EU4 – Dynasty with Theodoro - FINISHED - Nov. 11, 1444 - Jan. 3, 1821

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 12 - Theodoro
Chapter 178 - Yemeni and Swahili Now Accepted



I promote Yemeni to an accepted culture as well as Swahili, each cost 90 Dip power

This truce expires June 1811

16 June – I send my spare diplomat to build a spy network in The Commonwealth

1 Oct – The ruler of Georgia passes, I offer another Royal Marriage

4 Nov – Event – Plague I spend 1122 to help alleviate damage

10 Nov – Upemba and Kanongensha are cored, I order Missionaries there

1 Jan, 1803 – I order:

Counting House for Tea in Fuzhou

Basilica in:

Sofala, Kuching, Busoga, Golestan, Larestan, Nkore, Abarquh, Syghnak, Soyo.

Conscription Centers in:

Lahijan, Qarshi, Barus, Uzkend, Butua, Meregh, Shymkent, Qarapalyak

7 Feb – Cores finished in Kalundwe and Munene, I order a Missionary to Munene

3 May – We get the last Age of Revolutions Ability –

Naval Engagement - +20%

9 June – I create the State of Sankuru – Kalundwe, Kuba, Songwe

I fabricate a claim on Kongo’s Fortress of Rund

31 Aug – Upemba converts, next is Kalundwe

1 Sept – I lose our claim on The Commonwealth and their holding of Poltawa

15 Sept – Kanongesha converts

I begin to move my army back to Kilwa’s border, our truce ends in May 1805

1 Oct- I lose my claim on Annam and their holding of Phra Bang

I claim the Commonwealth’s Zaporoze

Rebellion in Ishindi where I have an army

4 Oct – We win against the rebels

1 Nov- Our level 3 Natural Scientist advisor passes and we hire a level 3 Inquisitor

Another rebellion in Trebizond

17 Nov – Munene converts!

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 12 - Theodoro
Chapter 179 - Of Cores and Conversions


1 Jan, 1804 – I order:

Basilicas in:

Butua, Lundu, Fuzhou, Tabwa, Luapula, Buton, Lindi, Sena, Lomwe, Nduga, Tete

Conscription Center in Qazinya

I claim Kilwa’s capital

26 Jan – Core finished in Khiva, I order a Missionary here

2 Mar – Event: Encroachment of Nobility in Konjikala - I choose to let it slide and it gains 25% autonomy

9 April – Kalundwe converts! Anything to order here? Nope!

21 May - Bengal is at war with Europe and I grant them military access

30 May – My two Omani holdings are cored, I order Missionaries here.

28 July – The Turks lost of their wars and Hegemon status.

24 Sept – Khiva converts! I order here nothing, I turn Khiva into a state that also include Qaraqalpak

16 Nov – Event: Improvements in Government Tech: I choose to gain a bunch of ADM power but inflation as well.

4 Dec – My DIP and MIL power are almost at 999 the cap, so I spend a couple hundred each raising dev of my stuff.

The Gold Mines of Massapa is now level 10 and I order here a Basilica
Ivory Ishindi is 10 and I order here a Counting House
Kaonde 10 – Basilica
Ivory Manyaka is 10 – Conscription Center
Livestock of Shangwe 10 - Conscription Center ordered here

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 12 - Theodoro
Chapter 180 - Planning for the Next War


1 Jan, 1805 – As a reminder my peace treaty with Kilwa is up this year and there have been no major attacks so I can try to oust them from the mainland of Africa, but my navy isn’t big enough to move me over to Madagascar

Kilwa’s Navy:

30 Heavy Ships
47 Lights
41 Transports

Us:

10 Heavies
13 Lights
9 Galleys
25 Transport

We just aren’t in the same conversation, so I cannot ferry over troops in wartime so I just need to get enough warscore from their 45k troops dying in their capital and their four holdings here. Hopefully we can do it.

I order:

3 Basilica Upgrades in these places:

Indrapura, Kanongesha, Karagwe


Those are my last doable upgrades I have three that wouldn’t make me anything

I have all of my Counting Houses, Manufactories and Conscription Centers done.

What does my army stuff look like now?

Forcelimit – 554k, I have 447k, so I could easily build another army or three.

3 Feb – I claim Oczakow from the Commonwealth

23 Feb – Nizwa converts! Anything to order here? Nope it’s built up, I make it and Baraimi the Oman State.

1 April – Baraimi converts! I order here a Counting House for it’s Livestock.

1 May – Our truce with Kilwa is up.

19 June – I declare war for Kilwa’s capital

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 12 - Theodoro
Chapter 181 - The Sixth Theodoro/Kilwa War

I order 3 armies into Kilwa’s capital of Kilwa, and then one army each into their minors of Angoche and Ibo

11 July – We rout their army and get a big warscore boost

24 July – Ibo and Angoche are ours, I order my armies to converge in Mozambique

27 July – I claim Kongo’s Mpasu

4 Aug – Kilwa falls, I have a warscore of 49%

7 Sept – Mozambique is ours, our warscore is 54% can I get these four holdings?

I cannot get Kilwa, just the three minors, or Kilwa and two minors, but then the Turks will get upset with three.

