There's one unnecessary NOT clause @930 here
It makes Turkey always give up Constantinople.
Here it's fixed.
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It took us a while to get to this update finally done, thanks to unexpected issues and the massive breadth of work that was the NSB conversion, but the wait is finally over. We are proud to present 0.20 - 'Railway of Freedom', which not only finally updates Kaiserreich to 1.11, but also gives brand new content to New England, a rework long in the making! We hope you enjoy this dearly awaited update!
- The KR4 team
##PSA: This update will only work on Open Beta Patch 1.11.5! Make sure to enable the Open Beta on Steam before you play the update! Otherwise, the mod can and will crash!
Changes
Notable Additions
- Kaiserreich has now been made compatible with the changes brought by v1.11 "Barbarossa", and accompanying DLC "No Step Back". This includes updating the railroad and supply hub locations, changes to army, air and naval experience generation and doctrine research, and implementing the new scripting features for modders that Paradox have added to the game.
New Focus Trees
- New England
Reworked/Expanded Focus Trees
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Brazil - army tree fully overhauled and redesigned, naval tree effects adjusted and layout rearranged.
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Ukraine - army tree overhauled and redesigned.
Tweaked Focus Trees
- Sweden - focus tree improvements - focus durations are reduced, added new icons, focus effects, implemented several new focuses and balance changes.
New Events
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Candidate-specific election events for CSA, PSA and USA.
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The Fengtian Government now gets a notification about countries accepting or refusing to attend the Unification Conference.
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Added news events for PatAut and NatPop Japan.
New Decisions
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New England
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Added a decision for Haiti to get some naval experience if they complete the economy tree and the foreign policy tree.
New Custom Country Paths
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Assyrian Revolt & Assyria
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Cuban Foreign Policy
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Hawaiian Elections & Foreign Policy
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Iraq & Iraqi Foreign Policy
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Lebanon & Lebanese Foreign Policy
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Left Kuomintang
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Mongolia
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Syria & Syrian Foreign Policy
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Added the option to support New England to Canada's American Civil War game rules.
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Increased the number of options in existing rules for Cuba, Hawaii, Hunan, Ireland, Lianguang Civil War, Sichuan, Shanxi & Yunnan.
GFX
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New Portraits
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American Union State: Jerauld Wright
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Argentina: Manuel Carlรฉs
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Armenia: Mihran Damadian, Bedros Hallachian, Anastas Mikoyan
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Australasia: Al
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Hello and welcome to the second Ante Bellum country preview regarding the upcoming 1.6 'Legacy of Seljuk' update. Today, I would like to show what is perhaps the most exciting part of the entire update - a total overhaul of the Byzantine content! Without further ado, let's begin with their backstory!
In AD 1204, when the Varangian Guard cast the Venetian mongrels into the sea, and the Imperial Navy set their fleet ablaze, many had hoped that the dawn of a new resurgent era was nigh. Alas, such optimism was rapidly dashed against the rocks of the Golden Horn. Despite facing a crisis which may have seen them hanged from the Theodosian Walls, the Angelid dynasty nonetheless proved themselves utterly incapable of malicious negligence and inept management of the Eastern Roman Empire. With nothing but the most opulent degeneracy on full display and never a care in the world, the House of Angelos was quickly taken advantage of by the aristocracy.
Having maintained their useless emperors as figureheads, the Constantinopolitan clique would aid in further advancing the Byzantine nosedive, filling their coffers while the people starved and fled eastwards. Even against the threat of Bulgarian invasion in the 13th century, the imperial regime did nothing in response.
Yet, when Leon Gabras took up arms and saved the empire, he was hastily banished to a governorship in Anatolia. With an impending Turkish invasion, it was expected that he would perish, no longer posing a threat to the machinations of the political elite. This assumption proved false, and the Saviour of Thrace declared unilateral independence from Constantinople and from the Empire, having concluded that the Roman dream was long dead.
Well over a century has passed since those times, and Constantinople is in shambles; the city's population numbers at a meagre 20,000 and - outside of the merchant and palace districts, is in total disrepair. A recent defeat against the Bulgarian Empire has also halved the Roman rump state's size, while simultaneously severing the land connection from Attica to the capital.
