Talk Elections

SEE THIS POST: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=103686.msg2522206#msg2522206

This is the successor to my un-united states game that never got off the ground. If you are interested, please sign up here. Note: the game will be played on a map of Europe.

Note that I am also trying to gain players on another forum I post at. If I get players from both I will ask for e-mail addresses to be PMed to me so that everyone can contact one another.

ay, i do this

Yea.

Aye. As long as I can have Scotland ;D

First 4 playable nations:

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Note that like my other game, I will assign based on preferences, not first-come-first-serve.

Remember there are folks from another forum who are also applying to play as well, I will share preference lists between the two as this progresses.


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Other playable nations include Hungary (1914 borders) and Poland (1772)

Germany will be a federation, and include all Germans, as well as Bohemia.

Preview finished map of Europe. Note, areas outside europe will be open... but its complicated. You'll all see in due time :)


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I want Breizh.

I can't see the map :( Is my own little land avaliable? :P

Yes. Breizh also includes Cymru, Kernow, and part of Ulster.

Dibs on Scotland then :) And Ulster...I might want Ulster ;)

jk

Um, you mean you want Wales?

Wales includes Cornwall, most of Ulster, Strathclyde, and Brittany

Scotland, and Ireland are independent. Northern England is owned by Denmark, and southern England by Normandy.

Also, remember that you need to apply with a preference list.

I'm going to make a rule that in order to be accepted, a preference list must include at least 5 nations.

I'd also ask (but not require) people hold off from picking nations for the next 16 hours, as I will finish the real map (what you see is just a preview map) which is almost done but is getting prettified. The real map will come with nation names, histories, and all that fun stuff.

Partial Nations List

Note that many of the names of countries below are not final, and some are just placeholder names.

Notes on AMSTAR
AMSTAR, or the "Alliance of Monarchies, STates, And Republics" is a multi-national organization. It is also a defensive pact, if one member is attacked by a non member, all members must rush to his defense. A majority of the nations in the world are in AMSTAR; the remainder have set up their own alliance. The net result is that there are some borders that can never change. Arabia, for example, is not in AMSTAR, and it is therefore impossible for any nation in AMSTAR to attack it, or for it to attack any nation in AMSTAR. The border with Arabia, therefore, will never change. Nations like China are not in AMSTAR; and most of Africa and South America are also off limits. Nations within AMSTAR are free to kill one another, however. The "objective" of the game is to gain control over AMSTAR itself, either militarily, economically, diplomatically, culturally, or technologically.

Notes on Demographics:
Islam has never spread in this world beyond Arabia. The main religious division, at this time, is east-west within Christianity. There is a Western, Roman church, headed by the Arch-Bishop of Rome (The Pope) and an Eastern, Jerusalem based church, headed by the Arch-Bishop of Jerusalem (The Pope). The two Popes do not like each other very much. The dividing line is Hungary and Poland, with both of them being eastern, while Germany and Venice are Western.

MNBP - May Not Be Playable

Portugal
Tours-Poitiers - MNBP
Orleans - MNBP
Limoges-Vichy - MNBP
Lorraine - MNBP
Geneva-Dijon - MNBP
Sweden - MNBP
Venice - MNBP
Milan - MNBP
Tuscany - MNBP
The Papal State (Rome) - Roman Catholic - MNBP
The Papal State (Jerusalem) - Eastern Orthodox - MNBP
Iraq - MNBP
Kurdistan
Turkey
Ireland - MNBP
Scotland
Castile
Ukraine
Kazan - MNBP
Naples (the Two Sicilies)

Berbery. This nation includes Morocco, Algeria, and the southern part of Spain. They are ethnically Berber and Roman Catholic. The part of Berbery in Spain, however, has a majority Iberian population, but a very strong minority (over 1/3rd) of them are Berber, as they've settled here over the centuries.

Egypt. Ethnically Egyptian, this nation also includes Libya. They follow the Eastern church. Egypt and Berbery do not get along very well.

