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

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Twenty-Four - The Second Algiers/Brunei War

I hire 45k mercs in Kapit next to their capital

I order 25k from Sulawesi’s Palopo to Bone’s Wajo

I order 16k from Lombok to Bali

I order my fleet out from harbor

I order 4k in the Philippines

19 Nov – The army arrives and I send it to Brunei’s capital

23 Dec – We capture the Philippines province

25 Dec – We win a Battle in Brunei and begin the siege

1 Jan, 1635 -Waju falls, next is Bone’s captial

13 Jan – Bali falls!

I have a warscore of 31%, I order this army to Bone’s capital

16 Feb – Joma converts, next is Butuan for 19 months

25 Mar – Brunei falls!

1 April – Separatists rise up in Kongo’s Ishindi

26 April – Bone falls to my combined armies!

I have a warscore of 61 I order my 25k troops to Sulu

5 May – Ishindi falls

9 May – A Brunei minor falls

12 May – I win a naval battle against Bone and capture a ship

21 May – Cores done in Dongola, Suakin and Berber

6 June – We win in Ishindi

19 June – Another Brunei minor is ours

1 July – Funj rebels in Soba, I order my army next door over

7 July – Ishindi is ours again

23 July – Conversion in Bilanga; next is 16 months in Suakin

31 July – Another minor falls

8 Aug – We win in Soba!

19 Aug – Cores finished in Bayuda, Shendy and Butana!

28 Au g- We win in Sulu and begin a siege

2 Sept – Relations maxed with Khmer, I pull back the diplomat

9 Sept- We capture the last Brunei holding, I disband my mercs

I have a warscore of 91

26 Sept – Soba a core!

5 Oct - Last core finished!

What can I get from Brunei at 91 warscore?

Brunei – Borneo - Wartarget, next to us, coastal, - 11 warscore, 15 baddoy, uh oh

Api-Api - Borneo, North of Brunei – 9 score, 8 badboy

Lehad Datu – Borneo - South of Api-Api- 8 each

Zamboanga – Philippines – 6 score, 3 badboy

Tarakan – Borneo – South of Lehad Datu – I cannot get the last Brunei holding- 8 each




Here we go! 42 score and badboy, only the Mamluks care, I finish it – 177 ADM to core

Borneo -

Brunei – Borneo - Wartarget, next to us, coastal, - Shipyard, Marketplace, Workshop, Natural Harbor, Spice trade, 17 dev, Tropical Jungle, Bornean Sunnis make 0.79

Api-Api - Borneo, North of Brunei – Jungle, Tropical, Bornean Sunnis, Spices, 9 dev, Mosque, Barracks, Shipyard, makes 0.26

Lehad Datu – Borneo - South of Api-Api- Sunni and Bornean, Jungle, Tropical, 9 dev, Spices here too, Shipyard and Workshop, 0.25

Tarakan – Borneo – South of Lehad Datu – Just Fishing here, Tropical, Jungle, Bornean Sunnis, 8 dev, Mosque, Marketplace, makes 0.13

Philippines -

Zamboanga – Philippines – Filipino Animist, Coastline, 5 dev, Spices here too, makes 0.08 with a Workshop

Four great Spices and one random Fish. Much better than my recent Mamluks additions which had two Ivory and one Slave sand low dev everywhere

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Twenty-Five - More States Made


5 Oct – I order 16k from Sulawesi to Borneo to hold out and join my 6k army on Borneo already, and 25k back from Sulu to Sulawesi.

I have created an army of 3k in Siberia to clear out natives.

I order:

Farm Estate for Livestock in Oaursenis
Naval Equipment Manufactory for Naval Supplies in Latapang

These Star Fort upgrades:

Palopo
Meknes

I order one in:

Lombok

I spend 93 DIP to promote Bornean culture

I lose my CB on Brunei’s last holding

11 Nov – Natives killed in Tswana

1 Dec – Peace treaty with Ayutthaya is up

I make nice with Bahmanis in India

1 Jan, 1636 – I order Star Fort Upgrades here:

Inhambane
Djerba
Iskandariyya


I turn into a state:

Jenne – Jenne (Cloth), Kala (Fish), Sah (Grain) and Haayre (Ivory)

Chokwe – Ishindi, Chokwe – both Ivory

Upper Nubia – Soba’s Grain, Shendy’s too, Ivory in Butana

Sennar – Al Qadarif’s Ivory

I hand Jenne and Wolof Majils seats!

26 Feb – Songye converts! Next is 19 months in Shendy

1 Mar – Our level 2 Inquisitor ADM advisor passes and I hire a level 3 one

29 Mar – Nunu converts, next is 14 month Al Qadarif

17 April – I join a Malaccan Call to Arms vs Ayutthaya

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Twenty-Six - The Algiers and Malacca War vs Ayutthaya

I order my captured fleet upgraded

Ayutthaya – no troops

I order a 30k mercs on Sumatra’s Island Bengkulu and will march it over

29 April – They arrive and I send them over

2 June – Irkutsk – Siberia – West coast of Lake Baikal – Emporium, 3 dev, Woods, Naval Supplies, Algerian, Ibadi, makes 0.04

Tsawana good for Salt

I order Irkutsk colonists to Siberia’s East Tunguska

5 July – Natives killed there!

I can get an Age of Absolutism ability! What do I want?

I choose an Age ability that increases my Admin efficiency by 5%

25 July – Our High Imam passes!

Abdallah – 4/3/2; age 27

Heir – Muhammad – 2/6/1, age 0

Consort – Fatima, 5/6/6, age 28

1 Aug – Royal Marriage with Malacca

1 Sept – Seganka – Siberia – Arctic, Naval Supplies, 3 dev Forest, Algerian, Ibadi, makes 0.02

There were no colonists here to send on

New Government Reform:

We have Tier 9 – Absolutism and Constitutionalism

I have 4 options. I chose “L’etat est Moi” and gain 250 governing capacity

1 Oct – Religious Idea #5 – Religious Tradition - +1 Annual Prestige growth

23 Oct – Royal Marriage with Persia

31 Oct – Butuan converts! Next is Chokwe for 15 months!

1 Dec – Fur in Ude

14 Jan, 1637 – Ayutthaya’s capital falls to my mercs and Malaccan troops

17 Feb – We capture a minor

1 Mar – Griqualand – South Africa – Algerian, Ibadi, 3 dev, Arid Steppes, Livestock, makes 0.03

This was our free province, I pull back Siberia’s Ust-Kut and send east of Tswana next door to South Africa’s 5 dev Grassland’s Transvaal.

4 Mar – Natives in Transvaal are dead

14 Mar – Suakin converts! Next is Ishindi (16)

31 Mar – We capture another minor

1 May – Ust-Kut – Siberia – Fur Trade, Arctic, Woods, Ibadi, Algerian, 3 dev, makes us 0.03

6 May – A third minor is ours

29 May – I win a massive battle in the Gulf of Siam and captured 7 ships!

I order my fleet to Sampas to recover

14 June – Another minor falls

30 June – Peace with Lan Na

21 Jul – Another minor falls

1 Aug - Relations maxed with Bahamanis, next I make nice with Portugal since we aren’t rivals anymore

13 Aug – Shendy converts; next is Butana for 15 months

29 Aug – Another minor falls

Can I get a minor coastal province? The one next to Khmer is just a minor grain province, does it make sense to bring it in?

I have an 8 warscore and it’s 8, nope they aren’t interested.

13 Sept - We win a major battle and increased our warscore

1 Oct – Al Qaradif converts! Next? Samarinda – 16 months

8 Oct – Cores finished in Brunei and Zamboanga

11 Oct – Another minor is ours!

Next I head to their ally Yue

20 Nov – Transvaal sets up, I pull for Siberia’s Chuna

30 Dec – Natives killed there

8 Jan, 1638 – Cores done in Api-Api, Tarakan and Lehad Datu

19 Jan – I capture a Yue minor!

1 Feb – 13k rebellion in Kano

20 Feb – Chokwe converts, next is Zamboanga

1 Mar – Rebellion in Berber against the current army

4 Mar – Peace! Malacca takes a province

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Twenty-Seven - From One War to the Next


4 Mar - I disband my mercs

I rival Adal

I order built these upgrades to Star Forts:

Benin
Ife

I order Star Forts here:

Tunis
Mitija


I order:

Trade Station for Haayre’s Ivory
Textile Manufactory for Jenne’s Cloths
Farm Estate for Livestock in Do

That leaves me with 1247 for emergencies

I state these:

Sabah – Borneo – Api-Api, Lehad Datu – Spices, Tarakan – Fish

I hand a Seat in the Majils to Buru

Kasai – Kongo – Ivory in Lwena, Rund, Spices in Mpasu, Slaves in Shinje and Kumbana

11 Mar – We win in Berber!

15 Mar – We win in Kano

My next war is Kazembe!

21 May – Our admiral dies, I promote another

1 Jul – Tswana – South Africa – High quality Salt, Arid, Desert, Ibadi, Algerian making us 0.05

Our truce against Kano and friends is up!

I order this colonist to Siberia’s Angara

5 July - Natives in Angara are no more

Our stability rises back to +3

28 July – Conversion in Ishindi, next is 11 months in Tarakan

21 Sept – I have a military maintenance of 83.49 and a forcelimit of 209 to 184, I order another 26k in Africa to help with future wars and play keep away.

24 Nov – Butana converts! Next is Lehad Datu at 11 months

2 Jan, 1639 – I order nothing and save my cash for mercs for the new war against Kazembe

Kazembe – 12k vs my 27k locally

I declare the 2nd war against Kazembe, this time for their minor Iron holding of Hemba

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Twenty-Eight- The Second Algiers/Kazembe War


I order my 27k to Hemba

18 Jan – Conversion in Samarinda – next is Api-Api for 11 months

28 Jan – Zamboanga converted, next target is a year in Brunei

1 Feb – I can invest in Religious Ideas but I hold off until post war

1 Mar – Hemba falls!

Next is the adjacent Bastion and capital of Luapula

1 April – Ude – South coast of Lake Baikal, north of Shun – 8 dev, Fur, Algerian, Ibadi makes 0.12 on Steppes

I order these colonists west to Sayan

1 June - I pull my Portugal making nice diplomat

I send it to make nice with Persia

9 July – Conversion in Tarakan next is Lwena in 14 months

4 Sept – I capture a minor Kazembe province

21 Sept – Bengals announces us as a rival

29 Oct - Another minor falls

10 Nov – Lehad Datu converts! Next is Mpasu in 14

1 Dec – Naval Supplies in East Tunguska

5 Jan, 1640 – Conversion in Api-Api - next is 15 in Luba

12 Jan – Another minor falls!

25 Jan – Luapala falls!

19 Feb – Brunei converts! Next up is 15 months in Rund

30 Mar – Two minors fall

29 May – We lose a battle in Transvaal after they moved into South Africa, I order mercs down here to finish up

1 June – Transvaal with Naval Supplies

23 June – I capture a minor

7 July – They capture Transvaal – I have a 99% warscore, what can I get?

Hemba – Wartarget, east of Luba – 6 badboy, 4 score

Kusu – North of Hemba, east of Songye - 7 score, badboy too

Lega – Northeast of both – 6 badboy, 7 score

Upemba – South of Luba and Hemba, east of Kalundwe – 6 each

Kanongesha – South of Upemba, east of Ishindi and Lwena – 6 each

Kaonde – East of Ishindi, South of Kanongesha – 4 score, 3 badboy

Lamba – East of Kaonde – 4 score, 2 badboy

Lualaba – Surrounded by 5 – 9 score, 10 badboy

Luapula – east of Lualaba Capital – 13 score, 14 badboy

Tabwa - East of Luapula – 8 score

For annexation our badboy drops to 39.9 and a 69 warscore:



We have removed Kazembe from the map! 208 coring it!

I disband my mercs

Hemba – Wartarget, east of Luba – Savannah, Iron Mines, Luba, Fetishist, Tropical, 9 dev, 0.17 made here

Kusu – North of Hemba, east of Songye – Tropical Jungle, Livestock, Luba and Fetishist, 0.14 7 dev

Lega – Northeast of both – Next to Kilwa – Gems, 7 dev, Tropical Jungle, Kongolese and Fetishist making 0.04

Upemba – South of Luba and Hemba, east of Kalundwe – Hills, Salt, Luba, Fetishist, 0.16, Tropical, 5 dev

Kanongesha – South of Upemba, east of Ishindi and Lwena – Tropical, Savannah, Copper mines, 6 dev, Luba, Fetishist, makes 0.02

Kaonde – East of Ishindi, South of Kanongesha – 3 dev, Kongolese Fetishist, Savannah, Livestock, 0.09, Tropical, north of Kilwa

Lamba – East of Kaonde. North of Kilwa – 3 dev, Iron Mines, Savannah, 0.08, Bemba, Fetishist, Tropical

Lualaba – Surrounded by 5 – Workshop, Highlands, Salt, Luba Fetishists, 0.35, 9 dev, Tropical

Luapula – east of Lualaba Capital – Bastion, Mosque, Workshop, Highlands, Tropical, Luba, Fetishists, 0.27 off 14 dev

Tabwa - East of Luapula, west of Kilwa - .58 Weapons Manufactory for Copper, Workshop, Highlands, 7 dev, Luba Fetishists, Tropical

Nice 10-set!

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Twenty-Nine - Great Project in Demnate

7 July - I order my troops to Luapula

I order Great Project:

2500 in Demnate

Trade Station for Spices in Zamboangal; for Ishindi’s Ivory

Workshop:

Cloth in Gao; Spices in Sampit

6 Aug – Religious Idea #6 – Inquisition – We get -50% Missionary costs and bonus prestige from successful conversions!

2 Sept – Tswana falls to rebels

13 Sept – Conversion in Lwena! Next is 19 month Kano

I make nice with Dai Viet

9 Nov – I accept a Malaccan War Offer Against Khmer

Our policy has ended and I start another debate for it again!

By the by my 26k army was built in Kano and now my army maintenance is 102.84

31 Dec – We win a naval battle and capture 5 ships

22 Jan, 1641 – Mpasu converts! Next is Bayuda for 19 months

I don’t order anything to save cash for mercs

I can get New Tech!!!

DIP TECH 20 – Naval Professionalism – We get +20 trade range and +2% trade efficiency

7 April – Conversion! Next is Omolon in Siberia for 19 months

5 May – Rebels in Tswana killed!

22 May - Rund Converts! Next is 19 months in Liptako

9 June – We retook Tswana and I order my Kongo army back

1 July – Chuna? Copper!

3 July – Event: Marriagable Women in Angara

1 Aug – Naval Supplies there

1 Oct – We arrive at Khmer’s capital with my Palolop army and siege it

24 Oct – 14k Yue is in Siberia

I order 30k mercs there

1 Nov – I lose 14 claims

7 Nov – We capture a Khmer minor

9 Dec – We lose in Siberia

16 Dec - Another minor falls!

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Thirty - Peace in Southeast Asia Resumes

1 Jan, 1642 – Relations maxed with Persia, I pull back

10 Jan – Kaonde is cored!

New Tech!