On the other hand, the Nicene junta has benefited greatly from the decades-long influx of refugees. Fleeing Seljuk, Bulgar, and Angelid oppression alike, these desperate folk recognise the Gabras kingdom as the best hope for a Greek future, but the fledgling realm's tria
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Independence March was written during Turkish War of Independence. To summarize briefly, after Ottoman Empire was defeated in WW1 , where Turks lost millions of Soldiers. The clique who led the country in war fled, and a faction , which favoured surrendering took over.
Victors of WW1 invaded Anatolia. Ottoman parliament took the national oath which basically said "Alrighty, Empire is gone , but not an inch of Turkish territory , and we are full independent" , which contradicted Entente'S "Peace plan", which gave huge territories to colonial powers as "zones of influence", created an Armenian state with borders drawn in r/armenia, gave ฤฐzmir and East thrace to the Greeks, Even Istanbul to the "Straits commision". , so they disbanded Ottoman Parliament.
Atatรผrk and his followers , in response , set up a Parliament in Ankara , and War of independence started fully in 3 fronts. Ankara government lacked nearly everything. Men , money , guns , ammunition. The already poor anatolian peasantry sacrificed everything they had for the war effort (Women carrying ammunition in carriages, %40 of food and clothing owned by people seized , forced labor for certain occupations, all weapons seized). Yet an army was assembled from whatever remained , and war was won.
The march was written during the struggle with purpose of giving hope for the struggle , with following lyrics.
Fear not; For the crimson banner that proudly ripples in this glorious dawn, shall not fade,
Before the last fiery hearth that is ablaze within my homeland is extinguished. (Hearth symbolizes a family in Turkish culture. Hearth extinguishing means a family line dying out. Basically says every Turk would die before Turkey gets destroyed)
For that is the star of my people, and it will forever shine;It is mine; and solely belongs to my valiant nation.
Frown not, I beseech you, o thou coy crescent!
Smile upon my heroic nation! Why the anger, why the rage?
Our blood which we shed for you shall not be worthy otherwise ;
For freedom is the absolute right of my God-worshipping nation!
I have been free since the beginning and forever shall be so.
What madman shall put me in chains! I defy the very idea!
I'm like the roaring flood; trampling my banks and overcoming my body,
I'll tear apart mountains, exceed the Expanses and still gush out!
The horizons of the
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Difficulty : Legendary. Vanilla no mods.
The map shows all settlements are razed
This is my 1st time to play as the Huns. My initial goal is just to raze the whole world. As I find a 'Technique' halfway, which can speed up my razing procedure , I decide to raze as fast as I can.
The 'Technique' is that, the movement points can be restored if I change the general when there is only general unit in the troop. Thus I can dispatch a general to raze a settlement with local mercenaries, then dismiss all mercenaries, change the general, move to another settlement and attack. Repeat this operation and I have razed at most 18 Sasanids settlements in one turn, in extreme cases, since there are adequate mecenaries in every province of Sasanid Empire.
To prove it is exactly 415 AD winter
Then I will illustrate my route of march. The whole world in game can be classified into 6 areas:
The Slavic area, Germania, Britannia, the Combat area, Aisa Minor and the Sasanids.
Their features:
- The Slavic area: Closest to my hordes when I start the game. Long distances between settlements, always covered with snow. Difficult to siege the settlements because of the Poison archers. So I suggest to destroy all 3 slavic factions at the beginning immediately.
- The Germania: Too many tribes allied with each others, who will declare war on Huns soon. I have no other ways but destroy there army one by one in night battles. It is a tough task to burn out the Germania, but fortunately the germans have only levy spearmans with few warbands and light horsemans. They can be easily slaughtered by Hunnic T1 horse archers.
- The Britannia: When finnishing the warfares in Germania, the celts inrushed gaul and spain, with their hometown lack of defence. So I dispatch a general landed on Pictland, using the 'Technique' mentions above, and razed the British Island in one turn with plentiful mercenaries there, and then the Ebdanians on Ireland Island after 2 turns later.
