EU4 - Now What - Mzab - Now Algiers! Finished - 11 Nov, 1444 - 3 Jan, 1821

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Two Hundred and Fourteen - The 5th Algiers/Somalia War

I order:

West Flank - All 7 to the minor of Yao

Horn of Africa:

4 armies to Barawa
4 to BArdura


36k from Bengkulu to Kedah;s capital

Egypt – 45k is next door in Dembiya, I order my armies north of it to the minor of Semien to grab and then head south.

12 April – I win two battles in Bab el Mandeb and captured 12 ships

30 April – Two minors fall, I order my Egyptian Flank to Dembiya

5 May -Two more minors fall, on the West Flank I order my army to the Fortress of Wadai and on the Horn of Africa front to the Fortress of Merca

20 May – A general passes

1 June – We win the Battle of Dembiya, next is the Siege of Gonder

7 June- A minor falls

2 July - 21k are in Tajura sieging

3 Aug – 30k are in As-Suways

22 Aug – 59k I Kaffa

27 Aug – Wadai falls, next the Fortress of Tegali

I join Muscovy’s war against Japan

13 Oct – Japan capture Jugjur, I order 45k mercs in Tausik two away

21 Oct – Merca falls, next their capital of Mogadishu

1 Jan, 1768 – Gonder falls, I order my army to relieve the siege in Tajura of 86k

15 Jan – Tegali siege falls in West Africa, next is As-Suways and Sharqiya from Aden

17 Jan – Mogadishu falls, next the Fortress of El Buur, I have a warscore of 39%

21 Feb – We win a massive battle in Tajura, next the Fortress of Shewa

7 April – El Buur falls! That’s the last Fortress in Horn of Africa, I start grabbing minors

44% warscore

18 April – We recapture Jugjur from Japan

27 April – Another general passes

11 May –Minor falls in Horn of Africa

Pattani was captured by Bengal, warscore of 56

22 May – Our Western Army wins in Sharqiya,

I stay here

9 June – Kedah falls to our army, warscore of 63%

What can I get?

Horn of Africa:

Barawa – Wartarget, Coastal, North of Kismyao, - 10 warscore and a massive 17 badboy

Hargeisa – In the same State as Zeila and Mora – Coastal, east of Zeila – 10 warscore and 9 badboy

Egypt:

Dembiya – east of Al Qadaif, 6 each

Harer – south of Mora, north of Dawaro – 24 warscore, 15 badboy

Those are three higher dev and one high value trade good with 50 warscore out of 63.

Now what?

Horn:

Ogaden – Surrounded by 4 of us – 5 warscore and 3 badboy

Berbera – Coastal, east of Hargeisa – 6 warscore and 7 badboy

West Africa:

Sennar – 5 warscore and 3 badboy

Nothing else

Can I add in 1 with Andamans?

They were captured by Bengal with them, soi give them to them for their assisantane

Here we go:

https://i.ibb.co/k4R01VC/20230311212533-1.jpg

67 warscore and 61.0 badboy, only Somalia cares. I do it and spend 302 ADM coring, this has several high dev holdings plus some throw ins.

Here are my 5th War 7 new holdings:

Horn of Africa:

Barawa – Wartarget, Coastal, North of Kismyao, - 31 dev, Somalia and Sunni, Livestock, Farmlands, making us already 2.90 – it has Farm Estate, Con Center, Drydock, Counting House, Stock Exchange, Grand Shipyard, Great Mosque, University

Hargeisa – In the same State as Zeila and Mora – Coastal, east of Zeila – Arid Coastal Desert, Slaves, Trade Station, Con Center, Grand Shipyard, Mosque, Somali and Sunni, 16 dev, 1.16 made here

Ogaden – Surrounded by 4 of us – Oromo Fetishist, Trade Station for Incense, Con Center, Arid Highlands, 7 dev, makes 0.6

Berbera – Coastal, east of Hargeisa – Arid Coastal Desert, 11 dev, Gulf of Aden, Slaves, Grand Shipyard, Mosque and Workshop, Somali and Sunni making 0.63

Egypt:

Dembiya – east of Al Qadaif, - Amhara Coptic, Highlands, Cotton, Con Center, Mosque, Counting House, 0.98, 12 dev

Harer – south of Mora, north of Dawaro – The big one – in the Ifat state too, 33 dev, Great Project called “Harar Jugol”, Market Town, Coffee, Highlands, Harari Sunni, 3.52 made here, they have built here Mosque, University, Training Fields, Stock Exchange, Plantation, Con Center and Counting House

West Africa:

Sennar – Throw in – west of Al Qadarif, Arid Steppes, Nubian and Coptic, Farm Estate for Livestock, Counting House, 6 dev making 0.18

Some great high value things and two random shots in the dark with Slaves to see what they’ll make

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Two Hundred and Fifteen - The First Muscovy/Algiers Japan War, Part One


9 June – I order:

West African Army from Egypt to the border

Horn of Africa – one army to Barawa, one to Ogaden the others to the border

Egypt – One to Harer, one to Dembiya, one to Hergeisa, the rest to borders

I am still at war with Japan

Peace for 12 years

16 June – Removal of Slavery – they both now have Fish

15 July – I send my extra diplomat to make nice with Berau

I don’t order anything fiscally to build since I need help in Japan

Army:

Japan – 290k
Muscovy - 357k

We have 45k in Okhotsk from the Independent army.

Since I am recovering my army’s manpower after the War against Somalia, I cannot, in good conscience, send my army from the Malay Peninsula to Siberia so I order some mercs to supplement my forces there.

I order a Fortress in Jugjur next to Japan.

Mercs:

Grand Company – 30k, 1.26k now, 24.50 monthly – Stanovoy
Free Company – 15k, 599 now, 11.61 monthly, Okhotsk
Mongol Mercenaries – 30k, 2.91k now, 56.55 monthly, Chara
Buryat Band – 12k, 566 now, 10.42 monthly, Maya

29 Aug – Check out this event:

Military Development:

I can get +10 Army Tradition, or 61,306 manpower – I choose the latter.

https://i.ibb.co/KW03ZxC/20230326091321-1.jpg

I order my army from Malay to Siberia’s Jugjur

25 Sept – Mercs are all here

1 Jan, 1769 – Espionage Idea #6 – Privateers – Privateers +33% Efficiency, +25% Chance to Capture Ships

15 Jan – Malay Army arrives in Jugjur I order my mercs here

I lost 4 transports in a Battle on the Way here

I order 4 more

15 Feb – 93.3k are sieging our Korean Trading Post of Ningyuan

20 Feb – Our forces are in Jugjur, we have 159k, I order them into Japan’s Miyoo Gasan where 31k Muscovy are sieging.

20 July – Event – Wolof is now Shia – I send a Missionary – 12 months to bring it back

15 Sept – Miyoo Gasan falls. Japan is moving south to Fudali, I head east to the rich minor Tyr to capture this minor on the sea for us. It has a massive 22 dev and would be a nice addition.

8 Oct – Ningyuan falls to Japan

27 Oct – Tyr is ours, I order 12k to head west and the rest south to Oroch

8 Dec – Two minors fall

11 Dec – Cores finished in the 5th Somalia War in Berbera, Hargeisa, Barbawa!

HargeIsa already a core. I don’t care about Berbera

Barawa now making 2.95 monthly

I state:

Mogadishu – 1 of 5 – Barawa Livestock, now making 3.30

Missionaries:

Barawa – 15 months
Berbera – 18 months
Hargeisa – 20 months

22 Jan, 1770 – Two more minors fall

Next is the Fortress of Yaran

24 Feb – Both minors in Sakhalin are ours

10 Mar – Another minor falls

11 Apr – Another minor falls

30 April – Bohemia is at war with Europe, I grant them access

11 June – Cores done in everything else we took from Somalia

Harer already a core, as is Sennar, but not Ogaden or Dembiya’s wealthy Cotton.

Ogaden in a poor state

I state:

Central Ethiopia – 1 of 5 – Dembiya – The rest have wealthy Coffee, a Great Project, a Market Town, and a random Grain

I hand a Majils Seat to Barawa who goes from 4.38 to 4.56 monthly

I send a Missionary to Ogaden for 17 months

15 July – We capture another minor, I send my 12k army to next door the Fortress of Morin to get it on our side

22 July – Wolof converts back to Ibadi! Next is a 17 month campaign in Sennar

1 Aug – Relations maxed with Berau recalled, I also recall my making nice diplomats from my vassals

12 Aug – I send my two vassal diplomats to make nice with Deccan and build a spy network with Japan

30 Aug- Yaran falls! I order this army to Morin

26 Oct – I capture a minor on the way

5 Dec – Barawa Converts! Next is Dembiya for 18 months

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Two Hundred and Sixteen - The First Muscovy/Algiers Japan War, Part Two

1 Feb, 1771 – Event – Majils Seat handed to Harer in order to keep it from losing 3 dev.

20 Feb – Harageisa converts! Next is 31 months in Harer

6 Mar – My 4 new Transports are done in Siberia, I order them to join my navy there

26 April – I grant military access to Yan at war with Japan

1 May – Our Majils passes the “Quartering of Troops” policy

31 May – Japan captures Belitung in the Indies. I order my navy over to help out.

20 June – Berbera converts! Nothing left to offer!

11 July – Morin falls! Next is the Fortress of Hetu Ala
 
12 Aug – They arrive in Borneo and begin a siege

27 Aug – We capture a minor to Hetu Ala

1 Oct – Our Heir gains the Industrious Trait

14 Oct – A Bornean minor falls

13 Nov – Conversion successful in Ogaden!

19 Nov – Event – I spend 100 to help local traders

15 Dec – Sennar sees the Ibadi light!

7 Feb, 1772 – Sampit falls in Borneo

16 Feb – Hetu Ala falls!

We have a 13% overall warscore and we have 16%. Can I get a couple of minor holdings? Or Tyr?

Tyr – Cross to Sakhalin’s Kita Karafuto, Coastal – 11 warscore and 11.7 badboy, Somalia cares

Kita Karafuto – North half of Sakhalin, cross to Tyr – 3 score, 1.6 badboy,

Minami Karafuto – Southern half of Sakhalin, south of Kita Karafuto, 4 warscore and 2.2 badboy

Those are all doable, can I get a throw in?

Nope, not even the 3 warscore south of Tyr Oroch.

Ready?

https://i.ibb.co/M9QJJc4/20230326105325-1.jpg

18 warscore and 15.5 badboy. We grab the wealthy Tyr and then the very poor two holdings in Sakhalin

48 to core Tyr, 14 to core the two in the Island


Tyr – Cross to Sakhalin’s Kita Karafuto, Coastal – 22 dev, Woods, Fur Trade, Amur Estuary, Jurchen people, Shinto faith, Marketplace, Workshop, Mosque, Grand Shipyard, makes us 1.21 – it’s not Arctic by the by

Kita Karafuto renamed “Nangha’er” – North half of Sakhalin, cross to Tyr – Also Woods, Arctic, 3 dev, Fishing here, just makes 0.06, also Jurchen and Shinto

Minami Karafuto renamed “Enchiw” – Southern half of Sakhalin, south of Kita Karafuto, Also Woods, Also Arctic, Also Jurchen and Shinto, 4 dev, Fishing, makes us a massive 0.08…


Obviously that war was about the grab of Tyr. I disband my mercs and order my army back to Bengkulu.

This peace treaty ends in just 7 years in 1779 before my Somalia peace is up in 1780

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Two Hundred and Seventeen - Blackmailing


16 Feb, 1772 - I spend 20 prestige to placate local leaders in Brazil and reduce it’s revolutionary tendencies

Note I finished with 124k manpower since only one army was in the battle.