Tunisia. - MNBP. This nation was set up by AMSTAR due to endless fights between Egypt and Berbery. Its population is half Berber and half Egyptian. Over time it has grown to become a home for 'misfits' from both nations, religiously. The population is 30% Western (Roman) Berber, but 20% Eastern Berber. 30% Eastern Egyptian, and 20% Western Egyptian. This strange mix of east and west is found only here, and citizens of this buffer state have grown to love their brand of Liberalism.

Troika or The Triumvirate. - This is a union of three crowns, Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Georgia. Three kings rule the nation, and have done so for centuries. This united front has allowed this nation to expand beyond the greatest dreams of any individual member state.

The Khanate - This nation occupies the lower Volga basin, it is a Khanate ruled by a Khan. Demographically it is a hodgepodge of different ethnicities including Russian, Tartar, Ukrainian and even Persian. Religiously, it has a majority Eastern population, but a minority Buddhists, the only place within AMSTAR to have members of this sect.

Muscowy - This small republic occupies much of the land around Moscow. Not much to see here, this nation is often overlooked and ignored.

Finland - The Empire of Finland is ruled by a Keisari (think Tzar) It extends into northern Asia, and has within it a large portion of Siberia. It's population is an odd mix, due to it's lack of a significant European population base. Siberians make up a large portion of the population, and Fins, though a plurality, are not a majority thanks to the presence of Russians and Tartars.

Hungary - Not much of a story here. Hungary, despite its appearance, is one of the great powers of Europe. Sandwiched between the largest empires of AMSTAR, the Hungarians have become diplomatic wizards. They are a peaceful nation that excels at trade and diplomacy.

Poland - Also not much of a story. Poland, like Hungary, is a power known for something beyond it's military. Both Poland and Hungary, though Eastern, act as a buffer between West and East.

The Greek Empire - One of the superpowers of ASMTAR. The Greeks suffer severe stagnation at all levels, but are not in decline. Greece seems 'stuck' in it's old ways. Ethnically, Greece is uniformly Greek, partly thanks to the failure to arrive of Yugoslavs, Rumanians, and the like. There is a small Albanian community that over time has spread itself out over almost the entire nation. While they make up 10% of the population, it is extremely rare to find anyone with any power of money who is Albanian; this is a political issue for them.

Denmark - The Danish have been able to use colonization to spread their power. Denmark is one of the great Colonial powers. The base of Denmark, including Jutland and Norway, is demographically uniform and Western. Denmark also has it's own 'European Colony" in that it controls northern England.

Normandy - Another colonial power with a "European Colony" in England, this time Southern england.

Wales - The greatest independent power in the British Isles is Celtic, Wales has expanded into Cornwall, Strathclyde, Ulster, and Brittany. Despite the geographical diversity, all areas view themselves as sharing a common ethnicity and culture, with the only debate being weather to call themselves "Celtic" or "Welsh"

Occitania - One of the most advanced and civilized nations in the modern world, Occitania is an ethnically uniform nation that has strong colonial holdings. Occitania has the distinction of having been democratic, continuously, for longer than any other nation on earth.

Germany - Germany plays a central role in just about everything. The headquarters for AMSTAR are located in Weimar, a city within Germany. Germany might at first appear to be overwhelmingly strong, but the nation suffers from a de-centralized confederal government where provinces demand great power. The biggest struggle at this time is getting all of the provinces in line so that the natural wealth of Germany; Population, Economic, Military, can be focused enough to begin to truly dominate all of AMSTAR.

I want to play! My is:

The Greek Empire
 Egypt
Germany

1. Occitania
2. Normandy

1. Wales
2. Occitania
3. Germany

I would really, really want Wales.