MIL TECH 20 – Killing Grounds - +2 combat width, +0.5 fire, better artillery

I don’t upgrade at war

30 Jan – Another minor falls

9 Mar – Lega cored!

16 Mar – Another minor falls

28 Mar – Malacca Peace with Ayutthaya

10 April – Another minor falls

24 April – My Borneo army arrives at the capital to join our siege

1 May – Ude falls in Siberia

6 May – Kano converts! Nasty good! Next is Lega is less than a year

15 May - Sayan falls

10 July - We capture Penom Penh, the capital of Dai Viet!

Cores done in Hemba, Upemba, Kanongensha, Yue and Kusu

I cannot take anything since this is a Trade Conflict Casus Belli

14 July – Peace in Southeast Asia as Malacca takes War Reparations

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Thirty-One - Getting Ready for Another War



14 July – I disband my mercs in Siberia

I order my 22k Borneo army back to Brunei

I hand a Majils seat to Brunei

I order:

Trade Station for Spices in Mpasu; Slaves in Shinje
Weapons Manufactory for Iron in Luba

1 Sept – Our army returns, next is my 25k to Palopo

5 Sept - Bayuda converts! Next is Kaonde in 13 months

1 Oct – Furs in Sayan

East Tunguska – Siberia – Algerian, Ibadi, Naval Supplies, Forest, Arctic, 3 dev makes us 0.02

I order these colonists to West Tunguska and Uchamin

10 Oct – We finish our last three cores from Kazembe and are fully cored!

I state:
 
Zambia – Two – Iron in Lamba, Livestock in Kaonde

Shaba – Four – Upemba’s and Lualaba’s Salt; Tabwa’s and Luapula’s Copper

I hand a Majils Seat to Luapula

New Idea – Religious Idea #7 – Deus Vult! We can Declare War on adjacent non-Ibadi people!

I upgrade my cannons to Swivel Cannon

For finishing: -25% Culture Conversion Cost, +10% Ulema equilibrium

I can pass two more policies. Want one? None are Admin, which I could get for free, so nope

1 Nov – Peace is up with the Mamluks, but that’s not a road I’ll hew

I order a Star Fort at these next to Kilwa:

Lamba
Tabwa

I’ll do Lega too once it’s converted

19 Nov – Conversion in Siberia’s Omolon – Next is 14 months in Hemba

Brunei’s last province gobbled up by Kutai

Kutai – 10k

Their only ally is one province Sunda and Sulu again

I order my Brunei army to their border

1 Dec – Relations Maxed with Dai Viet, I pull my diplomat, next is building a spy network the Philippines’s Tondo.

9 Dec – I destroy my Star Fort in Kapit

28 Dec – Our army has arrived, I DOW Kutai for Sambaliung next to us in Tarakan, and I order my 22k army over to it!

Sunda did not join them.

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Thirty-Two- The Algiers/Sunda War


1 Jan,1643 – Liptako converts! Next is 14 months in Upemba!

22 Jan – I win a minor naval battle and capture a ship

21 Feb – Our wartarget falls

25 Feb – Samarinda falls

13 April – Minor falls

Conversion in Lega, next is Kanongesha

28 April – I begin the siege of Kutai’s capital Kutai which is a Star Fort and will take some time

1 Aug – Angara – Siberia – Naval Supplies, Forest, 3 dev, Algerian ibadi makes 0.04

I order these colonists to Siberia’s Chulym

15 Aug – Kaonde converts! Next is Kusu in 14 months

10 Sept – Natives in Chulym killed!

1 Oct – Our DIP level 3 Colonial Governor adviser dies, I hire a level 3 Navigator that increases Colonial Range again just because he’s level 3.

3 Nov – Natives killed in West Tunguska!

1 Jan, 1644 – This is the year of the 200 Year Review!

I hire 30k mercs in Borneo to grab the Kutai army and then join the siege which is going slowly

7 Jan – Natives killed in Chulym

28 Jan – Hemba converts, next is Lualaba for 15 months

25 Feb – Paser falls

7 Mar – We win the Battle of Sulu with my 25k Palopo army

8 Mar – Conversion in Upemba! Next is 16 months in Luapula

21 Mar – Barito falls

1 April – Transvaal – South Africa – Nice Grasslands with a great 5 dev, just Naval Supplies though, makes us 0.05, Ibadi and Algerian

Two left here in South Africa

16 April – Sulu falls! Warscore is 68

21 April – We win a battle in the Sulu Sea

29 April – Our mercs defeat the Kutai army in Sampit

22 June – Kanongesha is converted, next is a big one, 18 months Jenne!

24 June – Barito ours again

Our 25k army arrives from Sulu in Tarakan and I order it to Kutai

11 July – We rout their army with our mercs in Paser

28 July – Separate peace for Sulu – I annex them:





45 score but just 15.9 badboy, I spend 19 to core

1 Au g- I lose my claim on Bone’s captial

21 Aug – Paser is ours again

28 Aug – 451 days later, Kutai falls!

They have a 99% warscore, so I keep pu


5 Sept – We rout their fleeing navy in the Straits of Makassar

Now I have 100%!

What can I get, can I snag all three Kutai holdings?

Yes I can, and only Mamluks and a one province minor on Borneo island inland and an ally of Malacca cares:



Warscore 42, bigger badboy of 50.2. I do it and spend more than 240 coring all three, nasty!

I have made Kutai a State with Samarinda’s Spices so those are rough. Ready?

From Sulu:

Sulu – Filipino culture, Sunni faith, Coastline, Gems, 19 dev Mill, Shipyard, Workshop Natural harbor makes us 0.57

From Kutai:

Sambaliung – Just Fish now but the wealthy Coal later! The accepted Bornean culture and Sunni faith, Jungle Tropical, a massive 26 dev, Shipyard, Mosque, two open spots makes us a strong 0.53 with the opportunity for a Naval Equipment Manufactory and Workshop here later.

Sangkulirang – Also Jungle Tropical, Also Bornean and Sunni, Spice trade here, 15 dev, 1.11 made here, Trade Station, Workshop and Mosque

Kutai – Former capital – Bastion, Shipyard, Mosque, Workshop – Tropical Jungle, 20 dev, also Fish, Bornean Sunni, 0.60 made here

Strong dev, and two good trade goods too. They make a lot!

I order my Mercs killed and my Borneo army to remain here in Kutai

I’ll wait until after the 200 Year Review to order everythng!

20 Sept – Our Admiral died, I hire another

1 Nov – Kusu converts, next is 20 months in Dongola

I spend 110 to upgrade my captured ships

11 Nov – The 200 Year Review!

[Abe Sargent]

Maps!!


Let’s start with North Africa:





Almost all is mine! As you can see other then the three Portugal in Morocco, we have everything, and the Mamluks are out in the last three wars with them. The Ottomans are next door, but just a little, and I won’t expand into their back door like Arabia or Persia or Eastern Europe. Also in the last 50 years we’ve expanded in West Africa!

Now Southern:



In the Kongo region I have grabbed all nearby people up to the regional power of Kilwa. We have two unclaimed province in South Africa, and you can see the two Spain ones there as well. We knocked out all minors here from Kongo and Kazembe and the two allies in that war. We have a land connection from Kongo to Cairo. We are next to unclaimed territory to claim from the last war in Kazembe.


Now South America:



After Africa, this was our first colonial area, but we haven’t really expanded here recently. But I thought you’d enjoy a snap shot of it none the less!

How about the busy Indies?



You can see our expansions in the central island of Borneo, as well as others. Every holding in Borneo is ours, Malacca’s, or their ally inland of us. We have tons of holdings in the Philippines and Papua.

How about Siberia?



Here you can see us about to run into Muscovy. You can also see Asia as well.

How about North America?



I just haven’t cared to explore the inner parts, but little has changed externally.

How about we leave you with Europe?




I got you!

[Abe Sargent]

Ledger:

Military:

Army – We have 220k forcelimit and 213k troops – We have the 2nd biggest army after the Turks at twice us and then Spain at 211k right behind us.

Navy –

16 Heavies
21 Lights
27 Galleys
47 Transports

That’s a total of 111, 5th most after the Turks with 160


Techs – 19/20/20 – 59 total. The best is 60, so we are right behind

Ideas – 35 – All done, tied for the most

Income – 384.98 – We get the MOST cash monthly! The Turks are 2nd with 379.19. I am netting 113.71 after payments and upkeep.

Development – With 2443 we are the MOST development, and this isn’t even close. The Turks at 2nd are hundreds behind with 2009

We now have 11 Empires

Religion – Ibadi – 7, Pate is still around, and we have our 5 vassals and colonial states. 389 are Ibadi!


Our Top Ten Provinces by Tax Income:

1. Qahirah – 33.45
2. Tunis – 33.45
3. Gao – 23.43
4. Timbuktu – 21.30
5. Cape – 20.07
6. Kano – 17.48
7. Oran – 17.07
8. Al Gharbia – 17.07
9. Joma – 16.20
10. 5 at 15.61 – Ternate, Mers el Kabir, Marrakech, Mitija, Iskandiyarriyya

Our Top Ten Provinces by Any Production:

1. Pontianak – 86.40 -Gold
2. Bure – 64.80 – Gold
3. Bambuk – 64.80 – Gold
4. Tidore – 59.58 – Cloves
5. Ternate – 59.58 – Cloves
6. Ambon – 59.58 – Cloves
7. Ceram – 47.66 – Cloves
8. Buru – 47.66 – Cloves
9. Talifalt – 43.20 – Gold
10. Halmahera – 41.60 – Cloves

All Cloves and Gold! You see how valuable chasing those is! What about not those?

Our Top Ten Non-Gold or Cloves Provinces by Production:

1. Qahirah – 30.95 – Cloth
2. Tunis - 29.80 – Cloth
3. Draa – 29.63 – Spices
4. Kolaka – 28.65 – Spices
5. Atfih – 28.58 – Paper
6. Dina Arobi – 26.43 – Sugar
7. Dina Morgabin – 26.43 – Sugar
8. Yamdena – 25.43 – Spices
9. Iskandiyariyya – 24.83 – Spices
10. Gao – 22.76 – Cloth

Three Cloth, one Paper, two Sugar and four Spices – very mixed bag.

More than 30 Dev?

Tunis – 34
Qahirah – 32

We have a massive 341 provinces!

We have 4 colonies in Siberia

Charts:

Religion:

Ibadi – 92.25%
Sunni – 3.7%
Fetishist – 2.5%
Tengri – 1%


Culture More than 3%:

Algerian – 21.6%
Berber – 7.1%
Bornean – 7.5%
Hausa – 4.0%
Luba – 3.8%
Kongolese – 3.0%
Egyptian – 8.2%
Moroccan – 7.3%
Tunisian -7.3%


Top Ten Trade Nodes by Current Trading Value:

1. Sevilla, 122.73
2. English Channel
3. Caribbean
4. Malacca
5. Constantinople
6. Champagne
7. Persia
8. Genoa
9. Rhienland
10. Venice, 60.95

Ours -

Timbuktu – 21.96
Alexandra – 21.23
Katsina – 13.72
Safi – 11.73
Tunis – 11.07
Kongo – 6.37
Cape – 5.54


Trade Goods by Current Value:

8.0 – Cloves
5.40 – Cocoa
5.25 – Paper
4.95 – Glass
4.50 – Tobacco, Spices, Iron
4.0 – Dyes, Silk, Ivory,
3.75 – Sugar
3.60 – Cloth
3.50 – Fur
3.45 – Copper
3.30 – Coffee, Salt
3.12 – Wine
3.0 – Slaves, Tropical Wood, Tea, Incense, Cotton, Gems, Chinaware
2.50 – Livestock
2.0 – Fish, Naval Supplies, Grain, Wool


Nice! You can see all of my good stuff like Ivory, Spices and Slaves!

We are the Production Leader:

100% - Cloves
46.3% - Slaves
33.6% - Spices
28.0% - Sugar
18.15 - Dyes

Nice stuff!

We are the trade leader in nothing

There are no coalitions against us!

Great Powers:

1. Spain
2. Algiers, Ibadi
3. Ottomans, Sunni
4. France
5. Commonwealth
6. Bahamanis, Shia
7. Bengal, Sunni
8. Austria

We have four Muslim nations in the Great Powers, and one of each branch in the game!

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Thirty-Three- A Period of Peace


12 Nov – I order:

Trade Station for Ivory in Lwena; Slaves in Kumbana.
Weapons Manufactory for Iron in Hemba and Lamba

Workshops here:

Cloth – Timbuktu
Spices – Lombok
Iron - Gobir
Cotton – Fayyum
Gems – Sula
Slaves – Soyo
Tea – Sumbawa
Sugar – Abda

Upgraded Great Mosque –

Qahirah
Tunis

That drops me to 983, I’ll hold off until something else comes along

1 Jan, 1645 – I order nothing until next year

1 Feb – Truce ends in the Indies with Bali, Bone

16k Rebellion in Kongo’s Luapula where m 27k army is

12 Feb - We win!

25 Feb – I order 5 ships in Sulawesi to join our navy and bring us to 100 vessels there

23 April – Event 0 We lose100 cash to help out local merchants in trouble

30 April – Lualaba converts! Next is a 20 month campaign in Moshi

Europe is at war with Tondo in the Philippines

8 May – A general dies, I promote another

My next war is likely going to be Kilwa:

Kilwa – 58k
Hormuz – Arabia – 22k

I order 26k from West Africa to Kongo and one of my Egyptian armies down here. Leaving two for Hormuz.

16 June – Chulym sets up!

1 July – Chuna – Siberia – Northern, Arctic, Copper Mining, 3 dev, Forest, Algerian Ibadi make just .03

I pull colonists from Uchamin and send to Siberia’s southern Kan

I wanted to send to South Africa, but those two are next to Kilwa, don’t want to set up only to lose my men

14 July – Big conversion in Luapula! Next is 15 in Tabwa

1 Aug – Natives killed in Lower Limpopo

4 Aug - Natives killed in Kan

22 Aug – Natives killed in Upper Limpopo

I order my South African army to Kongo behind the line of Forts to protect me

1 Nov – Fur in West Tunguska!

Our level 2 Grand Captain MIL Advisor passes, I hire a level 3 Commandant that gives me +5% morale

3 Jan, 1646 - I order:

Trade Station for Slaves in Mamuju

Workshop:

Incense – Sumba
Ivory – Mayumba Kantor

Grand Mosque:

Bambuk

I keep 1250 cash for emergencies and mercs

15 Jan – Jenne converts! Next is Kuba, 20 months

1 Mar – We didn’t pass Charter Colonies I try again

8 Mar – Two cores done – Kutai and Sambaliung!

29 Apr – Event – Rising Support in Egypt -They get +10% production and reduced unrest for 10 years

1 May – Naval Supplies in Uchamin

8 May - The last Kutai core is done, I hand Kutai a seat in the Majils

29 June – Dongola converted, next is Kutai in 13 months!

1 July – Sayam – Siberia – North of Oirat Horde, not Arctic, Fur Trade, 3 dev, Buryat culture, Tengri faith, Woods, 0.02 made here

No colonists here to send on

I send a diplomat to make nice with the Oirat

5 Aug – Event - +50 ADM from a great advisor event

And that gets us to:

DIP TECH 20 – Absolute Rulership - +250 Governing Capacity!

1 Oct – Fur in Chulym!

20 Oct – Tabwa converted next is Sambaliung!

Our armies are in Kongo ready for war!

I DOW Kilwa for their Iron province next to us called Lenje,

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Thirty-Four - The First Algerian/Kilwa War

I order my two adjacent armies into Lenje

I order my 26k from Egypt into Rukwa, I hire the 45k mercs in Luapula to help on that flank

31 Oct – Core finished in Sulu!

Mercs arrives I send them to Rukwa

12 Dec – Lenje falls!

26 Dec – Moshi converts! Next is Sangkulirang in a year

1 Jan, 1647 – Rukwa falls, next is the Star Fort of Ruguru

1 Feb – Two minors fall, next is the Star Fort of Butua

23 Mar – Another minor falls

18 April – Our Scholar has left after 20 years

21 April – I capture a minor with my 5k South Africa army

12 June – Two minors fall

1 July – 15k Kilwa forces are in South Africa’s Swazi, I order one of my armies besieging Butua to head over

31 July – Swazi falls, I capture a minor


4 Aug – Kutai converts! Next is Sayan – 19 months

19 Aug – Another minor falls

6 Sept – Two of ours fell

15 Sept – We capture one of theirs and they one of ours

23 Sept – Kuba converts! Next up will be the Baghena challenge for 20 months

9 Nov – The last Northern Flank minor has fallen, they capture another of ours

31 Dec – Sambaliung converts!

Next? How about 20 months in Yawuri!

