The Spices of Oman 1444-1650 - EU4 Dynasty - Complete!

[Abe Sargent]

1 Aug, 1612 – Delagoa Bay is now a full province!


Delagoa Bay – Between Inhambane and Natal is this tropical farming province, where 1.10 ducats are currently made. A fort is ordered.

The next target is…Palawan. This narrow island chain is north of Brunei and the island of Borneo.

It is not tropical, so we expect quicker building province. From Palawan, our next target will likely be the Philippines.

15 Oct – We put down natives in Menade

2 Dec – We build -Constable in Pose; Counting House in Makassar; Canal in Flores, Sumba, Sumbawa, Timor

1 Jan, 1613 – We invest in Admin 16, We can now build College and Mints

24 Feb – France is colonizing north of Brittany, in Taqamkuk. (north Canada)

[Abe Sargent]

27 May – Let me give you an updated picture of the Indies!




I starred Palawan for you, and the yellow circle is around the six colony group of Halmahera, Tidore, Ternate, Ceram, Buru and Ampom. To its west is the island of Sulawesi. Where 5k troops are is Makassar, the 3k in Menape, the 2k is Bone, and the middle is Pose. You can still see our Javanese holdings plus those in south of the chain in Timor, Flores, Sumba, and Sumbawa.

[Abe Sargent]

Allah works in mysterious ways.


25 June – A black day as our Sultan has again passed. His son, Nasir II is now our ruler (3/3/2). Our stability drops! We have an heir, Salim, 2/3/4.

However, the passing has given rise to a pretender! A revolt is ongoing in Cocos Islands.

Our new ruler introduces Jizawa again

7 July – Spices in Menade

17 Nov – We put down Menade natives

3 Mar, 1614 – We defeat the rebels!

14 July – We defeat the natives in Palawan next.

1 Aug – Marketplace in Pose, Treasury in Makassar and Buru, Courthouse in Mecca, Trade Depot in Liwa, Natal; Canal in Cape, Counting House in Sofala,


Diplomat to Funj

10 Nov – We win in Bone vs natives. Again

1 Dec – We boost our stability back to +3

[Abe Sargent]

19 Jan, 1615 – Mogadishu was having some rebel problems, so we moved our army in, cleaned it out, and won the battle today.

5 Feb – I send a diplomat to Persia

28 February – Tea in Palawan! I replace the Governor of the Syndicate with a Diplomat

14 Mar – 1st, we put down natives in Menade, second ,we get +1 tax base there from a new settlement there.

1 Sept – I order – Courthouse in Makassar and Muscat, Dock in Pose, Spy Agency in Mecca, Workshop in Liwa, Najran, Sana’a; Canal in Medina, Najd

1 April, 1616– I choose Quantity for our National Ideas. We need more forces. I unlock the first of Levee en Masse. We get +50% manpower. Additionally, we unlocked the 6th Omani Idea, which is Skilled Captains, and that gives us bonus leader movement.

1 June – Bone is now self sustaining!

20.92 ducats are made from the 6 tax value and spice trade we have on this Sulawesian province. South of Pose and east of Makassar ,Bone looks to be another high value province. We order a fort here!


Next up – Samtoy. Samtoy is the northern-most of the Philippine-ian provinces. It has a tax value of 4 and 4000 quieter natives. As a reminder, the Philippines are not tropical, so growth should happen more quickly.

11 Sept – Trade Depot in Pose, Canal in Makassar, Temple in Delagoa Bay, Workshop in Natal, Trade Depot in Sana’a, Asir, Counting House in Najran, Liwa


29 Sept – I take a mission to colonize Taranaki, which is in New Zealand. I order 4000 soldiers built in the Indies

2 Oct – Diplomat sent to Brittany

[Abe Sargent]

1 Sept, 1617 – We gain a new tech!

Diplomatic Tech 12 – We can build Trade Company and Naval Equipment Manufactory

9 Sept – We crush natives in Samtoy

12 Sept – Spy Agency in Muscat, Canal in Mecca, Trade Depot in Najran, Temple in Bone, Workshop in Pose, Spy Agency in Makassar

7 Nov – We put down a native uprising in Menade this time

1 May, 1618 – Palawan has grown to be self sustaining!


Palawan – With tea but a tax base of just 2, we make 22.79 ducats here after I order a fort. This is an island chain east of the Philippines (and part of the modern state)


Next up – Taranaki. I love the event that you get when you complete this mission.


15 Sept – Counting House in Pose, Dock in Bone, Town Hall in Makassar, Constable in Delagoa Bay, Counting House in Natal


24 Dec – I gain a bunch of dip power when I deny a new tariff.

[Abe Sargent]

26 Jan, 1619 -= Soldiers from Palawan, Gubbi Gubbi and Wairoa were combined to make a 4000 strong army for Taranaki. They landed and just finished fighting off some natives.