Remind me to build a Fortress in Tyr after coring and Missionary-ing it to Ibadi

I claim Japan’s Oroch

I order my navy to berth in Lamu to build back up

I order:

7 Counting House upgrades, 3 regular Counting Houses

4 Manufactories

4 Grand Mosque upgrades;

Soldier’s Households in Berbera, Hargeisa, Gedo, Djerba, Titteri,

4 in Lake Victoria region

1 in Kongo

6 in West Africa

20 Universities

10 Con. Centers

6 May – I order a 35k army from West Africa to Tetouan to deal with an 80% rebellion there of 14k

12 May – I send my extra diplomat to make nice with Malacca

I spend 50 MIL to claim Holy War all adjacent claims

1 June – Our level 4 MIL Advisor passes, I hire a level 2 Commadant and spend cash to promote him to level 4

28 June - Dembiya converts!

1 July - Right now my level 4 Advisors are costing me 71.80 with an extra 735 made, I spend thousands to increase them to level 5.

1 Aug – We are now spending 112.30 and making 13/10/11 monthly

The last Espionage Idea! #7 – Blackmailing – We get +15% Vassalization acceptance, +33% Monthly Favor Growth, for finishing we get +100% Rebel Support and -100% Covert Action against us. All Ideas done.

Relations max with Deccan, I pull my diplomat

20 Sep – I send my Deccan diplomat to make nice with Hormuz

1 Oct – Gold Mine in Butua is depleted

16 Nov – My army arrives in Tetouan

1 Jan, 1773 – After all of my Advisors that cost me around 5.5k to raise, I only have 14k now.

I order built:

Fortress in Sennar next to Somalia

5 Con. Centers

6 Universities

Army Check – 759k with a forcelimit of 917k

I order an army of 31k in West Africa, that drops my manpower to 150k

I have 9706 left for emergencies hiring Mercs and such

Japan and Muscovy are at peace. It ends very shortly in May 1777.

I pull my making a spy network from Japan since my Holy War gave me them all.

24 Mar – Event – The Skills of the Consort – We get -10% Mil techs costs for two decades

7 April – I send our Japan diplomat to make nice with our ally Bengal

1 Aug – Relations max with Hormuz, I pull the diplomat

7 Sept – I send it to make nice with Mongolia

24 Sept – Harer converts! That’s our last one from Somalia. It’s now making 4.34 with Ibadi State, Core and Majils Seat

1 Oct – With a 97 I pull my maxed relations with Malacca

8 Dec - I make nice with England with my Malacca diplomat after it returns

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Two Hundred and Eighteen - Harer Jugal Built

1 Jan, 1774 – I have 19k.

I order built:

Great Project:

Harer – “Harer Jugol” – We spend 2.5k, this will give us when built -10% Stability Cost and +0.20 Prestige for Conversions per dev.

This will be built in Sept 1779 in 25 years. I can spend 250 to increase it by 730 days. I spend 2500 to do so in 7300 days. Now

I spend 5k for the next level, this will be built in June 1813 – this gives me -25% stability cost and better conversion prestige

That dropped me to 9717 so I don’t spend anything else

24 May - Three cores taken from Japan are done!

I don’t state them

Missionaries –

Nangha’er – 20 months
Enchiw – 24 months

I order a Fortress in Tyr since it’ll take 43 months to convert well past when the war ends in 1777,

It’ll be done in November 1776

1 June – I lose 19 claims

15 June – Our Zanzibar trade node is making 142.90, my fleet is repaired, I order them to protect trade

28 June – Our 31k in West Africa finishes

2 July – Our army arrives in Bengkulu from Mongolia

I am making 152 cash from Zanzibar now

4 Oct – Event – The Honest Merchants of Algiers – Our Global Trade is +10% for ten years

1 Nov- Relations maxed with England at +57. I recall my diplomat

14k Rebellion in Tetouan!

6 Nov – We put it down, I order my 35k back to the West Africa front

15 Nov – I send the English diplomat to make nice with Venice

21 Jan, 1775 – I have 17k, I spend 4.5k to speed up “Harer Jugol” it finishes and that’s the highest level so it’s finished

I order:

2 Counting Houses

4 Soldier’s Households

5 Universities

That leaves me with 9033

2 Feb – Event – Monument in Harer - I gain 20 prestige and for 20 years -10% stability cost

1 May – With a +45, relations maxed with Mongolia, dip pulled

1 June – With a +156, relations are also maxed with Bengal, recalled

6 July – Mongolian diplomat makes nice with Barus

28 July – Bengal’s diplomat send to make nice with Augburg

1 Sept – New Tech!

DIP TECH 28 – Midshipmen Cadets – We get +0.5% Naval Morale and +10% Naval Maint, which is now 176.80/monthly from 165

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Two Hundred and Nineteen - Ching Shih Hired



1 Jan, 1776 – I have 14k cash, I order built:

2 Con. Centers

Town Hall in Tunis, Mitijia,

Soldier’s Household in Kasdir, Zuwareh, Sirt, Lindi, Antankara

5 Universities

That leaves me 9491 left for stuff

1 Feb – With +91 relations maxed with Venice, next will be…

9 Feb - …Franconia

17 April – Event - Ching Shih – This is long, here check it out:


https://i.ibb.co/ZNDDPtw/20230326134748-1.jpg


I can hire her as a level 2 Naval Reformer Advisor or an Admiral, I showed you what that looks like. I do that.

That’s an upgrade from our 1 star Admiral, I hand her my big fleet

1 May – With a +54 relations maxed with Barus, dip recalled

11 May – Nangha’er converts! 2 left

I order a Soldier’s Households here

31 May - Enchiw converts! 1 left, and I order a Households here too

15 July – I send my Barus dip to make nice with Bali

23 July – I hire a new General to replace one who died, he’s 3 stars

1 Aug – Our Artist ADM Advisor passes, I hire a level 1 Theologian who reduces unrest by -2% and then promote him to level 5 for around 2.3k

5 Sept – Event -“Rising Star” I choose not to hire a level 3 Algerian Shinto advisor and then we gain 10 prestige.

30 Nov - Tyr’s Fortress built, next is the 66 month campaign to convert it.

5 Dec - Event – Corrupt Factor – We embrace our Company in Mitija instead of reeling it in and gain for 20 months 1 Mercantilism, and -3% local unrest, +25% Trade and +15% production locally.

2 Jan, 1777 – With our two Soldier’s Households ordered this year and the Advisor spending, I only have 14k. This year Muscovy and Japan’s peace is up.

I order these built:

Town Hall in Qahirah

2 Con. Centers

1 Counting House

10 Universities

10k left

1 Mar – With a +65, relations maxed with Augsburg, I pull my diplomat

12 Mar – I send it to make nice with Transoxiana

1 May - With a +33 relations maxed with Bali, I pull

1 June – New Tech!!!!

ADMIN TECH 30 – Advanced Production - +2% Production Efficiency

13 July – Our manpower is 419k, I spend 31k to make an army in the Lake Victoria region

26 July – I hire a new general to replace a dead one

1 Oct – I send my free diplomat to make nice with The Papal States

1 Nov – With a +65, relations maxed with Franconia, I pull my diplomat

Our level 5 MIL Advisor Army Commandant dies, I hire a level 1 Army Organizer that gives me a +10 Forcelimt and spend some cash to raise him to level 5

13 Nov - I send my Franconia diplomat to make nice with Strasbourg

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Two Hundred and Twenty - Impulsive Warfare


5 Jan, 1778 – I spend 66 MIL power to drop rebellion risk in Tyr since I don’t have an army there

I have 14k cash after updates to my MIL Advisor.

I order built:

15 Universities for 10k left for emergencies in the potential war against Japan in the far north

2 Feb - With +30 relations maxed with Transoxiana, dip pulled

13 Mar – I send it to make nice with Brazil

1 June – Ottomans are at war with Europe, I decline military access.

21 June – Bengal at defensive war with Spain and her allies. They do not call on our aid, but I give them access as well.

28 July – Kazan, an ally of Bengal, is given access as well.

2 Aug – I Influence Nation Strasbourg

17 Sept – Event – Talented Judge again – I send him to Mombasa State

5 Dec – Event – Some Shady People – I don’t accept and get +5 prestige

1 Jan, 1779 – Truce with Japan up, but I don’t DOW them, Somalia is next year

6 Jan – I have 13k after sending some Influence Nations.

I order built 14 Universities leaving me with 9993 cash

19 Jan – Event – Tariffs on Iron

2 Feb – Army finished in Lake Victoria, I order it over to the border it looks like 36k, not 31k

28 April – I merge a 31k army with the 7k one

I hire a 3 star general and assign them the 38k army

1 May – Our High Imam gains the Entrepreneur trait!

1 June – I order my fleet to the Bab el Mandeb

1 July – With a +65 I pull my Papal States dip and keep it free for my war.

9 July – Japan announces us as a rival

1 Aug – With a +70 I pull my Strasbourg dip, and send my Papal States to make nice with Fars

11 Sept 0 I influence nation Fars

30 Sept – my 1 star admiral passes

1 Dec - Moroccan rebels in Tetouan but my 31k army is here

8 Dec - no longer

25 Dec – Event – Atfih now a Majils Seat

1 Jan, 1780 – New Tech!

MIL TECH 30 – Impulse Warfare – I get better infantry, +0.25 Military tactics, +1 land morale, +25 maneuver

I order upgrades

Peace up here in April

I don’t order any fiscal stuff to save my cash for emergency stuff

24 Feb – Event – Spy Defections

1 Apr – Peace is up,

Somalia – 166k
Aden – 118k

Any new allies to care about?

Nope!

I have 540k manpower

I DOW for Somalia’s Northern holding minor of Illubabor which has 45k there surrounded by four of our 31k armies

I call in Malacca which might take the two Malay next door since Bengal is at war

The 6th war has begun

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Two Hundred and Twenty-One - The 6th Algiers/Somalia War

I order:

All West African armies to the minor of Yao

4 armies to Illubabor

The rest of the Northern to the Fortress of Gonder

The Horn of Africa army to the Fortress of Merca next to their capital of Mogadishu

5 April – We capture 6 ships in Bab el Mandeb

16 April – We rout their 45k in Illubabor

30 April – We capture Yao and a Horn of Africa minor. The West Africa army is ordered next to the Fortress of Wadai

6 May - llubabor captured, next these armies are ordered to Conder

15 May - Merca falls, next is their capital

25 May – A Horn of Africa minor falls

6 June – Our Northern army defats 15k in Gojjam on the way to Gonder

23 June – Another Horn of Africa minor falls

22 July – 56k Aden are besieging Mukha

28 July – Mogadishu falls, our warscore is 22%, next is the Fortress of El Buur

9 Aug – More troops arrive at Mukha, around 118k total

23 Aug – The Fortress of Wadai in West Africa falls, next is the Fortress of Tegali

1 Sept – With a +80, relations maxed with Fars,I recall my diplomat

20 Oct – Our Horn of Africa army captures El Buur, next door in Galkayo is 49k I order my army over

1 Nov – We win in Galkayo

21 Nov – Galkayo falls, 56k in Meregh two away, I order my army there

24 Nov – Gonder falls in the Northern Flank and I order this army to Mukha

16 Dec – We win the Battle of Meregh

20 Dec – Both Kedah provinces have fallen to Malacca and our army in the Malay Peninsula

We have a 59% warscore and still 300k manpower. I keep it up.

