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 descendants 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, strengthening 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.
 * Zakarpattia, Vojvodina, and Crimea: After the RAF captured these areas and the Queen took control of them, massively controversial propaganda techniques were used. The armies that remained there secretly started to take down cultural monuments and replacing them with Romanian-relevant ones. Along with propaganda and a functioning police branch in each area, all three areas were successfully converted, although Crimea less than the other two. The conversion of Crimea will take another year to complete.
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 * Composition: The Romanian Armed Forces are composed of four sections: the Police, who keep Romanians safe and enforce the Queen's royal law (67,000 active officers); the Army, who keep borders safe and extend the imperial realms (64,000 active soldiers, 32,000 reserve soldiers); the Navy, who keep Romanian seas safe, protect Romanian trade, and extend the knowledge and boundaries of the imperial realms (24,000 sailors, 65 ships); and the Clandestina, who continually expand the boundaries of Romanian knowledge and keep Romania safe from foreign spies and operatives (17,000 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 15,000 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 12,000 officers into Zakkarpattia, training the police officers, killing stray families, and enforcing the Queendom's technocratic ideals.
 * Romanian conquest of 'Vjodvdina' (Vojvodina): As the conquest of Zakarpattia is under way, the Queen looks to the future, and knows that at some point in time, Romania shall come into conflict with the more powerful Serbia. To curb this, the Queen sends an imperial request to Vojvodina, Serbia's northern neighbour, telling them to relinquish the ownership over their land to her holiness the Queen. Of course, they also did not respond (it is quite possible that their response was "lost" on the way back), and so the Queen sent 15,000 soldiers to confront the Vojvodinians in Zrenjanin, Temerin, and then Novi Sad, from which Vojvodinian leaders had fled. Thanks to the Clandestina, it was known that the Vojvodinians fled to Sombor, and so the Queen's generals marched upon Sombor and burnt it to the ground. During the fighting, Vojvodina's King and Queen were killed. The battle of Sombor was decisive, and marked the end of Vojvodina. The Queen assumed legislative responsibility over Vojvodina, and announced that Vojvodina was to be annexed into Romania as a core province. Once again, the Queen sent in more soldiers and another 6,000 officers to convert local authorities and strengthen the technocratic ideals of the newly expanded Queendom.
 * Romanian conquest of the State of Crimea: The Queen was fond of her navy, but the navy was untested. The navy was mobilized, as the Queen sent an imperial request to Crimea. Crimea was a democracy, a vile and repugnant ideology, and so the Queen had good reason to oppose Crimea and the spread of their ideals. No response came back from the Crimeans, as the Queen had sunk the messenger's ship, and so the Queen authorized the naval invasion of Crimea. 9,000 soldiers climbed aboard transport ships, travelling to Yevpatoriya. Crimean docks had already been destroyed by Romanian vessels, and the Crimeans now had a limited naval capacity. This gave the Romanians naval superiority over the northern Black Sea. Romanian transport ships were able to dock in Yevpatoriya, along with more transport ships containing another 9,000 soldiers, and so 18,000 soldiers ransacked Yevpatoriya. The Crimeans were of course scared, and attempted to flee the country. However, due to the combination of the Romanian Clandestina and naval superiority over the northern Black Sea, they were captured in the outskirts of Simferopol, taken to Yevpatoriya, and forced to sign a treaty of submission to the Queen. The Queen's army marched to Simferopol, where they killed the mayor, before marching to Sevastopol and taking over the capitol building. The Crimean leaders were hastily executed, just as transport ships brought police officers to Crimea. Unlike Zakarpattia and Vojvodina, Crimea was a democracy, and so required cultural appropriation on a massive scale. The Queen used propaganda and the bribing and blackmail of local officials to control the Crimean population, combining these techniques with the training of police officers and the construction of Romanian buildings.
 * Diplomacy: The Queen wanted to expand the imperial realms though both conquest and diplomacy, although diplomacy would be quite hard, considering the strangeness of the technocratic Queendom.
 * Moldova: Due to cultural significance and closeness between our two nations, it seems appropriate for Moldova to join the imperial realms. Through these actions, Moldova shall become a much more urban and inviting environment, and could possibly be the centre of science and technology in the region. Consider these words wisely, as any wrong move can end badly for the Moldovan people.
 * Slovakia: Ah, Slovakia. I own the part of Zakarpattia that you desire. I also know that Slovakia desires land in Hungary. Romania is able to fulfil these key desires for some Romanian desires in return. Romania would like Slovakia to become a Romanian vassal state. This will not result in the annexation of Slovakia. Rather, through the Queendom's technocratic and capitalistic ideals, Slovakia shall grow as a nation and the Slovakian people shall be happier than ever. Romania will protect Slovakian lands with fervour and grit. Romania has no interest in annexing Slovakia, as Romania is more concerned with Hungary, Serbia, and Bulgaria. Slovakia will get as much land as they desire in Hungary, and possibly Moravia if it suits you. Heed my words, and hopefully, you shall see the potential for greatness here.
 * Greece: Greece, are you not scared? The Ottoman Empire is reclaiming their land, and they shall turn to you next. Romania is willing to save your nation, but only if you pledge allegiance to the imperial cause. Otherwise, you will be inviting the Ottomans into the Balkans, and they shall spread their heathen satanic Islamic beliefs all across Europe. Greece is the tipping point, but Romania is only willing to help if Greece becomes a permanent puppet of Romania. And don't forget, Romania can help Greece reclaim their lost land in Thrace. Choose wisely, my friend. Or it will not only be the Ottomans who you shall make an enemy of.