italian troops. By this time, the British economy had already far exceeded the Italian economy, and was actively subsidizing the large Italian military. The British navy was also able to successfully blockade all of the relevant German ports in the Baltic and Atlantic. Following this war, as the German, Russian, Andalusian and Italian states found their economies in ruins, Britain remained nearly unaffected, if not benefiting, from the European Revolutionary War.

Following this economic dominance, Great Britain took the opportunity to push the Portuguese out of West Africa, and then South Africa. Great Britain abolished the slave trade in its territories. Great Britain conquered the Kongo region and eventually pushed up the East African coast towards the Horn of Africa and Madagascar. Great Britain then declared war on Vijayanagar. By this point, Great Britain was pushing so much income to the English Channel that it declared itself as the economic hegemon of the world. After the construction of Manufactories, Stock Markets, and Counting houses, the British income once against doubles to over 2000 ducats per month. Great Britain was more than able to pay off the debts of Germany and Russia, and increased its Navy size to crush any naval force that decided to oppose them.

Finally, Great Britain joined on the German side of the German-Italian War, acting as a counterbalance to the Italian-Russian alliance. Great Britain funded the German war machine, which, now Revolutionary, was finally able to overwhelm and crush the Italian army. As Germany declared itself the new Revolution Target, the new alliance would become an unopposed Military, Naval, and Economic powerhouse, leading Europe and the world stage for centuries to come.

= destrui (destroyed or forgotten members) =

The Palatinate (alex_jones)
mald boy lol

Crimea (Buzzard) 1444-1528
The horde of Crimea came with a blast of a start. Starting off by eating up its horde neighbors Crimea grew to a size its people have never seen before. This led to Crimea becoming a great power for a short amount of time. This early expanding however left Crimea vulnerable. When the fledgling nation least expected it Muscovy Lithuania and Poland, with their vassal swarms, came and reduced the khanate to nothing. The khanate then went bankrupt and the Ottomans then invaded. The nation was then abandoned and slowly eaten up by their larger neighbors.