1 Mar – Menade is now self-sustaining!


Menade – We order a fort in this Sulawesian spice province. Making 19.23 ducats for us, with a tax base of 19, it has a lot of potential. It’s east of Pose, and the north/east part of the island.

Next target – Cagayan – in the Philippines, east of Samtoy.

I order 4000 troops built in Java to be carted over to Cagayan.


10 Apr – We colonize Taranaki and we get the Colonial Enthusiasm event! Make Taranaki a city is the next mission

9 June – Cloth in Samtoy

20 Aug – Our troops arrived at Cagayan

16 Sept – Temple in Palawan, Marketplace in Bone, Canal in Pose, Counting House in Butua, Massapa, Zimbabwe

4 December – Portugal is colonizing next to Kongo, France has added to their North Canadian area, and Castile’s South American holdings continue to grow

8 Jan, 1620 – We put down a rebellion in Taranaki

25 Sept – Constable in Bone, Menade, Palawan; Treasury in Pose; Canal in Mocha; Counting House in Asir; Town Hall in Mecca


8 Oct – We purchase a new idea – Benefits for Horse Owners – Our cavalry cost is -10%

17 Oct – We hear that Taranaki will be a producer of Naval Supplies, such as lumber or tar and pitch.

9 Nov – We put down Cagayan natives

[Abe Sargent]

10 Jan, 1621 – Native Assimilation in Taranaki

21 May – We hear that Cagayan will also be a producer of cloth.

1 Aug – Samtoy is now a full province!


Samtoy – With 12.13 ducats made from a tax base of 4 and the textile trade, Samtoy is next to both Cagayan and Manilla.

I order colonists to Manilla and the army to follow across the border from Samtoy


4 Oct – Marketplace in Palawan, Menade; Trade Depot in Bone; Canal in Najran; Counting House in Bourbon; Workshop in Jabal Shammar;

1 Nov – We invest in a new level of Tech – 17 Admin – We can build a University and we get another Group of Ideas

I’m going to save for a University

8 Jan, 1622 – We put down natives in Taranaki

10 Jan – One of our tech advisors died, the level 2 diplo guy. I hold off on picking up another for a bit.

2 June - I don’t know why, but Portugal gave up her colony in Gabon, next to Kongo.


25 June – Because of our push for Army quantity, we get an event that makes leaders harder to find and we lose 10 Army Tradition

15 Sept – We put down natives in Manila

[Abe Sargent]

3 Apr – Our colony in Taranaki is now a city and we get a mission fulfilled. Next choice – Visayas. I already moved an army there, and it’s in the middle of the Philippines.


Taranaki – This New Zealand province is next to Wairoa and Whangarei on the northern island. It has a tax base of 7 and Naval Supplies, and brings in 7.18.



2 July – I build a University in Mecca. It will take one year to build. On completion, tech costs are reduced by 5% across the board.


26 August – Manila has a great Chinaware industry.

1 October – Cagayan is now a full province!


Cagayan – We order a fort. This textile industry makes us 7.06 ducats. In the northern part of the Philippines, it is next to Samtoy and Manila.


Our next target is not in the Philippines. It’s Whangarei in New Zealand.

[Abe Sargent]

16 Oct – We defeat rebels in Manila

30 Nov – Meet our new advisor for Government and Diplomacy. Level 2 Trader who gives us +10% global trade power


Hiring him, enables us to Pass the Navigation Act. -10% to national manpower and -1 to Diplo Relations, but +2.5% trade efficiency, +10% naval forcelimtis and +0.5 naval tradition annually

6 Jan, 1624 – We order – Samtoy: Temple, Cagayan: Temple, Palawan: Dock, Temple: Menade

4 April – We put down the natives in Visayas

12 June – I purchase a new tech –


Diplo – 13 – We can now build Grand Shipyards and Road Networks


3 July – Our level 3 ADM Advisor has passed. Our next is level 2 Philosopher who increases our prestige yearly. There were no level 3 dudes.


Because of that drop, we are now making 60 ducats a month

15 July – I take a mission to colonize Whangarei. With colonists en route, it should be really quick.


12 Sept – Whangarei is now colonized, and we get the great bonus.


29 Dec – A comet is sighted. We lose a stability. I spend 200 of our 361 ADM power to fix it.

[Abe Sargent]

7 Jan, 1625 – We build:

Marketplace in Cagayan, Samtoy
Workshop in Menade, Bone
Temple in Taranaki
Canal in Maldives
Counting House in Jabal Shammar
Tenaille in Sierra Leone
Star Fort in Connecticut, Narraganset


15 Feb – We defeat the natives in Whangarei

8 June – We purchase a new idea – The Young Can Serve. We get +20% to manpower recovery speed

25 Aug – Native Assimilation in Visayas

7 Sept – We win in Whangarei again

4 Oct – Like Manila, Visayas will also be a great place for Chinaware

2 Jan, 1626 – Manila is now self-sustaining!


Manila - 18.25 ducats from the Chinaware trade and a tax base of 5. South of Cagayan and Samtoy.