The best two I can get are:



These two with a 33 badboy. I finish the war and spend 84 power to core them since they are both big development.

Angoche – Coastal, next to Mozambique, Ivory traders here, 34 Dev, Coastline, an accepted Swahili Culture, Sunni faith, tropical, has a Trade Station, Drydock, Conscription Center, Grand Shipyard, and Basilica – note no Counting House, they make for us 0.70 monthly.

Mozambique – Next to Kilwa’s Ibo, 34 dev here too, Ivory traders as well, Swahili Sunnis, tropical, Coastline, Trade Station, Conscription Center, Town Hall, Drydock, Counting House, Grand Shipyard, they produce monthly 3.17.

I order my troops around. I’ll keep one each in these two and all three next to Kilwa again. That was also a fast war.

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 12 - Theodoro
Chapter 182 - Investing that Cash

This truce ends August 1812

7 Sept – I turn Makuana into a state, three low dev Ivory holdings are here in Makua, Lomwe and Ngindo

14 Nov – Warsangali is back and next to us in the Horn of Africa.

I don’t really care about their one fishing province next to us. I pull my diplomat from Kongo to them to build up spies, since it brings me one closer to not needing military access from the Turks to connect my stuff.

I move my Omani army next to them.

23 Nov – Portugal has announced us as their rival

1 Jan, 1806 – Anything to order? Nope, I am fully build up and out.

Could I do a Japanese trading post? I have 21k.

Here I’ll show you:



I’ve pulled up their worst and farthest away Kuril Islands, so see if they would even want to sell anything, moved the slider to max, and then showed that even with the max offer of 46424 they aren’t selling.

So instead I’ll spend some cash improving my Korean Trading Post.

Cash made right now: 3.87 monthly

I purchase:

Company Depot for 400,
Theodoran City Distract for 400
Broker’s Exchange for 400
Permanent quarters – 400- boosts defensiveness

Officer’s Mess - +5 forcelimit for 1k

Alright now…

5.72 made here monthly.


See how big those improvements were?

Since I am making 479.28 monthly and have a free forcelimit of around 150k, I order some more armies:

25k in Borneo
40k in Wayao in South East Africa
40k in Taveta in East Africa next to Mombasa and other holdings

I now have 16k in cash left from an initial 22k when the year ended

2 Feb – Event: Drought in Samarkhand Region – Uh oh.

The Ottomans lost their war against Spain and there are loads of smaller countries in NE Africa free like Funj and Kaffa. Spain took north African places like Tripoli.

18 Sept – I spend DIP and MIL to raise dev and get away from the Cap of 999

Lango – 10 dev, Conscription Center ordered here
Kuria – 10 dev, Center here to
Kabardia – 10 dev, Center here

1 Oct – Our Commonwealth spy was discovered and kicked out

19 Nov – Event: Relations Improved - +30 with Khorasan

1 Dec – I lose my claim on Oman and Ibra

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 12 - Theodoro
Chapter 183 - The Fourth Theodoro/Kongo War

5 Jan, 1807 – This year our peace deal with Kongo is up. I move my army around.

8 May – Cores finished in Angoche and Mozambique, Missionaries are dispatched

21 May – Our 25k in Borneo is finished and I order to Ajeh

The others are at 37k in their holdings and have 2 1k armies moving towards them

1 June – Our Emperor gains the Lawgiver trait which reduces unrest

22 June – Our other two are done and I move them around to the border with Kongo or their ally.

We are now making 418.63 after those 105k are built.

1 July – I reup our influence over Korea

1 Sept – Our peace with Kongo and Busoga is up. I order war on Kongo’s capital.

I order:

4 Armies into Bunyoro, Busoga’s captial

3 into the Fort of Rund
1 into Mpasu first and then the Fort after

1 40k into the minor holding of Luba

17 Sept – I rout their army in Bunyoro and begin a siege with a fusillade, ditto Rund

55k have arrived in Soyo from Kongo

16 Oct – Mpasu falls and I order this army to Melem to hold for the one going after Luba and then we’ll hit and relieve Soyo