- The Combat area: It requires barbarians many turns to transfer the bulidings of former Roman cities, thus there are only 2-3 garrison units in barbarian-occupied cities. 2 general is enough to raze such cities. It is a easy task to raze here. I
So I started my Crimean campaign normal, conquered Scythian Province's, then proceeded south east through the Caucasus Country. I subjugated my direct E. Nomad neighbor first. After pushing the Kartli out of their capital and subjugating their last city in Armenia I all of a sudden had an amazing opportunity. I occasionally check the Confederate options for my Kinfolk, and suddenly Syracuse is not only down, they'll pay me 3k to adopt them. I say screw it! Rome was already a defensive Ally, with trade, and military access so I was willing to risk them not attacking any time soon. Lol as the map opened I see 1.5 Carthaginian armies and a small navy just sitting right outside, I had literally stolen it from under them. And my former Syracuse army changed flags and were suddenly at peace. I quickly trained/hired what I could because In 3 turns Carthage attacked....it was a long and bloody struggle for Sicily. But by the end I had two great stacks, and a 3/4 navy stationed. But then through random shenanigans Antioch was separated from the Selecuids and after paying a few K I aquired it to, with Pergamum following a few turns later. And just this last turn Massilia embraced our confederation! I'm currently speed conquering the Province directly north of the Danube/Thrace so my rank goes up and i unlock new armies. Because both Pergamum and Massilia are completely defenseless. Now for my question
Should I reinforce Pergamum, and commit to full war with the Selecuids over Anatolia? Or Continue my Transplant Empire in Sicily, Sardinia, and Massilia? Knowing full well it means Rome could turn on me, while I'm locked in a death struggle with Carthage. I lean towards Massilia because I've always loved migration campaign's. And it's still under turn 80!!!! This is such a fun campaign
I moved out West from the South this year and it turns out winter stuff is EXPENSIVE! Especially when one wants to partake in more than one winter sport. As a result Iโm putting on a bit of a sale, dropping my prices a fair bit on many things Iโve listed previously and Iโve added a bunch of new coins as well.
Thereโs gold, US type stuff, crown sized silver, medieval, ancients, and a few rare bois in here too. Check it all out below!
Reasonable offers on more than one coin will be considered.
I accept pretty much everything, Venmo is preferred (Zelle, crypto, Cashapp, PPFF).
Shipping is $6 and includes bubble mailer with tracking. Please let me know if you would like the package insured and I will quote that separately. PLEASE let me know if you donโt receive anything within 10 days of me providing tracking, it gets much harder to find lost mail the longer it stays lost and USPS puts a limit on the days in which I can submit a lost mail claim.
If you need more or different pics, or information just ask! Unfortunately some of these are not professionally done.
******GOLD******
INDIA PICS
AM1217 (1789) Mysore, Tipu Sultan, Fanam. NGC MS62 $95 $OLD
RUSSIAN IMPERIAL PICS
1880 Alexander II 5 Roubles, C.ะ.ะ. (St. Petersburg) mint, ะะค (Nikolay Follendorf). Jewelers loop added. Ref Y B26. $600 $500
CALIFORNIA FRACTIONAL GOLD PICS
1875 Octagonal Indian Head Half Dollar, BG-934. PCGS UNC-Detail, polished. Fantastic detail. Ref BG-934. $300 $OLD
US CLASSIC COMMEMORATIVES PICS
1903 Jefferson, Louisiana Purchase $1. NGC MS64. $700 $OLD
1916 McKinley Birthplace $1. NGC MS64. $500 $OLD
******ANCIENTS THRU BYZANTINE (Sorted by date)******
TROAS, Assos, 500-450 BC. AR Hemiobol. $65 $45
PERSIA, Achaemenid, Xerxes I to Xerxes II, 485-420 BC. AR Siglos - Sardes mint. $OLD
GREEK, Chersonesos/Thrace, 400-338 BC. AR hemidrachm. $65 $55
MYSIA, Iolla, 350-300 CE. AE 14mm. In the type of Athens with Athena/Owl combo. $105
MACEDON, Alexander III โthe Greatโ, 325-323 BC. AR Drachm. $100 $OLD
SICILY, Agathokles, 317-289 BC, 4th democracy. Struck 308/7 BC. AE Litra. $70
SELEUKID, Seleu
... keep reading on reddit โกI don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
Wars in 2023
Ukrainian soldier in Ukraine:
The Russian advance into Ukraine was sudden and rapid. Tank battalions storm over the vast plains of the country, easily defeating the under-armed Ukrainians. The Russian advance is stopped along the Dnieper River, where the Ukrainians have managed to create a strong defensive line, causing the Russian advance to all but stagnate. Belarus has declared neutrality.