Our next target is also in the Philippines, but the lower area – Tagoloan. I already have an army here.


8 Jan –
Constable for Samtoy, Cagayan, Taranaki
Fort for Manila
Trade Depot for Palawan
Counting House in Bone, Menade, Mauritius
Canal in Ampom
Treasury in Bourbon
Marketplace in Delagoa Bay


7 June – Victory in Visayas

29 July – Wool in Whangarei

21 Sept – Portugal has moved to Damaraland and Greater Namaqualand in Soutern Afrca. Their colony in G.N. is adjacent to us in Roggeveld. I move an army into Lesser Namaqualand to take it as my next colony.

[Abe Sargent]

9 Jan, 1627 –

Star Fort in Roggeveld, Cape
Trade Depot in Menade, Samtoy, Cagayan
Constable in Manila
Workshop in Taranaki, Wairoa
Treasury in Bone
Canal in Buru, Ceram


28 Feb – Another advisor has passed. Our level 3 military advisor. I can’t hire another advisor right now, I have to wait for a bit

15 Mar – We defeat the natives of Tagoloan.

3 May – We hire another level 3 forcelimits Army organizer

6 Aug – Visayas again

10 Dec – Tagoloan this time

10 Jan, 1628 – I have less money this time from hiring our advisor

Workshop in Cagayan, Samtoy, Manila, Palawan
Canal in Bone, Ternate


25 Feb – We didn’t get one of the better goods, we just got Naval Supplies in Tagoloan. Ah well.

2 Apr – A new Settlement in Tagoloan increases the tax base there by one.

3 May – Visayas is now self-sustaining. The next colonists have left for Lesser Namaqualand.


Visayas – This Chinaware province in the middle of the Philippines has a base tax of 4, and makes 17.35 ducats. We order a fort built here post-haste.


2 Sept – Whangarei has grown and is also now a city and we complete our mission.


Whangarei – The final of the three provinces on the northern island of New Zealand, the wool from shepherds and tax base of 9 make us 8.74 ducats.


Next target – Maguindanao, the southern most of the provinces of the main part of the Philippines.

[Abe Sargent]

11 Jan, 1629 –

Dock in Samtoy, Cagayan, Manila
Canal in Halmahera, Tidore, Palawan, Jabal Shammar, Liwa
Counting House in Sana’a


14 Dec – Slave Uprising in Buru

2 Feb, 1630 – I’m saving for another tech upgrade, so I just purchase a manufactory. A Trade Company in Pose.

1 Mar – Tagoloan is now self sufficient. Our next target is the last of the unclaimed Indies area places – Sulu, a small island chain in the southern Philippines.


Tagoloan – 10.10 ducats are made in the Naval Supplies trade with a tax base of 4.


I also purchase a new idea:

Enforced Service - -10% Infantry Cost

This also gives us our final Omani Idea:

Expansion of Trade Contacts +1 Merchant. A 7th Merchant baby!

Collect from Chesapeake Bay

3 Aug – Spices are found in Maguindanao!

1 Sept – I order a Trade Company manufactory in Sunda

9 Oct – We invest in a new tech!

Admin 18 – We can now build Cathedrals and Stock Exchanges

4 Dec – Grain will be harvested in Lesser Namaqualand

[Abe Sargent]

2 Jan, 1631 – We order a Trade Company in Timor

6 Feb – Put down rebels in Lesser N

7 March – Reps from the Syndicate want us to keep their governor, so we agree to. Whatever baby wants…


29 April – Native Assimilation in Lesser N – which is good since its Arid, it develops more slowly.


2 July – I order a quartet of large ships

1 Oct – I build…

Temple in Tagoloan, Visayas
Marketplace in Manila
Canal in Samtoy, Cagayan

9 Dec – Natives in Maguindanao defeated

3 Jan, 1632 We get a new tech!

Dip – 14

We can build Galleass.

9 Jan – I choose not to tax the Syndicate with a Sugar tax and gain a little power.

13 February – It’s been a really long time since we’ve been in a war with anybody but Native American tribes for gold and Makassar to take it.

[Abe Sargent]

11 April – I take a look around and see some places I want to take pictures of for you. The first is North America. Let’s look at the map!

[Abe Sargent]

The next map is the Philippines. I know a lot of you may not know it very well, so I’m zoomed in a bit for you.





The top is Samtoy and Cagayan. Next you can barely make out Manila. Visayas is below that, obscured by the 4000 troops there. Then Tagoloan, and Maguindanao at the bottom. To the left is Palawan and at the bottom center where it says “Sulu Sea” is the islands of Sulu.