9 Dec – Luba falls

27 Dec – Angoche converts!

25 Jan, 1808- Bunyoro falls, I take it in a separate peace with them for 12.8 badboy.

36 to core. I order these four armies to their capital

4 Mar – Mozambique convert!

18 May – I claim Warsangali’s holding and pull back my diplomat.

27 May – Event: Cossack raid

19 June – My two armies arrive in Soyo

30 June – Rund falls, I order these troops back to my estate

3 July – We win in Soyo and follow them

20 July – We chase the down and rout their army

26 Aug – We capture a minor

1 Sept - I have to spend power and I raise Coal making Tyn to level 20 and order a Conscription Center here.

Abarquh – level 10, Livestock, Counting House ordered

Right now I have a warscore of 49%

16 Nov – Another minor falls

19 Nov - Their capital falls, warscore of 99, peace time:

Here’s what I want in order:

Mbamba – Their last coastal holding, next to France, 5 badboy, 3 score,

Luba – Internal, big dev, 16 badboy, 11 warscore

21 and 14

Just Kilwa cares. The other two internal between me and the UK would annoy the Turks and them, even just one. What about outside?

Even a smaller third one brings in the Turks, so just these two:





I spend 48 to core them both.

Bunyoro- Lake Victoria, our last holding there, Fortress, 35 dev, Savannah, Ganda people, Sunni faith, Salt traders, they send us 0.67 with their Counting House, Stock Exchange, Fortress, Naval Equipment Manufactory, Basilica, University, west of Busoga, north of Nkore.

Mbamba – Their last coastal holding, next to France, and Kongo, and our post in Soyo, this was a military gain not a economic one, 9 dev, Fishers, Tropical, Savannah, Kongolese, Fetishist, Grand Shipyard, Counting House, .16 made here.

Luba – Internal – Surrounded by us, 35 dev, Iron Miners, Emporium, Tropical, Church, Stock Exchange, Counting House, Town Hall, Conscription Center, Weapons Manufactory, Fetishist, Luba culture, makes .76.

Two nice devs and one military grab.

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 12 - Theodoro
Chapter 184 - The War for Berbera


This peace ends May 1815
I leave armies in my new areas

1 Jan, 1809 – I send two diplomats to…build a spy network in Oman and the Commonwealth.

I claim Kilwa’s Ibo – I pull my diplomat

I claim Transoxiana’s Urgench – I pull it too

I still have more than 400 cash made monthly, so this time I order a navy in the Indies. I order 10 transports, and then every port in the Indies to make either 2 great ships or four lights.

Soyo prior to build up – 0.51 it’s just fish if you recall

I order here – Depot, District, Officer’s Mess, Quarters, Exchange all level 2.

Now we are making a massive 0.83. Whoo baby!!

25 Jan – I send my Transoxiana diplomat to make nice with Delhi

I want to bring in Warsangali

I move an army there

I declare war for their Berbera, they have no allies but they are in a trade league with Jimma so they may come to their defense

Jimma does joins them. I order my 39k army into their capital and only holding of Berbera

7 Feb – I begin the siege after killing the 7k here

30 Mar – Berbera falls, I order my army to the capital of Jimma

8 May – We arrive in Harer and begin the siege

14 June – Harer falls, I have a warscore of 68

I order my army to the Fort of Arsi

With my 68 warscore can I get Berbera?

Yes:



Just 6 badboy, no one cares, I spend just 28 to core.

Berbera – Fishing, coastal, next to us and the Turks, two away from my strait to Yemen, Coastal Desert Horn of Africa, Arid, here is a Drydock and Grand Shipyard and an extra spot, they have 12 dev, Fetishist and Oromo, making us just 0.05. This was not economic. As you can see, this was just military.

I order my 39k army back to Arabia and 31k to hold out here

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 12 - Theodoro
Chapter 185 - A Busy Year

Our next upcoming peace treaty is Oman and Transoxiana in June 1811, Kongo 1815, Kilwa 1812

9 July – I send my extra diplomat to build up a spy network in Khorasan

I order a 40k army to be built in Persia and to hold out in Konjikala next to us, Khiva, Khorasan and near Transoxiana

19 Oct – Gujarat no longer considers us a rival!

23 Dec -Event: I get +5 authority and 10% clergy support

The Ottomans have announced that we’re their rival. Uh oh

30 Jan, 1810 – Bunyoro is cored! I order a Missionary here.

I state Bunyoro with it, Pubango and Lango

About 12 ships are built already

1 Feb – Our influence over Delhi expires, I reup it

On this trading post:

Martaban making 1.47 I order:

