Talk:Konig des Menschen Chapter IV (Map Game)/@comment-31011021-20190624200847

Grane

 * Government:
 * The Southern Frontier: The southern border with Oman is volatile. We need to assert control as soon as possible, within the next 15-20 years, so we can defend our Northern Border with the Azarkhate. Hence, quick action is to be taken. We need a reason to intervene, and the allegiance of the Omani City States is the perfect plan to intervene.
 * Meeting with the Hassanids: A delegation is sent to the Azarkhate, with invitations for Byzantine, Assyrian, Sumerian, Orientian and Nabatean delgates, to sit down and meet with the Hassanids. We propose a Non-Agression Pact, for the next 80 years to the Hassanids, with all parties involved. We re-iterate, an attack on Assyria or Sumer is an attack on an ally, and we are bound to respond, however devestating it may be for us. The Peace in the West should be good for their Eastern Expansions, towards the lands of the Dragons and the Elephants. The Hassanids are also given the option of sending all their "Heretics" to our lands as refugees. That should keep the Hassanids less prone to internal revolts and conflict, and should remove their dreaded "Heretics". This means all the people of different religions, even the Christians, who are to be treated like Zoroastrians.
 * Normalisation of Worker Guilds: Once a fringe opportunity for female workers, these Worker Guilds are now a staple in many cities, in their own dedicated sectors. In between many villages exists worker guilds, serviced by our carriage network. Our working population has expanded drastically, no longer excluding females. The costs of this have been high, many far flung villages have seen droughts that have devestated local life, with aid being difficult to provide by our government. However, now that this mission to integrate females in the work force is complete, our economy has resurged like never before.
 * To Assyria, from Grane: With Permission, we extend the Carriage Network into Assyria and Sumer, in case of a military situation. Quick transport would be useful
 * The Horn of Africa: Aksum is expanding in the region, a development that is seen as interesting. Aksum had long stagnated, but their resurgence is welcome for trade. However, some consider it threatening to our footholds in Africa, and find it concerning. To that point, the leadership decides to invest more into Ifriqiyah, and perhaps more colonies in the region. Pressing Sumali into a union seems like a very benificial agreement too. The situation in the region seems to be entering a phase of uncertainty, with a large change of powers in the region.
 * Capital: Grane
 * Ethnicities:
 * Population: 1,606,232
 * Gerrhan: 78.5%
 * Adnanites: 5.7%
 * Omani: 1.4%
 * Assyrian: 7.3%
 * Elamites: 0.1%
 * Sumerians: 5.0%
 * Other Tribes: 2.0%
 * Military:
 * Susan Sipah: (30,000)
 * Gerrhan Light Swordsmen: 6,500
 * Gerrhan Heavy Swordsmen: 5,000
 * Gerrhan Linesmen: 3,500
 * Gerrhan Archers: 4,500
 * Gerrhan Javelineers: 1,500
 * Armoured Camel Spearmen: 2,500
 * Javelin Horsemen: 1,500
 * Gerrhan Archer Cavalry: 1,500
 * Gerrhan Curved Swordsmen: 2,000
 * Supply Carriage Camels: 500
 * Scorpion: 35
 * Ballistae: 10
 * Engineer Corps: 1,000
 * Barigazan Guard Force: (5,000)
 * Gerrhan Linesmen: 1,500
 * Gerrhan Light Swordsmen: 1,500
 * Gerrhan Archers: 1,500
 * Gerrhan Javelineers: 500
 * Uruk Sipah: (25,000)
 * Gerrhan Light Swordsmen: 6,500
 * Gerrhan Heavy Swordsmen: 4,000
 * Gerrhan Linesmen: 3,000
 * Gerrhan Archers: 4,000
 * Gerrhan Javelineers: 1,000
 * Armoured Camel Spearmen: 2,000
 * Javelin Horsemen: 1,000
 * Gerrhan Archer Cavalry: 1,000
 * Gerrhan Curved Swordsmen: 1,000
 * Supply Carriage Camels: 500
 * Scorpion: 35
 * Ballistae: 10
 * Engineer Corps: 1,000
 * Transportation Force: (2,000)
 * Horse Drawn Carriages: 750
 * Camel Transports: 500
 * Horse Transports: 500
 * Cavalry Guard: 250
 * Fort Crews: (5,000)
 * Gerrhan Linesmen: 1,800
 * Gerrhan Light Swordsmen: 1,500
 * Gerrhan Archers: 700
 * Gerrhan Javelineers: 600
 * Scorpion Crews: 30
 * Ballistae Crews: 20
 * Relaymen: 250
 * Grane Fleet:
 * Archer Bahris: 100
 * Boarding Bahris: 80
 * Transport Granes: 50
 * Tower Indawis: 15
 * Polybolos Granes: 15
 * Catapult Indawis: 10
 * Transport Indawis: 15
 * The Nahla: 1
 * Fireships: 120
 * Merchant Fleet:
 * Merchant Bahris: 50
 * Merchant Grane: 25
 * Merchant Indawis: 15
 * Guard Bahris: 40
 * Military Operations and Events
 * New Military Troops:
 * None
 * The Situation in the Horn of Africa:
 * Expansion of Ifriqiyah: Ifriqiyah hasn't expanded for a long time and the population has become quite large. The need for land has become large. The new city of Joonoobiya has done a blessful amount to feed this hunger for land, but it is not enough. The leadership, taking into consideration the Aksumite Growth, and the perilous situation back home, has lifted all bans on expansion and let the people go wild. Suggestions were made to the people as to where to settle, and resources given for the expansion. Years of peace has lifted our economy, and this hunger for land is sustainable.