[Abe Sargent]

Finally, Africa has had some action. Let’s look





The southern half of Africa is above. Where my 7000 troops are in the colony of Lesser Namaqualand.



I hope you enjoyed that quick glimpse of places in the world we are at!

[Abe Sargent]

6 July – We get an event that lowers Trade by 5% for 5 years due to Stagnation

6 Aug – Sulu will have Coffee.

1 Nov – I order a Trade Company for Ceram

I decline an alliance offer from Persia


1 Jan, 1633 –

Tagoloan – Fort
Visayas – Constable
Manila – Trade Depot
Cagayan – Fort

11 Feb – Put down natives of Maguindanao


3 July – Trade Company for Tidore

22 Oct – I order for more large ships

1 Nov – Two major growths! Both our colonies in Minguindanao and Lesser Namaqualand have grown into full provinces. I order forst in both

Lesser Namaqualand – This Arid farming province is next to Portgual, Roggeveld and Cape. It makes just 2.06 with its 1 tax base.

Maguindanao – 13.96 ducats are made in the spice trade with just a 3 tax base. This is next Tagoloan


There are two areas that are not officially a part of the Indies, but are really close. The first is Taiwan, and the second Irian, which is the western most part of New Guinea. I send colonists to both

[Abe Sargent]

2 Jan, 1634 –

Treasury in Mauritius
Canal in Great Karoo
Counting House in Cape
Constable in Tagoloan
Marketplace in Visayas


21 Jan – We have 4000 troops in Irian

17 Apr – 4000 troops have arrived at Taiwan

I order 4 transports built.

1 Aug – I order a diplomat to fabricate a claim on the Javanese province of Mataram, owned by Majapahit


5 Oct – We invest in a new idea – The Old and the Infirm -10% land maintenance modifier

5 Jan, 1635 –

Maguindanao – Temple
Tagoloan, Visayas – Workshop
Palawan, Cagayan, Samtoy, Manila – Counting House
Lesser N – Star Fort
Cape – Treasury
Bourbon, Mauritius, Natal – Canal


11 Feb – Natives in Irian getting uppity are demolished.

21 July – I order 8000 troops in the Indies

1 Aug – Sulu is now a city.


Sulu – We order a wall for this small Coffee producing province. 7.22 ducats are made with a small tax value of just 2.

I send colonists to Midway island group, west of Hawaii. It has no natives, so it will just build as needed. I want to use it as a base for more exploring.


We now have that claim on Mataram. Let me finish getting ready for war. I purchase a General.

[Abe Sargent]

23 Jan, 1636 – I have 13,000 troops under our general in Demak, next to our foe’s army. I have two navies with smaller armies in the rear.

I declare war on Majapahit for Mataram

22 Feb - By now we have won a naval battle and defeating their army once in Mataram proper. I detach a siege unit in Mataram and give chase.

27 Feb – A unit lands on the Bali-Lombok islands and begins a siege.

28 Feb – Chinaware in Taiwan!

23 Mar – We win in Blamagan and chase them again.

4 Apr – More units arrive to Bali-Lombok

25 April – We destroy their army completey.

26 April – We capture 2 ships in defeating their navy.

25 May – We win another naval battle and capture a 3rd ship from them

9 July - Our Government/Diplomatic advisor passes and I hire a level 3 guy with a Colonial Range of +20%

12 Octo – I order the captured ships to Gubbi Gubbi, and thence to Midway Island.

17 Dec – Blambangan falls to us


6 Feb, 1637 – Bali-Lombok falls too

I order a manufactory in Banten and Flores

23 Feb – Mataram falls

6 Apr – I assault and take Surabaya. We now have every Matarami province in our hands.

I would like to vassalize or annex them. There are too many provinces to do either, so instead, I take:

Mataram, Bali-Lombok, and Blambangan, 105 ducats,

The deal is done.

I order core on all three places – all are Hindu and of Sulawesian culture

Mataram – This Javanese province is east of Demak and Priangan. The spice trade in great here, with its 8 tax value too. We get 5.82 ducats from the Hindu Selawesian province. It has just a Star Fort and an Armory. It is west of Blambangan and south of Surabaya.


Blambangan – The easternmost province on the island of Java is this cotton growing land. It makes just 1.70 ducats for us with a 4 tax value I t has just na armory, and fort. It’s next to Surabaya and Mataram


Bali-Lombok – This island just off the eastern coast of Java is just west of Sumbawa. This cotton province has 2.25 ducats with its 7 base tax. It too rocks an Armory and fort.