The highest level Depot, District, Exchange, Quarters and Mess

I am now making 2.37

12 Mar – Event – Tea Imports I choose to Import Tea - -1% unrest, -10% advisor cost, for 5 years

24 Mar – One of my generals passes

1 Aug – Our diplomat spying in the Commonwealth was caught.

14 Aug – With all three powers getting to capping I spend 200 each to raise the dev of places:

10 Dev, Darub Spices, ordering a Con. Center
10 Dev, Saidabad, Livestock, Con Center ordered
10 Dev, Ardakan, incense, Con Center here as well
10 Dev, Golestan, Tea, Con Center too
10 Dev, Sulmainiyeh, Wool, Con Center also

23 Aug – Event: Economic Development in Ardakan, it gets +1 tax, production and an Urbanization boon for 10 years that increases taxes and decreases build cost

5 Sept – With a 106, relations are maxed with Delhi and I pull my diplomat.

RM with Russia

27 Sept – I send it to build a spy network in the Turks.

I claim Ibra from Oman and then pull the spy

3 Nov – I send my Omani diplomat to claim Spain, they have a coal colony next to me in south Africa.

19 Nov – My 40 is ready I move it to Khiva, my monthly income with a bunch of ships as well has dropped to 420.29.

26 Nov – Luba is a core! I order a Missionary here

Army:

592k troops, 639k forcelimt.

I order another 40k in Africa

5 Dec – Bunyoro converts! Anything I wanna build here? No it’s full and dense

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 12 - Theodoro
Chapter 186 -The Third Theodoro/Oman War



2 Jan, 1811 – This year we’ll be doing the next Omani/Transoxiana war. Looks like the game ends in January 1821 in ten years time.

I have 93 ships now and growing

20 Feb - -Mbemba is cored, I send a Missionary here.

1 June – Our truce is up.

I declare war for Oman’s Ibra

I order 1 army into Ibra
Two into Transoxiana’s capital and Fortress of Urgench each has armies defending it

10 June – I win in Ibra and begin that siege

17 June – Berbera is now a core I order a Missionary here

I win the battle of Urgench and start the siege with a fusillade

18 July – Ibra falls

I have a 50% warscore

I order 45k mercs next to Urgench in Khiva to help with the siege.

31 July – They arrive

7 Nov – New Tech:

DIP TECH 32 – The Gold Standard – We get better trade range, colony growth, and +2% trade efficiency

29 Dec- Mbamba converts! Anything to order here? I spend 34 ADM to raise it to 10 Dev and build a Naval Equipment Manufactory for it’s fish

31 Jan, 1812 – Luba converts - anything here? Church converted to Basilica

11 March – Berbera converts, anything there? Naval Equipment Manufactory for it’s fish as well.

1 Aug- Our truce with Kilwa ends

100% warscore with Oman and Transoxiana, but I haven’t captured Urgench yet to so I keep on sieging them.

13 Aug – Captured it! Now peace:

I can take one or the other without the Turks joining, but not both. I take Transoxiana’s Urgench which is the bigger badboy at 22 to 13 for future war purposes.



As you can see, only Khiva continues to care, I disband my mercs and spend 72 to core it:

Urgench – Fortress, 44 dev, Grain Farmers, they have here Farm Estate, Con. Center, Barracks, Counting House, Basilica, Stock Exchange, university, Drylands, the accepted Uzbek culture, Sunni faith, 0.33 made here, we have removed our mega-enemy from the board.

I order one army to hold here.

We have peace until May 1821.

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 12 - Theodoro
Chapter 187 -The Seventh Theodoro/Kilwa War


And now…Kilwa

4 Sept - I declare war for Kilwa’s Kilwa

I order 3 armies next to it to their capital where they have 32k
I order an army to capture Ibo

2 Oct - We win against their army and get some nice warscore

24 Oct – Ibo is ours.

1 Nov – We get the trading in Ivory boost which gives us +2 Dip reputation

24 Nov- Kilwa falls and I have warscore of 34%

What can I get?

They won’t give me both, but that’s 16 warscore, and then the Turks would care, so I just do Ibo





I spend 35 to core

Ibo – Coastal next to us in Lindi and Mozambique, Sunni faith, Swahili culture which Is accepted, Coastline, Ivory, 31 dev they have built a Trade Station, Drydock, Con. Center, Counting House, Grand Shipyard, they make for us 1.01.

Good stuff for the win tuff.

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 12 - Theodoro
Chapter 188 -The Fleet is Done


24 Nov – New Tech:

MIL TECH 32 – Field Howitzer – We get +0.25 tactics,+2 artillery fire, +0.10 shock of artillery

This peace ends Nov 1818

9 Feb, 1813 – My fleet has finished:

120 Ships:

32 Heavy
38 Light
9 Galley
41 Transports

We are making 392.88 monthly, with a naval forcelimit of 270 so I have room for another 150 ships without a major financial headache

I order another round of ships, with a bunch of 2 heavies and 4 lights

New Tech:

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

Let’s look at armies right now after some lands shifts and major wars won and lost:

Us and our Allies:

Army – 632k
Russia – 509k
Shun – 735k
Delhi – 142k
Sindh – 21k
Georgia – 120k

That’s a big list

The Ottomans – 810k after losses, they have still more than us, but not us and Russia and Georgia, that are all close by.