1 Jan 1781 – Meregh falls to us

I spend 54 MIL to stop a rebellion in Tyr

23 Jan – Tegali is ours on the Western Flank. Now a warscore of 64%

I have manpower equal to 267k

64% is enough for peace.

What do I want to take?

Horn of Africa:

Merca – Next to us, a big holding, in the Mogadishu State we already have – 15 warscore, 16.2 badboy, that’s the big one.

Bardera – Next to us, inland of Merca, in the Jubba State already, decently built up – 9 warscore, 9/3 badboy

Afgooye – Inland, connects Bardera and Merca - 7 warscore, 5.9 badboy

Mogadishu - Coastal, North and East of Merca, in the Mogadishu State we already have, their Capital, 20 warscore, 16.3 badboy

Northern Africa:

Illubabor – Next to us on the west flank, part of the Kaffa State, Wartarget – 4 warscore, 4.2 badboy

Agew – West flank, east of us, part of our State of Damot – 5 warscore, 4.3 badboy, just a minor throw in to get us to the next good one

Gojjam – East of Agew, North of Damot, part of Central Ethiopia State we already made – 5 warscore and 2.9 badboy

That’s all I can do, one more warscore than our total.

Only Somalia cares.

Let’s look!

https://i.ibb.co/dpQCbgZ/20230326162514-1.jpg

As you can see, these 7 provinces are 65 warscore and then 59.1 badboy and only Somalia cares.

I do peace. To core them is 124 for Mogadishu, 105 for Merca, and then 165 for the other 5.

We took two major provinces off the board including their capital!

Now let’s look at them:

Horn of Africa:

Merca – Next to us, a big holding, in the Mogadishu State we already have – Fortress, Naval Equipment Manufactory for Naval Supplies, Drydock, Con. Center, Mosque, University, Counting House, Grand Shipyard, with 35 dev, Somali Sunnis make us 2.46 monthly, Farmlands, no tropical

Barbera – Next to us, inland of Merca, in the Jubba State already, decently built up – Arid Steppes, it’s also Somali and Sunni, 17 dev, Farm Estate for Grain, Con. Center, Counting House, 0.25 made here

Afgooye – Inland, connects Bardera and Merca – Somali Sunni here, also Arid Steppes, 11 dev, Farm Estate for Grain, Con. Center, Counting House, 0.92 made here

Mogadishu - Coastal, North and East of Merca, in the Mogadishu State we already have, their Capital – Entrepot COT, a massive 40 dev Ivory Trading holding, Arid and Steppes, Somali and Sunni, Trade Station and Con. Center, Stock Exchange, Counting House, Grand Shipyard, Training Fields, Great Mosque and University, making us 4.64

Northern Africa:

Illubabor – Next to us on the west flank, part of the Kaffa State, Wartarget – 9 dev, Slaves, Sidano people, Coptic faith, Highlands, not Arid or Tropical, Workshop and Con. Center, makes us 0.46

Agew – West flank, east of us, part of our State of Damot – Highlands, not Arid or Tropical either, Farm Estate for Grain, Con. Center, Amhara people Coptic faith, 9 dev, 0.11 made here

Gojjam – East of Agew, North of Damot, part of Central Ethiopia State we already made – Amhara Coptics here too, 6 dev, Mountains, not Arid, the wealthy Coffee trade, Plantation and Con. Center here,

Remember Somali is an accepted culture in my Empire.

We’ll what trade good Illubabor will swap to. Two very high dev, one Coffee, one 17 dev, and all but Afgoooye are in States of mine already and won’t need more.

This peace treaty ends in 11 years in 1792.

That year lasted around a fast 9 months. Very fast!

That was a big hit to our enemy.

Their new capital is Meregh two away from Mogadishu on the Horn of Africa coast.

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Two Hundred and Twenty-Two - The Seeds of Greatness


23 Jan - I order:

36k in Malay Peninsula to Bengkulu

38k to Mogadishu

36k to Merca

Two armies to Bardera and Afoogye

Three armies to Agew, Gojjam and Illubabor

I order the Western Flank armies back to the border

The rest of the Horn of Africa army back to the border.

I have 25k I order built:

6 Soldier’s Households in my Gold provinces

3 Counting Houses

5 Great Mosques

3 Manufactories

2 Grand Shipyard upgrades; 2 new ones

1 Con. Center

20 Universities

11k left

I spend 50 MIL to claim Holy War against our new borders and the lost claims recently too.

I order my fleet and captured to berth in Tajura

I order diplomats to make nice with Algerian Alaska and pull my Brazil dip.

17 Feb - I send my two Brazil and Somalia peace Dips to make nice with Persia and Dai Viet

23 Mar – Illubabor is making Grain, swing and a miss

1 April – Our Majils Policy is up, next is “Emergency Impressment Act”, I spend some cash bribing MPs

17 May – Our Shalaf’I Scholar is up, I hire another with our +150 Brazil relations

30 May – All of our armies are back to the borders

1 Sept – My navy is healed!

19 Nov – Event – Playing the Courts – I side with my Ulema sect and gain relations with them and then move us towards legalism

18 Dec – I replace a dead general

1 Jan, 1782 – I have 12k after my bribes, so I skip building this year.

1 Mar – We max relations with Dai Viet at 19, I recall my diplomat

5 May – I send it to make nice with Bengal, it’s a 150 to get another Scholar I want to see if I can get two.

26 May – Tyr converts! 2.02 made here. I order an upgrade of it’s Workshop to a Counting House. I state it, now it makes 3.14

16 July – Event – Sufi Syncretism – I side with him and lose 10% Ulema loyalty at 100%, but gain Missionary Strength in Central Ethiopia Province

26 July – Merca is now a core! 2.84 made here. Missionary here will take 33 months

1 Sept – With 830k built of 1086 forcelimit, I order another 36k built in the Indies on the island of Borneo

I have 284k manpower left

12 Sept – Event – The Seeds of Greatness – Taveta grows 2 dev from modern farming techniques

26 Sept – Our three claims cored from Somalia’s 6th war are done in Mogadishu, Afoogye and Bardera. Mogadishu is now making us 5.04. I hand it a Majils Seat; 5.56 now.

Missionaries:

Mogadishu – 13 months
Afoogye – 18 months
Bardera – 20 months

6 Dec – I promote a new general to replace a fallen one.

9 Dec – Event – Disagreeing Advisor – I change my mind lose 10 prestige but gain 50 ADM

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Two Hundred and Twenty-Three - Updating Limchow


1 Jan, 1783 – With 20k I order built:

For the Limchow Trading Post:

10 dev, Incense, makes us 1.81

I order:

Permanent Quarters
Broker’s Exchange
Military Admin
Officer’s Mess
Company Depot
Algerian District

We are now making here 2.87 monthly

1 Counting House

7 Con. Centers

1 Soldier’s Households

15 Universities

I have left 9664

I have 151 relations with Bengal, but I cannot hire a Hanafi Scholar without firing my Shaf’i one

I pull my diplomat

21 Jan – Event – Tariffs on Wool

26 Jan – Cores finished for Gojjam, Agew and Illababur! All cores from the war are done!

I order a Missionary to Gojjam for 14 months

1 Mar – Relations maxed with Persia, I recall my diplomat, with a +123

2 April – I send my two free diplomats to make nice with Wu and Muscovy

12 May – Our Admiral passes, I hire another also 2 stars

12 July – Event – Growth in Ivory Production - +2 in Mozambique

24 July – A dead general is replaced

1 Nov – Mogadishu converts! Now we are making 5.80 here

I order a Missionary to Agew for 17 months

9 Nov – Event – Tea Imports

15 Dec – Bardera converts! Next is Illubabor for 17 months too

1 Jan, 1784 – Gojjam converts! Nothing left

New Tech!

DIP TECH 30 – Insurance Companies - +2% Trade Efficiency, +20 trade range

I have 15k, I order:

Great Mosque in Tyr

20 Universities

10k left

22 Mar – Merca converts! It’s now making 3.66, I upgrade the Mosque here to a Great one and then there were three!

6 April – Afoogye converts! I order here a Soldier’s Households, two left

1 May – Relations maxed with Wu, I pull my diplomat

16 May – 36k army finished in Borneo, I order it to Sambas where my 36 transport fleet is

10 July – I send my Wu diplomat to make nice with Two Sicilies

1 Aug – With a 99 we max relations with Muscovy I call back my diplomat

I spend 4k to Influence Nation Muscovy

20 Aug – Our Consort has passed

22 Aug - The Holy Roman Empire has dissolved

1 Sept – I send my extra Diplomat from Muscovy to make nice with Bavaria

Is this the time to DOW the Turks?

They are losing two wars badly!

Let me show you:

https://i.ibb.co/MGzDPRY/20230326193132-1.jpg

If I am ever going to DOW the Turks in this campaign, this is the time. They have all of their European and Crimea and much of Turkey captured. This would be a perfect time to grab land in the Levant.

The Turks:

They currently have 357k

And we only have one border with them so I don’t have to deal with a multi-flank war.

They are still allied with den, as well as Bengal, I don’t want to lose a key ally, so I don’t do it.

14 Sept – Event – Growth of the Dawa Textile - Dawa now makes Cloth, it was a 10 dev Wool province making us 3.15, now Cloth with 4.17

1 Nov – I pull my diplomat making nice with Alaska

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Two Hundred and Twenty-Four - Trading Company Bubble Bursts

1 Jan, 1785 – I have 13k after giving away gifts.

I send a few thousand to influence Nation Malacca

I order nothing

Rebellion in Tetouan where my 31k are

7 Jan - Defeated

4 Feb – I send the Alaska dip to make nice with a newly released Papal Estates

22 Feb – I hire a new general to replace a dead one

30 Mar- Event – Anticlericalism – I can grab thousands of cash or make nice with the merchants estate. I choose the latter.

13 April – Event – We gain 2 Corruption

26 April – Agew converts! I order a Soldier’s Household here; one left!

7 June – Illubabor converts! A Household ordered for here as well. Last one!

1 Sept – With a +65 relations maxed with Two Sicilies, dip recalled

9 Sept – I send it to make nice with Crimea

The Turks lost their wars and dropped Crimea as an independent state, it’s Catholic, Spain grabbed a bunch of Greek holdings and now free is Bosnia

10 Oct – I spend 88 cash to Influence Nation Crimea

16 Oct – The Papal States are no more, I order my diplomat to make nice with Bosnia

30 Oct – Event – Merca gets a Majils Seat – Before it was making 4.25, after 4.42

1 Jan, 1786 – I have 15k,

I order built:

4 Con. Centers

Town Hall in Atfih, Fayyum

1 Great Mosque

Soldier’s Households in Dukkala, Haha and Anfa in Morocco; 2 in West Africa

5 Universities

9675 left

I have 520k manpower and 866k of 1111k forcelimit, I order 31k in Egypt

18 Jan – I Influence Nation Bosnia and spend 92 doing it

17 April – The Papal States are back in Crimea

1 May – Relations maxed with Bavaria at 40; I pull

13 May – I send to make nice with the Papal States

1 June – I lose 27 claims. I spend 50 MIL to Holy War and get them back

7 June – Event – City Life – We lose 2132 to help Pate and keep their vote in the Majils Seat.

1 Sept – I Influence Nation the Papacy for 60 cash

16 Sept – Event – Trading Company Bubble Bursts – I have three options. I choose to help, spend 1k and then get+10 merchant stuff.