[Abe Sargent]

22 Apr – We win a battle in Irian against natives

13 May – We win in against Taiwanese natives.

I order a Conquistador and Explorer in Whangarei. We set out to Midway

20 Aug – We win in Irian again

I order a manufactory in Bone

13 Jan 1638 – Manufactory ordered for Mecca

1 Oct – We buy a manufactory in Muscat, and our troops set out from Midway.

25 Nov – Fish in Irian

Rebels control like 2/3rds of Ming right now.

8 Dec – Taiwan is a full province:

19.76 ducats made from the 5 tax base and Chinaware industry. We order a fort.


I want to shut down any route Portugal has into this area, no matter how bad. That means I need to take up any remaining provinces Portugal can use to get a foothold. So I, sigh, have to take the three provinces of Madagascar.

First target is Boina, northern Madagascar

[Abe Sargent]

11 March, 1639 – We have settled 7000 troops in Boina – I order troops built in S Africa

1 May –

Temple – Sulu
Constable – Maguindanao
Marketplace – Tagoloan
Trade Depot – Visayas
Canal – Manila, Menade
Treasury – Samtoy

Rebels are besieging Surabaya (Majapahit)



8 Aug – We celebrate Ramadan. I order a manufactory in Demak

21 Oct – We get info that Ayutthaya has been fabricating a claim on Banten.

4 Nov – We get Native Assimilation in Irian

25 Jan, 1640 – We now have discovered the Pacific Ocean all the way around the world. We have a navigable route to Mexico.

2 Feb – Manufactory in Medina is next

6 Jun – Boina natives lose some ferocity after an event pacifies them a bit

2 Sept – I order a claim on Surabaya province

21 Sept – Makassar is the next manufactory

2 Dec – We get a Native Assimilation in Boina and gain 100 residents, the natives ride up against us, and we can buy a new tech-

Dip 15 – The Galleon, Early Frigate are available. We get bonus colonial range, morale and maintenance bonuses for Navy.

15 Dec – We win in Boina

[Abe Sargent]

17 Mar, 1641 – Manufactory in Palawan

30 June, Naval Supplies are the trade of the day in Midway

6 Sept – We now have a CB on Mahapahit

12 Oct – We defeat natives in Boina

17 Jan, 1642 – Ivory in Boina

3 Feb – Our diplomatic advisor passed. I hire: level 3 Colonial Range guy

2 Apri – The Ottomans have been hacking away at Mamluks and just defeated hem and took a lot of their lands. Including Alexandria, and two provinces next to Tabouk – Negev and Sinai

7 June – We defeat natives in Boina

9 June – We discover Kamchatka

1 July – We invest Admin Tech 19 – Can now build Glorious Monuments

11 Aug – Our conquistador lands in Penzhina, north of Kamchatka

12 Aug – Mataram is now a core province!

We send in a missionary

I declare war on Majapahit

2 Sept – Our Explorer passes

15 Nov – I order manufactories in Manila, Menade

24 Nov – We find Andyrsk, in the Kamchatka area and keep exploring.

5 Dec – Tech advance!

Level 18 military tech – It increases combat width, maneuver of my units, and allows Leather Cannon, Gallop Cavalry, and we can build a Conscription Center.

2 Mar, 1643 – After getting a walls breached notice from our generals, I order an all out assault and take Surabaya.

We annexed them


Surabaya – I order a core here. Hindu people of Sulawesian descent work the cotton trade here too on this Javanese province, that is north of Mataram, east of Demak and west of Blambangan. It has a Star Fot, Dock, Armory, Marketplace, and makes 2.06 ducats with its 4 tax base.

[Abe Sargent]

17 Mar – We find Omolon in the area behind Kamchatka

6 Apr = Funj agrees to a Royal Marriage.

14 May – We keep the current governor, as per the request of the Syndicate.

27 May -Funj agrees to an alliance with us

30 June – We find Gizhiga.

1 July - Our military advisor passes. We have a two star guy who pumps our fort defense

2 Aug – Manufactory ordered for Maldives

4 Sept – Blambangan and Bali-Lombok are now cores. We order Temples in both.

7 Sept – Funj agrees to be our Protectorate.

2 Nov – Irian is self sustaining. I order a fort here – next is Menabe, on the south and west of Madagascar

4 Jan, 1644 – We find Kolyma

20 Feb – And Suntar Khayata

5 Mar – I order a manufactory in Sumbawa

26 May – I find Verkhoyansk and Sakha, both inland provinces in Siberia area

8 Nov – We defeat natives in Boina

[Abe Sargent]

11 Nov – 200 years ago, my great ancestor the Dapir for the Nabhan family began a far-reaching plan clearly inspired by Allah himself.

Our glories have been great under the Nabhan family. Sultan Nasir Sultan, 3/3/2, is 73, and has ruled for quite some time. His son, Salim, is 52 and 2/3/4.