The Commonwealth – 435k
Their major allies are France, Spain and Gujarat, not likely for me to kick down that door. The latter has 685k

31 Mar – The Commonwealth announced us as a rival. Again.

7 April – I claim the Ottomans’ Zeila next to my crossing in Africa from Yemen.

I claim Bojnord from Khorasan, and then pull my diplomat

They are not allied with anyone.

I move my two Persian armies next to it.

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 12 - Theodoro
Chapter 189 -The War for Bojnord


9 May – I declare war on Khorasan for Bojnord, and then move my 80 into their 10k home

31 May – I rout their army, they have a Fortress if you’ll recall from my Transoxiana wars so I kick off with a fusillade

I hire 30k mercs for this battle too

12 June – They arrive

22 June – Event: Increased Demand for Ivory Carvings – I step in for Ibo. We get boosts there for a while.

2 Oct – Delhi broke their alliance with us

I claim the Commonwealth’s Poltawa and the Ottoman’s Hargeisa next to us in the Horn of Africa

4 Nov – I claim Spain’s Upper Limpopo

4 Jan, 1814 – Bojnord falls and we have a warscore of 100.

Annexing them is just 4.8 badboy:



And no one will care. I bring in Bojnord and spend 71 to core it.

Bojnord – Central Asia, next to Khiva the nation and us, I leave behind an army here, and disband my mercs, Sheep Shearers make Wool, Mountains, 32 dev, Orthodox faith, the unaccepted Khorasani culture, Textile Manufactory, Fortress, Basilica, University, Counting House, Stock Exchange, 0.40 monthly.

Nice addition to my stuff! And a border Fortress is always nice.

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 12 - Theodoro
Chapter 190 - Urgench Cored and Converted


4 Jan, 1814 – I begin to move my army over to the border with Kongo

21 Jan – Our diplomat that was building a spy network in Khorasan has returned, I send it to Sindh to make nice

New State – Luba – Central Africa – Lega, Hemba, Kusu, Luba

10 Feb – Event: Trade Policy Success – We get +5% Trade efficiency for 10 years

23 Feb – Urgench is now a core, I order here a Missionary

26 May – Ibo is a core, and I send a Missionary here as well

24 June – Event: Foreign quarter in Suceava – I encourage in and get +50 relations with the Republic of Konstanz as well as a better province.

2 Sept – Event: Pirate Raid

19 – Oct – I grant France military access for their war against Austria and her allies

11 Nov – I have dropped off two armies into Soyo my trading post next to Kongo.

25 Nov – Urgench has converted! Anything here? I upgrade a Barracks to a Training Fields

And then it’s full

Event – Benign Neglect in Zanzibar – I choose to tax the boosts there and get +100% taxes until 1819

1 Dec – Our truce with Jimma has ended

7 Dec- New State: Shire, three key provinces two high dev, in East Africa – The Fortress and Iron Mines of Kalonga, the low dev Ivory trading post of Lolo, the high dev Cloth Making of Londu

1 Jan, 1815 – This year our truce with Kongo is up

2 April – I recall my Sindh diplomat

1 May – Our truce with Kongo has ended.

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 12 - Theodoro
Chapter 191 - The Fifth Theodoro/Kongo War

I declare war for Kongo’s capital

I order:

5 Armies into the Fort of Rund
1 army into the minor of Mpasu next to Rund
3 armies to gather in Melem

Two to hold in Soyo

Lega is now convertible and I send a Missionary here

1 June – I resend my diplomat to Annam to restart my influence nation there

19 June – Mpasu falls, I order this army to Rund

9 July – Ibo converts! Anything to build here? I destroy the drydock and swap in a Basilica

15 Aug – I capture a minor

1 Sept – A level 3 Army Organizer advisor, passes I hire a level 3 Master Recruiter that increases my manpower by 5%

4 Sept – My three armies arrive in their capital and begin a siege

29 Sept – Rund falls! I order two their capital and the rest to split back and head back to my space

I now have a warscore of 39

6 Dec – Their capital falls, I have a warscore of 96, let’s shop:

I can annex them:



That’s just 18.3 badboy and only Kilwa cares. I accept and take Kongo off the board!