U - US Election Atlas
A - Atlernate History


8:00am U - Hashemite - Wales, Occitania, Germany, blank, blank
8:16am U - afleitch - Scotland, blank, blank, blank, blank
5:43pm U - Devilman88 - Greece, Egypt, Germany, blank, blank
7:07pm U - NiK - Occitania, Normandy, blank, blank, blank
10:45pm A - rubyug - Germany Occintia Denmark Greece Poland
10:55pm A - Yelnoc - Germany, Occitania, Denmark, Egypt, Berbery

Please remember to submit at least 5 preferences.

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This is a preview of the real map, zoomed out quite a bit.

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There will be maps of India and North America. There will not be a separate map for Siberia.

My other two: Finland, Occitania

Population Estimates (may change)


Portugal - 6M
Tours-Poitiers - 4M
Orleans - 4M
Limoges-Vichy - 4M
Lorraine - 4M
Geneva-Dijon - 5M
Sweden - 5M
Venice - 8M
Milan - 8M
Tuscany - 3M
The Papal State (Rome) - 5M
The Papal State (Jerusalem) - 5M
Iraq - 3M
Kurdistan - 7M
Turkey - 10M
Ireland - 4M
Scotland - 4M
Castile - 15M
Ukraine - 15M
Kazan - 15M
Naples (the Two Sicilies) - 10M (half on the minland)
Berbery - 15M (12 in n.af, 3 in spain)
Egypt - 15M
Tunisia - 2M
Troika - 15M
Khan - 15M
Muscowy - 15M
Finland - 25M (15 in europe, 10 in asia)
Hungary - 20M
Poland - 40M
Denmark - 25M (10 in Den/Nor, 15 in England)
Normandy - 25M (10 in Fra, 15 in England)
Greece - 50M (10 in asia)
Wales - 12M (5 in wal, 2 in Ulst, 1 in Strath, 2 in Corn, 4 in Brit)
Occitania - 40M
Germany - 100M
Persia and India - 120M (20m persians...)
Total in North America - 5M

AMSTAR - 683 million people.


Africa - 150M (Mostly colonized by china)
China - 250M
Asian Colonies of China - 95M
Americas - 50M (United under one native empire, allied to China)
Arabia - 5M

NON AMSTAR - 550M


POPULATION OF EARTH - 1.23 Billion


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More will be posted on this later, but in short, technology levels are between 1914-1945, with some technologies being very developed (Rocketry) and others being very under-developed (Aircraft)

Also, note that resources on this 'earth' are not always going to be in the same place as they are in the real world. One example is Oil, there is a large pocket of oil in western Europe, somewhere, if you can find it ;) In general, however, things are found where they are in the real world. This was done to re balance the game due to certain resources not being available in certain areas, and to prevent me from having to research, for example, exact Iron Ore output levels for each province of each European country in each year from 1914-1945.

Level of Techs...

Most everything is at 1945 level technology, with the following exceptions:

Tanks - 1925
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanks_(1919%E2%80%931939)

Aircraft - 1914
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_in_World_War_I

These two specifically will result in wars that are far more "WW1like" than "WW2like"

I may add other things to this list with time.

Also note that nations, just as in real life have different levels of technology. Just because Occitania can build 1914 style aircraft does not mean that Kazan can. Finland, in particular, has rockets that she can fire, they are not very accurate and hence are best used for exploding cities; no other nation has developed the technology to match this however, but some (Poland, Hungary, Germany, Occitania, Greece) are close. Turkey has some of the most advanced tanks in the world, but they have a specialized military that focuses on defense; this is one reason that Greece has not 'just annexed them by now'.