 * Settlements in the South: To the south of Sumali and the Aksumite Merchant City is barren lands ripe for the taking. Military personnel arrive in two locations in the region, setting up the barebones of a settlement. Our Transports in the Grane Fleet send resources regularly, slowly reducing that economic high point we held. However, having stored up money for the last 25 years, we should be able to feed the settlements till they are sustainable. Horn_Of_Africa.png
 * Friendships in the Horn: Aksum has resurged, a welcome sight to our traders who had worried that Aksum was about to fall and market access was about to be diminished in the region. This has, however, prompted scholars to raise alarm bells. The leader, trying to balance both sides, has taken a more active role in Ifriqiyah, while trying to befriend Aksum and guarantee peace. A delegation is sent to Aksum in the year 863, bearing gifts as a sign of friendship, and a Non-Agression Pact for the next 100 years. In the year 865, another delegation is sent, this time negotiating a trade agreement, where our traders are allowed into Aksumite land, while Aksumite traders can use our cities in Ifriqiyah, with particular focus on Al-Bahr, a well established Port. They are also guaranteed access to Barigaza where they invested, for trade with the lands to the East of the Indus River. Should that be agreed, another delegation is sent, in 868, outlining our plan to help establish an effective Carriage Network, seeing as Grane has been one of the adopters of this system, while others have not been so adoptive. It should increase domestic trade for them, while having the added benefit of increasing our trade. In 869, another delegation is sent, should the previous one be accepted, hoping to aid Aksum's trade colony and expanding it, as a token of friendship. This outlines our diplomatic plan for Aksum. Should all the proposals be accepted, and recieved positively, our delegate will hint on a defensive pact, in 877, and the ball will be in Aksum's field, whether they shoot the idea down, or push forward for it.
 * An Ancient Colony: Al-Sumali is an old Omani colony, enjoying autonomy for a long time, until they broke away politically from the Omanis. They are probably still dependent on trade with the mainland. With the mainland going haywire, we offer them a more stable option: Join us as a colony. Al-Sumali is presented with a treaty in which they are to officially join us as our vassal state, while they are also given Ifriqiyah to control, giving us a unified vassal in the Horn of Africa, and not a complicated mess. This would given them a greater amount of land, greater control, and a more stable trading partner. The fact that Aksum has expanded to their south should strike some fear into them, they aren't as safe as they used to be.
 * Expanding Luluah and Exploration:
 * Expanding Luluah: Self Explanatory
 * Bringing Home the Wild Spices: The wild spices of the regions that have been discovered are brought home. These are spices that are not found in India or Ceylon, a rare sight in our markets. They are brought in on the Merchant Fleet, which makes repeated travels to these far flung lands with ship loads of spices, which are sold to other countries nearby. The addition of spices to meat has been used as a flavouring agent, and a preservative. A Meat dish, called Al-Jerqy, is made using spiced raw meat, with little to no fat, that has been left out in the sun to be dehydrated. Fat that has been left out makes the meat dangerous, as shown by the smell, and the 3 dead people that tried to make Al-Jerqy but left the fat on and died. The product does occasionally make people sick, but it still captured the diets of some. The meat of a Mountain Goat is typically used, due to its lean nature. Regional Plants are also brought (Perhaps Tea... who know)
 * Embedding into the Indian Trade Scene:
 * The Port City of Sarandib: Please have it built
 * The Omani Situation:
 * Uprising of the Grane Supporters: We poke our allies in Oman, the city states that have sworn to aid us, to rise up, with their fellow allied city states, forming small factions in their regions, causing many small states to appear, supporting us. They are promised aid and support.
 * An Intervention: The Susan Sipah enters Oman from the formerly Hormuzi lands, citing "repeated raids" as their reason to intervene. We aid local farmers and give them equipment, buying their allegiance, effectively. The Susan Sipah is to slowly move through Oman, meeting with local allied leaders and pushing to former Gerrhan borders, where they are to halt. They provide support for the allied tribes nearby, allowing them to quickly outforce the tribes close to them and expand.
 * Peaceful as possible: We believe in the principle of peace when entering a nation for occupation. Working with the locals, we should be able to broker peace instead of bloodshed. The Omanis have already given up on government and leadership, and lost most patriotism, so there should be a lower chance of seperatism.
 * Tamreda: Meanwhile, the Uruk Sipah land in Tamreda and sieze it for ourselves. The troops hold there for the next 10 years, establish a few forts, aid the people, then return to the mainland, with a force of defenders left behind.
 * Research:
 * Longer Spears: Longer Spears = Keeping the Enemy cavalry further away
 * Far-eye: Our centuries long research into Elamines hasn’t been all for nothing, we reap the benefits now. Scholars note that Elamines distort the way we see things based on their shape, by accident. While cutting different sizes of Elamines, the scholars saw that the difference is shape changed the way they focused sunlight. One of them picked them up and looked through them and noted that he saw things differently. Some made further things clearer, some made them blurrier. Telling the others of his discovery, the discovery passed to the military, who were interested in the uses of these things, perhaps for the artillery. Hence started the Far-eye research for telescope like things.
 * Diplomacy:
 * Omani City States: Read the Omani Situation Section (I want my lands)
 * Azarkhate, Byzantine, and whoever else we involved: (See Meeting with the Hassanids Section)
 * The new Eastern Nations we found: Trade Agreements???
 * Assyria, Sumer: Assyrian Defence Pact, sounds nice, also read (To Assyria, from Grane Section)
 * Aksum: (Read Frienships in the Horn Section)
 * Side: Put that Ceyloni Port on the Map, please...