Duchy of Aquitaine Puns

Title. I feel like she's too weak, currently. Just looking for a general buff to the peaceful domination play style.

I am a distinguished Western Civ. Theodore Roosevelt, muscular build, well-groomed stache. American pride flows through my veins. I have Cleopatra at my fingertips mirroring my every decision, I have Catherine De Merci looking at me longingly as I spawn spies by the hundreds. But dear and humble civ players, for the life of me, I cannot figure out how best to woo my one true love, Eleanor of Aquitaine. The way she waggles her finger at me disapprovingly when I cheekily try to sneak one of her cities into a trade agreement, the way she holds her wine with such grace, such poise! Fellow wing(wo)men, this seasoned veteran and low-key bear whisperer, requires your experience. How does one conquer this delicate French & English blend of fine wine?

She plays hard to get! I shower her with gifts, I ensure that I'm respecting her borders. I am feared by her enemies. I am swooned by her allies. My cities are all happy and busting at the seams with productivity and population! And throughout all of this effort, hundreds of years later, the closest I've been relationship wise with her is "This civ is friendly towards you".

I am sad to say that I think it is official, my dear civ friends. Eleanor considers more of just "Mr. President." I need to make the right move. I want her to refer to me as "Big Teddy." I would like her at my side, wind blowing in her hair, wind blowing through my stache, as we charge headfirst into battle against the legendary Ghandi and his Nuclear Regime! But she turns down my requests of friendship / Alliance! So I must be doing something wrong. What's the best way to get her to request your friendship and then an alliance? I'm assuming that she is more of a "late-game" lass, of which I'm willing to wait. But her agenda honestly confuses me a bit. I'm assuming that I will have to settle in a sweet spot just far enough as to not encroach on her lands, but just close enough for her to notice me!

Any help is appreciated, and thanks!

-Teddy

Obviously they removed British Museum for Gathering Storm, so Eleanor didn’t get it. But how much difference would it have made if she did get it?

Just a random question that occurred to me just now.

So to cut a long story short. I got a cultural victory in 1908 without ever going to war as France (no need to surrender). I only got the Gathering Storms Expansion this week because of the steam sale and I got to say it's a lot of fun but very exploitable. As Eleanor I quickly focused on building Chateaus and wonders. I also made sure to friend most people around me. They never said no. So I was basically always friends with people or in an alliance. My neighbour was the Congo who always expands quickly, however twice I got it in the world congress that he would have the +20% pop growth with the -5 loyalty. After a while almost every city (including his capital which is kinda broken) was flipping to me. Plus I gained all his wonders. Thus, I got a cultural victory in 1908 while always being neutral. I just thought it was a funny story. Hope you enjoyed. Can't wait to play more games in Gathering Storms.

I’ve successfully downloaded HPM and HFM yet for some reason when I use that same method with HOA it doesn’t work. I have the mod file and the main file in the Victoria mod folder. HOA even appears in the Victoria launch screen, I selected it and it loaded the vanilla map for some reason. Help meeeee

So in case you didn't know already Norton I was basicly a living meme and declared himself Emperor of the US in the 19th century.

Pretty much nobody took him seriously and nobody accepted his claim but the people of San Francisco loved the man, publishing his "decrees" and even following some of them. The "Imperial Norton Dollar" was widely accepted as currency and he became a huge tourist attraction. When he finally died thousands of people turned up to his funeral.

All this is why we can safely assume him to be some sort of pre-event hero-king of the Bayfolk ( At least to them ) and if we look at the fact that he is referenced as the first Emperor of California in the files and title history of the Celestial Empire we know that he is not only known to the Californians but that his (presumably far more controversial) claim to Imperial Dignity has been generally accepted by the people of the Empire.

If we now assume that he is not only a hero to the Bayfolk but also recognized by the Empire at large as Emperor we arrive at the logical conclusion that the people of San Francisco and the Bay would claim him as "their" Emperor and that the nobility and Kings of Grand Francisco would try to use him as proof that they not only could rule the Celestial Empire but SHOULD naturally do so as the Empire was "founded" by a man of the Bay who had wisely and rightly made San Francisco the first "Imperial Capital", using this to claim supremacy over the other warlords,the position of Guvernatus or maybe even the Mandate of Heaven itself.

The average Bayfolk peasant would probably view him as some sort of great mythical Guru (probably of the dove, especially if his "decree" about a League of Nations has been preserved or remembered) second only to The Lawgiver himself or, depending on the current political situation, as his equal or maybe even superior and "true founder" of California; likely being encouraged by the government.

