Talk:Konig des Menschen Chapter IV (Map Game)/@comment-31011021-20190701225756

Grane

 * Government:
 * The Unfought War: The Hassanids and us are stuck in a deadly brawl in Oman. While we don't engage eachother, it is clear this peace and avoidance will not last forever. It is a volatile situation, we need to defend Oman like it is our land, because it is. It seems unwise to hold on to all the land under our own rule. Instead, we should establish a vassal in Oman, while holding some former Gerrhan Lands (Like the Nazis in France). We have to pull all the cards we have, increase enlistment, build forts and increase the navy to combat the Hassanids.
 * The Snow-Faced Northerners: Raids have taken place to our west on Yemen, and, to some extent, on our ports. They've approached us with a proposal to buy Tamreda as their base. We offer them a counter-proposal: Become our March, and have Tamreda. We have 25,000 troops in Tamreda, the Uruk Sipah, available to project power. Since they got the proposal for Tamreda through, it seems as if communication is possible, perhaps through Yemeni prisoners of war, maybe through Byzantine people that decided to join in. Who knows. What matters is that we present our counter-proposal, have Tamreda, instead be our march and defend us. They aren't constrained in Yemen, they are welcome to do whatever they want. Just don't invade our ports, or those of our allies, and help us in wars. These people are called "Al-Qarsoon" from the word for Pirates.
 * Fortress, for the millionth time: We build forts in geographically significant locations (On mountains, behind swamps, behind rivers). The Forts Force is increased to cover these bases.
 * Alliances to our West: We sent many delegations to Aksum... apparently they haven't arrived yet, heaven knows. We reach out to Adnania. We inform them of our close history, our friendship in the past, the fact that their capital, Adnan, was built by us. We hope to rekindle this alliance. A defence and trade pact is presented. We inform them of the concerns in Oman and the Azarkhate, about how they slaughter those of our religions, of their thoughts to capture the peninsula in its entirety. We arab nations should ally in the face of this menace. Obviously done in Secrecy. We also reach out to Yemen, who have been plagued by the Qarsoon, hoping they would aid us in an imminent Hassanid Invasion. We tell them we would exert our influence on these invaders, give them a home, and remove the plague, if they are willing to ally us. It is a difficult job afterall, pulling these strangers that don't follow our culture, our religion, or our way of speech, to a land of their own. Something is needed for us to do it (If they agree, we tell the Qarsoon to leave Yemen, for the lands of Western Oman. We tell them to avoid Salala at all costs, and leave its surroundings. "Western Oman is greener, lets your feed your people more")
 * Capital: Grane
 * Ethnicities:
 * Population: 1,931,204 (Not including Vassals)
 * Gerrhan: 77.5%
 * Adnanites: 4.7%
 * Omani: 5.4%
 * Assyrian: 6.3%
 * Elamites: 0.1%
 * Sumerians: 4.0%
 * Other Tribes: 2.0%
 * Military: (Not Including Vassals)
 * Susan Sipah: (30,500)
 * 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
 * Al-Khaledoon: 500
 * 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: (25,500)
 * 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
 * Al-Khaledoon: 500
 * 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: (13,250)
 * Gerrhan Linesmen: 3,500
 * Gerrhan Light Swordsmen: 5,000
 * Gerrhan Archers: 1,200
 * Gerrhan Javelineers: 1,500
 * Scorpion Crews: 60
 * Ballistae Crews: 40
 * Relaymen: 500
 * Al-Khaledoon: 500
 * Al-Mosre'oon: 750
 * Grane Fleet: (8,500)
 * Archer Bahris: 130
 * Boarding Bahris: 100
 * Transport Granes: 60
 * Tower Indawis: 15
 * Polybolos Granes: 15
 * Catapult Indawis: 10
 * Transport Indawis: 20
 * The Nahla: 2
 * Fireships: 120
 * Merchant Fleet: (1,500)
 * Merchant Bahris: 50
 * Merchant Grane: 25
 * Merchant Indawis: 15
 * Guard Bahris: 40
 * Military Operations and Events
 * New Military Troops:
 * Al-Khaledoon: A class of Cavalry with heavy armour. They have extremely heavy armour, moving slightly faster than our foot-troops. Their main purpose is to hold enemies back during a siege, having enough armour to not be murdered by 3 well placed shots. Their Horses also have armour, so they don't die either. They aren't immortal, and can certainly be harrassed in the long range while they slowly drag their way (In comparison to light cavalry) to the enemy, therefore they are used with light cavalry, with the light cavalry charging and distracting the enemy, while the Khaledoon hit hard into enemy lines. Another speciality of these units is when the enemy is stuck in one position. Being able to move faster than foot-troops allows them to hit the enemy then retreat easier than foot-troops, at a speed unmatched by the enemy foot-troops, with a strength unmatched by light cavalry.