Taiwanese soldier in Taiwan:
The Chinese invasion of Taiwan was a bloodbath. Artillery rains down on the beaches as Chinese infantry struggle to gain ground. The air battle rages in the sky as the Taiwanese forces are being slowly but surely deteriorated by the overwhelming amount of Chinese planes. Taiwan is desperately keeping their runways functional as their military and air bases are under constant barrage by ordinance from Chinese jets and cruise missiles that manage to break through Taiwanโs air defenses. Several Chinese ships have been sunk by Taiwanese anti-ship missiles. The Chinese attack has been bogged down, giving time for the US to mobilize their fleet.
British soldier stationed at a military base in Cyprus:
The reignition of the war in Cyprus was unexpected to say the least, exactly 49 years after the original conflict no less. Both sides take turns rushing at each other in the beginning, covering little to no ground. As the Turkish navy blockades the island, Greek attempts at providing relief and reinforcements on Cyprus are laborious, and therefore Greek forces there are in short supply of resources. Due to stagnation in Cyprus, most of the fighting is seen in East Thrace. The front line bounces back between the Maritsa River and Istanbul becoming convoluted and messy, turning the entire peninsula into a war zone. Bulgaria has declared neutrality.
(This all assumes a major economic crash in 2022.)
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US had heavy German immigration at the turn of the century. What if pro-German politicians come to power. During WW1 US decides to support the Central Powers as their Crown Prince had been assasinated.
US keeps selling weapons to Germany and does not recognize UK blockade of Germany. This leads to the Royal Navy sinking an American freighter bringing weapons to Germany.
US public is outraged that a civilian freighter was sunk and demands war against the UK.
The war starts in 1915 with a Naval landing against Toronto, Halifax and Vancouver along with an overland attack on Quebec City and Montreal
UK retaliates by interning Americans in Hong Kong as well as Diggers from Australia landing on Luzon. The Phillipine freedom fighters welcome the British help and soon Philippines is a UK protectorate. Guam is taken soon. A fleet is on its way to Hawaii.
Mexico now allies with Britain and turns over the Vera Cruz naval base to Triple Entente. The British Caribbean fleet moves over to Vera Cruz and proceeds to blockade Houston and New Orleans.
The British control the Caribbean but the Atlantic is contested and Canada has surrendered.
The French fleet in the Caribbean joins up at Vera Cruz and a joint command is setup. For the duration of hostilities the Dutch, Danish and French colonies are put under UK-French joint command
A landing on Cuba is accompanied by a local revolt against poor working conditions in the US Sugar plantations. Soon Cuba has a pro-UK govt. Puerto Rico is taken soon and joined with Cuba. The various Spanish speaking Central American countries join Mexico.
The US Canal Zone garrison is blockaded on the Atlantic side.
UK has meanwhile taken Hawaii and a fleet is on the way to blockade the Canal Zone from the West.
Chile now comes in on the UK side and sends its battleships North. They have a long history of cooperating with the British navy.
Meanwhile the British have been sending a couple of Divisions of troops who were sent to Serbia in OTL to Vera Cruz to defend Mexico againt US invasion. This means once Serbia falls, Greece also falls to the Bulgarians.
Bulgaria takes entire Macedonia , Turkey takes Thrace and all the Aegean islands. Austrian navy takes Crete and Cyprus and hands Cyprus over to the Turks but keeps Crete.
Austria also takes the Ionian Islands as well as the Dalmation coast.
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Alot of great jokes get posted here! However just because you have a joke, doesn't mean it's a dad joke.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT NSFW, THIS IS ABOUT LONG JOKES, BLONDE JOKES, SEXUAL JOKES, KNOCK KNOCK JOKES, POLITICAL JOKES, ETC BEING POSTED IN A DAD JOKE SUB
Try telling these sexual jokes that get posted here, to your kid and see how your spouse likes it.. if that goes well, Try telling one of your friends kid about your sex life being like Coca cola, first it was normal, than light and now zero , and see if the parents are OK with you telling their kid the "dad joke"
I'm not even referencing the NSFW, I'm saying Dad jokes are corny, and sometimes painful, not sexual
So check out r/jokes for all types of jokes
r/unclejokes for dirty jokes
r/3amjokes for real weird and alot of OC
r/cleandadjokes If your really sick of seeing not dad jokes in r/dadjokes
Punchline !
Edit: this is not a post about NSFW , This is about jokes, knock knock jokes, blonde jokes, political jokes etc being posted in a dad joke sub
Edit 2: don't touch the thermostat
Do your worst!
They were cooked in Greece.
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
Two muffins are in an oven, one muffin looks at the other and says "is it just me, or is it hot in here?"