1 Oct – Our level 5 ADM Advisor Theologian dies. I hire a level 3 Natural Scientist that boosts Production by 10% and then spend 2100 getting it to level 5

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Two Hundred and Twenty-Five - Emergency Impressment Act Passed

1 Jan, 1787 – I only have 9585 so I don’t spend anything

25 Jan – Event – Tariffs Too High – I choose to drop by 10% Tariffs and Brazil’s Liberty desire drops that amount

1 April - Great News! The Majils passes the Emergency Impressment Act which makes us 88575 sailors! I order our fleet to protect trade in Zanzibar

At 65, relations maxed with Crimea, I pull my diplomat

27 April – I send it to make nice with Bone

1 May – I pull dip from Bosnia after maxing too

14 May - I send to make nice with Berau

1 June – Event – Border Friction with Wu - I make nice and get boosts to relations

11 July – Event – Foreign Quarter in Palu – We encourage it and gain boosts with Malacca

22 July – 31k in Egypt finished

26 Sept – I hire a general to replace one who died today.

11 Dec – Papal State annexed by the Turks

I send the diplomat to make nice with Yan

1 Jan, 1788 – I have 17k and I order these built:

2 Great Mosque

3 Manufactories

20 Universities

10k left

1 Feb – Relations maxed with Berau, dip pulled

17 April – I send the Berau dip back to Influence Nation it.

28 May – Event – Tea Imports – I push Coffee

1 June – Relations maxed with Bone, it’s pulled

15 July – I send the Berau dip to make nice with Kazan

16 Aug – Event – Expansion of the Agadir Madrasah – I choose to expand but lose some cash flow for a few years

1 Sept – I spend 50 DIP to Invite Minorities

17 Sept – I send the Bone Dip to make nice with Bohemia

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Two Hundred and Twenty-Six - Tetouan Rebellion


1 Jan, 1789 – I have 15k. I order built:

1 Manufactory

4 Counting Houses

13 Universities

I have left 9839

1 April – I spend 64 to Influence Kazan

1 July – With +65, relations maxed with Korea’s Yan, I pull

1 Sept – With 581k manpower, 897k troops and 1133k forcelimit, I order another 31k in Egypt

18 Sept – I send the Yan diplomat to make nice with Scandinavia in Greenland

1 Dec – I spend 69 to Influence Nation them

1 Jan, 1790 – I order with my 18k:

3 Con. Centers

Soldier’s Households in Ifni and Sauora

20 Universities

10k left

6 Mar – Event – Corrupt Viceroys – I take action and we gain 2 inflation

I spend 67 power to remove it

1 April – Maxed relations with Kazan at 80, pulled

24 April – I send it to make nice with Geneva

1 May - With 65 relations maxed with Bohemia, pulled

15 May – I send it to make nice with England

23 July – I hire a new general to replace one that past today

1 Aug – Rebellion in Tetouan

7 Aug – We defeat the rebels

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Two Hundred and Twenty-Seven - Impressment Offices Built


1 Jan, 1791 – As a reminder, the game ends in 30 years, it does not end 400 years later in 11 Nov, 1844, but 3 Jan, 1821.

I have 19k, I order:

4 Manufactories

There is a Manufactory called the “Impressment Office” that increases my sailors by 250, they are better in Salt, Fish, Tropical Wood or Naval Supplies.

For example, if I build one in Tuat’s 3 dev Salt Desert province it won’t work since it needs a coast, like Grain Coast, it cost 350 and then takes 5 years to build, and in the Grain Coast it’s 500 Sailors

I build 7 Impressment Offices

1 Grand Shipyard

1 Grand Mosque

15 Universities

10k left

30 Jan – Event – Tariffs too High – I lower them

13 Feb – My 31k is built in Egypt’s Berber, I send it southward for next year’s war

26 Feb - I promote a general to replace one that died today

1 May – With a +52, relations max with Scandinavia, I pull them

Deccan is at war with Bengal, and we weren’t called in.

Japan is at war with Wu, this might be a good time to step in.

14 June – I send it to make nice with Engerland

1 Aug – Our Level 5 Advisor DIP passes and I hire a level 3 Statesman that increases your dip reputation, and then I spend 2400 raising it to level 5

1 Dec – Our High Imam passes!

Our new Ruler is High Imam Hasan II 2/1/2, feh, age 35

Consort – Jalila, 20 years old, 2/0/4

Heir – Muhammed – 0 years, 2/2/3.

Our stability drops. I spend 125 ADM to raise it back to +3

With a +45, relations max with Geneva, dip recalled

11 Dec – Sent to make nice with Hormuz

18 Jan, 1792 – Event – We choose the Shiekh best for the role

This is the year my peace treaty with Somalia is up!

I have 15k, I just order:

12 Universities

12k left, all places have one

22 April – Royal Marriage with Malacca

1 May – Relations maxed with England, diplomat pulled

23 May – Royal Marriage with Bengal

2 June – Royal Marriage Persia

3 July – I send a diplomat to make nice with Transoxiana

1 Aug – Truce is up with Somalia and friends!

Any new allies?

Nope!

Army Check of the Two that Matter:

Aden – 120k
Somalia – 85k

I DOW Somalia for the Horn of Africa minor on the coast called Warshiekh, it’s up the coast from Mogadishu and has a high dev

I call in Malacca since they are not at war right now:

The 7th Somalia War has begun!

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Two Hundred and Twenty-Eight - The 7th Algiers/Somalia War


I order:

Western Flank Armies to the minor of Yao

36k from Bengkulu to the Malay Peninsula

6 Horn of Africa armies to Warshiekh

One to Beledweyne

Northern Armies to the Fortress of Gonder for a siege

I have 597k manpower at the beginning of the war

18 Aug – The Siege of Gonder begins with a fusillade

29 Aug- I win the Battle of Shewa

3 Sept – Three minors fall on all three flanks. I order the Western Army east to the Fortress of Wadai, I order the Warsheikh army next to the Fortress of El Buur

6 Sept – Beledweyne falls

20 Sept – Event - I lose 15 prestige rather than 10 ulema loyalty

1 Oct – Relations max with Hormuz, dip recalled

They are besieging Mukha with 31k

6 Oct – Now 69k

17 Oct – Gonder falls! I order my army to Mukha

120k are in Mukha now

9 Nov – I send the Hormuz dip to make nice with Venice

14 Nov – El Buur falls! Next is their capital of Meregh where they have 20k

29 Nov – We win the Battle of Meregh

7 Dec – Wadai on the West Flank falls, next is the Fortress of Tegali, we have a 21% warscore

29 Dec – We win I Mukha, I order my combined army next door to Aden’s capital of Adan

27 Jan, 1793 – We capture Meregh, and have a warscore of 31%

6 Feb – A minor falls

1 Apri – Another minor falls

Transoxiana relations maxed, diplomat pulled

5 May – Two minors fall

11 May – I send the Transoxiana dip to make nice with Deccan

16 May – Another minor falls

22 May – Tegali’s siege is over, and my warscore is 36% - I order my flank next door to the 42k army in Waylula

1 June – Do I spend 974 ADM to raise my tech? I hold off until post war

8 June – We defeat a 30k strong army in the Horn of Africa’s Bosoro

17 June – We win in Waylulam, I order my western army to the Fortress of Shewa on the northern flank

29 June – Two more minors are ours

9 July - Adan falls – warscore now is 52%

Next in Arabia is the Fortress of Beihan next to this

16 July – Every Horn of Africa holding is ours

30 July – Adan has arrived to siege As-Suways

1 Aug – Kedah the captial in Malay Peninsula ally falls

I have a warscore of 58%

My manpower is 206k, we are at the one year mark. Keep going or take a 58% peace deal?

What can I get?

Horn of Africa:

Warsheikh – Wartarget, up the Coast from Mogadishu, in my Mogadishu State – 9 warscore, 14.2 badboy

Beledweyne – Inland, connects Warsheikh and my stuff – 12 warscore, 12.1 badboy

West Africa:

El Obeid – South of Bayuda, surrounded by them – 4 score and 2.0 badboy

I can get Adan for 40 score. And Aden doesn’t really care. Do it? It has a huge 35 dev.

Nope I keep up with more stuff here.

El Buur – Inland of Warshekh and Beledweyne - 15 warscore and 13.9 badboy

Sanaag – Coastal, east of Berber – 7 warscore and 5.9 badboy

Northern Africa:

Arsi – Southwest of Harer, west of Dawaro – 3 warscore, 1.8 badboy

Lasta – Great Project, NW Corner – 6 warscore, 2.8 badboy

That’s 56 warscore, can I grab something else? Yup!

Werder – Inland, North of El Buur, east of OGaden, west and south of Somalia – 6 warscore, 3.8 badboy

Let’s look!

https://i.ibb.co/VSKQmVG/20230401063227-1.jpg

62 warscore, 61.4 badboy, only Somalia cares.

I do it! Peace! I spend ADM equal to 259 total

Ready?

Horn of Africa:

Warsheikh – Wartarget, up the Coast from Mogadishu, in my Mogadishu State – Arid Steppes, Somali people, Sunni faith, 27 dev, Livestock, Farm Estate, Mosque, Counting House, Grand Shipyard, Con Center, 2.84 made here

Beledweyne – Inland, connects Warsheikh and my stuff – 1.83 made here, Somali Sunni, Arid Steppes here too, 23 dev, Farm Estate for Livestock, Training Fields, Counting House, Town Hall, Con Center

El Buur – Inland of Warshekh and Beledweyne – Fortress, Arid Steppes here too, 33 dev, Iron Mines, Weapons Manufactory, Mosque, Town Hall, Con Center, Counting House, making here 3.86, Somali Sunnis

Sanaag – Coastal, east of Berbera – Arid Coastal Desert, Incense, Sunni and Somali, 15 dev, Con Center, Grand Shipyard, Mosque, makes 0.77

Werder – Inland, North of El Buur, east of Ogaden, west and south of Somalia, Throw In – Somali Sunnis with the lottery of Slaves, who knows what’ll be. This Highlands is Arid with 9 dev, Trade Station, Con Center, 0.62 made here


West Africa:

El Obeid – South of Bayuda, surrounded by them – Textile Manufactory for the rich Cloth, Con Center, 5 dev, Nubian Fetishist, Arid Steppes, 1.01 made here


Northern Africa:

Arsi – Southwest of Harer, west of Dawaro – Plantation for Coffee, Con Center, Mountains, 4 dev, makes 0.60, Oromo people, Fetishist faith.

Lasta – Great Project called “Rock Hewn Churches at Lalibela”, NW Corner – Farm Estate for Grain, Con Center, Mountains, 6 dev, Amhara Coptic, makes us 0.49, Central Ethiopia State so it’s already stated.

Remember that Somali is an accepted culture. Every addition was a high dev province, Cloth, Coffee, a Great Project or a throw in.

This war ends in 11 years in 1804 and will likely be the last Somalia war.

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Two Hundred and Twenty-Nine - Waiting for the Census


1 August – I order my armies back.

I order an army to Arsi and Lasta, Warsheikh and El Buur and Sanaag and El Obeid

I hold off ordering any stuff since I reupped Influence Nation a few times in the war so my cash didn’t raise

12 Aug – Werder with Wool.

1 Oct – Relations max with Venice, diplomat pulled

10 Oct- I send the Venetian and open diplomat to make nice with Japan and Florida

30 Oct – A general passes

1 Jan, 1794 – I have 15k, I order:

2 Great Mosque

1 Stock Exchange

1 Con. Center

14 Town Halls in my Gold Provinces

11k left

27 Jan – Event – Social Dissent and Popular Sufism – We get +6% dissent in Central Swahili Coast for 10 years

5 Mar – Another general passes

5 Aug – Event – The City of Biram – We get Upkeep of Holy Shrines for 15 years and get -20% Tax

1 Sept – Relations max with Deccan, I pull my diplomat

24 Sept -Event – Another Unhappiness Among the Ulema – This time I don’t send 15 prestige to make nice and lose 10 loyalty which is at 100

1 Oct – Rebellion in Tetouan where I have 31k

12 Oct – Defeated

21 Oct – I send my Deccan diplomat to make nice with the Turks

11 Nov, 1794 – The 350 Year Review!!!!!!!!!

[Abe Sargent]

Maps:


Let’s start with our area in North Africa:


https://i.ibb.co/F4mM7DL/20230401072059-1.jpg

Here you can see our core area with the same three Spanish holdings in Morocco as always. We have everything in the vast majority, save for one French colony on the coast.