2 Jan, 1646 – Ruguru falls! I order my combined force to their captial of Kilwa

7 Jan – Conversion in Kutai’s Sangkulirang! Berber’s 20 months is next

9 Feb – Great Karoo falls

1 Mar – West Tunguska – Siberia – Ibadi, Algerian, Arctic, Forest, Fur, 3 dev makes 0.03

I order these colonists west and south to Tomsk which is next to Muscovy

9 Mar – Kilwa’s 42k recaptures one of their captured holdings

1 April – Maxed relations with Oirat, I pull my diplomat

6 April – We rout the Kilwa army in Great Karoo

I order this army back to Butua

1 May – Butua falls!

Next is the gold Bastion of Sofala next to us in Inhambane

18 May – My northern force wins the battle of Zumbo against their big army

I head to Kilwa’s capital

2 June – Minor falls to me

6 July – We recapture Zumbo

I send the Oirat Horde diplomat to make nice with Siberia neighbor Buryatia

25 Aug – Two minors falls!

4 Oct- Another minor falls

All South Africa recaptured!

22 Oct- Kilwa falls! Next is the Star Fort of Manyika

1 Nov - Sulu rebels rise, I order my Palopo army over.

21 Nov -We capture the minor gold province of Zimbabwe!

29 Nov – Another minor falls

10 Dec – Sulu falls to rebels

1 Jan, 1649 – Iron in Kan!

1 Feb – Chulym – Siberia – Woods, Ibadi, Fur Tarde, Algerian, 3 dev, Arctic, 0.05 made here

I order them to South Africa’s Lower Limpopo

9 Feb – We win the battle of Sulu

7 Mar – Sulu retaken, I order my army back to Sulawesi

Sayan converts! Next is Lamba for 13 months

20 Mar – Sofala falls!

I have a warscore of 94%, let’s call it

What can I get?

South Kilwa -

Sofala – North of Inhambane – 10 score, 9 badboy

Madanda – North of Inhambane, west of Sofala – 5 warscore, 4 badboy

Zimbabwe – West of Madanda – 7 score, 3 badboy

Butua – North of Zimbabwe – 5 each


Central Kilwa –

Lenje - Wartarget, south of two of us – 3 and 2 respectively!

Shangwe – South of Lenje, north of Butua – 6 warscore, 3 badboy

That connects South Africa with Kongo and includes three gold mines, now I’ll just take what I can:

Central:

Zumbo – East of Lenje, northeast of Shangwe – 6 score, 4 badboy

Massapa – South of Zumbo, east of Shangwe, north of Butua – 5 each


South –

Buhera – north of Zimbabwe and Madanda, east of Butua – 6 score, and 4 badboy


North –

Rukwa – East of Tabwa – 5 and 3

Ruguru- North of Rukwa – 7 score, 3 badboy

Nkoma – North of Ruguru – 8 warscore and 5 badboy

Anything else will have Kilwa join an Anti-Algiers coalition



73 score and a 48.9 badboy – I do it!

I spend 189 coring them all:


South Kilwa -

Sofala – North of Inhambane – Gold mine, Star Fort, Trade Depot, Mosque, Natural Harbor, Nguni people, Sunni faith, 14 dev, 1.24 made here monthly

Madanda – North of Inhambane, west of Sofala – Workshop, Trade Station for Ivory, 5 dev, makes .77, Jungle, Tropical, Shona Fetishists

Zimbabwe – West of Madanda – Great Work “City of Khami” COT Emporium, Gold, Highlands, Shona and Fetishist, making us 0.18 from 5 dev

Butua – North of Zimbabwe – Gold mines, Bastion, Regimental Camp, Highlands, 7 dev, 0.49, Shona Fetishist

Buhera – north of Zimbabwe and Madanda, east of Butua – Highlands, 5 devm Ivory Trade, Trade Station, Workshop, make 0.66, Shona, Fetishist


Central Kilwa –

Lenje - Wartarget, south of two of us – 3 dev, Iron Makers, Tropical Savannah, Weapons Manufactory, Workshop, 0.12, Bemba and Fetishist

Shangwe – South of Lenje, north of Butua – Workshop, Farm Estate for Livestock, Savannah, 5 dev, Shona Fetishist, making us 0.36

Zumbo – East of Lenje, northeast of Shangwe – Shona, Fetishist, Ivory, 6 devm Savannah, Trade Station, Workshop, 0.60

Massapa – South of Zumbo, east of Shangwe, north of Butua – A 4th Gold Mines, Highlands, Mosque, Regimental Camp, 7 dev, Shona, Fetishist, makes 0.42


North –

Rukwa – East of Tabwa – 0.77, 5 dev, Highlands, Iron mines, Weapons Manufactory and Workshop, Ganda and Fetishist, Tropical

Ruguru- North of Rukwa – Salt, Tropical Hills, 6 dev, Naval Equipment Manufactory, Star Fort, Rwandan Fetishists, making us 0.32

Nkoma – North of Ruguru – Tropical, Iron here too, Weapons Manufactory and Workshop for 0.72, Rwandan Fetishists, Hills, 9 dev

That was rich! All 12 of those had at least 3.30 save for one Livestock, from Iron to Ivory to Gold to Salt. Nasty that might be my best take since they are built up with buildings and have four Gold mines.

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Thirty-Five - Integrating Kilwa


20 Mar – I disband my mercs

I order my South African army to head back, and my Kongo army to remain here in Butua and my Egypt army back there. I order my West African army to Ruguru and will keep it here

Spain moved into the Philippines and ousted Tondo

I state-ify:

Palawan – Palawan – Sugar; Taytay – Tropical Wood; Sulu – Gems

Kongo – Copper in Anziku, Mpangu, Grain in Mbata and Mbwila, Iron in Mpemba,

Buryatia – Siberia – Fur in Chara, Kirenga, Ude – Naval Supplies in Barguzin

Okhotsk – Siberia – Iron in Stanovoy, Fish in Jugjur, Gems in Okhotsk, Copper in Tauisk

I hand Mpamba a Majils Seat and the Gold Mine of Sakha and Cloves in Halmahera too


I order:

Naval Equipment Manufactory for Salt in Lualaba

Workshops:

Spices in Mpasu
Iron in Lubu
Ivory in Fezzan and Idah

Great Mosque for Timbuktu

I save 988

14 April – I make nice with Solon

I spend 50 MIL for Holy War

17 May – Funj Separatists cross the border from Adal into Soba

21 May – Baghena converts-hena! Next is 14 months in Palawan

23 June – Rebels capture Soba

3 Aug – We win in Soba

28 Aug – Yawuri converts! Next up? Sulu in 17

1 Sept – Soba retaken!

14 Sept – Another conversion in Berber, next is Qasr Ibrim, 20 months

I choose a new Age of Absolutism ability!

Harsher Treatment - -50% Harsh Treatment Cost

1 Jan, 1650 – New Institution is here – Manufactories!

I order:

Weapons Manufactory in Mpempa for Iron and Stanovoy too

Workshop:

Ivory in Lwena
Gems in Loango
Naval Supplies in Poso

748 left

1 Mar – We have gained the Trading in Sugar bonus and get -20% War Exhaustion

30 April – Lamba converts! Next is Kalundwe for 20 months

I order my Sulawesi Island army to Kamchatka

1 May – Uchamin – Siberia – Naval Supplies, Forest, Arctic, 3 dev, Algerian Ibadi making us 0.02

No colonists were here to send on

I pull colonists from Lower Limpopo in South Africa and send to Upper – south of Zimbabwe, west of Lower, north of Transvaal and Swazi

1 June – We max relations with Buryatia, I pull muh diplomat

11 Aug – It arrives back and I send it to make nice with Orochoni

15 Aug – Palawan converts, next is Galam with 20 months

1 Oct – Truce with Ayutthaya is up!

That means Macca is likely to DOW quickly

24 Oct – Our Sulawesi army arrived in Penzhina in Kamchatka

1 Nov – If you’ll recall, Penzhina is next to two one province tribes that have just Fish, low priority, but why not bring them in now while rebuilding up after a big Kilwan war when I can easily grab them and move on?

I DOW Kamchadals for Kamchatka, and their ally Chavchuveny joins to our north

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Thirty-Six - The War for Kamchatka


18 Feb – Sulu converts! Next shall be Soba 17 months

1 Mar -Relations maxed with Solon, diplomat pulled

17 April – Kamchatka falls!

I order my army north

22 April – Cores done in Sofala, Madanda, Rukwa and Lenje!

25 April – We win a naval battle and captured 5 ships!

1 May – Kan – South Siberia – North of Oirat Horde, 3 dev, Arctic, Iron Mines, Woods, Algerian, Ibadi making 0.04

I send them to Siberia’s Turukhan

20 May – I send the Solon diplomat to make nice with Muscovy

22 May – Qasr Ibrim converted! Next is Madnada for16 months

27 May – I replace a fallen general

21 July – Cores all done in Kilwa!

3 Aug - We arrive in Kagyrgyn

7 Aug – We rout their army and begin a siege

Adal has become Somalia

Ajurraan and Pate are gone:

Somalia – 98k
Aden - 23k
Mombasa – 20k

Total – 141k

I have in Egypt – 89k
I need a lot more.

That’s not happening now, but I could move one armies in Kilwa over to Egypt, and then handle them with another 28k plus 40k mercs. That would likely be a long war too.

I order in West Africa where my 15k is to build another 12kand combine them into one big army

1 Sept – Naval Supplies in Tomsk…

1 Oct – Ready for some good news? Majils votes for and approved Charter Colonies!

I order this colonist to inland Central Africa province of Bemba south of Tabwa and Luapula, just 3 dev, but four 3.0 or higher trade goods in top four options like Slaves, Copper, Iron and Tropical Wood

3 Oct – Natives killed in Turukhan!

24 Oct – Deccan announces me as a rival

17 Nov – Kalundwe converts! Next is 12 month Lenje

I order an Egyptian army to West Africa

22 Nov – Event – Colonial expansion - +200 in Tausk at the cost of 30 cash

18 Jan, 1652 – We capture Kagyrgyn!

Can I get it?

Yes!



20 score and 3.9 badboy. I order a Core for 17

22 Jan - I park my fleet so it can recuperate

1 April – Get ready! GOLD in Lower Limpopo!

Grain in Upper

28 April – Our Diplomat is back, peace with Kamchadals!



Pretty low 1.8 badboy and warscore! I spend 13 to core!

Kamchatka – Tengri, Glacial, 6 dev, Fish, Arctic, Kamchatkan culture, makes us 0.05, Impressment Offices here

Kagyrgyn – Glacial, 8 dev, Fish, Kamchatkan, Tengri, make 0.06

All done!

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Thirty-Seven - More States Made

29 April – I order:

Mill in Taytay for Tropical Wood
Trade Station for Fur in Chara, Kirenga,

Workshops:

Cloth – Jenne
Salt – Buhairya, Trarza
Naval Supplies – Mamuju

Great Mosque –

Kano, Dina Morgabin

I have left 963

2 May – Galam converts! Next is 16 months in Rukwa!

5 June – Rebels killed in Bemba

27 June – I accept Institution Sharing with Wutzburg

1 Aug – Soba converts! Next is 16 months in Zimbabwe!

Relations maxed with Orochino, I pull back my diplomat

I en-state:

Zimbabwe – Gold there, Ivory in Madanda and Buhera

Quelimane – Inhambane’s Fish, Sofala’s Gold

Butua – Gold in Butua and Massapa, Livestock in Shangwe

Buha – Iron in Nkoma and Rukwa, Salt in Ruguru

I hand Majils Seats to Sofala and Butua’s Bastion to protect and Gold

11 Sept – Austria announced us as a Rival

27 Sept – Madanda converts! Next is 16 month Sofala

1 Nov – Tomsk – Siberia – Naval Supplies, Center of Trade for the Siberian COT, North of Muscovy, 3 dev, Arctic, Woods Algerian Ibadi making 0.04. I order a Star Fort here.

I order these to Siberia’s Ket to the west

Relations maxed with Muscovy I pull my diplomat

20 Nov – Conversion in Lenje, next up is a year in Butua

23 Nov – Natives killed in Ket

1 Dec – I send our Muscovy diplomat to make nice with France

1 Jan, 1653 – 15k rebellion in Massapa, I order my army from Buhera over

I order:

Trade Station for Fur in Ude

Workshop:

Salt –Hodna
Slaves – Kumbana, Mbamba

Great Mosque:

Gao

That leaves me with 983 for the upcoming West African War against Dahomey.

14 June – Rukwa converts! Next is Massappa for 11

1 July – Slaves in Bemba

10 Aug – Zimbabwe converts! Next is 11 months in Shangwe

1 Sept – I DOW Dahomey for their Dye province Dagbon

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Thirty-Eight - The First Algiers/Dahomey War


I order my 27k next door there

I order my Egyptian army to Air’s Manga

1 Oct – I lose a few claims

22 Oct – Manga captured I order next door to their 13k army

29 Oct – Dagbon falls

19 Nov- Grain Coast falls

Conversion successful, next is Buhera in 11

26 Nov – We win in Air’s Borno but their army survived

26 Dec – Borno falls

1 Jan, 1654 – Grain Coast falls

Conversion in Sofala! Next is 11 months in Ruguru

20 Jan – Core finished in Kagyrgyn

7 Feb – An Air minor falls

10 Feb – We win a battle in Grain Coast against 15k

1 Mar = Upper Limpopo – South Africa – Grasslands, 3 dev, Grain, Ibadi, Algerian, makes us 0.04

I order these to East Central Africa’s Hehe – East of us in Lukwa, and with a good chance of good trade goods

New Tech!

ADMIN TECH 21 – Land Clearance – We can build Furnaces for Coal, +2% for Production

22 Mar – We win a battle in Abomey, Dahomey’s capital, I begin the siege

26 Mar - We capture two Air minors

30 Mar – We routed an army in Abomey

1 April – Copper in Turukhan

1 May – Kamchatka a core!

We capture Cape Coast

23 May – Massapa converted, next up is Nkoma for 11 months

26 May – Two minors in Air fall, next is it’s captial

28 June – Gold Coast is ours!

11 July – Shangwe converts, next is Kamchatka in 14 months

18 Aug – Kanem, the capital of Air falls, we have every Air holding, next Kano

23 Aug – Another minor falls, I have a warscore of 79% what can I get?

Dagbon – Wartarget – Northern Part of Nation – 8 war score, 7 badboy

Gold Coast – Next to us in Whydah – 6 and 4

Cape Coast – Connects Gold Coast with Ivory Coast – 8 score,4 badboy

Denkyria – North of the Coasts - 8 warscore 6 badboy

Gyaaman - Northwest of Denkyria – 3 badboy, 6 score

Kumasi – Connects Dagbon with Denkyria – 9 each

No new coalitions that’s the most I can do they won’t give me more even though I have a higher warscore



43 score and 33.9 badboy – I do peace and spend 102 coring them.

Ready?