We receive five bonuses for controlled at least 20% of the trade:

Tea Trade - -33% upkeep for advisors
Coffee Trade – Fort Defense +10%
Spice Trade - +10% Spy Offense
Slave Trade – Global Tariffs - +10%
Ivory Trade – Diplomatic Relations +2

We are currently getting 90.85 ducats monthly in surplus to our treasury.

We have 79 troops, 117 ships,

The Omani Caribbean Syndicate is our colonial nation, and we have Mogadishu, Funj, Adjuuraam. Adal and Kilwa as protectorates, which has expanded our base in East Africa.

Taxation – 44.19
Production – 70.33
Traade – 60.56
Gold – 16.36
Tariffs – 1.66

And then our outlay

Advisors 37.84
Army – 29.01
Navy – 28.85
Colonies - 6.20
Missionaries – 0.41

[Abe Sargent]

We are first in Dip, Admin, and Military rank.

We have the most income, by far. We are more than double Poland, which is sitting at #2.

By income:

Oman
Poland
Ottoman
Russia
Castile
France
Japan
Portugal
Ayutthaya
Austria



By Score –

Oman
Ottomans
Poland
France
Austria
Ming
Portugal
Savoy
Russia
Burgundy

[Abe Sargent]

2 nations have an Admin tech of 20 – just six have one of 19 -we have 19

Our military tech of 18 is two below the top of 20, which lots of nations have

Our 15 diplomatic crank is very very low. Shame on you!


There are now 7 Shi’ite nations. Multan and Punjab have formed. 141 provinces have embraced the faith. The Sunni number is down to 26 and 248 respectively.

We have the 4th largest army, behind Ottomans, Russia, and France

We have the worlds largest navy, the Ottomans have 115 vessels and are #2

Trade Goods, from tops to slops:

Tea
Chinaware
Cocoa
Spices
Fur
Ivory
Coffee
Copper
Sugar
Cloth
Iron
Salt
Wine
Naval Supplies
Tobacco
Grain
Fish
Wool
Cotton
Slaves
(Gold)


We are the world’s leading producer of Tea, Chinaware, Spices and Coffee. We also sell at least 20% of Slaves and Ivory.

[Abe Sargent]

We have a giant nation, and we spent a lot of time building it up. Let’s look at provinces by income:


Arabia:

Muscat – 42.96
Nizwa – 14.68
Suhar – 10.98
Qawasim – 8.56
Dhofar – 17.89
Beni Yas – 6.83
Liwa – 19.29
Qatar – 8.56
Bahrain – 6.83
Al Hasa – 6.83
Mahra – 6.88
Hadhramaut - 8.56
Aden – 17.89
Asir – 17.47
Micha – 28.48
Sana’a – 17.89
Najran – 19.29
Najd – 18.36
Mecca – 40.04
Medina – 26.74
Jabal Shammar – 15.30
Tabouk – 13.45


Socotra – 4.09

Don’t let anybody ever tell you that Arabia is a poor place. Trade, development, and production have helped to grow this area strongly. And I could make more improvements if I wasn’t focused elsewhere.


East Africa:

Zanzibar – 2.81
Sofala – 51.65
Zimbabwe – 54.35
Butua – 53.00
Massapa – 51.65


South Africa (Colonies):

Inhambane – 6.45
Delagoa Bay - 7.98
Natal – 9.15
Xhosa – 4.15
Little Karoo - 6.33
Great Karoo – 11.23
Cape – 17.46
Roggeveld – 5.38
Lesser Namaqualand – 3.29


Indian Ocean (Colonies):

Mahe –4.19
Diego Garcia – 3.13
Mauritius – 12.17
Bourbon – 12.05
Maldives – 21.45
Cocos Island – 2.75


New Guinea, Australia & New Zealand:

Gubbi Gubbi – 6.21
Bunjalung – 6.28
Wairoa – 9.34
Taranaki – 9.38
Whangarei – 9.42
Irian – 2.74


Sierra Leone – 5.51
St. Helena – 4.09


Connecticut – 8.59
Narraganset – 5.70

Omani Syndicate –

Tortuga – 16.67
Les Cayes – 20.83
Barahonas – 18.96
Jamaica – 26.91
St. Thomas – 22.74
Curacao – 14.38


The Indies:


Java …

Sunda – 38.46
Banten – 43.97
Priangan – 16.01
Demak – 40.76
Surabaya – 2.01
Mataram – 13.76
Blambangan – 8.17

Sulawesi…

Makassar – 30.77
Bone – 41.57
Pose – 49.88
Menade – 26.86


Philippines…

Palawan – 25.56
Sulu –11.09
Samtoy – 22.06
Cagayan – 18.84
Manila – 28.08
Visayas – 22.48
Tagoloan – 13.42
Maguindanao – 14.90

Bali-Lombok – 11.63
Sumba – 26.88
Sumbawa – 24.88
Flores – 41.57
Timor – 36.27

Ternate – 21.27
Halmahera -16.75
Tidore – 37.61
Ceram – 34.27
Buru – 23,96
Ampom – 21.27


Taiwan – 17.56


And we have colonies in Boina, Menabe, and Midway

You can see just how wealthy the Indies are. I could take the five provinces of Borneo island that belong to Brunei.