South Africa:


https://i.ibb.co/sCLkLJP/20230401072259-1.jpg

We only gained southern Madagascar in this region in the last 50 years if that counts. You can see two Spanish holdings in South Africa and one French. This has been pretty quiet.

South America:

https://i.ibb.co/kMPW8vR/20230401072457-1.jpg

Here’s the world after 350 years in the continent. Little movement by our people Brazil and La Plata. It’s pretty quiet. The same colonies are here in the same places.


North America:


https://i.ibb.co/RCyFHd7/20230401072642-1.jpg

Little change here too, no major changes anywhere.

The Indies:

https://i.ibb.co/MPCZ5F5/20230401072755-1.jpg

As you can see, Malacca and us are still allies here and then very little change here, and no colonial stuff here happened. I zoomed into my cash so you can see the breakdown.

Asia and Siberia:


https://i.ibb.co/2KyQP3P/20230401073003-1.jpg

The only grab here is the three holdings from Japanese Mongolia that we grabbed in the war against Japan with Muscovy. It’s only two over from us, so we could connect them in one future war in case Muscovy goes to war against them again.

Europe:

https://i.ibb.co/3Yf67rN/20230401073202-1.jpg

The Commonwealth and the Turks are big winners from the east to gobble up much of Europe. Nasty.



All done with the maps!

[Abe Sargent]

Ledger:


Army – I have 928k of a forcelimit of 1173k; that’s 4th most in size. The Turks at 3rd are just 944k so another army would put us over them. Spain is #1 with 1.8 mill.

Navy:

124 Heavies
129 Light
27 Galley
101 Transports

Total – 381, of a forcelimit of 579

That’s 4th most after Spain at 487

Cash – We are getting 1840.59 monthly, for 1st

Development – With 4593 we are first

Techs – 30/30/30 – 90 total – 90 is the most in the world right now

There are 11 Empires

Ibadi – 6 nations, 586 provinces

Catholic with 837 is the most, we’re 2nd most provinces

Our Top 15 Provinces by Taxes:
1. Qahirah, 53.80
2. Mitija, 53.80
3. Tunis, 48.67
4. Malindi, 46.11
5. Atfih, 35.86
6. Abomey, 35.71
7. Pate, 33.30
8. Tyr, 30.09
9. Dahra, 28.18
10. Gao, 28.18
11. Timbuktu, 28.18
12. Lamu, 27.97
13. Oran, 27.14
14. Fayyum, 27.08
15. Kano, 26.06

You can see how good the addition of Tyr was from Japan.

Our Top 15 Provinces by Any Production:
1. Sambaliung, 128.85 – Coal
2. Sofala, 128.0 – Gold
3. Bambuk, 108 – Gold
4. Tidore, 107.41 – Cloves
5. Ternate, 107.41 -Cloves
6. Ambon, 107.41 - Cloves
7. Mozambique, 102.2 – Ivory
8. Lamu, 101.03 – Ivory
9. Zimbabwe, 96 – Gold
10. Bure, 96, Gold
11. Highveld, 93.35 – Coal
12. Zamboanga – 87.05 – Spices
13. Pate, 86.15 – Cloth
14. Ceram, 85.43 – Cloves
15. Buru, 85.43 – Cloves

Only a handful aren’t the big three.

Our Top 15 Provinces by Non-Gold, Coal, Cloves Production:
1. Mozambique, 102.2 – Ivory
2. Lamu, 101.03 – Ivory
3. Zamboanga – 87.05 – Spices
4. Pate, 86.15 – Cloth
5. Mogadishu, 85.4 – Ivory
6. Malindi, 82.66 – Iron
7. Sulu, 79.27 – Gems
8. Jenne, 78.14 – Cloth
9. Cape, 77.63 – Livestock
10. Mombasa, 76.54 – Ivory
11. Tunis, 74.86 – Cloth
12. Qahirah, 74.04 – Cloth
13. Harer, 72.60 – Coffee
14. Kinga, 69.47 – Ivory
15. Kumasi, 67.72 – Ivory

Great stuff!

We have 531 holdings

Charts:


Religion:

Ibadi – 98.1%


Cultures of 3% or More:

Algerian – 17.3%
Berber – 3.6%
Bornean – 5.4%
Kanuri – 3.2%
Swahili – 8.1%
Somali – 6.1%
Egyptian – 5.9%
Moroccan – 4.2%
Tunisian – 3.7%


Top Ten Trade Nodes by Total Traded:

1. Lubeck, 330.39
2. English Channel
3. Sevilla
4. Caribbean
5. Malacca
6. Constantinople
7. Venice
8. Gulf of Aden
9. Samarkhand
10. Rhienland, 171.03


Ours:

Zanzibar – 85.35
Ethiopia – 70.67
Alexandria - 41.80
Cape – 37.72
Congo – 35.86
Katsina - 31.95
Zambezi – 31.35
Timbuktu – 30.84
Siberia - 27.20
Safi – 22.69
Great Lakes – 21.64
Tunis – 21.48


Colonies:

Brazil – 87.14
La Plata – 63.70


Trade Goods by Current Value:

10.0 - Coal
8.0 – Cloves
5.40 – Cocoa
5.25 – Sugar
5.0 – Dyes, Silk, Ivory
4.95 – Cotton
4.72 – Paper
4.50 – Iron, Spices, Tobacco
4.05 – Cloth
3.50 - Fur
3.45 – Glass, Copper
3.40 – Livestock
3.30 – Salt, Coffee
3.12 – Wine
3.0 – Gems, Incense, Tropical Wood, Chinaware, Naval Supplies, Tea
2.87 – Wool
2.20 – Slaves
2.0 – Fish, Grain

We are the Production Leader in:

Cloves – 100%
Gems – 22.1%
Tropical Wood – 28.4%
Coffee- 29.3%
Spices – 31.9%
Ivory – 77.7%

We are the Trade Leader in:

Ivory
Dyes

There are no Coalitions against us!

The Great Powers:

1. Spain, Catholic
2. Algiers, Ibadi
3. Commonwealth, Catholic
4. Ottomans, Sunni
5. France, Catholic
6. Deccan, Shia
7. Bengal, Sunni
8. Wu China, Confucian

We have just three Christian nations at the penultimate and that’s super rare here. I cannot recall a three Muslim nation winning the final Great Powers this late, let alone four. Sometimes the Mamluks will remain a Great Power this long. Sometimes an Indian hegemon will become a Great Power like Deccan. But just three this late in the game is rough. Can the four of us hold onto those spots in 1821? I guess we’ll find out.

And we still have one each Ibadi, Sunni and Shia.

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Two Hundred and Thirty - Revolutionary Ideals

1 Dec – New Tech!

ADMIN TECH 31 – Revolutionary Ideals - +500 Governing Capacity the state maker

I state:

Ruvema – Kilwa – 4 – Ivory in Katsekera, Phangwa, Livestock in Wayao and Makonde

Zazzau – West Africa – 4 – Coffee in Yawuri, Grain in Zamfara and Kebbi, Tropical Wood in Zazzau

Upper Volta – West Africa – 5 – Grain in Wagadugu, Bilanga; Livestock in Liptako and Yatenga; Ivory in Gurma

1 Jan, 1795 – With 18k I order:

3 Counting Houses

1 Impressment Office

Town Halls in all 10 Coal and Cloves, 1 Paper, 2 Glass, 7 Dyes, 2 Cotton

Left? 12k

31 Jan – Event – Tariffs on Tea

1 Feb – I reinfluence Malacca for 6k

5 Feb – Cores done in Werder, El Buur, Warsheikh, Sanaag, and Beledweyne

Missionaries:

Werder – 17 months
Sanaag - 20 months
Beledweyne – 23 months
Warsheikh – 26 months
El Buur – 31 months

I state:

Ajuuraan – 4 – Livestock in Beledweyne; Silver in El Buur; Grain in Gedo and Afoogye

I hand a Majils Seat to Warshiekh which goes from 3.19 monthly to 3.32

11 Mar – Event – The Unity of Faith- We get 50 ADM power and +5 legalism which is already maxed

1 July – New Tech!!!!

DIP TECH 31 – Superior Ship Design - +0.50% Naval Morale and +10% Maintenance

31 July – Event – Rains Fail in Massina Area

3 Aug – Cores done in Arsi, Lasta and El Obied.

All cores are done!

1 Sept – Relations maxed with Florida, diplomat pulled

1 Oct – New tech!!!!!!!!!!!

MIL TECH 31 – Rifle - +1 infantry shock +1 cavalry fire

22 Oct – I send the Florida diplomat to make nice with Malacca

1 Nov – 31k rebellion in El Buur where I have an army, I order my adjacent armies to El Buur

16 Nov- We win in El Buur

1 Jan, 1796 – I have 13k, I order:

14 Town Halls for all of my Sugar; 1 Chinaware; 1 Tea

10k left

19 Jan – Malacca broke their alliance with us. Is that an opportunity to DOW them in 5 years when our peace upends? We are still in a Royal Marriage


7 Feb – A general dies

1 Mar – I spend 2.7k reupping our Influence Nation over Persia

1 April – Relations maxed with Japan at -3, I pull my diplomat

14 June – Beledweyne converts! Next is 16 months in Arsi

Anything to order here? Nope! It’s now making 3.23 after cores, states, and conversions.

25 June – I send the Japan diplomat to make nice with Wu China

13 July – Warsheikh converts! Next is 16 months in El Obeid. Anything to order here? Great Mosque upgrade from Mosque

31 July – Another conversion in Werder, next is 17 months in Lasta. Anything here? Textile Manufactory for the Wool

16 Sept – El Buur converts! That’s every province, no ones else to send out. Anything to build here? Great Mosque upgrade here too.