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Persia -
Persia is a special case.
Persia has colonized India. Without Islam, Persia is not Muslim. Persia, rather, has it's own brand of Christianity that is similar to the Eastern system. India is 100% Hindu. Within Persia (and Persia includes all of the Indian subcontinent) there are 120 million people. The problem? only 20 million of them are Persian.
Persia has not treated it's Indian citizens the best. For decades they were used and abused as slaves. This resulted in them being moves, sometimes forcefully, into the land we today call Iran. "Iran" itself is almost half Indian, with more in the eastern part and less in the western part.
There are a number of Tartars and Turks in central asia, but there are also millions of Indians here. India, of course, is full of Indians, but is run by a small minority of Persians.
India has decided enough is enough and has started to rebel. Unlike when India did this to Britain, there is no 'pulling out'. All of Persia, including the 'Iran' homeland, is looked at as part of "India". Persia is therefore fighting for it's survival. What's holding it together? The disorganization of the opposition. There is no single "Indian Government" opposing them, but rather many 'princes' each fighting in their own local area. The down side of this is that other nations in AMSTAR have used this chaos to set up their own 'colonies' in India. The situation is chaotic at the moment.

The world outside AMSTAR
China has become the single greatest nation outside of AMSTAR. Their hold over the rest of the world is not something that we would necessarily recognize today. China has spread its culture, belief system, and values to all corners of the globe. They have effective control over all of Asia, and Africa as well, despite the fact that they have no "Colonies" in the area. Rather, they treat their new allies as equals, whom only need to be thought how to "Think Chinese" to be successful. The only other truly large empire out there is a native american empire centered in the Aztec area. They too, however, also bow towards China.
With its amazing resources, China is the only source for trade outside AMSTAR. China has everything that anyone could ever need, and is quite willing to sell them for a price; a very high price. Nations in AMSTAR that cannot find all the resources they require do not need to let their citizens go without, rather they can purchase the good from China. These goods are always set at a 'maximum' price, and there is little trade without such emergency situations. China will also buy goods at a very cheap 'minimum' price.

Arabia
The only truly independent country outside AMASTAR, Arabia is mostly a mystery. The border between AMSTAR and Arabia is made up of a series of large Berms (A large wall that is a sand hill) stretching from coast to coast. What is known is that in general, no one ever comes out of Arabia, and those who have gone in have quite often never been heard from again. Limited reconnaissance from the air has confirmed what little we do know. The Arabs are a very peaceful people with one another, but will kill outsiders on sight. They live without material wealth, and spend most of their time praying towards their belief in God. After signs that Arabs were becoming aggravated by incursions from aircraft, AMSTAR issued it's strongest law yet; that any nation sending any person or thing into Arabia is to be removed from AMSTAR itself. This is an effective death sentence for nations, and no nation; or more specifically, the public of no nation is willing to accept this.

Turkey
Perhaps one of the more unique bi-lateral relations is between Turkey and Greece. Turkey is much smaller, and nearly surrounded by Greece, but the Greeks have failed to annex them. The turks are masters of defense, and have a military that is rumored to be unbeatable in a defensive battle. Despite this strength, the Turks have also proven incompetent at offensive strategy. This has lead to a situation where both Greece and Turkey, while remaining on bad terms, have accepted on another's existence.

France and Italy
10 small nations exist in France and Italy. These are some of the smallest and weakest nations in all of AMSTAR. None of them is particularly noteworthy for any real reason, and most of them are 'left alone'

England
England is a region of the British Isles. It is split between Denmark and Normandy. Despite the control that both have over the area, the majority of citizens identify as 'English'. England is often called the only European Colony. Generally accepting of outside events and the outside world, there have been rumblings of discontent within the English, and there are many who wish to have their own nation.

Egypt
One of the most notable features of Egypt is the Suez Canal. Egypt controls this waterway has been known to close it to vessels from certain nations, if not all nations. Egypt charges a toll for passage, and this generates income for them. With increasing difficulties in India, more and more nations are requesting passage through this waterway.



So, which nations are the real powers of this world?

Germany and Greece are known as the top two.
Persia, Finland and Occitania are most often in the next tier.
Poland, Hungary, Egypt, and Berbery round out the top 9.
Normandy, Denmark, Wales, Troika, and even Naples are sometimes looked at as influential nations.
Castile, Portugal, Ireland, and Scotland also make lists often as they all have a colonial presence.

I recommend you pick one of these 18 nations.

