Talk:A Bad Past (Map Game)/@comment-26247925-20170409180345

Kingdom of Romania (former) | Technocratic Queendom of Romania
 * Government
 * The Coup: A new faction has been rising through the merchant guilds, and has recently toppled the most powerful of the Balkan guilds. Led by Împărăteasă Puternic, the daughter of one of the most wealthy families in Romania, she gathers her army and storms into the King's quarters, capturing the King and his family and executing them four days later in front of a moderately large audience. News of her ascension to the Romanian throne travels fast, and she quickly reorganises the armed forces and avoids a potential civil war.
 * Transition to Queendom: The transition from a patriarchal society to a matriarchal one was painful. First, Queen Împărăteasă rewrote the Bible in a matriarchal format, switchign the genders of all characters. This was distributed using the the newly invented printing press. Next, the Queen changed national and regional law to benefit females over males, so that it mirrored patriarchal society but with swapped roles. With this, females became more empowered in themselves. Men were still seen as the brute force though. Lastly, the Queen enforced a new family policy, forcing everyone to marry, never divorce, and have at least 4 children. This way, they could partially combat child mortality through culture alone. Through these reforms, the Queen had managed to change Romanian culture in ways never seen before.
 * The Technocracy: The Queen was a technocrat, and made sure that all of her descendents knew this. She used her wide ranging power to place science and knowledge on the pedestal, encouraging capitalism and the pursuit of new ideas. She did this by accompanying science with imperialism, strngthening her grip on Romania so that the extent of the benefits of science and technology were known. This started a semi-revolution. The combination of female empowerment, the advent of science and invention, and a centralised Romania led to massive knowledge acquisition, starting with the invention of the printing press and the advent of gunpowder into Romanian armies.
 * Philosophy: With the advent of the printing press, Romanian philosophers were able to spread the word of their enlightenment. However, as the Queen wanted to keep a tight grip on the people, she bribed, blackmailed, and forced her way into the philosophers' writings, making sure that they endorse the Queen, her Bible, and the people.
 * Maritime advent: The Queen was fond of enlarging Romania's naval capacity. Therefore, she set her best philosophers and scientists to work at creating the best inventions to boost the image and strength of the Romanian navies. Through this, the astrolabe and dry dock were invented, significantly boosting Romanian prestige and Romanian naval power. Along with this, Romanian ships were reinforced with strong metals that would resist damage. These strong metals would be the frame of the ship, with wood being set on top. Oars and sails were also reinforced and enlarging, enlarging the ships and their capacity, speed, and ability to travel long distances.
 * Military
 * The Romanian Armed Forces are composed of four sections: the Police, who keep Romanians safe and enforce the Queen's royal law (34,000 active officers); the Army, who keep borders safe and extend the imperial realms (32,000 active soldiers, 12,000 reserve soldiers); the Navy, who keep Romanian seas safe, protect Romanian trade, and extend the knowledge and boundaries of the imperial realms (12,000 sailors, 45 ships); and the Clandestina, who continually expand the boundaries of Romanian knowledge and keep Romania safe from foreign spies and operatives (7,000 operatives).
 * Romanian conquest of Zakarpattia: The Queen sent an imperial request to Zakarpattia, telling them that they shall relinquish the ownership over their land to her holiness the Queen. No response came from this small nation, and so Romania was forced to act, as per the newly written Romanian legislation. The Clandestina remained in Zakarpattia, despite their main job of reporting back knowledge to be complete. They were to report military movements back to the Queen. Meanwhile, the Queen sent 9,000 soldiers to the location of the Zakarpattian leaders, who had holed themselves up in a castle. This battle was very short, mainly due to the competence of the Clandestina. The Zakarpattian authorities were taken back to Bucharest and taken to trial, where they relinquished the ownership of Zakkarpattia to the Queen. They were thrown in cells, and executed the next day. The Queen immediately sent another 4,000 soldiers and 6,000 officers into Zakkarpattia, training the police officers, killing stray families, and enforcing the Queendom's technocratic ideals.

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