1 Oct – Sanaag converts! 3 left! Anything here? Great Mosque upgrade too

1 Dec – With a +74, relations maxed with Malacca, diplomat recalled

25 Dec – Event - Freedom of the Press – I lose one innovativeness

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Two Hundred and Thirty-One - Playing the Courts



1 Jan, 1797 – I have 15k, I order:

1 Stock Exchange

1 University

5 Counting Houses

17 Ivory Town Halls

I have left 9990

1 Feb – Relations maxed with Wu China, our diplomatic envoy is recalled

6 Feb – I send our Malacca diplomat to make nice with Fars

1 April – Our Majils Policy is up. What next? Quartering of Troops

13 April – I send my Wu China diplomat to build a spy network in Russia after we lost a claim

1 May – Our level 5 Army Reformer Advisor MIL dies, I hire a level 1 Army Reformer, raise it to level 5 at the cost of 2.9k

1 June - I lose 6 claims

1 July – Event – Two of a Kind – We get +50 MIL power

1 Sept -I spend 311 to reup our Influence over Bali

23 Oct – Arsi converts! 2 left! Anything to order here? University

9 Nov – Our 36k army in Bengkulu’s general passes, and I hire a replacement but he’s just 1 star

28 Nov – El Obeid converts! 1 left. Anything here? University too

29 Dec – Lasta converts – anything here? That’s the last conversion!!! University ordered here

1 Jan, 1798 – Relations max with Fars at +80, I pull him.

I have 14k, I order built:

22 Ivory Holding Town Halls

9869 left

1 Feb – With 451k manpower, I order 31k in Egypt troops

7 Feb – I send the Fars diplomat to make nice with Spain

1 April – I reup my Influence on Transoxiana

21 July – 8k Somali rebels leak into Arsi from the surrounded Northern flank, and my army is still here.

26 July – Rebels defeated

1 Aug – 12k rebellion in Brazil

14 Aug – I replace a dead general

26 Dec – Event – Playing the Courts – I side with the Ulema and increase our loyalty +10

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Two Hundred and Thirty-Two- Military Development


1 Jan, 1799 – With 16k I order:

1 Great Mosque

3 Universities

10 Ivory Town Halls – that’s the rest

All 22 Iron Town Halls

9610 left

4 Feb – Event – Tariffs Too High – I lower them

23 Feb – I send the Ottoman diplomat to make nice with Dai Viet

8 April – Another general passes

22 Sept – 31k done in Egypt, I order it from Berber to the border

1 Dec – With a +40, relations maxed with Dai Viet, I pull my envoy

1 Jan, 1800 – I have 18k, I order:

All 29 Spices with Town Halls

I have left 12k

7 Feb – I send my Dai Viet diplomatic envoy to make nice with the Papal State

21 Aug – Our largest 38k army’s general passes, I hire another that is 2 stars

30 Sept – Event – Military Development - I can get a bunch of manpower or +10 army tradition. We have 623k and are almost full of manpower so I get the tradition

25 Nov – I spend 50 MIL for Holy War to get my lost claims back

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Two Hundred and Thirty-Three - City Life


1 Jan, 1801 – 20 more years!

I have 22k

I order Fortresses next to Spain in Morocco’s Oujda and Melilla to their north and east.

Town Halls:

All 13 Gems
All 9 Incense

All 14 Coffees

All 16 Copper

11k left

1 Feb – Peace treaty with Malacca is up from them breaking our alliance

What are they looking like?

Just allied with Berau

Army: 339k, the 10th biggest

Navy: 247 ships, the 8th biggest – they are bigger than Japan, Wu, Bengal, etc. We’d be fighting them in their home turf and with so many adjacent places on so many islands like Sumatra, Sulawesi, and Borneo and then they would be on their home turf. It’s just not happening even with Bengal’s help.

5 April – Just assume that every few months I spend ADM power to raise DEV prior to it being capped.

20 May – Our Shaf’I Scholar ends, we bring in another

30 July – The Ottomans no longer consider us as a rival.

They lost a 2nd huge war to Spain and they are in Turkey

1 Sept – I reup our influence over La Plata

1 Oct – I pull my Papacy dip after maxing relations

26 Oct – It’s sent to make nice with France

2 Jan, 1802 – I have 19k I order:

Grand Shipyard

Stock Exchange

1 University

Town Halls:

In all 20 Salt Provinces

In all 19 Fur Provinces

11k left

8 Feb – Event – City Life – We spend 2386 cash

10 Mar- I send my Spanish diplomat to make nice with Crimea

1 Oct – Event- We lose a stability, I spend ADM power equal to 125 to raise it back up

1 Dec – Relations maxed with Crimea

30 Dec – I send the Crimean diplomat to make nice with Bosnia

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Two Hundred and Thirty-Four - Rotten Burroughs


1 Jan, 1803 - I have 16k, I order these Town Halls:

All 15 Cloth holdings

15 Livestock

11k left

1 Feb – We pass the Quartering of Troops act

1 Mar - Rebellion in Arsi where my army is

11 Mar – Defeated

30 Mar – Event – Rotten Boroughs – I chose to swap Zimbabwe’s Majils Seat to Beledweyne

24 June – Event- City Demands a Majils – I hand a seat to Tyr

1 Sept – Bosnia relations maxed, diplomat pulled

1 Jan, 1804 – This year our peace with Somalia is up!

I have 20k. I order these Town Halls:

40 in Livestock

12k left

22 Jan - I claim Japan’s Bohori

Japan and Muscovy are at war and we weren’t called in


1 Mar – I send my extra diplomat to make nice with Muscovy

Bengal is at war with Malacca

3 Mar - I order my 36k from Borneo to Bengkulu to join my 36k since I might not be able to get them to join my war

25 May – They arrive

18 June – Event – A Talented Judge – I send him to the Tunisia Area

1 Oct - I spend 4.6k to reup my Muscovy influence nation

1 Dec – Peace is up with Somalia and all her friends.

Any new allies? Nope!

Army check prior to war:

Aden: 114k
Kedah: 26k
Somalia: 59k

Doable!

I DOW Somalia for their internal, minor Horn of Africa high dev Livestock province called Galkayo next to me. I call on Bengal but who knows how able they’ll be to help out.

The 8th War has begun. If I get a fast enough peace treaty, then we’ll be able to do the 9th War too.

All allies are in. I have 640k manpower.

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Two Hundred and Thirty-Four - The 8th Algiers/Somalia War

I order:

Indies – 72k to the Malay Peninsula’s capital of Kedah

Horn of Africa Flank – 1 army to Galkayo
The rest to the capital of Meregh

Western Flank – Minor of Yao

Northern Flank – Fortress of Gonder

12 Dec – The Siege of Gonder begins with a fusillade

23 Dec – We defeat 4k in the Northern Flank

29 Dec – Galkayo and a minor falls

1 Jan, 1805 – Yao falls, next is the Fortress of Wadai

5 Jan – I win the Battle of Hobyo in the Horn of Africa

16 Jan – Meregh falls! 11% warscore. Any new things to capture here in the Horn of Africa of the Fortress nature? Nope

12 Feb – Minor falls

14 Mar – Minor falls

24 Mar – Event – Intercolonial Trade - Brazil is trading with other colonies, I let them and lose 1 mercantilism

4 April – Wadai falls! Next is the Fortress of Tegali

10 April – I capture a minor in Horn of Africa, next door is a 42k army in Bosaso

39k Aden troops are besieging As-Suways

27 April – We win the Battle of Bosaso

15 May – We capture Bosaso

22 May – 64k in Sharqiya besieging

27 May – We capture the Fortress of Gonder; 3 minors have fallen too

I order the Northern Army to As-Suways and then Sharqiya

11 June – Every Horn of Africa is captured, I order my army to the Aden capital Adan again

30 June – The Tigali Siege begins with a Fusillade

1 July - With a +104 relations maxed with Muscovy, dip recalled

23 July – Minor falls

8 Sept – The Adan siege begins with a fusillade

1 Oct – We win in Sharqiya and send my army to the Northern Flank’s Fortress of Shewa

10 Oct- Tegali falls! There is a 29k army here on the Western flank two away in Medwa I order my army over

13 Nov – I send my French diplomat to make nice with the Commonwealth

23 Nov – We win in Medwa!

12 Dec – Medwa falls

7 Jan, 1806 – Two minors in West Flank fall

30 Jan – Adan flals and a minor too.

I order my Arabian army next door to the Fortress of Beihan

I have a warscore of 44%

I have 249k manpower

1 Feb – I lose 15 claims

19 Feb – All Western Flank holdings are ours

24 Mar – A minor in Aden falls called Taiz

29 April – A minor called Zabid next to Mukha falls

4 July – Shewa and Beihan fall!

I have a warscore of 59%, let’s do peace!

What can I get for peace here?

Horn of Africa:

Galkayo – Wartarget, internal, next to Hobyo and Garoowe – 10 warscore, 14.9 badboy

Meregh – New Captial, Coastal, 17 warscore, 13.5 badboy

Hobyo – Connects them, Coastal – 6 warscore, 4.3 badboy

Garoowe – Coastal, north of Hobyo and Galkayo, 5 warscore, 4.5 badboy

Las Khorey – Coastal, east of Sanaag – 13 warscore, 14.3 badboy

Bosaso – Coastal, east of Las Khorey - 14 score, 13.4 badboy

Hafun – Coastal, east of Bosaso – 5 warscore, 4.5 badboy

Total – 70 score, 69.5 warscore, almost all high dev.

https://i.ibb.co/Yh7zJ4X/20230401121609-1.jpg


I do peace for this Horn of Africa 7 set and spend 245 and Meregh is much of it.

Ready?

Horn of Africa:

Galkayo – Wartarget, internal, next to Hobyo and Garoowe – Arid Steppes, 31 dev, Farm Estate for Livestock, Mosque, Stock Exchange, Counting House, Con Center, Somali Sunnis making us 2.31

Meregh – New Captial, Coastal, - Arid Steppes here too, 27 dev, Farm Estate for Livestock, Mosque, Con Center, Counting House, Grand Shipyard, Somali and Sunni, 2.77 made here

Hobyo – Connects them, Coastal – Arid Steppes also, Natural Harbor, 9 dev, Con Center and Grand Shipyard for the lower Grain, Somali and Sunni, 0.31

Garoowe – Coastal, north of Hobyo and Galkayo – Arid Coastal Desert, poor Fishing, Con Center and Grand Shipyard, 9 dev, Sunni Somalis make us 0.36

Las Khorey – Coastal, east of Sanaag – Also an Arid Coastal Desert, 29 dev, Incense, Counting House, Con Center, Mosque, Grand Shipyard, not a Manufactory, Sunni and Somali making us 1.76

Bosaso – Coastal, east of Las Khorey – Another Arid Coastal Desert, 27 dev, Trade Station for Incense, Con Center, Counting House, Grand Shipyard makes 1.88, Sunni faith, Somali people

Hafun – Coastal, east of Bosaso – Throw In – Tip of Horn of Africa – Sunni and Somali, Coastal Desert and Arid, Con Center and Grand Shipyard, 9 dev and 0.38 made here.

Great high dev stuff in 4 of these 7 and good Livestock and Incense in two others, just one low dev Fishing holding.

This war ends in 12 years in 1818, so we have a chance for one more!

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Two Hundred and Thirty-Five - Extreme Monsoon

4 July - I order my armies back to their bases

I order armies to every new holding from my Horn of Africa army in Arabia

I park my fleet in Tajura to heal

I have 90k manpower left, we blew through that fast in a year and a half!

I order my troops back to the Western and Northern Flank

I have 17k, I order:

1 Stock Exchange

1 Impressment Offices

1 Counting House

1 Great Mosque

1 Grand Shipyard

2 Con Centers

Town Halls:

All 27 Livestock left

10k left in cash

1 Aug – I lose a claim. I spend 50 MIL for Holy War to gain it and the ones lost plus the new ones here.

11 Aug – I send the extra diplomat to make nice with Bengal

1 Oct – We lose the trading power for Incense

1 Dec – Our Heir gains the “Tactical Genius” Trait!

1 Jan, 1807 – I have 14k I order:

25 Tropical Wood – Down to 10k

16 Mar – Event – Extreme Monsoon in Betsimasaraka – I spend 2406 in a relief effort

1 April – I claim Japan’s Wolanhe in Japanese Mongolia

21 Sept – A general passes, I hire another.

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Two Hundred and Thirty-Six - Four Field Rotation

1 Jan, 1808 – I have 17k, I order:

1 Con Center

These Town Halls:

All 6 remaining Tropical Wood

All 24 Naval Supplies

11k left

I spend 50 DIP to invite minorities from abroad

12 Jan – Cores done in the 5 provinces that we had claims on, everyone but Bosaso and Hafun

I cannot state because the last two are in states we don’t have, Meregh is in the Mogadishu state already.