 * Al-Mosre'oon: The strategic opposite of the Khaledoon, these units are very lightly armoured, using only the fastest of horses (Arabian Horses are well known for their speed), and only mares, as they are generally quieter. These troops harrass and distract the enemy, being used primarily for flanking and picking off small forces in the desert. They aid the Khaledoon in their charge, by acting as a distraction, while the harder hitting Khaledoon hit into enemy lines.
 * The Situation in the Horn of Africa:
 * The Autonomous Sumali: Sumali is a large vassal of ours, largely given the right to do as they will. Their administration has many Grane Supporters, and the others are given gifts and the autonomy to stay in our sphere of influence. They are given the research that we have achieved over centuries, the trade system that we have developed over centuries, the ships that we have introduced over centuries. They have their own army, independent of ours (We still have forts in the region "for protection against invaders"). They are told to Expand as they are willing to and are paid to do so.
 * Friendships in Africa: Our proposal to Aksum still hasn't arrived apparently, we wait with hope. Meanwhile, our traders introduce more wealth into Aksum, bringing in more exotic spices. The nations to the north of Aksum, we have increased trade with, thanks to the Aksumite Road. We introduce our spices through Sumali, and watch them trickle up the road. We poke Wakanda and Mobamba, hoping to add them to this trade route. Hence, we intend to make a trade route from Ebola to Sicko Waluigi to J-Nukalo to Sicko Mobamba to Wata-Madinga to Wakanda to Al-Joonoobiya to Al Bahr, connecting to the Aksumite Road. This system should be fine, we sent traders to Mobamba regularly centuries ago, just developing the path they went through with a few signs, shouldn't be hard.
 * Friendly Attitude: Throughout Africa, we act as a friendly trading partner, increasing the wealth of nations with our traders who have access to the spices of lands not known to their nations. Our leadership expresses their hope to build ports in African Nations, to better their trade.
 * Exotic Spices, Luluah and Exploration:
 * Expanding Luluah: Self Explanatory
 * Al-Jerqy: Al-Jerqy has been elevated from a food given to sailors by certain people at ports who want to create a longer lasting meat product to a food sold by vendors in cities. The leadership noted the usefulness of Al-Jerqy for sailors, and caught on to the product, hoping to produce more of it, for the navy and the army, as a source of protein in far off locations. The attractiveness of a more survivable meat source is indeed high. The leadership has decided to use Elamines to focus sunlight into a hot room, built using mud bricks, and placing spiced goats meat in the room to create Al-Jerqy. A simple upgrade in principle, producing more Jerqy at once, however, it seems to be less dangerous now. It is given to men in the army and navy as a food source alongside the foods available in the regions they are in.
 * Introduction of New Fruits: Through our travels across the Islands of the East and the Lands of India, we have discovered a variety of fruits that have been likened by our sailors. Being given the command to bring whatever they find that is local, day by day, ships return with interesting fruits. Recently brought is the Pomelo, called the "Thick Lime", a sweeter citrus fruit with a very thick skin. Another, brought later from the Indochina region is the Kaffir Lime, called the "Javanese Lime". A fruit brought from the east, the mango or "Eastern Flesh-Fruit", is hard to cultivate in Grane, more possible in Luluah, but there is a lack of space to cultivate en masse, making it quite rare, a commodity. A vegetable also brought over is the Okra, known as "The Eastern Pea", eventually given the name Bamiya for reasons unknown to historians, perhaps the heavy usage in Adnanite Populations, who had given it a name according to their language, growing in popularity caused it, has been brought over and eaten a lot.