Dagbon – Wartarget – Northern Part of Nation – Rich Dyes, 10 dev Savannah, Tropical, Textile Manufactory, Mosque and Workshop, making 065, Sunni and Dagomba

Gold Coast – Next to us in Whydah – Natural Harbor, Ivory trade, Jungle, Tropical, Workshop, Marketplace, Akan Fetishists, 5 dev, 0.21

Cape Coast – Connects Gold Coast with Ivory Coast – Akan Fetishist, Tropical Wood, Jungle, Tropical, 7 dev, Natural Harbor, 0.13 made, Marketplace

Denkyria – North of the Coasts -Mosque, Workshop, Tropical Jungle, Slaves, 8 dev, 0.23, Akan Fetishist

Gyaaman - Northwest of Denkyria – Plantation for Coffee, Workshop, Tropical Jungle, Akan Fetishist, 0.57, 5 dev

Kumasi – Connects Dagbon with Denkyria – 0.41, 11 dev, Ivory trade, Akan Fetishist, Tropical Jungle, Mosque and Workshop, extra space for a Manufactory

Nice additions!

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Thirty-Nine - Getting that Gold!


24 Aug – Natives in Hehe killed

I order my Egyptian army back and the Kilwan one back as well.

I order my 25k army back to Sulawesi from Kamchatka and my now repaired navy. I do not state Kamchatka region with it’s minor Fish.

I order:

Weapons Manufactory for Copper in Mpangu and Anziku and Tauisk

Great Mosque:

Benguela
Dina Arobi

That leaves me with 714 cash for emergencies

I order my 7k South Africa army to the open areas to colonize near me

My next war is likely Bali, Bone and Barus

1 Oct – New Tech!

DIP TECH 21 - The Chebeck – We can build this upgraded Galley

21 Oct- Buhera converts! Next is 14 months in Kagyrgyn

7 Dec – Ruguru converts too! Next? How about Zumbo in 14 months?

2 Jan, 1655 – I order:

Naval Equipment Manufactory for Salt in Upemba

That’s it

10 May – Nkoma converts, next is 14 months in Karavelyam

19 June – Event – Minorities Flock to Turukhan - +400 pop, it’s now Sunni

Turukhan – Siberia - Sunni, Algerian, Copper Mines, Arctic, Forest I make 0.05 here

I send these colonists north to Narim

I spend 370 to upgrade my fleet.

1 Aug – Bemba – Central East Africa – Slaves, Algerian Ibadi, Hills, Tropical, 3 dev, makes 0.13

I order these colonists SE to Luangwa – Next to Kilwa

7 Aug – I kill natives in Narim

21 Sept - Kamchatka converts! Next is 16 months in Sahra an Nubyah

1 Oct – Lower Limpopo – South Africa – GOLD! 3 dev, Savannah, Algerian Ibadi making us 0.20

I state it:

Natal – Lower – Gold; Matsolo- Tropical Wood; Mtetwa – Slaves, Natal – Gems – All wealthy things

I hand a Majils seat to Zimbabwe

We are now making 0.43 after stating it

That was my free colony so I need to set up another

I pull colonists from Hehe and send to Lala, in Central East Africa, south of Luangwa – next to Kilwa

We max relations with France and I pull my diplomat

I make nice with Two Sicilies

I order 2k artillery for one of my Egyptian Armies that only have 4k

14 Dec – After adding 2k, I order my Sulawesi army to Lombok next to Bali

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Forty - A New Inquisitor


1 Jan, 1656 – I don’t order anything since we’ll need mercs on Sulawesi army against Bone

13 Jan – Conversion in Kagyrgyn – next is 18 months in Messina.

1 Feb – Fur in Ket

Our Inquisitor level 3 ADM Advisor passes, I hire a level 1 one to replace him

16 Feb – Zumbo converts, next is Wagadugu for 18 months

1 April – My fleet’s upgrades are all done, I order my fleet out

3 April – I want to DOW Bali for it’s capital, Bali, but they have just allied with Malacca, so that’s not happening. Hmm…what else? There are no tribes in the colonies in Americas to DOW and bring in.

How about West Africa’s two province minor Zazzau? I’ve avoided it since it’s just Grain. They are allied to Air, so I’d need a big army next to them and then a minor one for them. I order my armies over

I order my West African’s army to head over and my Kilwan army to Air

24 May – Natives killed in Luangwa

1 June – Livestock in Hehe. That’s…fine. Not great, not bad with a 2.5 trade value

26 June – Natives killed in Lala

The Commonwealth no longer considers us a Rival

5 Aug – Event – Traveling Minstrel – We get +50 ADM power for letting him play anywhere

Conversion in Karalvelyam! Next is Wadi Haifa for 19 months

26 Aug - Dahomey cores done everywhere but Denkyira

I state:

Lower Volta – Dyes in Dagbon; Ivory in Kumasi; Coffee in Gyaaman

Nice!

I hand a Majils seat to Dagbon

26 Nov – Last core done!

16 Dec – All of our armies are in place!

I DOW Zazzau for their capital Zamfara

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Forty-One - The First Algiers/Zazzau War

I order 27k from Yawuri to their captial

I order 26k from Bauchi into Air

31 Dec – We rout the Zazzau army and begin a siege

It’s a Star Fort so get ready for a longer siege

27 Jan, 1657 – Conversion in Sahra an Nubyah – next is 11 months in Gyaaman

28 Jan – I capture an Air minor and there is 14k next door I order my army too

18 Feb – We rout the 14k Air army in Borno

22 Mar- Borno falls, next is their captial

4 Apri – Two minors fall

12 May – Another Air minor falls

31 May – Kanem falls, the Air capital – I have a warscore of 77

12 June – Another Air minor falls

1 July – Naval Supplies in Lala; Tropical Wood in Luangwe – meh

22 July – The last Air holding is ours!

24 July – Massina is now Ibabi! My next attempt is Kumasi 11 months

23 Aug – Roman Fever Strikes Luangwe

1 Sept – Relations maxed with Two Sicilies, next is making nice with Venice

20 Sept – Wagadugu converts! Next is 13 months in Denkyria

7 Oct - I rout the 3k Zazzou army they built up

2 Dec – Kebbi, the minor of Zazzou falls

16 Dec – We capture the capital of Zazzou and have a warscore of 100%!

What do I want?

Zazzou –

Zamfara – Capital, West of us in Katsina – Wartarget – 15 badboy, 11 warscore

Kebbi – West of Zamfara – 9 score, 3 badboy

That’s 20 score and 17.4 badboy

What can I grab from Air too? These are twice as pricey

Air:

The only good one next to me is their capital Kanem can I get it?

Kanem – 40 score, 15 badboy – SE of Kewar, next to Somalia

Manga – West of Kanem – 20 score, 11 badboy

Total –



80 warscore and 43.5 badboy

I peace it up and spend 108 coring

Zazzou:

Zamfara – Capital, West of us in Katsina – Wartarget – Grain, Savannah, Farm Estate, Bastion, Great Mosque, 14 dev, Hausa and Shia, makes 0.38, Tropical

Kebbi – West of Zamfara – Also Grain – Tropical Savannah, 9 dev, Hausa and Shia, Workshop and Mosque, makes 0.15

Air:

Kanem – Former Capital - SE of Kewar, next to Somalia – Rich Paper made here – Mill, Trade Depot, Workshop, Cot Emporium, makes us 0.44, Arid Steppes,16 dev, Kanuri and Sunni

Manga – West of Kanem – Throw in – Also Kanuri and Sunni, Steppes and Arid, Farm Estate for Livestock and Workshop 9 dev, makes us 0.54.

One great grab from Air, and then just land from the other three.

I’ll want to build a Star Fort in Kanem as soon as I can

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Forty-Two - No Longer an Ottoman Rival


16 Dec – I order my 31k West African Army to remain in Zamfara, and my North Kilwa army to return

I have enough cash for the 5k for a Great Work! Which one?

Sankore Madrash – Timbuktu - -5% Tech costs, +50% Institution Spread; +10% Ulema Loyalty

I order:

Trade Station for Ivory in Al Qadarif

Great Mosque in Ambon

That’s it, I’ll save the rest of my 793 for emergencies

29 Dec- Gyaaman converts! Next is Dagbon for 13 months

1 Jan, 1658 – I send a diplomat to make nice with Shun

I don’t order anything this year

1 Feb – Ket – South Siberia - North of Muscovy – Rich Fur, Woods 3 dev, Arctic, Algerian and Ibadi makes us 0.06,

I order these colonists very north to Baykha on the northern edge of Siberia

13 Feb – Somalia announces us as a rival

28 Feb – Natives killed in Baykha

15 Mar – I have some great news!

Here I’ll show you:



We are no longer rivals with the Turks! Awesome stuff!

I need to order Star Forts next to Somalia in Egypt and Africa. What I need to do is install the infrastructure on borders with Somalia to enable an aggressive war while holding the fort, much like we did with our Inhambane defenses in wars against Kongo and Kilwa and Kazmebe where they wasted time sieging it while I summoned defenders like mercs or sent over an army to help

These have upkeep costs attached. Right now I am spending upkeep on defenses monthly of a massive 95 . So in order to keep my costs roughly equal, I’ll destroy Castle/Bastion/Star Forts in some internal places to make this work.

I order these destroyed:

Zazzau
Sirt
Tilimsan
Ouarzazate
Beefada

18 Mar- Wadi converts, next is Gold Coast in 14 months

17 June- I spend 50 DIP to invite minorities to my capital

18 July – Kumasa converts! Next is 14 in Cape Coast

2 Sept – Copper in Narim!

5 Oct -Event – Monument in Kairwan – We get +20 prestige and it gets boosted production for a decade

18 Oct – Conversion in Kabylia - next shall be nothing, we have everything undergoing conversions now, and the cores aren’t done yet

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Forty-Three - Manufacturies Embraced


1 Jan, 1659 – We embrace Manufactories and get +10% production

I order Star Forts here:

Sharqiya – Next to Turks

Central Egypt - Next to Somalia:

Butana
Soba
Bayuda
Suakin

I have 758 left

New Tech!

MIL TECH 21 – Line Infantry- We get +0.25 tactics and +0.50 infantry shock

4 Feb – Conversion in Dagbon!

1 April – Lala – Central Eastern Africa – 3 dev, Hills, Naval Supplies, Algerian Ibadi, Tropical, makes us 0.05

I send these colonists to Hehe to speed it up since nothing else is doable right now

1 May - Relations maxed with Venice, I pull them

I send them to make nice with Engerland

24 May- Gold Coast converts!

1 June – Luangwa – Central East Africa – Next to Kilwa, Tropical Wood, 3 dev, Tropical, Ibadi Algerians, 0.06 here made

24 June – Event – Colonial Expansion – Hehe - Central East Africa – Next to Kilwa – Arid Livestock growing Highlands, 3 dev, next to unclaimed Gogo, 0.03, Ibadi and Algerian

I send colonists to Gogo

2 Aug – Event – Majils Seat granted in Sambialung after they ask

12 Aug – Natives in Gogo killed

I hire a level 3 ADM Advisor that reduces inflation and fire my level 1 Inquisitor since we are past needing it

17 Aug – We promote a General when one dies

2 Sept – Relations maxed with Shun, our diplomat is ordered to return

2 Oct – I lose 31 cliams, I spend 50 MIL for Holy War to get them back

28 Oct – Cape Coast converts!

11 Nov – I send my Shun diplomat to make nice with Algerian Alaska

19 Dec – Claims finished in all four holdings!

I state:

Kanem – Paper in Kanem

Bornu – Livestock in Manga

I order Missionaries to Zamfara- (16 months) and Kebbi

1 Jan, 1660 – I spend 160 ADM power to level up Kanem any Manga to the next level

I order Star Forts:

Kanem
Manga

Egypt:

Berber
Shendy

And that’s it

1 April – Nazim – Siberia – 4 dev, Copper Mining, Forest, Algerian, Ibadi, Arctic, 0.04, North of Muscovy

Next to two unclaimed provinces- Surgut and Mangazea – I order both colonists to them.

1 June – Natives killed in Mangazea!

10 July – And in Surgut too!

23 Sept – Event – Local Traders need Aid I spend 100

29 Oct – Event – Jugjur is now Sunni

I send a Missionary there.

11 Dec - I order my 33k from West Africa to Kilwa

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Forty-Four - Getting Ready for Kilwa


1 Jan, 1661 – I save my cash for mercs in Kilwa

1 Feb – Salt in Gogo!

1 Mar – Relations maxed with England,I pull the diplomat

1 April – With a 150+ Alaska relation, I hire Shalafi Scholar for 20 years

I send to collect in Siberia

28 April _ Zamfara converts to Ibadi!

1 May – Fur in Baykha!

1 Aug – Peace with Kilwa, my 33k army is close

1 Sept – Our MIL Advisor Commandant dies, next is a level 3 Quartermaster - +33% Reinforce speed

1 Oct- Our Colonial Policy ended, our next debate is:

Quartering of Troops - -10% Maintenance, -5% land attrition

23 Oct – Our 33k army hits the northern border of Kilwa!

I declare war for Kilwa’s northern Ivory province of Ngonde

They are joined by Hormuz

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Forty-Five - The 2nd Algiers/Kilwa War


I have two Kilwans armies on the southern flank I order them to the adjacent Bastion of Manyika, I will refer to them as the southern army, I hire a small merc force of 15k to join them

I have 33k in Rukwa on the northern flank, I have hired the 45k independent army since Kilwa still has 55k troops, and will order them into Ngonde, they will be referred to as the northern army

I have 7k in Kusu behind the Fort of Lega, they will grab the unconnected all minors area of to the rest of Kilwa area of Lake Victoria

3 Nov – Mercs arrive!

10 Nov – We begin the Siege of Manyika

17 Nov – Jugjur converts!

18 Dec – Ngonde falls!

I send them east

15 Feb, 1662 – I capture a minor next to their capital, next is Kilwa

11 Mar – Lake Tanganyika province falls to my 7k

1 April – Conversion started in Brakna, for 23 months

4 April – Kebbi converts!

19 April – After 161 days, Manyika falls!

27 April – Our Admiral dies, another is hired

5 May – A Lake minor falls

14 May – Event- Local Noble Family requests Aid- They need more than 1000 cash and I need to save for this war, so I lose 50 DIP power.

25 May – Another Lake minor falls

1 June – A southern minor falls

11 June – Kilwa falls! That’s a warscore of 37%

20 June - Another Lake minor is ours

5 July – Conversion in Manga for 18 months and Kanem for 22 begin

11 July – Two minors falls

1 Aug – The last Lake falls!

I also get the Trading in Ivory bonus! That’s’ +2 Dip Rep

I pull my dip from making nice with Alaska

5 Sept – Two more minors have fallen

19 Oct- Our southern army routs 11k In Mozambique

22 Oct – A minor falls

1 Nov – I lose my claim on Assab in Somalia

14k Rebellion in Kanem, I order an Egyptian army over to deal with it luckily it has a Bastion now

19 Nov – Mozambique falls!

26 Nov – Central minor falls

1 Jan, 1663 – I can get the next ADM tech which comes with another Group of Ideas, and we are almost at our cap of 999, so I’ll wait a few months since I have a warscore of 63, but no major bumps in score coming like no defenses are left to give me a big bump, so this is slow, but I’ll keep it for another few months

18 Jan – Two minors fell

27 Jan – I capture the colony of Phangwe which is internal to Kilwa

1 Feb – I get this Age of Absolutism Ability:

Protecting Forts – Forts on border with rival (Somalia) get -100% maintenance,.

Before taking it it’s 107.50 cash monthly, now it’s 97.0

24 Feb – Minor captured

15 Mar - Two minors fall

1 April – NEW TECH!

ADMIN TECH 22 – The Constitution – We can build Town Halls and another Group of Ideas!

I cannot get ADM Ideas since they are too many, I can get DIP or MIL ones.