1. Turkey
2. Persia
3. Muscowy
4. Tours-Poitiers
5. Denmark

Hungary
Germany
Troika
Greece
Finland

Is that a Northumbria I see or a Danelaw? Either way, I would be interested...

Danelaw

Ah. Is it part of some sort of Greater Scandinavia or independent?

Oops.

Forgot preferences:

Scotland
Hungary
Lorraine

CLICK HERE FOR FULL MAP
http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/pellaken/?action=view&current=map01.png
OR SEE HERE:

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It is part of Denmark, which also owns Norway

surprise!
NATION ASSIGNMENTS!
I've decided to do this now to encourage others to get in, with the hope that I'll do this again in a week or two.

U - Hash - Wales
U - Afleitch - Scotland
U - Devilman - Greece
U - Nik - Normandy
A - rubyug - Germany
A - Yelnoc - Occitania
U - PiT - Persia (Sure you are up for it? I recommend another nation)
U - Xahar - Hungary
U - Fydor - Denmark (If you want it)
A - Patukov - Troika

I've decided to force people to pick one of the top nations. Therefore, free nations are...

Poland, Egypt, Berbery, Naples, Castile, Portugal, Ireland

Yes, I'll take Denmark.

Are them the countries that are left?

Heh, turns out that is the proper way to spell it. Just for that, your granted that nation straight way! :D



U - Hash - Wales
U - Afleitch - Scotland
U - Devilman - Greece
U - Nik - Normandy
A - rubyug - Germany
A - Yelnoc - Occitania
U - PiT - Persia (Sure you are up for it? I recommend another nation)
U - Xahar - Hungary
U - Fydor - Denmark
A - Patukov - Troika
A - AaronH - Barbary

The nations that are "left" are as follows, please pick one of these:

Poland, Egypt, Naples, Castile, Portugal, Ireland


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If the current nations fill up, or we get enough, I will open up ONE of the following Russian nations:

Kazan
Muscowy
Ukraine
The Khanate

as well as ONE of the following French nations:
Orleans
Limousin
Geneva
Bourgogne
Anjou

as well as ONE of the following Italian nations:
Milan
Venice
Tuscany
Rome, The Papal State (with pre-conditions attached)

as well as ONE of the following Eastern nations:
Iraq
Kurdistan
Turkey
Jerusalem, The Papal State (with pre-conditions attached)


With the idea being that you could become the dominant force in the area by beating up on the others in your 'nation'.

I'd rather fill the big guns first, especially because they have colonies as you will see in my next post.

MAP OF THE COLONIES

http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/pellaken/?action=view&current=americaamstar.png

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     I have a strong preference for oddball countries, so Persia is fine. I may not have a great shot at winning with Persia, but it should be an interesting experience. ;D

The colony map has been updated (a few places shifted around) hit reload to see it properly.

A list:

Newfoundland, Labrador, Part of Quebec - Finland
Quebec - Normandy
Prince Edward Island - The East*
Nova Scotia - Scotland
New Brunswick - Ireland
Maine - Greece (see note)
New Hampshire - Lorraine, province of Germany
Mass - Greece
Rhode Island - France*
Conn - Poland
NY - Denmark
Penn - Wales
NJ - Hungary
Del - Italy*
Maryland - Holland, province of Germany
Virginia - Occitania
NC - Castile
SC - Portugal
Georgia - Egypt
Florida - Barbary


Maine is becoming a beacon for Albanians

The East, France, and Italy. Each of these regions has a number of separate countries. Profits (or losses) from the colonies are shared amongst these nations (even when at war) Should the areas become united under one country (of its members) that country will take over that colony.

I'll take Egypt.

U - Hash - Wales
U - Afleitch - Scotland
U - Devilman - Greece
U - Nik - Normandy
A - rubyug - Germany
A - Yelnoc - Occitania
U - PiT - Persia
U - Xahar - Hungary
U - Fydor - Denmark
A - Patukov - Troika
A - AaronH - Barbary
A - Hello_Viafra - Poland
U - Vepres - Egypt

Open:
Naples, Castile, Portugal, Ireland

Demographics. Religion and Ethnic map. Grey areas have mixed ethnicity.