>TL;DR:

>Norton good, Elton bad, thanks for coming to my TED Talk and I would like to join the Dev Team and help out with some of the lore, because this was really fucking fun to write.

I want to read this book or to be precise, the poems from this book. Can anyone help me? 12th-century poems. The earliest surviving poems of modern European language.

His axe in hand, Manilius points the handle towards the defeated king. “Alright. I believe you promised me that you would join the war effort if I won,” the general begins. “Well? Was that just another bit of deception to trick me into coming here?” He looks around to the halberdiers with their lances pointed towards King Daniel. West Walbrzych’s king looks up for a moment before lowering his head. “... no. I did promise you that much. But if you’ll forgive me, I can’t commit any troops right now. Right now I’ve got to gather the scattered divisions fighting in western Nicomedia and the ones here at home, in case King Hugh wishes to assert his authority over my little kingdom.” He looks up once more. “I have nothing else to say other than ‘sorry,’ and it must mean so little. It’s been through my own shortsightedness that West Walbrzych soldiers have suffered against the Empire and under the servitude of King Hugh.”

Manilius looks back into the snowy landscape and waves over Sari. “I believe you know her?” he comments. “C-Captain Sari?! What are you doing with the Imperials?” King Daniel asks. “I decided our little war with the Empire was stupid, what else can I say, your majesty? Besides, I kind of like the lad and lass running this company here. They treat me well.” The general stands up and lowers his weapon for a moment. “Remind me again how you know the king?” She scratches her chin. “I’m the seventh daughter of the Duke of Piroska. I had no shot at inheriting any land and, frankly, I’m actually completely broke. I know the king because of my noble birth from some duchy, and a certain someone hasn’t allowed peasants to become officers.” The king looks away. “You act like a band of people who have not been trained from childhood to lead armies of men can seriously hold up to the nobility, whose job it is to do that very thing.” Manilius leers at this. Sari taps her chin. “Oh, that’s awfully weird, then, Danny. I could have sworn you just lost to a peasant. This one right here!” she says while pointing towards the Nicomedian general, and her voice gets rather vicious. He doesn’t respond. “Speaking of that… hey, Manny?” she begins. “Don’t call me that,” Manilius responds softly. “What do you need?” Sari blinks a couple times. “To go home. I’m going back to Piroska Castle.” The general holsters his axe. “Is it south of here?” She nods. “Huh. Well, my company will need a place to rest before we head back to the Empire, and I’d really not like to trouble th

should each player decide where to start with the initial castle?

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###The Technocratic Republic of Aquitaine

Claim Type: State

Tech Level: 1700s

Provinces Owned: 4 5 8 Provinces, Capital in Pink

Flag: Our Glorious Banner

National Focus: Science

National Anthem: "Noble Pays de l'Aquitaine"

Government Type: Technocratic Consulship

Economy: Laissez Faire

Population: 176 000

Backstory:

When the bombs dropped, France was thrown into complete anarchy. All semblance of legitimate French governmental control had seemed to evaporate overnight. With no centralized body to govern France, pretender and breakaway states began forming like tumors on a corpse. France, at least for the time being, was dead.

One of Frances biggest cities, Bordeaux, had slowly developed itself into a safe haven for all the people of southwestern France. As the population swelled, a government began forming; a merchants republic of sorts. You see, the region of Aquitaine was famous for its fertile and rich winery's and vineyards. The Aquitainians, as they began calling themselves, made a decent business trading wine for loyalty, goods, and services along the west coast of France.

And who were the ones who created said wine? A group formally known as "wine-masters". They controlled the supply of wine, and thus, they controlled the economy of Aquitaine. At first, they were content with simply producing wine. But as Aquitaine expanded, they began to experiment with other sciences. As Aquitaine's economy began relying more and more on this artisan/intellectual class, they began going by a different name; The Technocrats.

Up until this point, Aquitaine had an Oligarchic Democracy, where in a General Election held every two years, a member of the elite merchant class would be selected by the people of Aquitaine as Consul, giving them full authoritiy on matters of state. The technocrats, wanting more power and resources to research with, conducted a general strike, where they stopped the production of wine indefinitely, until they were the Oligarchs of Aquitaine; not the Merchant Class. After a while, the Merchant class, with bitter resentment, acquiesced. The Technocrats were now Oligarchs of Aquitaine.

The Technocrats began switching focus from trade to scientific endeavors. They believe the r