I have enough power to get one now right now, and DIP #2 in just a few months

DIP –

Trade - You’ll get three more merchants from this and boosts to Trade power like

Dip - You’ll get another Diplomat now, and then another soon, and then you better Dip stuff like relations, reputation, and more!

MIL -

Quantity – I need a bigger army for tussling with Somalia and then keeping safe from the Turks. When finished, this will give you +25% Forcelimit

Offensive/Defensive – Boost my armies with these awesome Ideas.

I like all four! I do Quantity!

Quantity Idea #1 – Levee en Masse - +25% Manpower

9 April – We capture a minor

2 May – Two more minors have fallen

27 May – Another minor falls

1 June – Baykha – Siberia – Northern edge, Fur trade, Forest, Arctic, Ibadi Algerians, 3 dev, make us 0.05

I have new colonists! I send to the colony of Gogo where there are no colonists

18 June – Two minors fall!

20 July – Every mainland province fell, I have a warscore of 87% what can I get?

I want to remove the 6 province flank behind me first, although four are Grain or Livestock, it’s a weak spot for future wars.

Lake Tanginika Area:

Bafuriru – North Coast of the Lake, east of us in Lega, west of us in Nkoma – 8 warscore and 6 badboy

Lake Victoria Area:

Bushubi – East of Bafuriru, north of Nkoma – 12 warscore and 7 badboy

Buyogoma – East of Bushubi, north of Nkoma and Ruguru – 6 score and 3 badboy

Muhambwe – East of Buyogoma, north of Ruguru and Rukwa, Gogo and Hehe – 6 war score and 4 badboy

Karagwe – Southwest shore of the Lake, North of Bushubi – 9 score and 6 badboy

Buzinza – Southeast shore of Lake, east of Karagwe, north of Buyogoma and Muhambwe – 6 score and 4 badboy

Those 6 are 47 score and 31.2 badboy, now we’ll just take what I can from Kilwa that makes sense

Central Kilwa -

Ngonde – Wartarget, northwest shore of Lake Malawi, East of us in Rukwa, Luanganda and south of Gogo – 4 score and 3 badboy

Anything else will annoy Kilwa, and with a an army of 55k I don’t want that at my back.

Peace:



51 score and then 34.50 badboy I do it! I don’t have much ADM power left to core, but I am making 12 a month, I core – 28 in Bushubi and Muhambwe, 25 in Karagwe, 23 in Buyogoma, and that leaves me with just 6 ARM but 3 cores left.

Let’s look at my 7!

Lake Tanginika Area:

Bafuriru – North Coast of the Lake, east of us in Lega, west of us in Nkoma – Farm Estate for Grain, Workshop, Hills, Tropical, Fetishist and Rwandan, 9 dev, makes us 0.48

Lake Victoria Area:

Bushubi – East of Bafuriru, north of Nkoma – Farm Estate for Grain here too, Marketplace, Regimental Camp, Hills, Tropical, Rwandan and Fetishist here, and then 12 dev and 0.12 made here

Buyogoma – East of Bushubi, north of Nkoma and Ruguru – Savannah, Tropical, Farm Estate for Grain and Regimental Camp, 5 dev, 0.31, Rwandan and Fetishist

Muhambwe – East of Buyogoma, north of Ruguru and Rukwa, Gogo and Hehe – Ganda culture, Fetishist faith, Farm Estate for Livestock, Workshop, Savannah, Tropical, 0.08 from 6 dev

Ready for the three good ones?

Karagwe – Southwest shore of the Lake, North of Bushubi – Iron Mines! Weapons Manufactory, Workshop, Fetishist and Ganda, 0.80 made here in Tropical Hills with a dev of 9

Buzinza – Southeast shore of Lake, east of Karagwe, north of Buyogoma and Muhambwe – Also Iron Mining here! Weapons Manufactory and Workshop, 6 dev, Tropical Savannah, Takama Fetishist, 0.33 made here

Central Kilwa -

Ngonde – Wartarget, northwest shore of Lake Malawi, East of us in Rukwa, Luanganda and south of Gogo – Trade Station for Ivory, workshop, 0.69 made here, 5 dev, Nyasa Fetishist, Tropical Savannah

All 7 have Manufactories already in them! Even the Grain ones are making that cash as a result.

In Lake Victoria we are next to a nation called Kitara that has 9 provinces here, they are also next to Somalia on the other end.

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Forty-Six - Alliance with Deccan


20 July - I order our mercs disbanded.

I order my 7k back to the colonies in Central East Africa

I order my 33k army back to South Africa

I order the Egyptian army in Kanem back to Egypt to protect that border

I order one 28k Kilwa army to Boyogoma

I order the other to Zumbo

I order:

Star Forts in Al Qaradif pretty much surrounded by Somalia after the Trade Station for it’s Ivory was built

I have enough for 5k for a Great Work! Or could I buy a Trading Post?

I could do an alliance and/or Royal Marriage with Deccan, the Shia nation in India, and then buy a trading post from them pretty easily. Here let me show you:



They are in most of India, and like us lots. This would give me a jump off point for expansion in the Southern Asia region against others north, and a big person to protect like Malacca in the Indies but now I haven’t called on them after building up. Remember Bengal next door are our rival, as are with Deccan. Now I might get pulled into wars I might not really care about, like Malacca in SE Asia, but it’s a nice path in. It’s also a Great Power Hegemon that we could use against the big bad of the Turks and might keep them away like Russia did in Theodoro. I do it!

Ideally I’ll purchase a Trade Post on the border with Bengal to have a launching spot for them.

I have gained the Holy War CB against Kitara now that I am next to them.

26 Aug – Diplomat reruns – Royal Marriage with Deccan

1 Sept – 21 ADM core ordered for Bafuriru

1 Oct – For 5967 I purchase from Deccan the small Trading Post of Srikakulam:



Srikakulam – Coastal – Down coast from Bengal, next to one province minor - 7 dev, Sugar, Tropical, Hills, Workshop, Shipyard, makes us 0.15, Hindu and Orissa.

I spend 50 DIP to invite minorities and 16 ADM to core Buzinza

1 Nov – Gems in Surkut!

Ngonde claimed for 11 ADM, we are all started!

18 Nov- I send my diplomat to build a spy network in Kitara

1 Jan, 1644 – Peace treaty with Kano and Dahomey is up!

I order my Egyptian army back

I order nothing and will hold off until next year in case we need with just 1493 cash

5 Jan – Conversion successful in Manga!

4 Feb – Event – Korean Demand and Algerian Supply – We get better relations with merchants and better production for 5 years

20 Mar – Brakna converts!

1 April – Gogo – Central East Africa – Wealthy Salt, Hills, Arid, 3 dev, Algerian, Ibadi, makes us 0.05 cash monthly, next to Kilwa

I order these colonists north east to Nyatura it has a 50+ chance of Livestock so it probably won’t be anything good

11 April – Natives there killed

1 May – Fur in Mangazea! Speaking of quality!

3 May - Kanem converts! That’s a big one!

15 May – Event – Invest in Military – I choose +15k manpower

1 Sept – I spend some prestige to make nice with Algerian Brazil

2 Oct - I spend 50 MIL to claim Holy war and gain a bunch of claims on Kitara and Bengal and the one province minor next to me.

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Forty-Seven - Alliance Broke



1 Jan, 1665 – We spend:

Star Fort in Srikakulam after destroying the Shipyard

Textile Manufactory for Cloth in Tilimsan
Trade Company for Ivory in Kumasi; Slaves in Bemba
Weapons Manufactory for Copper in Kanongesha

That drops me to 1686 so I hold off for the rest

25 Jan – Weirdly, Deccan broke their alliance with us since they want our trading post of Srikakulam

9 Mar- Kilwa have started a colony next to Nyatara in Shamba

That’s where I was going next!

26 Mar – My armies are in and around the key players in my next war in West Africa

25 Aug- Cores done in Bushubi, Muhambwe and Buyogoma!

16 Oct Another core done in Bafuriru!

Conversions ordered for 14 months in Buyogoma, Muhambwe, 21 months in Bafuriu and 24 in Bushubi

29 Oct – Event – Consort of the People – We get -2% national revolt risk until our leader dies

4 Nov – Ngonde cored!

22 Nov - Karagwe core done!

30 Nov – Event – Social Mobility- I can side with merchants or clergy and one gains +10 but the other loses 20. That’s not fair. I side with mercs

30 Dec – Buzinza cores, and that’s my last one

1 Jan, 1666 – I make these states:

Buzinza – Iron in it and Karagwe

Ngonde – Ivory for just it

I order this cash:

I spend 1k on the Great Work in Zimbabwe

And 2500 on the Jenne one

I have 1959 left for mercs

21 Jan – Our diplomat returns from building a spy network in Kitara

I DOW Kano’s capital of Ketu, the 3rd Kano war

They are allied with Kanem Bornu and Dahomey

All minor stuff outside of a few good things in Dahomey

I am at war with all three

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Forty-Eight - The 3rd Algiers/Kano War


I order 33k from Moshi to Keto where they have 10k

I order my Egyptian army to Kanem Bornu’s fort-less capital and only province Marghi

1 Feb – I lose three claims

4 Feb - We rout their army and begin the siege in Keto

1 Mar – Surgut – Gems, Siberia, North of Muscovy, Arctic, 3 dev Ibadi Algerians make us 0.05

I send these colonists west to As

14 Mar – Marghi falls! I have a war score of 21. Can I get Kanem Bornu in a separate peace? It’s just Grain, but I’d like to take them off the board

Yup!



That’s just 7.9 badboy, and I spend 15 to core it

1 April – Nyatura with Slaves!

10 May – Ketu falls! Warscore of 22

1 June – Rebellion in Bushubi – my 28k is next door and ordered over

9 June – Our Kanem Bornu army routed 15k Dahomey troops

22 June – Oyo falls to us, next is Dahomey’s capital

4 July – We win in Bushubi

9 July – A minor Dahomey falls

1 Aug – Relations maxed with Malacca, I pull them

23 Aug – Another minor falls

1 Sept – NEW TECH:

DIP TECH 22 – Limes – We can build Twodeckers, Trabakul, the Marketplace upgrade Stock Exchange, +5 naval engagement, +0.50 naval morale and navies cost 10% more.

I spend 1272 to upgrade my main fleet and 192 for my transport one

4 Sept – Natives killed in As

1 Oct – Mangazea – Coastal, North Siberia, - A massive 7 dev, The Taz Estuary, Arctic, Fur Trade, Algerian, Ibadi makes us 0.17.

I order these colonists west to Berezov

7 Oct -I send my Malacca diplomat to make nice with Commonwealth

13 Oct – Two more minors are ours

17 Oct – Adomey falls, we have every Dahomey and Kano province and a warscore of 100%!

What can I get?

Kano:

Keto – Capital, Wartarget – 7 warscore and 6 badboy

Oyo – East of Keto – 13 score, 9 badboy

Total to annex Kano – 20 score, 15.1 badboy

Now what can I add from Dahomey?

This will be twice as expensive and anything I take Dahomey will join a coalition, but I can handle this

Dahomey:

Tenkodogo – Surrounded by us, north of them in Bonoman – 16 score, 8 badboy

Bonoman – South of them in Tenkodogo, surrounded by us – 20 score, 13 badboy

Can I get anything else?

The next one annoys Air, so I just do those two from Dahomey



We are paying 56 warscore and netting 36.6 badboy

I do it! Cores are 149, let’s look at my 5 new holdings!

Kanem Bornu:

Marghi - South of Air – Farm Estate for Grain, Training Fields, which I destroy since it adds to my manpower only, Tropical Savannah, Fetishist Kanuri people, 0.11, 7 dev

Kano:

Keto – Capital, Wartarget – Slave trade, Mosque, Savannah, Tropical, Fetishist, Yoruba, 8 dev, makes us 0.16

Oyo – East of Keto – Yoruba Fetishist work a 12 dev Grain Trade with a Farm Estate, Workshop, Mosque, Tropical Savannah, making us a fat 0.89

Dahomey:

Tenkodogo – Surrounded by us, north of them in Bonoman – Tropical Savannah, Livestock, Farm Estate, Mosque, Mossi people, Sunni faith, making us 0.45 from 7 dev

Bonoman – South of them in Tenkodogo, surrounded by us – 12 dev, Akan Fetishist, 0.56 from the Tropical Wood trade, Tropical Savannah, Mosque, Workshop, Regimental Camp,

Three Manufactories for the low quality stuff, but the Slaves and Wood don’t have any. You can see why I hadn’t prioritized taking them off the board.

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Forty-Nine - Peace for Now


17 Oct – That was a fast war!

I order my Egyptian army back

I order my 33k West Africa army to Keto

I order nothing until January

6 Nov – I send a diplomat to make nice with Xibe that has taken out Solon next to us in Siberia and has a very large nation next to us

1 Dec – We failed to pass Quartering of Troops. I try to “Reduce Trade Regulations”

22 Dec – Conversion in Buyagoma! Next is 14 months in Ngonde

26 Dec – Another conversion, this time in Muhambwe. Next is Buzizina for 14 months too

1 Jan, 1667 – I order:

Naval Equipment Manufactory for Naval Supplies in Maya and Barguzin
Mill for Gems in Okhotsk

I hold off with 1736

1 Feb – Quantity Idea #2 – The Young can Serve - +20% Manpower Recovery

10 Feb – Deccan announces us as a rival

28 April – 5k natives killed in Berezov

31 May – The Ottomans declare us as a rival again

1 Aug – Conversion in Bafiriru, next is 15 months in Karagwe

19 Oct – Bushubi converts!

1 Jan, 1668 – I order my southern Kilwa army to Lake Victoria for a future war against Kitara

I order:

Trade Station for Ivory in Butana; Slaves for Mtetwa
Farm Estate for Livestock in Kusu
Naval Equipment Manufactory for Naval Supplies in Sao Tome, Mahe,
Mill for Gems in Lega


That leaves us with 1711 cash

27 Feb – Ngonde converts!

7 Mar – Conversion in Buzinza is done too!

15 Mar – Core done in Marghi, Missionary ordered here for 20 months

I state:

Adamawana Plateau – Marghi - Grain, former colonies -Yola – Ivory; Bauci – Tropical Wood; Wukari- Naval Supplies. Those’re worth 2.0, 4.0 and 3.0 each after Naval Supplies just jumped

I hand a Majils Seat to Massapa’s Gold

1 June – Nyatura - Central East Africa – Arid Highlands, 3 dev, Slaves, next to Kilwa, Algerian, Ibadi making 0.04

There is no where else to send this colonist

26 July – Event – Drought in Guinea

18 Aug – Event – We lose 50 DIP rather than 10 prestige

19 Oct – Cores done in all Kano and Dahomey holdings!

I order Missionaries:

Ketu - 17 months
Oyo – 23 months

They are in the same state as Ife already, as are the other two in Lower Volta with Dagbon

I hand Lower Limpopo’s Gold a Majils Seat

31 Oct – Conversion in Karagwe! Next is 23 months in Bonomon!

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Fifty - Waiting for War


1 Jan, 1669 – I order:

Trade Station for Yola’s Ivory
Farm Estate for Livestock in Jufra and Kaonde and Tenere

I stay at 2774 for war with Kitara coming up, although they only have 15k, in case of bad things

1 Feb – With 80 we max relations with Xibe and pull back my diplomat

1 April - I make nice with Berau on Borneo next to me

They are Sunni so that we can Royal Marry them and maybe ally with them, I’d love to bring them in diplomatically with a vassalization

8 June – Marghi converts! Next is 26 month campaign in Tenkodogo

6 July – I hire a new general after one dies

1 Sept – Fur in As!

1 Oct – I am ready to DOW Kitara, all old cores are done. They have no defensive formations so this will be fast. They have 15k so both of my armies are next in Karagwe and Buzinza with my 7k two back to grab provinces behind the lines, and I’ll send my two big armies around Lake Victoria in a circle and meet up on the north side.