Missionaries:

Hobyo – 17 months
Garoowe – 17 months too
Meregh – 26 months
Las Khorey – 27 months
Galkayo – 29 months

8 Mar – Bosaso and Hafun are cored! Everything is cored!

I state:

Somaliland – Horn of Africa - 4 of 5 – Fish in Berbera; Incense in Sanaag, Las Khorey, Bosaso

Majerteen – Horn of Africa – 4 of 5 – Fish in Garoowe; Incense in Hafun; Livestock in Galkayo; Grain in Hobyo

That’s all about Galkayo, Las Khorey and Bosaso

Las Khorey after cored and stated is making 2.41, I hand a Majils Seat and it’s now 2.51.

1 May – We reup our Transoxiana Influence Nation

14 June – I order my fleet to protect Zanzibar’s trade – it’s currently 107.40

1 July – With a +134 relations maxed with Bengal, I pull my diplomat

6 Aug – I replace a dead general

1 Sept – I send the Bengal dip to make nice with Deccan

12 Jan, 1809 – Event – Social Dissent and Popular Sufism again.

I have 20k

I order these Town Halls:

All 39 Fish Holdings – 12k left

11 Mar – Garoowe and Hobyo convert! Next are 13 months in Hafun and 17 in Bosaso.

Anything to order there? Soldier’s Households in Hobyo and Garoowe

1 May – Relations maxed with Commonwealth, diplomatic envoy recalls

22 May – I send it to make nice with Hormuz

I accept an alliance offer from Malacca

1 June – New tech!!!

ADMIN TECH 32 – Four Field Rotation - +2% Production efficiency

23 June – Meregh converts! Just 5 left! Anything to build here? Great Mosque upgrade

22 July – I send the Deccan diplomat to make nice with Transoxiana

2 Aug – Las Khorey converts! It’s making 3.35. I order a Trade Station Manufactory for it’s Incense

13 Aug – 36k in Borneo’s general passes I hire a level 3 new one

28 Aug – Galkayo converts! They are making 3.89. 2 left! Anything to order here? Great Mosque upgrade

24 Dec – Russia DOWs Japan. I join them. This is the 2nd Russian/Algiers Japan war.

Japan just has 125k after losing a big war to Wu China and has no manpower

I hire in my three captures these mercs:

Nangha’er– 45k Independent Army
Nangha’er – 30k Grand Company
Enchiw – 15k Free Company

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Two Hundred and Thirty-Seven - The 2nd Muscovy and Algiers vs Japan War


3 Jan, 1810 – All two mercs arrive behind the Tyr Fort, and then they have 35k in Oroch to my south moving up to Tyr. I order my armies to Nangha’er from Sakhalin.

I order some artillery to help with sieges

13 Jan - My 30k are here in Nangha’er

I order the Buryat Band in Jugjur

21 Jan – They arrive at Tyr and begin the siege

1 Feb – 15k arrives in Nangha’er from Enchiw

1 Mar- 24k Rebellion in Bosaso where 31k is

10 Mar – We win

26 Mar – We win in Tyr! I order my north to the Fortress of Miyoo Gasan

1 April – Relations maxed with Hormuz dip recalled

12 April – Hafun converts! 1 left! Anything to order here? Trade Station for Incense

14 April – We begin the Siege of Miyoo Gasan with a fusillade

1 May – Transoxiana relations maxed

8 May – The Buryat Band are here in Jugjur I order south to the minor of Udi

11 June – I send our Transoxiana dip to make nice with Mongolia

24 June – I capture the minor of Ulch

4 July- Udi falls

12 Aug – Bosaso converts – last one! Anything to order here? University

1 Sept – A minor falls

23 Feb, 1811 – Bikol falls in the Philippines

22 May – After almost two years, Miyoo Gasan falls!

1 June – I lose 21 claims

Our level 5 ADM Advisor Natural Scientist passes. I hire a level 3 Artist and spend 2050 to get it to level 5

12 June - Cagayan falls

14 July – I capture a minor, next the Fortress of Bohori

21 July- We retake Samar with our Borneo army

14 Aug – Lehad Datu falls in Borneo

25 Aug - I recapture Bikol

27 Aug - Another Borneo minor falls to them

13 Sept – Another falls to Japan

9 Oct – I win against a 27k army in Cagayan

5 Nov – Cagayan is ours, we have retaken every Philippines holding

9 Nov – Three more Borneo minors are Russia’s

25 Nov - I rout their army in the Philippines

1 Jan, 1812 – I max relations with Mongolia and recall my merchants

16 Feb – Event - A Talented Judge again

21 Feb – We capture Bohori! I head south to the 23k army two south of us in Shilimian

1 Mar – New Tech!!!

DIP TECH 32 – The Gold Standard - +2% Trade Efficiency,

10 Mar - I my diplomat from Mongolia to make nice with Malacca

28 Mar – We win the battle

20 May – We recapture Lehad Detu with our Borneo army back from the Philippines

29 May – I lost 21 transports to my Indies fleet after they capture it.

21 June - I pull out of the war and Japan wants us out, so we can take three provinces and pullout.

Udi – South of Jugjur, Barely coastal – 5 warscore, 2.7 badboy

Miyoo Gasan – East of Udi, west of Tyr – 3 warscore, 2.3 badboy

Those two connect Tyr and Sakhalin to Siberia

One more as a throw-in.

Ulch – South of Miyoo Gasan, west of Tyr – 4 warscore, 2.7 badboy

That’s it, just three, not that great.

https://i.ibb.co/8sgSzPb/20230401151246-1.jpg

As you can see, just a dozen warscore and 7.7 badboy. These are minor, but they connect the valuable Tyr to me.

I do peace! I spend 44 total coring all three.

Udi – South of Jugjur, Barely coastal – Arctic Mountains, 6 dev, Trade Station for Fur, Shinto faith, Jurchen people, 0.62 made here

Miyoo Gasan – East of Udi, west of Tyr – Arctic Mountains, Fortress, Jurchen Shinto, 5 dev, Fur, 0.21 made here

Ulch – South of Miyoo Gasan, west of Tyr – Throw in – Not Arctic, Mountains, Trade Station for Fur, Con Center, Jurchen and Shinto, 0.82 made here, 6 dev

See how low dev they were?

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Two Hundred and Thirty-Eight - Field Howitzer


21 June – I disband my mercs, and order 36k to Bengkulu with my 12k from Mongolia of mostly cannon.

I order a bunch of transports in Borneo to replace my lost 21

1 July – New Tech!!!

MIL TECH 32 – Field Howitzer - +2 artillery fire, +0.10 artillery shock, +0.25 military tactics

I have 19k, I order:

2 Universities

30 Town Halls

13k left

19 Aug – 12k rebellion in Brazil

15 Sept – I send my extra diplomat to make nice with Brazil

1 Jan, 1813 – I order with my 18k:

40 Town Halls

12k left

1 Feb – Majils Debate is Up! What’s next? How about “Emergency Impressment Act”

1 May – With +102 Malacca is maxed, I pull

2 July – I replace our dead Admiral.

11 July – I send my Malacca diplomat to make nice with Kazan

2 Sept – The Gold Mine in Kilwa is partially depleted

18 Nov – Fleet is finished!

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Two Hundred and Thirty-Nine - Desires of the Flesh


1 Jan, 1814 – I have 16k, I order 26 Town Halls and every province has one. That’s 12k

I order a Grand Mosque

12 Jan – event – Disagreement over Company Purchases -I make nice with Wu and gain 40 relations and +1 dip reputation

1 May – The Gold Mine in Bambuk is exhausted

25 May – 12k arrives in Bengkulu

23 June – Three cores in Mongolia we took from Japan are done!

Missionary:

All three 25 months

7 Oct – Event - Desires of the Flesh – lose 1 0prestige as I hide an affair with the Consort and an Advisor

1 Nov – Relations maxed with Kazan diplomat recalled

12 Dec – Sent to make nice with Venice

1 Jan, 1815 – I order:

Con Center

1 Great Mosque

15 Feb - Event – Mystics and Storytellers

31 Mar – Event -Trade Failure – I spend 50 Dip and make nice with my merchant class

11 June – I pull my diplomat from making nice with Brazil

6 July – I replace a dead general

15 July – I send the diplomat to make nice with England

7 Nov – Miyoo Gasan converts! Two left. It has just a Fortress, I’ll keep it there nothing else can be built here

18 Nov – Ulch converts! One left.

1 Dec – Relations maxed with Venice, envoy recalled

12 Dec – I send it to make nice with Persia

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Two Hundred and Forty - Getting Ready for the Final War

1 Jan, 1816 – 5 years left

13 Jan – Event – Education for the Poor? – We do it and gain 1 innovativeness

1 Mar – Our level 5 Advisor DIP Stateman passes. I hire a level 2 Treasurer and spend 1450 raising it to level 5.

6 June – A general passes, another is promoted

1 Aug – Relations maxed with England, dip pulled

2 Aug – We convert Udi in Mongolia, that’s our last one! Anything to order here? University

15 Aug – I send the England diplomat to make nice with La Plata

19 Oct – I replace another dead general

1 Dec – Our High Imam gained the “Obsessive Perfectionist” trait

2 Jan, 1817 – I have 22k but nothing to buy

8 Mar – I replace yet another dying general

1 May – With a +80, Persia maxed, I pull my diplomat and will keep a spare for the War with Somalia next year

1 Jan, 1818 – This year the Treaty with Japan and Somalia and her allies are all up

16 Jan – Event – New Trade Research is Heretical – I lose 10 prestige over a bunch of DIP

2 Feb – I replace a dead general

5 Mar – Our fleet arrives in the Bab el Mandeb

My 36k from Borneo is ordered to Bengkulu

3 May – It arrives

1 Aug – The Majils Passes the Emergency Impressment Act and we get 83646 Sailors

The peace with Somalia and her allies is up.

Any new allies? Nope!

Army Check –

Aden: 64, at war with their Ally Ottoman Turks against Commonwealth and Spain
Kedah: 27k
Somalia: 62k

Ready for the 9th war?

Bengal are at war with their ally the Turks as well

I call on Malacca. I DOW Somalia for their Horn of Africa coastal, high dev, minor of Qardho with the Incense.

Their capital is now in the Western Flank of Kobbe

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Two Hundred and Forty - The 9th Algiers/Somalia War

I order:

Indies – 84k to Kedah

Horn of Africa – 1 31k to Qardho
1 31k to Togdheer

The rest to Aden’s capital of Adan

West Flank – Everything to Yao

North Flank – Everything to the Fortress of Gonder

I have 660k manpower

8 Aug – We win a naval battle and capture 3 ships

25 Aug – We begin the Siege of Gonder with a fusillade

31 Aug – We defeat 21k North Flank in the Fortress of Shewa on the way to Gonder

We captured Qardho and Yao, West flank ordered to the Fortress of Wadai

8 Sept – Toghdeer falls, we capture 8 ships in a naval battle

11 Sept – A minor falls

18 Sept – The Siege of Wadai begins with a fusillade

1 Oct – Our truce with Japan is up

15 Oct – Gonder falls, next is the Fortress of Shewa

The Siege of Adan begins with a fusillade

25 Oct – Wadai falls, next is the captial of Kobbe

1 Nov - I pull my La Plata dip

20 Nov – 26k are besieging Soba in North Flank

15 Jan, 1819 – Adan falls! Next is the Fortress of Beihan

24 Jan – Shewa falls, there are 10k next door in Janjiro

I have a warscore of 30%

28 Jan – We win another Naval Battle

11 Feb – We win in Janjiro

Kobbe falls, next door is the Fortess of Tegali

41%

27 Feb – Event – Tariffs on Tea

9 Mar – Janjiro falls

I send my North Flank army to Soba to relieve the siege

19 Mar – Taiz in Arabia falls again

Malacca has captured the Malay holding of Pattani, 48%

9 April – We win another naval battle and capture 9 more ships

24 April – Minor in the north falls

30 April – We win in Soba and capture the Arabian minor of Zabid

15k are in Waylula

21 May – We rout them

1 June – We reclaim the Trading in Incense boost

8 June – Waylula falls, next is the Arabian Fortress of San’a

15 June – Tegali falls! Warscore is 59% I head west to grab the last three minors on the West Flank as well as a 9k strong army here

22 June – Two minors fall

4 July – Beihan in Arabia falls, I have a warscore of 69%

25 July – We rout the army in Medwa in West Flank

8 Aug – Two North Flank minors fall, they are all ours. 1 year in, I have a manpower of 295k to continue to push.

21 Aug – Two Western minors are ours, Kedah falls, I have an 81% warscore.

What can I get?