[Abe Sargent]

Alight – maps!


Let’s start with a general map of the whole world for you, with a focus on us, obviously!




Here’s a long range one of North America. You can see Portugal all up and down the coast in Texas, Florida, the Americas. France is in Canada, and Brittany has a couple of possessions.

[Abe Sargent]

Now Asia –





You can see that Ayutthaya is taking it to China and has control of many Ming Dynasty provinces. Our Indies nation looks rather nice I think.

[Abe Sargent]

And finally, the Americas






You can see the cast holdings of Castile quite well. Great Britain has built a decent colony in the north too.

[Abe Sargent]

The Eleven Goals of Our Ancestors:



Our 11 Goals!


1) We need an alliance with a major power.

We are number 1.


2) We want to become the premier trading nation in the Indian Ocean. There are many great nations along the area, but we want to be the dominant one.

Done, and now taking action to keep Portugal out permanently.

3) We have to control a proper navy in order to meet our goals.

Now that we have the best navy in the world, we have finished this goal. But we need to keep building to continue

4) We would like to colonize the Indian Ocean.

Almost done.

5) We need to fend off the overly hostile Yemen. They are blatantly seeking our elimination. Probably because they are Sunni.

Yemen is now ours


6) Similarly, the adjacent Najd is also very aggressively looking towards us. Both neighbors are Sunni, and it gets a little too hot here.

As is Najd

7) We eventually want to see Mecca in Shi’ite hands.

We have not had an opportunity to convert them – it would fail. But it is ours. Done.

8) In light of these things, it seems necessary to build our nation militarily, as well as diplomatically.

Done. Top navy. Top four army. Militarily, we have arrived.

9) Nearby one province nation Haasa is Shi-ite as well, and could be a good early ally.

Haasa is ours. Done.



10). Westernize our Technology

Done

11). Expand further abroad. Do to Portugal what they planned for us. Expand into the Pacific and Atlantic and move into stronger places against Europe.

Ongoing


12). Have a monthly income of at least 100 gold while owning three level advisors in all three areas!


Let’s push our economics even further.


And we conclude this 200 year survey of the greatest nation the world has ever known – Oman!

[Abe Sargent]

28 Nov – Sorry Persia, but I’m not accepting alliance offers just right now.

22 Dec – We discover Yakut

28 Dec – Grim Tidings! Our Sultan has passed!


Sultan Salim (2/3/4) Nabhan has taken the throne. His brother, Barakat Nabha, is 3/1/6, and 42



1 Jan, 1645 –

Temple – Irian, Taiwan
Constable – Bali-Lombok, Blambangan, Whangarei
Mint – Banten, Pose


We pick up an explorer.

11 Apr – We find the province of Maya, behind Yakut

20 Aug – We find Okhotsk.

30 Dec – We find Tauisk

21 Jan, 1646 – I boost our stability back up

Trade Company ordered for Ternate, and Ampom

1 June – Midway is now self-sustaining!


Midway – 2.72 ducats are made in these lovely islands. Naval Supplies are harvested for our ocean-ward endeavors.

I send colonists to the final third of Madagascar, Antananarivo

[Abe Sargent]

27 July – Our army has loaded up from Kamchatka/Siberia and moving back out to the Pacific

13 Aug – Trade Company in Najran

Constable – Irian, Midway, Taiwan
Marketplace – Blambangan, Bali-Lombok


9 Nov – We have declared ourselves the Defender of the Faith. In addition to other effects, it gives us another missionary.

12 Jan, 1647 – We put down the natives of Menabe

9 July – We get Colonial Enthusiasm – yay! People must really like Madagascar!

24 Aug – I order our second Missionary to Bali-Lombok

Workshop – Blambangan
Stock Exchange – Banten
Mint – Flores
Marketplace – Taiwan
Temple – Midway


9 Sept – We purchase a new idea – Ship’s Penny. Ships Costs are now at -10%. The next idea will finish Quantity.

3 Nov – Boina is now self sustaining! I order a fort here



Boina – The ivory culture is strong here in Madagascar, and we get 5.57 ducats from it. It’s next to Menabe and Antananarivo.

Our next colonists are bound to Kalapuya, provinces on the coast of Northwest US.