Then the other muffin says "AHH, TALKING MUFFIN!!!"
Only a month and a half after our most recent major update, we are proud to present 0.19 - 'March on the Drina'. This patch brings us to Serbia and Bulgaria, with both nations undergoing total reworks, offering many varied new paths and plenty of expanded content. Also included in this patch is the long-awaited focus tree for Haiti, our final North American nation that was without its own focus tree. And of course, there are the usual other additions, new icons and graphics, minor changes and bug fixes that you have come to expect. We hope you enjoy it!
- The KR4 team
Changes
Notable Additions
- Added SocLib and PatAut paths for Lithuania, which were not included in the initial release.
- Socialist Russia now forms its own temporary faction (the Eastern Front of the Third Internationale) with any syndicalist neighbours, and will only fully join the Third Internationale after Germany is defeated. The main purpose of this is to aid the AI, preventing it from frequently sending its forces back and forth between the two fronts of the war.
- Social Democrat White Ruthenia may now be convinced to defect to the Internationale by socialist Russiaโฆ at a price.
New Focus Trees
- Haiti
- Montenegro
Reworked/Expanded Focus Trees
- Serbia
- Bulgaria
Tweaked Focus Trees
- Brazil
- Georgia
- Paraguay
New Events
- Added World News events for the Congress of Lyon.
New Decisions
- Added some post-Cairo Pact War decisions for the Ottomans to develop Jerusalem
New Custom Country Paths
- Argentina
- Australasia
- Bolivia
- Chile
- Cyrenaica
- East Turkestan
- Ethiopia
- Flanders
- Georgia
- Jabal Shammar
- Japan
- Korea
- Liberia
- Morocco
- Najd
- Panama
- PeruโBolivian Confederation
- Qing
- Serbia
- Somalia
- Tibet
- Tripolitania
- Wallonia
- West Indies Federation
- Yucatan
GFX
- Updated the artwork on equipment used by the Entente.
- New generic icons.
- New Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Dahomey, Greece, Mexico, Montenegro, Netherlands, Fengtian, France, Lombardy, Ottoman, Portugal, Serbia, Sweden, Wallonia icons.
- New Portraits
- Belgium: Leo Frenssen
- Bosnia: Dzafer Kulenovic
- Bulgaria: Atanas Burov, Ivan Dochev, Dimitar Gichev, Vasil Ikonomov, Dimo Kazasov, Ivan Mihajlov, Nikola Mushanov, Rusi Rusev, Manol Vasev
- Commune of France: Paul Legentilhomme
- Cuba: Martin Diaz, Genovevo Perez Damera
- Fengtian Government: Xing Shilian, Yu Zhishan
- German Empire: Franz von Bayern, Walther von Reichenau
- Haiti: Carl B
Wars in 2023
Ukrainian soldier in Ukraine:
The Russian advance into Ukraine was sudden and rapid. Tank battalions storm over the vast plains of the country, easily defeating the under-armed Ukrainians. The Russian advance is stopped along the Dnieper River, where the Ukrainians have managed to create a strong defensive line, causing the Russian advance to all but stagnate. Belarus has declared neutrality.
Taiwanese soldier in Taiwan:
The Chinese invasion of Taiwan was a bloodbath. Artillery rains down on the beaches as Chinese infantry struggle to gain ground. The air battle rages in the sky as the Taiwanese forces are being slowly but surely deteriorated by the overwhelming amount of Chinese planes. Taiwan is desperately keeping their runways functional as their military and air bases are under constant barrage by ordinance from Chinese jets and cruise missiles that manage to break through Taiwanโs air defenses. Several Chinese ships have been sunk by Taiwanese anti-ship missiles. The Chinese attack has been bogged down, giving time for the US to mobilize their fleet.
British soldier stationed at a military base in Cyprus:
The reignition of the war in Cyprus was unexpected to say the least, exactly 49 years after the original conflict no less. Both sides take turns rushing at each other in the beginning, covering little to no ground. As the Turkish navy blockades the island, Greek attempts at providing relief and reinforcements on Cyprus are laborious, and therefore Greek forces there are in short supply of resources. Due to stagnation in Cyprus, most of the fighting is seen in East Thrace. The front line bounces back between the Maritsa River and Istanbul becoming convoluted and messy, turning the entire peninsula into a war zone. Bulgaria has declared neutrality.
(This all assumes a major economic crash happens in 2022.)