I DOW Kitara for the Salt province of Shaga

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Fifty-One - The War for Lake Victoria


I order my armies into Shaga and Nkore

4 Dec – I capture both. The western flank is next to 15k in Bunyoro and I order them in.

25 Dec – We arrive in Bunyoro

4 Jan, 1670 – Our 7k captures a minor

13 Jan – We win the Battle of Bunyoro

8 Feb – Oyo converts!

1 Mar – Bunyoro falls, next their capital

Copper in Berezov!

31 Mar – Ketu converts!

19 April – We win the Battle of Lango with my other army

28 May – Lango falls

19 June – Another minor falls

20 July – We win the Siege of their capital in Buganda

I have a warscore of 99

What can I get?

Shaga – Wartarget, East Lake Victoria Coast – 5 score and badboy

Kuria – North of Shaga, northeast Lake Victoria coast – 7 warscore and 6 badboy

Nduga – West corner of region, and Karagwe north of us in Bushubi, inland – 15 each

Buganda – Capital, west coast of Lake Victoria, north of us in Karagwe – 12 warscore, 11 badboy

Nkore – North of Nduga, west of Buganda, inland, - 10 warscore and 8 badboy

The next one will annoy them.

Can I just annex them? The warscore is below 100, but not yet, let me try and fix that

6 Aug – We rout their army

12 Aug – We capture Busoga, now a 100% warscore!

I annex Kitara



It costs me just 13.5 badboy but a big warscore. I do it and then spend 200 even to core.

Ready?

Shaga – Naval Equipment Manufactory for Salt, Workshop, 5 dev, Tropical Highlands, make us .11 with Ganga Fetishists, east of unclaimed Taveta

Kuria – North of Shaga – 5 dev, Tropical Mountains, Farm Estate for Livestock, Workshop, also Ganda and Fetishists, making 0.24, south of Somalia

Busoga – North Coast of Lake Victoria – West of Kuria – Tropical Savannah, Fishing, Mosque, Naval Equipment Manufacture, next to unclaimed territory in Turkana,

Buganda -West Cosat of Lake Victoria, west of Busoga – Emporium COT, Mosque, Workshop, Trade Depot, Tropical, Savannah, 10 dev, Fetishist faith and Ganda people making 0.23 with Salt

Nduga – Southwest of Buganda, south of Nkore – Rwandan Fetishists, Highlands, Tropical Iron Mines with Weapons Manufactory, and Mosque and Workshop, 15 dev, makes us 0.64

Nkore- West of Buganda, north of Nduga – Tropical Hills, 8 dev, Farm Estate for Grain and Workshop, making us 0.49, also Ganda Fetishists

Bunyoro – North and west of Nkore and Buganda – Salt here too, 13 dev, Naval Equipment Manufactory, Mosque, Workshop, Tropical Savannah, Ganda Fetishists make us .45

Pubungo -North of Bunyoro, west of Lango – NW corner of area, Achioli people here, Fetishist, Farm Estate for Livestock and Workshop, Savannah, Tropical, 9 dev, makes 0.67

Lango – East of Pubungo, north of Busoga, next to unclaimed land, 0.05 only, 3 dev, Livestock, nothing built here, Ganda and Sunni, Tropical and Savannah

All but one developed with Manufactories and other stuff!

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Fifty-Two - Getting Ready for the Next War


12 Aug – I order my extra colonists to Taveta

13 Aug – Natives killed there

I order one army back to south Kilwa border and the other here to Buganda

I order:

5k Great Work in Qahirah’s Pyramids of Cheops which when finished will give me:

-15% Advisor costs
-5% Idea cost

I keep the rest of my cash for emergencies

12 Sept - I make nice with Dai Viet

2 Oct – Bonoman converts!

1 Jan, 1671 - Truce with Air up. They are allied with Dahomey. I order my Egyptian army here

1 Apr – relations maxes with berau I recall my diplomat

6 June 0- our admiral dies, I hire another

12 June – Fleet – 121 outta 236

I order a bunch more ships for my fleet in the Indies, most great ship Twodeckers

I spend around 2200 total

Our current naval maint – 24.96

30 June-I make nice with Malay peninsula minor Kedah

1 Aug – lost my claim on Tondo

13 Aug – conversion in Tenkodogo!

1 Oct –The Majils passes the Trade practices policy! We get +10% Trade efficiency

1 Jan, 1672 – I order:

Mill for Tropical Wood In Kapit; Gems in Natal
Naval Equipment Manufactory for Salt in Azbin
Farm Estate for Livestock in Itesan, Ader, Damagaram

That leaves me 2422 for emergencies and Air’s war

1 Feb – As – Siberia, North of Muscovy, not next to open places, landlocked by Berezov – rich Fur Trade, 3 dev, Algerian Ibadi, Arctic, makes us .05

I order them to East Central Africa’s Turkana next to Somalia

8 Feb – Natives there killed

Our Consort passes

1 July – Relations maxed with Dai Viet I pull my diplomat

15 Aug – Cores done in the four I already had claims on, I send a Missionary to:

Shaga – 16 months
Nkore – 17 months
Buganda – 18 months
Nduga – 20 months

22 Aug – Event - Merchant dies without heir, I choose to claim it 1822 cash made

5 Sept – I send our Dai Viet diplomat to make nice with Sumatra island’s minor Barus

At 968 our ADM is about to hit it’s max of 999, so I spend some around 200 to up the dev of my provinces

1 Oct – Slaves in Taveta

15 Nov -5 cores in Kitara done!

I order Star Forts in Juria

I make these states:

Rwanda – 3 – Grain in Bafuriru and Bushubi; Iron in Nduga

Uganda – 3 – Grain in Nkore; Salt in Buganda; Fish in Busoga

Buganda is the COT for the Great Lakes trade depot

Missionary for 17 months In Busoga

I Dow Air’s capital of Borno. Dahomey joins them

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Fifty-Three - The First Algiers/Air War


I order 33k to Dahomey’s capital and Air’s Borno

5 Dec – we win in Abomey and begin a siege

10 Dec – Our High Imam passes:

Stability drops to +2

High Imam Muhammed V 2/6/1, age 36

Heir – 1/2/1 – rough age 0

Do I spend 50 prestige to disinherit him? We have +100% with Ibadi, I do so

Consort – 2/3/3

1 Jan, 1673 – We capture Borno

I chase their army in Yola

7 Ja - Yola falls

25 Jan – RM with Malacca

5 Feb – Abomey falls!

26 Feb 0 Yola win

1 Mar – Berezov – Siberia – North of Muscovy, Copper, 3 dev, Arctic, Algerian, Ibadi, Forest makes 0.04

I head north to the coastal Obdorsk

5 Mar – Natives there no longer

I pass this decision since I have a Dip score of at least 5:

Islamic Center of Learning - +1% Missionary Strength, -5% tech costs

11 Mar – Dahomey minor falls

RM with Persia

1 Apr – Rebellion in Bunyoro, I order my army over

3 Apr – We rout the Air army!

24 Apr – the last Dahomey minor falls!

28 Apr – rebels killed

6 May – Minor falls

Warscore of 99!

What can I get?

Borno – Capital, Wartarget – 13 score 12 badboy

I can only get one more Air without annoying Somalia

Mandara – Connects Borno to Marghi – 11 score and 8 badboy



24 warscore and 20.3 badboy – I do it. 113 cores done

Borno – COT Emporium – Trade Depot, Mosque, Farm Estate for Grain, Kanuri and Sunni, Arid Steppes, 15 dev, make 0.71

Mandara – Tropical, Savannah, Mill for Tropical Wood and Workshop makes 0.65, 10 dev, also Kanuri but Fetishist,

Not as big as I wanted, but I got what I could and split up Air

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Fifty-Four - Incorporating Air


6 May – I order the Air army back to Borno, and my 33k army to Kilwa for that peace next year since they still have 52k troops

This is a fast peace and ends in 7 years

I order:

5k in the Great Work of the Great Mosque of Djenne, which when done will give me +1 Missionary and +3% vs Heathens

I don’t spend the last 1511

29 May – Ships done - 58.85 new maint

Our new fleet:

53 large ships
47 small
27 galleys
47 transports

30 Aug – Shaga converts! Next is 19 months in Pubungo

1 Oct – relations maxed with Kedah

14 Oct – Conversion in Nkore – next is 21 months in Loango

26 Oct – Another conversion in Bunyoro – next is 59 months in Lango

29 Nov – Another conversion – Nduga

7 Dec – I send the Kedah diplomat to make nice in Portugal

16 Dec – Busoga converts!

2 Jan, 1674 – I order:

Trade Station for Spices in Lehad Datu, Api-Api

I keep 2753 for mercs

I order my fleet to East Africa for war with Kilwa

1 Feb – Slaves in Turkana

1 May – I lose 18 claims, I spend 50 MIL to declare Holy War as well as new ones on Mombasa

14 May – I replace a dead general

1 June- Stability rises to +3

1 July – Our level 3 DIP Navigator passes, I hire level 3 Trader who gives me +10% trade

28 Sept – I park our navy in Sofala

1 Nov – Truce ends with Kilwa!

They and Hormuz are at war with the Turks

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Fifty-Five - Two Colonies Done


1 Jan, 1675 – I order:

Farm Estate for Livestock in Pindiga
Mill for Tropical Wood in Matsolo and Bauchi
Naval Equipment Manufactory for Fish in Tarakan and Naval Supplies in Wukari

That leaves me 3596 for mercs

14 Mar – Pubungo converts!

2 April – Event – Marriageable Women in Turkana

11 April – Our colony in Obdorsk starts

8 May – Core done in Borno! Star Fort ordered here since it’s two away from Somalia.

27 May – Missionary ordered to Kuria for 20 months

1 June – Taveta – Central East Africa – Next to Mombasa, Kilwa, Somalia, I order a Star Fort here, Arid Mountains, Slaves, 3 dev, makes 0.05, Algerian and Ibadi

I order them to Siberia’s Komi

Relations maxed with Barus I called them back

8 June – Bunyoro converts!

3 July – Natives killed in Komi

1 Aug – Turkana – Central East Africa – Next to Somalia, I order a Star Fort here, Tropical Highlands, Slaves here, 3 dev, Ibadi and Algerian making us 0.05

I order these colonists to Siberia’s Pelym

8 Aug – Mandara cored! Star Fort here too

22 Aug – Natives killed in Pelym

30 Aug – I order my navy out

23 Oct – My navy is in the Zanzibar Strait where their capital is. Their 76 ship navy is in their capital Kilwa, I want to grab Zanzibar in this battle ideally

I DOW Kilwa for the Star Fort of Manyika on the south side, Hormuz joins them, 3rd war.

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Fifty-Six - The Third Algiers/Kilwa War


I order my two Southern Armies into Manyika

I order my Northern Army 33k into Zigua from Nyatura

My 7k is in Kuria and will wait until the big stuff opens up

I order:

45k in Gogo to join my northern army

15k in the southern army

4 Nov- Mercs here and ordered into their targets

1 Dec = Relations maxed with Portugal

9 Dec – Sent to make nice with France

12 Dec – Zigua is ours!

12 Feb, 1676 – Two minors fall, next is their captial of Kilwa

13 April – minor falls

1 May - I do not get the next ADM tech until post war

We get a new Age of Absolutism Ability!

I get Efficient Autonomy - -50% Autonomy costs

18 May – A new heir is born with 1/3/4

21 May – Kilwa falls! Their fleet heads out to ours

28 May – Zanzibar is ours!

6 June – We win a minor naval battle

23 June – They fled into harbor in Madagascar

9 July – We capture a minor with our northern army and it’s next to 17k in Ibo, I head in

9 Aug – We rout their army in Ibo

9 Sept – Two minors falls

27 Sept – After almost a year we capture Manyika!

We have a warscore of 47%

29 Oct – Two more fall

1 Nov – Rebellion in Borno where my main army is

21 Nov – Defeated

26 Nov – Kuria converted!

1 Dec – Copper in Obdorsk!

Our Majils policy is up! Next? How about Reduce Trade Regulations again

27 Dec - Four minors fall

11 Jan, 1677 – Another minor falls

16 Feb – Four more fall

1 Mar – Quantity Idea #3 – Enforced Service - -10% costs

8 April – Final three fall, we have every mainland holding and Zanzibar with an 88% warscore

Now what do I want?

I have two major options - Grab a bunch of low dev but high trade good stuff in the south like 6 dev Ivory Manyika, 5 dev Tete Ivory and such. Or I could tryto build a line in the north to Zanzibar and grab it.

I want Zanzibar. Since I have Cloves, I can pass edict and move Cloves to them and they are a Center of Trade.

The four in the north that get me to Zanzibar and then them annoys Kilwa. But I can do the minimum of three to get there. I can also get one more in Central Kilwa, but not my wartarget, that annoys them too much.



That’s a 26 warscore and just a 19.7 badboy, not much to build down. Not even West Africa cares about this one. I do peace and pay 57 to core them

I pass the decision to grow Cloves

North Kilwa:

Shamba – Next to Mombasa, Us in four places and Kilwa, connects us to Bagamoyo – Arid Highlands, Slave trade, 7 dev, Swahili people, Sunni faith, makes us 0.59 with a Trade Station

Bagamoyo – Strait to Zanzibar, connects Shamba to them, south of Mombasa, coastal, Coastline, just 3 dev, Ivory, Trade Station, Tropical, Swahili Fetishists here, send us monthly 0.38, Shipyard

Zanzibar – The big addition, Strait to Bagamoyo - Center of Trade, Natural Harbor, Tropical Coastline, 9 dev, Trade Depot, Shipyard, Cloves, Swahili, Sunni, 0.29 made here

Central Kilwa:

Nsenga – Throw in – West of Kilwa – 4 dev, Tropical Savannah, Farm Estate for Livestock, Workshop, Nyasa people, Fetishist faith, 0.18 made here

That war was obviously about Zanzibar!

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Fifty-Seven - Measuring the World


8 April - I disband my mercs

I order my 7k back to Lake Victoria

33k back to West Africa

29k to Bagamoyo and the other to Nsenga

New Tech!

ADMIN TECH 23 – Measuring the World - +10% Admin Efficiency and -10% Dev Costs

I pull my Siberia merchant to send to Zanzibar

16 May – Relations improvement begun with Muscovy

10 July - We arrive in Zanzibar. We’re making 5.66

1 Sept – Army:

I have 246k of 285k forcelimt

I am paying monthly 120.40 for army maintenance

I want to order another army to help out.

