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Old 10-05-2019, 12:36 PM   #31
Abe Sargent
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The Eighty (One) Year Review!


We have half the income of great Ming, but around the 2nd best we know of (We only know Asia and part of Africa) . Ditto development.


We have around 50k manpower, Ming is more than 150k,


In techs we are behind. Ming has 29. 28 are folks like Mamluks, 27 include many like Bengal. Tons are at 26. Our 25 is really behind our neighbors, as I’ve empathized ideas and development over techs.


Ming has 21 Ideas grabbed, our 17 is 2nd. No one else is close

Sikhism has broken out in the last few decades as a faith and is now in 10 holdings.


Top Ten Provinces By Devel (We Know Of)


1. Qahirih
2. Beijing
3. Nanking
4. Tirhut
5. Vijayanagar
6. Sukhothai
7. Pasai
8. Konaseema
9. Hanseoung
10. TIE – Kyoto, Malacca, Canton, Hangzhou

And we have two of those


We have 45 holdings


Our Top 5 Provinces by Tax Revenue:


1. Sukhothai
2. Luang Prabang
3. Malacca
4. Ayutthaya
5. Chiang Mai


Our Top 5 by Production

1. Ayutthaya
2. Prek Russey
3. Nakthon Thung Yai
4. Sukhothai
5. Savanh Nakthone


We have the 5th best general we know of still (we apparently get good generals!)

3 have three generals rated at 10+ in ability. There are only 11 we know of.


At 60k, our army is half of Ming China’s, but bigger than Muscovy, Mamluks, and many others


At 47, our navy is 2nd biggest we know after Ming’s 85.


Religion:
1. We are 82% Theravada Buddhist
2. 12.2% Sunni
3. 2% Animist
4. 4% Hindu


Culture:

1. Cham, 7.8%
2. Central Thai, 22.8
3. Northern Thai, 6.1
4. Malay, 19.7
5. Vietnamese, 2.2%
6. Laotian, 13.6%
7. Khmer, 22.8
8. Sumatran,1.1
9. Mon, 3.4%


Current Value of Trade Goods:


5.0 – Gems
4.5 – Copper
4.37 – Paper
4.0 – Silk, Dyes, Ivory, Cocoa
3.0 – Glass, Tobacco, Sugar, Cotton, Coffee, Spices, Chinaware, Salt, Iron, Cloth
2.5 – Wool, Wine, Grain,
2.25 – Fish
2.0 – Tea, Livestock, Naval Supplies, Tropical Woods, Slaves, Fur
1.87 – Incense



As you can see, some goods have begun to move up and down as worldwide events happen, like the reduced demand for Incense due to Protestants and other splinter organizations not needing them for their religious services. Soon we’ll see a drop-in grain’s value as food production improves, and others. Due to the demand for bronze for military things like cannons and such that every one wants, it’s jumping up in value, but once iron-working gets up and running, you’ll them rise and fall in opposite methods


We lead the world in production of Ivory and Tropical Wood. We lead the world in enough trade in Wood that we get the trade bonus – -5% build bonus. We lost the Chinaware bonus to Ming China.


Only 6 goods are dominated enough that anyone had a trading bonus (Fur by Muscovy, Tea and China by China, Wood by us, Glass by Venice, Coffee by Mamluks)


Great Powers


1. Castile
2. Ming China
3. Ottomans
4. France
5. Burgundy
6. Poland
7. Muscovy
8. Mamluks



3 Muslim, 1 Confucian, 1 Orthodox, 3 Catholic


Now let’s check in on my goals:


1. Find friends among the region that will support us getting away from Ayutthaya. DONE
2. Secure our independence from Ayutthaya. Choose a time when China is too busy to come over and spank us. DONE
3. Become a tributary with Ming China to secure our relationship with them. DONE
4. Look to expand to minor nations to our Northwest. BEGINNING
5. Turn Sukhothai into a regional power again. DONE
6. Take out and replace Ayutthaya. They shall NEVER be heard from again. How dare they delude themselves to thinking they are our betters. DONE
7. Control all of South-East Asia. We have learned our lesson and cannot be satisfied with the previous status quo. We must remove all other rivals from the region. ONGOING
8. Control the entire Malay peninsula. ONGOING
9. Create a powerful, economic base that we can use to move against rivals in the Indies, and up to Bengal. ONGOING
10. Take out Bengal and other locals. NOT YET
11. Control the entire region up to the borders of China itself. NOT YET

As you can see, we got our independence, have a positive relationship with Ming China, and I would consider us a regional power now. But that’s it, after 81 years.




Here’s a map of the world we know

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