22 Dec –We find Menabe a great place to harvest grains.

[Abe Sargent]

23 Jan, 1648 – Manufactory for Liwa ordered

3 Feb – We get a Shipwrecked Merchant and lose some ducats

21 April – Mint in Makassar is ordered

7 June – We get a core on Surabaya and complete our mission. I order a Constable here

28 Aug –

Trade Depot – Taiwan, Tagoloan, Blambangan
Fort – Irian
Marketplace – Maguindanao, Midway
Mint – Demak

10 Oct – We put down natives in Antananarivo

1 Jan, 1649 – We order a manufactory, Trade Company, in Visayas

1 July – I trade our level 2 advisors in Gvn’t for a level 3 Natural Scientist. With him, we pass Agricultural Cultivation which gets us increased production efficiency.

10 Aug – We defeat some pirates in the Santa Catalina Islands.

23 Aug – We start exploring the new world around our colony

25 Sept – We have discovered the Blackfoot, they are next to us.

24 Oct – We are on the far side of a huge wasteland, Great Basin. We can’t go inland from our colony.

10 November – Slaves in Antananarivo

1 Dec –

Workshop – Surabaya
Temple - Boina
Dock – Blambangan, Taiwan, Maguindanao
Mint – Mecca, Muscat

[Abe Sargent]

11 Jan, 1650 – Revolt in Mataram

25 Jan – I get an event. One of my privateers has begin to sink our own vessels. I choose not to make a dela with hi and sink him, and I gain a bunch of dip power. We purchase our next Diplomatic Tech!

Dip 16 – Trade range 200 more, +10% trade efficiency, and we can build Naval Arsenal and Post office.

1 Feb – We win in Mataram and the rebels, such as they were, are crushed.

1 Mar – While sailing north, we find the provinces of Tsimshhian and Kwakiutl.

26 Apr -Just fish in Kalapuya

13 may – Our forces land in Nootka.

8 June – We find Salish

23 June – While sailing, ou Explorer finds Kenai, to the far north

9 Aug – After heading inland, our forces find Nimipu

4 Sept – Our Explorer finds the Aleutians.

22 Sept – I order manufactories for Buru, Najd.

26 Sept – Ktunawa opens up and adjacent Niitsitapi as well.

30 Nov – Tsuu Tina is the next area our Conquistador finds.

1 Jan 1651 – Okay, its time to call it.

[Abe Sargent]

I’ll show you the only major changes in the world, here on the West Coast of North America.










As you can see, we have company. Both the UK and Castile have grabbed land here. They are actively colonizing the region too. I figured I’d head north and let them duke it out in the south.

[Abe Sargent]

I’ll also take one more map of the world generally for ya

[Abe Sargent]

That was fun. I feel that, right now, I accomplished my basic goal of having Oman as the Arabian Portugal. We didn't expand past Arabia, We didn't control every African province, just some. We only took a little in war. We were a trading and colonial force, more than anything else. We've reached the end of a fairly realistic parabola.


Alright, that was a lot of fun. Steam says I put 59 hours into that dynasty.

Now let’s do my usual post-game critique of the latest expansion or game. Since this was my first EU4 play-through, what’d I think?


I think they pulled out some overdue mechanics, like policy sliders and the old economic system of investing in tech advancement and stability. This system is better, because it forces me to balance economy against Ideas against techs against building, against stability. That’s a much more improved model. So I like it.


I also like the addition of new provinces (especially islands). For example, Ampom is a very important island, historically. It was the HQ for the Dutch East India Company and the location of the Portuguese in the area after they were kicked out of Ternate. You need an island like that in the game. I like colonizing Cocos (which wasn’t in before) or having additional Pacific Island options.

Now I still don’t think they do a great job with the Indies. For example, the Banda Islans are a group of ten islands, all small, in the Sea of Banda, east of Timor. In the game, they are simply a part of Timor. That’s dumb. The Bandas are among the wealthiest spice islands in the area. Why? Because a tree grows there, and nowhere else in the world (until like 200 years ago when it was moved ot other places). That tree is the Nutmeg tree, and both the spices of Nutmeg and Mace come from it. You could easily take the chain in the map, and just make it the Banda province.

And there a few places like that that still bug me.

I also still wish the trade goods could be improved. I love the addition of Cocoa in a recent patch. I’d still love to see Pearls, Dyes, Gems, and Whales. I also still want the ability to switch to a new random trade good in colonies, at a cost of power or ducats. This happened in real life frequently, as colonies moved from Fish to Cotton or from Grain to Tobacco and from Pearls to Silver.

I think colonization remains fun, and it was slower. I loved the changes to the merchants/diplomats, and such. This was not my normal dynasty. I wasn’t conquering Alexandria, Cairo, Jerusalem and Byzantium. I didn’t wage war in the Middle East for more than 100 years. I only took five provinces from Kilwa in Africa and five provinces from Makassar and Majapahit in the Indies.

I loved the additional diplomatic options too. I thought the game was well-done. It got rid of a bunch of the tedious activities in the previous games, like sending out merchants and such. Colonizing became more organic.

Overall, it was worth playing and I know I’ll come back to it again and again.