I order a 30k army built in South Africa to stay here:

16 Sept – Lango converts!

21 Nov – Missionary sent to Borno for 40 months

1 Jan, 1678 – I order:

2.5k Great Work in Zimbabwe

Naval Equipment Manufactory for Naval Supplies in Annada
Textile Manufactory for Wool in Swellendam, Oujda, Demnate, Biskra

I keep unspent more than 2.7k

19 Feb – 19 months in Mandara Missionary dispatched

1 May – Relations maxed with France, I pull our diplomat

11 May – I send it to make nice with Orochoni

30 May – Event – We get 100 MIL

1 July – Relations maxed with Muscovy, I pull

1 Aug – I send it to make nice with Bali

31 Aug – I now have 27 transports in the Indies for my 27k army to be ferried

1 Dec – Orochino taken out by Japan I send our diplomat to make nice with them

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Fifty-Eight - Upper Zambezi Stated


2 Jan, 1679 – I order:

Naval Equipment Manufactory for Fish in Jugjur,
Textile Manufactory for Wool in Kef
Farm Estate for Grain in Mbwila, Mbata, Mema, Anfa, Titteri

Great Mosque in Cape, Katsina

1 Mar – Okhotsk – Siberia, Ibadi Algerian, Coastal on the Kara Sea, 3 dev, Arctic, Copper, makes us .06

Naval Supplies in Pelym

I cannot order these colonists anywhere

27 Mar – Mandara converts!

11 April – Cores done in Shamba and Nsenga!

I make this state:

Upper Zambezi – 3 – Lala – Naval Supplies; Nsenga – Livestock; Luangwa – Tropical Wood

Livestock is 2.7, the others 3.0

Missionary order to Nsenga – 16 months and 35 to Shamba

I hand a Majils Seat to Kanem

14 May – Army done, we are spending on army maint 136.37 increase of 16 monthly

1 June – NEW TECH!

DIP TECH 23 – Heavy Frigates – We can build them, and then we get 150 colonial range and +25 settle growth

I spend 940 to upgrade my ships

9 July – Cores done in Zanzibar and Bagamoyo

I state this:

Central Swahili Coast – 2 – Cloves in Zanzibar and Ivory in Bagamoyo

Tanzania – 4 – Slaves in Shamba, Nyatura; Salt in Gogo; Livestock in Hehe

I order a Trade Station for Zanzibar’s Cloves after paying some DIP to raise it 10 from 9

I hand Zanzibar a Majils Seat

Missionaries – 16 months for Bagamoyo; 20 for the Sunni Siberia Turukhan that’s past it’s 25 year conversion boost.

1 Aug – Fur in Komi!

17 Oct _ General dies, another is hired

1 Jan, 1680 – I order:

Mill for Tropical Wood in Luangwa
Naval Equipment Manufactory for Naval Supplies in Lala; Fish in Sambaliung
Farm Estate for Grain in Haha, Sah

Great Mosque in Mpemba

1 April – Relations maxed with Bali, diplomat returns

18 April – Nsenga converts!

1 May – Relations also maxed with Japan, recalled

1 June – Event – Gold Rush! We get 8127 cash and then 1 inflation

I spend 49 ADM to reduce inflation

I order the 2.5k Great Work in Brazil’s Bahia done.

I spend 750 to finish Zimbabwe’s 2500 Great Work, and order 5k one that, when done, gives us -5% tech cost

16 Jun – I send the Bali diplomat to make nice with Austria
 
21 July – Bagamoyo converts!

I keep my Japan diplomat after he comes back to keep for my soon to be war against Air, Dahomey

9 Oct – I replace a dead admiral

1 Nov - Peace with Air and Dahomey over!

I have my armies next to them each!

I have split up my 31k army in Air to be next to each army split up, and 33k next to Dahomey

I DOW 3rd Air War for their Ivory province of Logone. Dahomey joins

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Fifty-Nine - The 3rd Algiers/Air War

I order 16k to Air’s Logone where 6k are
I order 15k to Air’s Muniyo where 5k are
I order 33k to Dahomey’s Atakora where 8k are

Ready?

24 Nov – We win in Logone

27 Nov – We win in Muniyo

1 Dec – New Government Reform!

Tier 10 – Separation of Powers – Last one!

I choose: Legislative Bodies – We get +1 free policies

I choose DIP – Colonial Restriction - +10% Global Tariff

MIL – The Military Zeal Act - +5% morale, +10% siege

3 Dec – We win against the Dahomey army

31 Dec – Two minors fell in Air, next their captial!

1 Jan, 1681 – Quantity Idea #4 – Camp Followers 33% National Supply Limit

11 Jan – Atakora follows

14 Feb – Minor falls

21 Feb – A Dahomey minor falls

12 March - Conversion in Borno!

21 Mar – Dahomey’s capital falls!

Separate peace with them:




43 peace, and 21.9 badboy, I do it and spend ADM equal to 44 to core Borgu and Atakora

1 May – Shamba converts!

11 May – The Air capital falls! What can I get?

I can only get one without annoying Somalia:



Bedde for 9 score and 6.0 badboy

I do it and core for 36 ADM

Dahomey:

Borgu – North of Atakora – Tropical Savannah, 16 dev, Farm Estate for Grain, Workshop and Mosque, Dagumba people and Sunni faith, make us 0.50

Atakora – North of Dahomey, South of Borgu – 6 dev, Mill for Tropical Wood, Workshop, Dagumba Sunni, Savannah, Tropical, make us 0.24

Air:

Bedde - South of Air – Farm Estate for Grain, Workshop, 9 dev, Kanuri Sunni, Tropical Savannah making 0.63

Very built up with Manufactories.

Peace for this light warscore is up in just 6 years with Air but with Dahomey in 9 years.

I order my army in Air to Bedde and the other to Borgu

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Sixty - Two Siberian Holdings Finish


11 May – I order:

Naval Equipment Manufactory for Salt in Gogo; Fish in Melilla
Trade Station for Slaves in Nyatura
Farm Estate for Livestock in Hehe; Grain in Ouarzazete, Bizerte

That leaves us 2507 cash for the fun stuff

31 May – I send a diplomat to make nice with Transoxiana

22 Jul – Event – Religious Scholars Disagree – We lose 10 prestige and 25 ADM power

1 Aug – Pelym – Siberia – West and East of Muscovy, north of the last unclaimed province in Tura – Arctic, Ibadi Algerians, Forest, 3 dev, Naval Supplies, make 0.05

I send colonists to Tura

11 Aug – Turukhan sees the light and converts to Ibadi!

18 Aug - 4k natives killed in Tura

1 Dec – Komi – Siberia – North of Pelym, east of Muscovy, the penultimate Siberian holding – Fur Trade is rich here, 5 dev, Forest, Arctic, Ibadi Algerians make us .11

Nowhere to send these colonists either.

1 Jan, 1682 – I state:

Kara – West Siberia – 5 – Fur in As and Mangazea; Gems in Surgut; Copper in Berezov and Obdorsk – all wealthy trade goods to build up!

I hand a Majils Seat to Great Lakes COT Buganda

I order:

Farm Estate for Grain for Gwiriko, Shendy, Soba
Naval Equipment Manufactory for Fish for Karabara and Kala

That leaves me 2677 for emergencies

1 Feb – The Majils passes “Reduce Trade Regulations” - +10% for ten years

3 Mar - I have my fleet protect trade in Zanzibar to keep them local

Before, I am making 5.59…

1 April - Now I am making 19.29

17 May - Kilwa still has 55k troops, by the by. I order small troops to make my southern Kilwa 28k army bigger a bit

4 June – Event – Natives not Assisting - We lose 846

1 Aug – Relations maxed with Austria at 110, I order a return

14 Aug – I dispatch it to make nice with Scandinavia

16 Sept – I order my 33k West African nation back to Kilwa

29 Sept- Event – Local Traders need Help – I spend 100

19 Dec – Troops built and now I have 31k

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Sixty-One - Preparing for the Next Kilwa War


2 Jan, 1683 – I order:

Weapons Manufactory for Copper in Berezov and Okhotsk
Mill for Gems in Surgut
Trade Station for Fur in As and Mangazea
Naval Equipment Manufactory for Fish in Ifni

That drops me to 2508 cash

2 Mar – Army Check – 280k out of 302k. I have 22k open

I am spending 138.48

To prepare for war against Somalia at 85k, I order another 31k army, this time in West Africa, and I order my other West African army to return to Egypt

Somalia’s Navy:

15 heavy
17 light
1 galley
26 transports

I can do that in my sleep, no need to upgrade there

Here’s my plan for Somalia – 3 93k armies in Egypt, 3 93K from Kilwa, 2 64k armies and 45k mercs from West African and Air, hopefully we’ll be able to squeeze them from three sides.

24 Mar – Borgu and Atakora cores done! They are not in a state

I make a state:

Atacora Oueme – 4 – Grain in Borgu; Slaves in Ketu; Tropical Wood in Atacora and Moshi

Missionaries dispatched there

14 May – Bedde is cored! I don’t state it since it’s pretty rough with all of that Grain – Missionary sent

1 June – Relations maxed with Transoxiana I pull my diplomat

Rebellion in Borgu

5 July – Borgu falls

11 Aug – We lose to the rebels

26 Nov – We defeat the rebels

23 Dec – Borgu ours again!

1 Jan, 1684 – I order:

Naval Equipment Manufactories for Fish in Tenerife, Sirt, Zuwarah
Farm Estate for Grain in Joma, Djerba, Qusatinah

That leaves me 2447 for emergencies

5 Feb – Event – Gift to the State – we get 1744

1 June – Quantity Idea #5 – Conscripted Garrisons – Garrison Size +25%

Nice for defending against a soon to be war against Somalia

12 June – West Africa Army finished I am now paying monthly for army maintenance 193.03. That’s a big increase in cash spent.

The Mamluks no longer exist

22 July – Zanzibar finished it’s Trade Station, next is a 28 month long conversion

1 Sept – Relations maxed with Scandinavia, next is making nice with Sale

11 Oct – Event – 11k rise up in Borgu or I get -10% Missionary there for 10 years, that’s where my western army is, so I choose the former

20 Oct – Defeated

1 Nov – I lose 35 claims from a previous Holy War

I’ll hold off until after the upcoming Kilwa war to declare it again with the new border

30 Dec – Malacca ruler dies, and so with it goes the Royal Marriage – we enter into another

1 Jan, 1685 - Naval Supplies in Tura

Peace up with Kilwa

I order in unclaimed states that are territories some forcelimit rising Conscription Centers that cost 420 each and then will increase by 2 each and then take a year to build. I have 7740 and my 15k mercs for south flank are ordered

Conscription Centers:

Beefada
Sierra Leone
Karou
Grain Coast
Ivory Coast
Tuat
Taudeni
Tadmekka
Azawad
Hodh
Tarrana

That leaves me 2990 cash for my war with Kilwa

I DOW Kilwa for the 4th War, this time for Manyika again. Hormuz joins

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Sixty-Two - The 4th Algiers/Kilwa War

I order my Navy to Zanzibar Strait

I order two armies and 15k mercs to Manyika on the south flank

On the northern flank I order my 33k, 31k and 7k into the minor of Zigua

16 Feb – Zigua falls

9 Apr – Minor captured, next is Kilwa

14 May – A general dies in Manyika

23 May - Kilwa falls! Their navy flees

8 June - We win a minor naval battle

7 July – Northern army captures a minor next in Ibo are 26k troops

19 July – Manyika falls!

1 Aug – Rebellion in Bedde I order my army over

6 Aug – We win in Ibo, their army survives

2 Sept – Two minors fall

2 Oct – A minor falls

26 Oct – Two minors fall

8 Nov – We win in Bedde

12 Nov – We rout the Kilwan army in Tumbuka

30 Nov – Three minors fall

9 Dec – Tumbuka falls!

28 Dec – Bedde converts!

10 Jan, 1686 – Three minors fall

24 Jan – A minor falls

7 Mar – Four more fall

23 Mar – Quelimane falls and that’s the last mainland holding of Kilwa! I have a warscore of 88, what can I net?

South Kilwa:

Manyika – Wartarget, South Kilwa – 4 score, 3 badboy

Tete – Northwest of Manyika, east of us – 6 warscore and 3 badboy

Sena – Northeast of Manyika, east of Tete – 9 warscore, 6 badboy

Lolo – North of Sena -5 warscore and 2 badboy

Lundu – Northwest of Sena, east of us, Lolo - 7 score, 5 badboy

I cannot get any others without annoying Kilwa like Quelimane


Central Kilwa:

Tumbuka – East of us, west coast of Lake Malawi – 6 warscore and 3 badboy

I cannot get Kolonga that connects it with Lundu and Lolo

North Kilwa:

Mzizma – Coastal, south of Bagamoyo, north of Kilwa’s capital – 4 warscore, 3 badboy

That’s everything I can get without dialing in a coalition with Kilwa:



Since the Mamluks are dead, no coalitions from anyone. I zoomed into my cash so you can see how much I am spending and making monthly. 24.2 badboy and 41 warscore.

I do the peace agreement. I spend ADM of 131 to core all seven. These are all pretty nice trade good and mostly low dev.

South Kilwa:

Manyika – Wartarget, South Kilwa – Star Fort, Trade Station for Ivory, I destroy the Star Fort it’s internal and not on the border, Shona people, Fetishist faith, 6 dev, Highlands, not tropical, makes 0.11

Tete – Northwest of Manyika, east of us – COT Emporium, 5 dev, Ivory Trade, Trade Station, Workshop, Savannah, tropical, Shona and Fetishist making us 0.32

Sena – Northeast of Manyika, east of Tete – Shona and Fetishist, 10 dev, Ivory Trade, Tropical Savannah, Conscription Center , Workshop and Trade Station making 0.91

Lolo – North of Sena - Just 3 dev, Ivory here too, Nyasa Fetishist, Tropical Savannah, Trade Station and Workshop, 0.50 made

Lundu – Northwest of Sena, east of us, Lolo – Textile Manufactory for the wealthy Cloth and Workshop, Tropical Savannah, Nyasa Fetishist, 8 dev making us 0.61


Central Kilwa:

Tumbuka – East of us, west coast of Lake Malawi – Throw In – Tropical Savannah, Gems, Mill and Workshop, 6 dev, Nyasa and Fetishist. Making .49


North Kilwa:

Mzizma – Coastal, south of Bagamoyo, north of Kilwa’s capital – Another throw in – Coastline, Tropical, Gems, Mill, Shipyard, 3 dev, Swahili Fetishist making us 0.30

Low dev but all 7 are worth at least 3.0 (Gems) and Cloth and Ivory are very wealthy, and with the built p infrastructure, even a 3 dev one is making that cash.

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Sixty-Three - The Old and the Infirm


23 Mar – I disband my 15k mercs

7k ordered to Nyatura

I’ll keep 3 armies here in Kilwa for our war with Somalia, and one will return to West Africa

I order 31k to Mzizma, Tumbuka and Sena

33k ordered to West Africa

I order Conscription Centers here:

Dongola
Ras Gareb
Qusayr
Azawagh
Baghena
Wagadu
Termes
Calabar
Upper Limpopo

That puts me at 2846

Somalia’s current allies – Indian Ocean - Mahra – one province don’t care
Aden – Arabia – 51k – my navy can stop them from crossing the strait and camp it
Malay Peninsula’s Kedah – Don’t care

Ideally I can take the three Red Sea provinces down to the strait of Tajura to stop the Turks from going around me into Africa

I order my navy to camp and heal up. We captured a Kilwan vessel we need to repair

30 April - Extra diplomat send to make nice with Delhi

I spend 50 MIL to claim Holy War

7 June – Event – Diplomatic Insult, I play nice and raise relations by 60 in many

23 July – I pull my Sale diplomat

I send it to Tetuaon

25 Aug – Event – I spend 10 prestige to make nice with clergy

22 Nov – Event – Rotten Boroughs - Majils seat swaps from Zimbabwe to Timbuktu and I lose a stability

I spend 159 ADM to raise it back

4 Dec – Zanzibar converts!

1 Jan, 1687 – I order:

Conscription Centers here:

Tekrur
Galam
Tagant
Brakna
Bangazi
Bardiya
As-Suways

That leaves us 3081 for emergencies

1 Feb – Quantity Idea #6 – The Old and the Infirm – We lose -5% maintained cost

1 May – Peace with Air is up, but I am waiting for my future war with Somalia, so I don’t want to build that up after rebuilding from Kilwa’s war

31 July – Atakora converts!

1 Sept – Tura – Siberia – The last one and our final colonial option. – South of Pelym – Surrounded by Muscovy, 3 dev, Mountains, Algerian Ibadi Naval Supplies make us 0.03, Naval Supplies

I order my 4k army back to east Siberia and then to head to the Indies

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Sixty-Four - Bonds and Tontines

1 Jan, 1688 – I order:

Conscriptions Centers here;

Halaib
Suakin
Kagyrgyn
Qasr Ibrim
Wadi Halfa
Bayuda
Soba
Berber

Workshop –

Tropical Wood – Taytay, Matsolo
Iron – Hemba, Stanovoy
Fur – Ude, Kirenga
Copper – Mpangu, Anziku

That leaves me 3016 for emergencies

11 Jan – My navy is healed, I send it to the Bab el Mandib

25 Mar – Cores done in Sena, Tete and Manyika

I send Missionaries to all three!!