I spend around 174 to core them all

Internal, Central Africa –

Mpasu – Savannah, Spice Trade, 24 dev, Lunda people, Fetishist faith, tropical, 0.49 made here, next to Rund, UK, they have here Trade Station, Conscription Center, Town Hall, Counting House, Church, Marketplace

Rund - Next to Mpasu and UK, Fortress, Trade Station, Con. Center, Town Hall, Counting House, Stock Exchange, Basilica, Savannah, Center of Trade, tropical, Lunda, Fetishist, 0..89 and 32 dev

West Africa –

Mbwilla – Next to UK, France – Grain farmers, 16 dev, Grasslands, Mbundu people, Fetishist faith, Tropical, Religious Zeal cannot convert until 1824, 0.94 made here, Farm Estate, Church, Con. Center, Counting House

Mbata – Next to UK and us, Grain Farmers, 16 dev, Grasslands, Kongolese Fetishists, same four as Mbwilla, also makes .94, tropical

Mpangu – Next to us and the UK, Copper Miners, Grasslands, Tropical, 34 Dev, 2.31 made here, Kongolese Fetishists, Weapons Equipment Manufactory, Con Center, counting House, Marketplace, Basilica, Training Grounds

Mpempa- Former capital. Has the great work “M’banza-Kongo” Fortress, just next to us, Mill, Con Center, Counting House, Stock Exchange, Training Fields, Basilica, University, Center of Trade, Tropical Wood, makes us 0.58, Kongolese Catholics with 39 dev on Grasslands.

Nice high dev additions to the majesty of Theodoro! A very fast war

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 12 - Theodoro
Chapter 192 - Building More Ships

I keep an army in Mpempa next to the other three and then one each in Central Africa

8 Jan, 1816 – Bojnord is a core, I don’t need a Missionary here since it was already Orthodox. Anything to build here? Nah it’s full

I claim the Commonwealth’s Podole and Spain’s Matsolo

15 Jan – I send my extra diplomat to make nice with Annam

23 Jan – Lega converts!

1 Feb – Our level three Inquisitor advisor passes I hire a level three Treasurer!

12 April – Event – Cossack Aggression

14 May – The Ottomans are at war with Austria and their allies

23 Aug – Our diplomat in the Commonwealth building a spy network was detected!

28 Aug – Event – Poor Vintage I lose 5 prestige

29 Jan, 1817 – I order another group of Ships in the Indies after I am at 183 and so many I run out of Sailors to fill their berths, current navy:

65 Great Ships
68 Light Ships
9 Galleys
41 Transports

Kilwa?

24 Great
37 Light
41 Transport

I order my navy over to east Africa next to Kilwa’s capital

I am still making 322 monthly

1 May – I give access to the Papal States

1 Aug – I reup our influence over Korea

Our relations with Annam are maxed at 91 and I pull my diplomat

21 Sept – I send our Annam diplomat to make nice with Korea

14 Dec – Three cores are done, the ones I had claims on – Mpempa, Mpasu and Rund I order Missionaries to all three

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 12 - Theodoro
Chapter 193 - The Eighth Theodoro/Kilwa War

1 Jan, 1518 – This year my truce with Kilwa is over!

11 Mar – The other three cores are finished from Kongo

2 May - I spend round 200 DIP power raising dev in places since I am about to hit my cap.

10 dev – Bagamoyo- Ivory, order a Con Center here

16 Aug – I grant Bengal access in their war against Europe and our mutual ally Shun

31 Aug - Event – Diplomatic Insult from Russia - I ease tensions and raise our relations with a few neighbors by 60 each.

2 Oct – I order 40k to board my navy in the Zanzibar Strait

24 Oct – I order it south to the Mozambique Channel next to Madagascar

1 Nov – Our truce with Kilwa ends.


I declare war for their capital, and order 3 armies into it

11 Nov – My army begins to unload

27 Nov – We win and defeat a 19k army in Kilwa and begin the siege

13 Dec – Rund converts, next is nothing, they all have zeal. Anything to build here? Perfect

1 Jan, 1819 – Relations max with Korea at 162 I pull my diplomat

6 Jan – My army arrives in a minor called Iboina

14 Jan – Mpemba converts! Anything here? Nope

25 Jan – I order another 40k army to load from Kilwa’s siege to the fleet

1 Feb – Iboina is ours

11 Feb – Kilwa falls – I order armies back to my space

22 Feb – My fleet wins a battle

26 Feb – I defeat a minor 10k army in Madagascar

I have a 34% warscore, will they do Kilwa?

