The maternal side of my family is what people might call landed gentry in Indonesia. We have an established history in politics and military service (my grandfather’s brother was an Air Force Chief of Staff in the 90s). We are descended from a Scottish HEIC clerk who married a Cantonese “concubine” (possibly former prostitute or slave) who settled down and bought a plantation and subsequently became rich and semi-integrated (they retained English and Western culture, but married into the Betawi community of Colonial Batavia/Jakarta). My question is whether it was common for HEIC/VOC or east india company employees in general to settle down in their colonies and semi-integrate or fully integrate in them?
I can find references to HBC forces clashing with the French during such conflicts as King William's War and Queen Anne's War, as well as the American Revolution. Their system of factories and forts would surely have involved garrisons and the Battle of Hudson's Bay involved a squadron of HBC ships. Were all of these forces as autonomous as their sister company in India or were they subservient to British regular forces? Were they organized similarly to the regulars or did the Company of Adventurers get creative with their structure? How large was their military?
Thank you in advance to this wonderful community! I have a whole list of reference books that I intend to look at when I get a chance to run to the library but if you have any particularly insightful favorites please let me know.
I have been reading about the early colonisation efforts in Oceania, and apparently shipping and trade was restricted by the English East India Company's monopoly. How far beyond India did their mandate extend?
For example, the ship's carpenter and his mate are Americans, the Bosun and his mate are from Austria and France, respectively. There are also New Guinean, Russian, Chinese, Danish, Swedish, etc topmen and seamen serving as crewmates.
Now I am an Indian so I don't want to hear about their atrocities. We know it too well.
It's just a game so I can imagine however I want it to be. Having said that I am fully aware the game devs will not ever make this as its just too controversial.
Civ ability - Plutocracy Commercial hub districts and buildings provide +1 great general points. - 20% cost for buying units with gold.
Unique unit: Sepoy Replaces the Rifleman. +5 combat strength against city state and City state units
Leader: Robert Clive Leader Ability: Diwani Rights
Captured cities provide +10% to all yields but suffer - 5 loyalty per turn.
Unique building: Presidency Replaces the monument. Provides +2 loyalty as opposed to +1 of the monument. If the city is fully loyal provides +4 gold as well.
So what is your opinion?
What if the Roman Empire were to rise to power in 785?
If your factory has anti-suicide prevention devices, employs children or helps in the involuntary re-education of a people, well history is not going to love you.
You think we are woke today? Wait until you meet your grandkids.
In definition :
Corporatocracy is a term used to refer to an economic, political and judicial system controlled by corporations or corporate interests.
The British EIC ticks all of those boxes, not actually controlled neither nationalized by the british state either. What exactly was the EIC and its territory? Was it a country?
This one goes out to my fellow brown boys
Hello! I would like some historically accurate suggestions. Thank you
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... keep reading on reddit ➡Edit: the Dutch East India Company.
I really liked East India Company. I have Commander that come out after it.
What are some similar trade empire games?