I hand Zimbabwe another Majils Seat

1 April – With a 105 relations maxed with Delhi, I pull my diplomat

3 April – My 27k army lands on the Malay Peninsula next to Kedah

26 June – The other four cores are done in Kilwa! 16 month Missionary in Lolo ordered!

16 Aug – Somalia has built up their forces and now has 146k, I cannot do that.

I send the Malay Peninsula forces back

2 Jan, 1689 – New Tech!

ADMIN TECH 24 – Bonds and Tontines – I can build Counting Houses which are upgraded Workshops and then +250 Governing Capacity!

I order:

Counting Houses in these Clove Provinces –

Ambon, Ternate, Tidore, Buru. Ceram, Halmahera, Zanzibar

Gems – Sulu
Cloth – Tunis, Qahirah, Timbuktu
Dyes – Kano
Spices – Draa, Lehad Detu, Kolaka

That leaves me 2430 cash

I DOW Air for Logone, Dahomey joins

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Sixty-Five - The 4th Algiers/Air War

The 4th War Begins!

I order 31k into Abomey, Dahomey’s capital where 6k are

I order 22k to Logone where 10 are and 11 to the 3k Muniyo

19 Jan – We win in Logone and Abomey

24 Jan – We win in Muniyo

26 Feb - Logone and Muniyo fall, next is their capital

24 Mar - Abomey falls!

They won’t do a peace for it

31 Mar – General dies sieging Kotoko

10 April – Manyika converts! Next is Tumbuka for 12 months

16 May – I pull my diplomat at Tetuolan

I send one to make nice with Two Sicilies

1 June – Our level 3 ADM and DIP advisors both pass. I hire a level 3 ADM Inquisitor and a level 3 DIP Naval Reformer with 10% Naval Morale

4 June – Kotoko falls, we have every Air and Dahomey holding! What can I get without annoying Somalia?

Dahomey:

Abomey – Capital, surrounded by us, final province left – 47 warscore, 13 badboy, no one cares

Air:

Muniyo – Surrounded by us – 10 score, 6 badboy

Anything else annoys Somalia



57 warscore and 19.1 badboy.

I do it!

ADM is 58 for Abomey and 35 for Muniyo leaving me 18

Dahomey:

Abomey – Capital, surrounded by us, final province left – Get ready this is very built up - 30 dev, Tropical Savannah, Fon culture, Sunni faith, Slave Trade, they have built here Regimental Camp, Mosque, Workshop, Marketplace, has an open slot, makes 0.61 without a Manufactory which it has space for.

Air:

Muniyo – Surrounded by us – Arid Steppes, Farm Estate for Grain, Conscription Center, Kanuri and Sunni making us 0.07 with 9 dev.

Good stuff!

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Sixty-Six - The Archipelago Frigate


4 June - I order my armies out and to the captured territory

New Tech!!

DIP TECH 24 – The Archipelago Frigate - +2 trade efficiency, +20 naval engagement, I can build the Archipelago Frigate I order my navy back

24 June – I send out a diplomat to make nice with Aden

25 July – Tete converts! Next is 9 months in Mzizina

30 July – A general passes, I hire a replacement

26 Aug – Sena converts! Next is 13 months in Lundu

19 Sept – Lolo converted!

1 Nov – I lose 3 claims

1 Jan, 1690 – I order Counting Houses:

Spice – Zamboanga, Barito, Yamdena, Sampit
Cloth – Gao, Tilimsan, Oran
Tropical Wood – Taytay, Flores
Chinaware – East Timor
Iron – Air,
Grain – Dumyat, Sharqiya

That drops me to 2224 cash

1 Feb – Another Advisor passes, this time our MIL, I hire a level 3 Army Organizer who is Sunni and that increases our land forcelimit by 10%

23 Feb – Conversion in Tumbuka!

21 May – Mzizina converts too!

30 June – Event – Tea Imports – I doit and drop our national revolt risk

1 July – Right after being hired the ADM level 3 advisor Inquisitor dies I hire another level 3 ADM of the same trype

Rebellion in Lundu where my 31k are handing out

8 July – We win in Lundu

Conversion successful in Borgu!

26 Sept - Conversion also successful in Lundu

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Sixty-Seven - Two New States


1 Jan, 1691 – Quantity Idea #7 – Expanded Supply Trains – We get -10% Attrition army

For finishing we get +25% land force limit!

Our force limit is now 459, we have 315

I order Counting Houses Here:

Naval Supplies – Barguzin, Katapang,
Copper – Kanongesha
Ivory – Haayre,
Salt – Upemba, Azbin
Coffee -Belitung
Slaves – Shamba, Ndongo

1 April – Navy updated, I order it to protect Zanzibar trade

Our relations with Two Sicilies maxed, I’ll pull it

I send it to make nice with Korea

1 June – Our heir gains the trait: “Kind-Hearted”

7 June – Cores done in Abomey and Muniyo

I order Missionaries to both.

I state-ify:

Lower Zambezi – 3 – Southern Kilwa – All Ivory – Tete, Sena, Zumbo

Shire - 2 of 3 – Ivory in Lolo, Cloth in Lundu

I Majils Seat Gao

1 July – Relations maxed with Aden, dip pulled

13 July – Bengal no longer rivals us

1 Aug- I send my Aden dip to make nice with the Commonwealth!

1 Jan, 1692 – I order Counting Houses:

Spice – Sangkilruing, Lombok, Gorontalo
Ivory – Ishindi, Kong
Sugar – Dina Arobi, Dina Morgabin, Sus
Dyes – Rano, Biram
Cloth – Mers el Kabir
Iron – Rukwa, Nkoma, Nduga, Luba

1 Feb – Our Majils policy finished, next why not try Reduce Trade Regulations again?

It passes!

17 July – Event – We get +50 in all powers

22 Sept- Event – I lose 10 prestige rather than 50 Adm

1 Dec – Muniyo converts!

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Sixty-Eight - Light Cavalry


1 Jan, 1693 – I order Counting Houses here:

Ivory – Manyika, Yola
Fish – Sambulitung,
Grain – Joma, Al Gharbia
Naval Supplies – Mahe, Sao Tome
Slaves – Shinje, Warri, Bemba
Gems – Natal, Okhotsk
Cloth – Tripoli

1 Mar – Relations maxed with both Korea and Commonwealth, pulled back

19 Mar – Commonwealth diplomat makes nice with Bengal

1 Jan, 1694 – Quiet year!

Somalia have taken Air’s captial in peace

I order Counting Houses here:

Salt - Gogo
Livestock - Mzab, Tajarhi, Kusu
Slaves - Mtetwa, Djado, Ouargla
Fish – Kala
Sugar – Minya, Susa
Grain – Gharb

23 Mar – New Tech!!!

MIL TECH 23 Light Cavalry – Lots of stuff!+0.25 tactics, +50% maneuver, +1 cavalry shock, better cavalry called “Ali Bey Reformed Cavalry” and new infantry called “Reformed Muslim Musketeers”

I upgrade my stuff

1 April – I cannot rival Somalia anymore, my new rival is Deccan

1 June – I send a Diplomat to make nice with Dai Viet

Our 4k Siberia army joins my 27k Borneo army and then I combine them and order 4 more transports here in the Indies.

29 Sept – Abomey converts!

25 Oct- I replace a dead general

11 Nov – 250 Year Review

[Abe Sargent]

Let’s start with MAPS!


North Africa:



That’s now pretty boring map. We have all of North Africa ours save for three Portuguese holdings. We also have all of West Africa now save for one random French colony. And we have all of Egypt down to Somalia.


South Africa:



This is also pretty boring I have everything in the Kongo Region, and all colonies save for one French and two Spanish. You can see how much my 4 wars with Kilwa have turned them into a rump state with Madagascar.

South America:




Our first place colonially in Brazil, you can see New Granada in north, and then several nations around us. This is fully occupied. You can also see my financial situation.

North America:




This is all mostly undiscovered by us internally, but you can see only Spain and Portugal colors here save for us in Alaska.

Indies:




We have most, and then you can see Spain and Portugal in the Philippines. We have most of that as well as Papua, Borneo, Sulawesi, and more. You can also see how much our ally Malacca has expanded here without worrying about European intervention.

How about Siberia and Asia:



You can see every Siberian province was taken by us. Pretty low dev, but all at least 3.0 trade good value, and with all of that rich Copper, Fur, and Iron this is very valuable trade goods.

We’ll finish with Europe:



Nice! France is in England and Italy, Spain is northern Italy, Austria still controls the lowlands. Scandinavia has formed.

Nice!!

[Abe Sargent]

Ledger:

Army – We have 315,000 troops. That is 4th after the Ottomans at 708k and just behind Commonwealth at 3rd with 326k

Navy – We have:

54 heavies
47 lights
27 galleys
75 transports

For a total of 203, which is 2nd most and just behind the 210 of the Ottomans

Techs – We have 24/24/23 for a total of 71. The most is 71!

Ideas – We have all completed and a total of 42 tied for the most with many

Income – At 791.40 we have the most by hundreds of cash. 2nd most is Ottomans at 608 and then 3rd is Spain’s 421.59

Development – With 3095 we are in front. The Turks are 2nd with 2567

Max Manpower – With 246k we are 2nd behind the Turks at 294k

There are 12 Empires

Religions – Ibadi - Pate is gone taken by Mombasa, one of my future wars. We have 6 nations and a massive 505 Ibadi holdings. There are more Ibadi than all Sunni in the world, and only Catholic has more.

Since I have so many provinces, let’s swap my three Top 10s to Top 15s

Top 15 Holdings by Tax Revenue:

1. Qahirah, 38.08
2. Tunis, 35.70
3. Gao, 26.15
4. Kano, 24.60
5. Timbuktu, 23.80
6. Cape, 21.42
7. Sambaliung, 19.62
8. Mpemba, 19.04
9. Al Gharbia, 18.72
10. Oran, 18.72
11. Katsina, 17.55
12. Jenne, 16.65
13. Sharqiyah, 16.64
14. Joma, 15.75
15. Mers el Kabir, 15.25

Top 15 Holdings by Any Production Revenue:

1. Pontianak, 92.80, Gold
2. Sofala, 81.20, Gold
3. Tidore, 76.36. Cloves
4. Ternate, 76.36, Cloves
5. Ambon, 76.6, Cloves
6. Bure, 69.60, Gold
7. Bambuk, 69.60, Gold
8. Ceram, 61.24, Cloves
9. Buru, 61.24, Cloves
10. Zanzibar, 55.65, Cloves
11. Halmahera, 53.58, Cloves
12. Sulu, 51.87, Gems
13. Qahirah, 47.61, Cloth
14. Tafilalt, 46.40, Gold
15. Zamboanga, 45.84, Spices

Only three aren’t Gold or Cloves in that list!

Top 15 Non-Gold, Non-Clove Holdings by Production Revenue:

1. Sulu, 51.87, Gems
2. Qahirah, 47.61, Cloth
3. Zamboanga, 45.84, Spices
4. Kano, 44.90, Dyes
5. Tunis, 44.63, Cloth
6. Timbuktu, 43.46, Cloth
7. Draa, 40.10, Spices
8. Jenne, 40.05, Cloth
9. Gao, 37.47, Cloth
10. Kolaka, 37.22, Spices
11. Lehad Datu, 36.22, Spices
12. Tilimsan, 35.42, Cloth
13. Yamdena, 33.08, Spices
14. Barito, 32.78, Spices
15. Sharqiya, 32.08, Grain

And there we are, mostly Cloth and Spices,

We have 436 holdings

Charts:

Religion:

Ibadi, 99.7%
Hindu, .3%

Culture more than 3%:

Algerian, 21.7%’
Berber, 5.2%
Bornean, 8.4%
Egyptian, 6.2%
Hausa, 2.9%
Kanuri, 3.6%
Kongolese, 3.7%
Moroccan, 5.4%
Tunisian, 5.4%

Top Ten Trade Nodes by Total Traded:

1. Sevilla, 206.60
2. Caribbean
3. English Channel
4. Malacca
5. Constantinople
6. Bengal
7. Lubeck
8. Aden
9. Champagne
10. Persia, 76.10


Ours:

Timbuktu – 42.61
Alexandra - 22.92
Katsina – 21.62
Zambezi – 17.51
Safi – 16.24
Siberia – 15.53
Kongo – 15.49
Great Lakes – 15.06
Tunis – 14.29
Cape – 7.53


Our Colonies:

Brazil – 54.87
La Plata – 29.20


Trade Goods by Current Value:

8.0 - Cloves
5.4 – Cocoa
5.0 – Dyes
4.5 – Spices, Tobacco, Chinaware, Iron
4.05 – Cloth
4.0 – Ivory, Silk
3.75 – Sugar
3.50 – Paper, Fur
3.45 – Copper
3.30 – Salt, Coffee
3.12 – Wine
3.0 – Gems, Incense, Tropical Wood, Slaves, Cotton, Tea, Naval Supplies
2.70 – Livestock
2.25 – Wool
2.0 – Fish, Grain

We have tons of the high quality stuff.

We are the production leader in:

Cloves – 100%
Slaves – 52.5%
Ivory – 45%
Spices – 31.3%
Gems – 21.2%
Dyes – 19.8%
Tropical Wood – 17.6%

We are leading in tons of good high quality things like Ivory, Cloves and Spices and Dyes

We are trade leader with at least 20% of trade in:

Ivory – 21%
Slaves – 21%


We are also leading in Sugar, but less than 20% so no boosts

No coalitions against us

The Great Powers:

1. Spain
2. Algeria, Ibadi
3. Ottomans, Sunni
4. France
5. Commonwealth
6. Bengal, Sunni
7. Deccan, Shia
8. Austria

That’s four Christian and four Muslim powers in the Great Eight. Very balanced!

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Sixty-Nine - Getting Ready for War 5


11 Nov, 1694 – I order my 33k troops from West Africa to North Kilwa border

I order these built:

31k troops in West Africa
And Egypt

I order these ships for my fleet:

5 large ships in South Africa
6 light ships there

I have around 152.21 military maint and 63.77 naval and I am making 373.10 monthly in net after costs, so I have the money

8 Dec – I grant military Access to Austria at war with Spain and their colonies

4 Jan, 1695 – This year the Kilwa peace treaty comes up, so I won’t buy anything

I hire 15k in the south flank in Nsenga so they will be ready for war when this arrives, Kilwa has 41k in Lindi

18 Jan – Mercs here

1 April – Relations with Bengal at 122 I pull the diplomat back

1 June – Peace up with Kilwa!

Maxed relations with Dai Viet at 67 I pull

26 June – I Replace a dead general

7 Aug – I send my Dai Viet diplomat to make nice with Wu

1 Oct – My 33k army is in place!

I DOW Kilwa for the 5th war for their Iron mining province in the south flank called Kalonga