 * "Leaf Juice": Tea is brought over. It is claimed to have medicinal properties, and is grown in the nation. It is sold elsewhere, but how popular will it get, heaven knows. We sell the leaf exclusively, nothing else, currently bringing most of it from the Eastern Lands, but hopefully, eventually making it ourselves. It is an eastern plant, which has its leaves boiled in water, infusing the water with the leaf, giving it an aroma and a distinct bitter taste. In Grane (The city), certain trendsetters are testing the usage of other spices with the tea leaves, giving it more taste. It is typically served with honey cakes, or any sweet product. (Tell me how popular it gets)
 * Tin Trade: We have discovered many sources of Tin to the East. Tin is readily taken to the mainland and Bronze is made, a rare alloy that is not found these days, having fallen since the days of the Bronze Age. 
 * Exploration: Tell me where we find next (Please find China, I want to invent the Orange)
 * The Omani Situation:
 * Taking formerly our land: The purple on the map is directly annexed.Oman_Plan.png
 * Appeasing the Aksumites: The Aksumites have an interest in Salala, potentially making them a vassal. We poke the Aksumites and tell them that a large area (refer to map, its the area striped with Aksum Colours) will be left to them, as their vassal, if they are willing to accept our proposals from 30 years ago. We pull out the tribes that support us from that region, leaving it to the Aksumites, if agreed.
 * Appeasing the Hassanids: We poke the hassanids who have entered Oman. We offer them the Muscat region (refer to map, its the area striped Grane Purple and Hassanid Blue) for an extra 40 years of peace. If they don't agree, then 20 years. If they still don't agree, we wail and cry at our imminent doom.
 * The State of Zahira: It would be wise to leave the command of most of Omani land to a vassal state for now, the State of Zahira. It is shown in the map by the areas striped Omani Grey and Grane Purple. This vassal is given some autonomy, albeit not as much as Sumali. They are also intended to aid us in our wars, allowed to have their own army. Meanwhile our military criss crosses their livelihood with Forts, because why not.
 * A Grim Future: Our men travel the Omani lands, and aim to capture it, with the Susan Sipah approaching from the North, and the Uruk Sipah through Duqm. The land hopefully to be captured and handed off to Zahira is shown by the Thick Omani Grey Stripes amid the Grane Purple Stripes. The Omanis Citizens, innocent people who don't pick up arms against us, are left alone, and even gifted. They are told horror stories about the Azarkhate in Oman, their slaughter of Zoroastrians in Persia, and the Tales of Grane taking in fleeing refugees, saving them. This rumour should hopefully convert more to our side, with an agenda of saving the Zoroastrians, the religion of Oman, saving Arabs, the general culture of the Omanis, and defending against the Azarkhate. The land shown in the Map is what we hope we control, it is not a definite that it would be controlled.
 * Al-Qarsoon: We leave quite a bit of land for those Snow-Faced Invaders coming from the North, telling them to settle there, without hurting the locals. This can only happen if they agree to The Snow-Faced Northerners Section. They are encouraged out of Yemen, and only ordered so if Yemen agrees to the Alliances to our West Section. The greener lands of Western Oman. We hope they build up in that region, becoming a part of our March State. The land in the Map is what we hope they control, it is not a definite that they will.
 * The State of Wusta: We reach out to the remaining Omani tribes, by 919 AD, with whatever land they still have, even if they have land we planned to control in the map, for peace. We suggest they organise themselves into one nation in the face of the many threats. If they do, we call them Wusta.
 * Research:
 * Longer Spears: Effectively made pikes, these are given to our Linesmen, forming a Pike Wall in the face of enemies, with large shields ahead to minimise shots from archers/ranged units.
 * Bronze Hulls: Wouldn't it be great if we had metal hulls to our ships. We, once again, embark on a long research journey, this time for sticking metal to ships. Simple in principle, the weight of the metal causes complex issues. Getting a thin enough layer is very difficult, hence this will probably take a century of two. Bronze is considered because "it shows off our power since its so rare". Others think we should use Iron. Currently, its being planned by our scholars, so neither is being used.
 * 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, Probably Side as well: Read the Omani Situation Section 
 * Azarkhate: (See Appeasing the Hassanids Section) We've heard the East has many riches, please go to the East. We heard Khaganates are pretty weak now, ripe for the attack, amirite? Also, apparently the East is very Gay, yeah, apparently they are allowed to marry eachother too. Filthy, amirite? How about you cleanse that?
 * Aksum, Adnania, Yemen: (Read Friendships to the West Section)
 * Aksum: (Read Frienships in Africa Section and Appeasing the Aksumites Section)
 * Alodia, Makuria, Bega, Wakanda, Mobamba, Byzantines: Would you mind if we do the (Friendships in Africa Section?)