Yes, but not anything here on the Island even though they are pretty low so I keep on grabbing things

1 Mar – I claim Halicz from the Commonwealth

18 Mar – 40k more arrive on the Island

27 Mar – Another minor falls

I order a 37k army to board

11 April – Mpasu converts! Anything to build here? Upgrading the Church to a Basilica

14 April – Westphalia no longer considers us a rival

16 April – Our third army arrives, I bring them against a 58k army here on the island

1 June – A minor falls

22 July - Another minor falls I order to the Fort of Betsileo

2 Nov – Rebellion in Mpangu

18 Nov – I win

15 Dec – They recapture Iboina

20 Jan, 1820 – Betsileo falls!

I have a warscore of 61, can we get Kilwa and land here now?

Kilwa – 14 badboy, 7 warscore – yes

Antankara – 4 bb and 2 score – yes

Iboina – 10 BB and 6 warscore – yes

Maroantsetra – 5 badboy, 3 score – yes, no coalition,

Tsimihety – 9 bb and 5 score, yes and no coalition

Hmm….

Besalampy – 9 and 6 respectively, yes and no coalition

Merina – 10 bb and 6 score, yes

Anything else, the Ottomans join



I accept peace for 61.7 badboy and a bunch here at Madagascar. I spend ADM power around 165

I’ll keep my three armies here for now for rebels

Kilwa – Former capital, Gold here, coastal, Kilwa City great work is here, 23 dev, Coastline, Tropical, Natural Harbor, Drydock, Con. Center, Basilica, Stock exchange, Grand Shipyard, the accepted Swahili culture, Sunni faith,1.26 made here,

Antankara – North coastal point – Jungle, Tropical, 8 dev, Tropical Wood, Con. Center, Grand Shipyard, Malagasy culture, Fetishist faith, 0.27 made here

Iboina – North west coast south of Antankara, Savannah, 20 dev, Fishers, Tropical, Fetishist, Malagasy, Con. Center, Grand Shipyard, two open building, make us .33

Maroantsetra – North east coast south of Antankara,10 dev, Jungle, Naval Supplies, Tropical, Con. Center, Grand Shipyard, open slot for a Naval Equipment Manufactory, makes us 0.32, Fetishist and Malagasy here too

Tsimihety – Inland, next to everything we took and Kilwa, Hills, 16 dev, Tropical, Tropical Wood, Mill, Counting House, Con. Center, Malagasy and Fetishist, make us 1.09

Besalampy – Coast – North west, south of Iboina and next to Kilwa – Fishers, 17 dev, Savannah, Malagasy, Fetishist, 0.46 made here, Tropical, Naval Equipment Manufactory, Grand Shipyard, Con. Center

Merina – Inland – next to Kilwa, south of Tsimihety, Grain farmers, 20 dev, Hills, Malagasy and Fetishist, Farm Estate, Con. Center, Counting House they make for us 0.88 monthly. This is NOT tropical

Another 7 additions, since my navy could now pass Kiliwa’s could take things from this island of higher dev and lower value stuff. But we got the gold of Kilwa.

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 12 - Theodoro
Chapter 194 - The Final Year


One year-ish left!

I have built a bunch of ships in the Indies and have just not worried about them since I was at war with Kilwa. I order them to consolidate in the usual place in Buton, I have 46 more ships here and I order them to join my navy in Africa

1 Feb – I lose my casus belli on Kilwa since only Kilwa we had a claim too. This peace ends 1828

13 Feb – One of my general passes

1 Mar – I reup my influence over Delhi

13 Mar – I grant access to a few at war like Annam.

3 Jan, 1821 – The Final Review! I’ve never played a EU4 dynasty to the end, or EU3 for that matter, but a few in EU2.

[Abe Sargent]

MAPS!!!!

Let’s start with a map of me on the Black Sea, Caspian Sea, Persian Gulf, Arabia, and Central Asia:



I have added in some key holdings in Central Asia against Transoxiana again and Khorasan. Khiva would be out if they were not allies of the Turks. If I want to keep playing my peace with Oman is up this year.

Now Africa:



Everything purple is ours. Now that Kilwa is off the board, we have everything in East Africa and much of the habitable parts of Centra Africa, a nice post in Kongo, and then the northern half of Madagascar. I also added Berbera in the Horn of Africa.

Now the Indies and SE Asia:






As you can see we have holdings in SE Asia, our trading post from Shun, you can see how big Annam has gotten next to us in two locations, and then we have lots of holdings on Ajeh isle, Borneo, the Philippines, Papua, one on Sulawesi and then many more here and there. I didn’t military expand here after our wartarget starting sending cash to Shun so they would defend them, and then I was busy in Africa and Arabia and Central Asia with a bunch of wars.

Now the world:






Here you go, enjoy! No major colonial nation is free yet.

[Abe Sargent]

The Ledger:


Military – We have a forcelimit of 677k and just 632k in troops

Navy – We have 236 of 278 forcelimit

Tech – 32/32/32 – 96 total

Income – We have the 2nd most after the UK more than Shun, the Ottomans or Gujarat

Development - With 3813 we are 2nd behind the Turks

We are tied for the most techs. And Ideas too.