Horn of Africa:

Qardho – Wartarget – Coastal, connects Hafun and Garoowe – 9 warscore, 14.0 badboy

Togdheer – Inland, last Horn of Africa holding – west of Qardho – 9 warscore, 7.3 badboy

That’s all of it.

North Flank:

Ankober – Eastern flank of section – 5 score, 2.1 badboy

Hadiya – Southeastern corner of section - 10 warscore, 6.8 badboy

Shewa – Connects Ankober and Hadiya -7 warscore, 4.6 badboy

Janjiro – Southwestern corner of area – 5 warscore, 1.7 badboy

Wollo – North of Ankober and Shewa – 5 warscore, 3.0 badboy

Gonder – North and West of Wollo, connects Dembiya and Lasta – 8 warscore, 5.5 badboy

Semien – Northern section of Flank – 8 warscore, 4.6 badboy

That’s all of the North Flank and then we have 66 warscore.

What can I get from the West Flank?

West Flank:

Gezira – Easternmost Section of West flank – 8 warscore, 4.8 badboy

Waylula – West of Gezira, east of El Obeid – 6 warscore, 2.5 badboy

That’s 80, can I get a throw in?

Tegali – South of El Obeid, Waylula, east of Kobbe – Throw In – 5 warscore, 2.5 badboy

There we are!

https://i.ibb.co/zm2CJCj/20230401183033-1.jpg

We are at 85 warscore and 59.4 badboy, and only Somalia cares! I do peace and spend ADM equal to 354 for these 12. That removes Somalia from the Horn of Africa, and only a handful of Western flank remain behind.

Ready?

Horn of Africa:

Qardho – Wartarget – Coastal, connects Hafun and Garoowe – Arid Coastal Desert, Somali and Sunni, 2.77 made, 29 dev, Counting House, Training Fields, Grand Shipyard and Great Mosque, Con Center, Town Hall,

Togdheer – Inland, last Horn of Africa holding – west of Qardho – Somali and Sunni, Arid Highlands, 15 dev, Trade Station for Slaves, which will be randomized, and Counting House, Con Center, .023 made here

North Flank:

Ankober – Eastern flank of section – Farm Estate for Grain, Con Center, Mountains, Oromo Fetishists, 5 de, 0.35

Hadiya – Southeastern corner of section - Also Mountains, also not Arid, Farm Estate for Grain, Counting House, Con Center, 16 dev, Oromo and Sunni making 0.23

Shewa – Connects Ankober and Hadiya – Fortress, Farm Estate for Grain, Con Center, Mountains, 11 dev, Amhara, Coptic, 0.39 made here

Janjiro – Southwestern corner of area – Also the random Slaves with a Trade Station and Con Center, also Mountains 4 dev and Sidano Coptics making 0.07

Wollo – North of Ankober and Shewa – Amhara, Coptic, Mountains, Farm Estate for Grain, Con Center, 7 dev making 0.42

Gonder – North and West of Wollo, connects Dembiya and Lasta – Emporium, Fortress, Con Center, Stock Exchange, Highlands, 13 dev, Amhara Coptic, Grain, makes 0.50

Semien – Northern section of Flank – 11 dev, 0.63 made here, Highlands, Farm Estate for Grain, Con Center, Counting House, Coptic Amhara

West Flank:

Gezira – Easternmost Section of West flank – Arid again, Drylands, Nubian and Coptic, 13 dev, 1.07 made, Farm Estate for Grain, Mosque Con Center Counting House

Waylula – West of Gezira, east of El Obeid – Trade Station for Slaves, Con Center, Arid Steppes, Nubian and Fetishist, 0.46 off 7 dev

Tegali – South of El Obeid, Waylula, east of Kobbe – Throw In – 7 dev, Arid Steppes, Coptic and Nubian, Con Center and Fortress, Livestock, makes 0.25

As you can see that’s pretty low value stuff and low dev. We only did it here since we had the big warscore, and this was a peace where I took stuff next to you. There are only 6 Somalia holdings left, enough for one more war to bring them in, but we are out of time.

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Two Hundred and Forty-One - The Inter Period

18 Aug, 1819 – I order my troops back, and troops to most of these 12.

I send my extra diplomat to make nice with Alaska

30 Aug – Salt in Togdheer Livestock in the other two

1 Nov – We lost the Incense Trading bonus

1 Dec – I lose my claims on Somalia, I spend 50 MIL to grab them again

17 Jan, 1820 – Event – Agricultural Revolution in Zamfara

4 Feb – I send my extra diplomat to make nice with Bali

9 April – Event – Good Advice

15 April – I don’t replace a dying general

30 Aug – Coal drops in value

21 Nov – Event – The Honest Merchants of Algiers

3 Jan, 1821 – End of the Game!!!!!!!!

[Abe Sargent]

The Final Review, MAPS!!!


North Africa:

https://i.ibb.co/SRszdZ8/20230401202055-1.jpg

No changes to West or North Africa since 1794 but we gained some awesome Somalian holdings in East Africa. They are beaten down into eternity!

South Africa:

https://i.ibb.co/yF9s5xk/20230401202320-1.jpg

No changes here at all!

South America:

https://i.ibb.co/1qPsbyB/20230401202443-1.jpg

No changes here either, I zoomed in on my cash too.

North America:

https://i.ibb.co/SQ6hLGP/20230401202530-1.jpg

I don’t think any happened here either.


Indies:

https://i.ibb.co/Jyr2Xn8/20230401202706-1.jpg

No major changes here either for either side.

Asia and Siberia:

https://i.ibb.co/RHLWfZd/20230401202818-1.jpg

Japan lost wars to us, Wu and Muscovy. We captured 6 holdings from them.

Europe:

https://i.ibb.co/LCpRkz0/20230401202952-1.jpg

Spain won three big wars against the Turks. They are in Turkey, they are the big winners of this dynasty.

[Abe Sargent]

Ledger:

Our Allies: Muscovy, Malacca, Bengal

Our Vassals: Sale, Tetouan

Our Colonies – Brazil, La Plata, Alaska

Army – 940k of 1234k forcelimit – 4th biggest army

Navy:

129 Heavies
147 Lights
27 Galleys
106 Transports

Total – 409 – 3rd best

Cash – 1969.32, 2nd after Commonwealth

Development – 4979 – 2nd best after them too

Techs – 32/32/32 – 96 – Tied for most

There are 13 Empires

Ibadi – 604 holdings in this faith, 2nd after Catholic at 853

Top 15 Provinces by Tax Revenue:

1. Qahirah, 61.16
2. Mitija, 58.38
3. Tunis, 52.82
4. Dahra, 50.04
5. Malindi, 50.04
6. Oran, 40.20
7. Tyr, 39.20
8. Abomey, 39.20
9. Atfih, 38.92
10. Pate, 36.14
11. Timbuktu, 33.36
12. Fayyum, 32.16
13. Tilimisan, 32.16
14. Lamo, 30.58
15. Gao, 30.58

Top 15 Provinces by Any Production:

1. Sofala, 158.08 – Gold
2. Bure, 123.26 – Gold
3. Pontianak, 120.64 – Gold
4. Lower Limpopo, 107.60 – Gold
5. Zimbabwe, 107.60 – Gold
6. Mogadishu, 102.38 – Ivory
7. Ambon, 101.37 – Cloves
8. Ternate.101.37 – Cloves
9. Tidore, 101.37 – Cloves
10. Mozambique, 96.44 – Ivory
11. Lamu, 95.16 – Ivory
12. El Buur, 86.04 – Iron
13. Zamboanga, 82.93 – Spices
14. Ceram, 81.09 – Cloves
15. Buru, 81.09 – Cloves

Top 15 Provinces by Non-Cloves, Gold and Coal Production:

1. Mogadishu, 102.38 – Ivory
2. Mozambique, 96.44 – Ivory
3. Lamu, 95.16 – Ivory
4. El Buur, 86.04 – Iron
5. Zamboanga, 82.93 – Spices
6. Pate, 80.15, Cloth
7. Malindi, 76.71 – Iron
8. Sulu, 75.42 – Gems
9. Cape, 73.42 – Livestock
10. Jenne, 73.00 – Cloth
11. Mombasa, 71.37, Ivory
12. Qaharih -68.63 – Cloth
13. Kanem, 66.24 – Paper
14. Kinga, 64.61 – Ivory
15. Harer, 63.79 – Coffee

553 holdings

Charts:

Religion:

Ibadi – 97.4%

Culture More Than 3%:

Algerian – 15.8%
Berber – 3.8%
Bornean – 4.2%
Kanuri – 2.9%
Swahili – 8.1%
Somali – 11.1%
Egyptian - 5.3%
Moroccan – 4.0%
Tunisian – 3.4%

Top Ten Trade Nodes by Total Value Traded:
1. Lubeck, 295.87
2. English Channel
3. Sevilla
4. Malacca
5. Venice
6. Caribbean
7. Ragusa
8. Genoa
9. Aleppo
10. Aden, 143.06

Ours:

Zanzibar, 62.85
Ethiopia, 59.08
Cape, 50.79
Alexandria – 27.65
Katsina – 26.06
Congo – 25.94
Timbuktu – 24.97
Zambezi – 22.41
Siberia – 19.47
Safi - 19.17
Great Lakes – 15.13
Tunis – 15.01

Our Colonies:

Brazil, 83.79
La Plata – 48.17


All of the Trade Goods are worth their base value on the chart:

We are the Production Leader in:

Cloves – 100%
Gems – 22.0%
Incense – 31.2%
Tropical Wood – 28.5%
Dyes – 26%
Spices – 31.5%
Ivory – 79.3%


Trade Leader:

Dyes
Ivory

Great Powers:

1. Spain, Catholic
2. Algiers, Ibadi
3. Commonwealth, Catholic
4. France, Catholic
5. Ottomans, Sunni
6. Deccan, Shia
7. Bengal, Sunni
8. Wu China, Confucian

Everybody held their spots!

I just finished TWO full runs on EU4 back to back after not doing any in EU3 and EU4 ever. When I started with EU2, I did three back to back with Trebizond, Oldenburg and Mataram, but that’s it. Nasty stuff! I lost a dynasty in between. Am I still in the mood for another?

[Chas in Cinti]

Such fun! Really enjoyed the last couple of these...

[Abe Sargent]

Such fun! Really enjoyed the last couple of these...

Glad ya liked it!!!