There are 13 Empires

There are 5 Orthodox nations but 680 holdings

Compared to Catholics? 30 and 953

Our Top Ten Provinces by Tax Revenue –

1. Pate, 47.25
2. Urgench, 25.25
3. Uzkend, 24.96
4. Pariaman, 24.96
5. Mokha, 24.75
6. Crimea, 24.75
7. Khiva, 24.45
8. Taiz 22.50
9. Three with 21.12: Batak, Ternate, Tidore

Our Top Ten Provinces by Production (ANY) –

1. Ceram, 112.28, Cloves
2. Sofala, 96, Gold
3. Uzkend, 94.45, Coal
4. Mombasa, 94.25, Ivory
5. Quelimane, 83.93, Ivory
6. Palawan, 71.64, Sugar
7. Malindi, 70.83, Iron
8. Pontianak, 69.60, Gold
9. Zimbabwe , 69.60, Gold
10. Tyn, 68.07, Coal


Our Top Ten Production Non-Gold, Cloves or Coal -

1. Mombasa, 94.25, Ivory
2. Quelimane, 83.93, Ivory
3. Palawan, 71.64, Sugar
4. Malindi, 70.83, Iron
5. Katapang, 65.25, Ivory
6. Naju, 64.62, Paper
7. Batak, 64.35, Incense
8. Luba, 63.69, Iron
9. Taiz, 60.79, Coffee
10. Aden, 6.21, Incense


I have 293 holdings!

At 632k our army is the 6th biggest after Turks.

Our manpower is 3rd highest

Navy:

96 heavy ships
90 Light
9 Galleys
41 Transports

Total – 236 which is 7th biggest after the UK

Charts:

% Religion of my Nation at our above 2%:

Orthodox – 92.8%
Fetishist – 3.4%

Culture with 4% or More:

Gothic – 6.3
Khorasani – 4.2
Mashriki -4.2
Nyasa - 4.1
Persian – 7.7
Swahili- 6.4
Uzbek – 6.4


Top Ten Trade Nodes by Total Traded:

1. English Channel, 718.34
2. Sevilla
3. Ivory Coast
4. Gujarat
5. Caribbean
6. Constantinople
7. Rheinland
8. Malacca
9. Lubeck
10. Cape of Good Hope, 169.55

Ours:

Basra – 39.50
Congo – 40.74
Crimea – 108.15
Great Lakes – 19.44
Hormuz – 61.0
Persia – 43.26
Samarkhand – 105.95
Zambezi – 42.88
Zanzibar – 118.78

Trade Goods by Current Value:

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


We are the production leader of:

Cloves
Gems
Incense
Tropical Wood
Spices
Ivory


We are the trading leader in Ivory


The 8 Great Powers:

1. Spain
2. Ottomans
3. Theodoro
4. Great Britain
5. Portugal
6. Gujarat
7. Shun
8. Westphalia

Not there, Commonwealth, Russia, France.

We have three non-Christian at 2, 6 and 7.

And there we go!!! In real life, Theodoro was a former aspect of the fallen Byzantium Empire just like Trebizond, so for both to survive almost 400 years past their former parent is something great

[Abe Sargent]

Goals?

Let’s look at my goals:

My goals for Theodoro:

1. Make nice with Genoa, and see if I can ally with them. NOPE! Never happened.
2. Ally with others nearby if possible. YUP, I got early game with Crimea.
3. Poach land when needed from an ongoing war with Crimea to bite off more than I can chew. DONE! Also don’t be afraid to expand elsewhere in the Black Sea like one province holding Orthodox Trebizond or the two province Muslim holding Candar. DONE until I lost to the Turks and then I never came back.
4. Create friendly relations with Portugal – YUP but that didn’t work out.
5. Let Portugal act as a place for fleet basing rights, YUP, but I couldn’t colonize.
6. Expand colonially to establish myself financially and militarily, DONE very strongly.
7. Build a Thalassocracy that has a huge navy, and places like islands in the Mediterranean, colonies, and loads more. Building a huge navy never happened until I needed a navy to beat Ternate and then a bigger one for Kilwa in the last decades as a place to use my money, and I never expanded into the Great Sea, my intended initial goal. The farthest east I expended was my Romania war. This was an Empire forged by the Sword, not the Sail.
8. Control the entire Black Sea region. Not even close, and I lost a war here and never came back.
9. Repeat! Not with the Black Sea, but my many wars in Central Asia, East Africa, Arabia, the Persian Gulf, and more to build over time certainly repeated. How many wars against Kilwa or Transoxiana happened?

[Chas in Cinti]

Cool!