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Notes on Ethnicity.

Ruling over areas with the same ethnicity as your government will result in more productivity in those areas. Therefore, you want your ethnicity to be in your nation.

There are many subgroups of each ethnicity. Slavic, for example, has Polish, Ukrainian, Russian, etc.

You can also spend efforts to convince people from one ethnic group that they are really part of another group. This is happening/has happened to a degree in Bohemia, where the German government has been able to convince a large number of Bohemian Slavs that they are, in fact, Bohemian Germans. This is dangerous since they can be easily 'converted back' and if this happens it will be nearly impossible to re-convert them again.

Occitanian is close enough to either French, Italian, or Spanish that it can claim to be part of one of these groups. This is a claim that the government can make at some point, but note that once it is made, you are stuck with it.

Like above, English is close enough to Celtic, Nordic, German, and French that an English nation (there are currently none) could claim to be part of one of these groups.

Albanian, also, is close enough to Greek, Italian, Hungarian, Turkish, and Persian.

For the latter two, this closeness, coupled with conversions, can be used for purposes of war. An example would be Turkey claiming all Albanians are really Turks, and using that as a cause for war with Greece. Weather or not the Albanians agree is another story.

Map Update!

In addition to Cities, now you also have Villages/Forts. They are like Cities but weaker. Many of them are resource centers (IE this is where your resources come from) and therefore they should be well defended. Since they are not "Cities" they are certain things they cannot do, but this also brings certain benefits. See more later.

http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/pellaken/?action=view&current=map01-1.png

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Military, the basics, (at least for now)


Unit Types and Weapons:

Land:
Tanks
Light Tanks
Cavalry
Artillery
Infantry

Sea:
Battleship
Cruiser
Destroyer
Submarine

Air:
Scout Aircraft
Hot Air Balloon

Weapons:
Land Mines
Rockets

Other:
Fortifications


Not all nations can built all units. More on this later.

Cool ideas! Just make sure that you don't put so much into the game that it becomes confusing.

Also
It has come to my attention that [COLOR="Red"]We need a Finland[/COLOR] since we don't already have one.

Also
[COLOR="red"]I changed the map[/COLOR]
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Now also playable is the "South German Federation"

Also, a rail map, showing railroads and ferry routes. More on this later (it is important with regards to trade)

http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/pellaken/?action=view&current=map02.png
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Just a note, you don't put quotes around the color in the BBCode.

I'm posting this to two forums, so I try to make each post identical

Also, I changed the map again.
Switzerland is now a country
"South Germany" has been turned into the joint crown of Austria-Bavaria
Neither are playable at this time (If we get more players, we can add more)

Switzerland is the weakest federation yet, each canton is like a country onto itself

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Will we -- be able to go to war?

Of course! That's half the game :D

We do you plan to have the game playable?

It will take some time

Ok, no rush, I was just wondering.

Also, a map with city names.

http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/pellaken/?action=view&current=map03.png
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Player List

U - Hash - Wales
U - Afleitch - Scotland*
U - Devilman - Greece
U - Nik - Normandy
A - rubyug - Prussia
A - Yelnoc - Occitania
U - PiT - Persia
U - Xahar - Hungary
U - Fydor - Denmark
A - Patukov - Troika**
A - AaronH - Barbary
A - Hello_Viafra - Poland
U - Vepres - Egypt

* I will be asking, but not requiring Afleitch to switch nations, offering him Austria-Bavaria, which is now a playable nation.

Also, I'm going to reduce the number of currently playable nations to 1, Finland. Any other applicants will be put on a "waiting list" as I fully expect to lose players between now and the time the game starts, so having the big nations have people waiting to take them will help, big time.

** Troika is no longer a playable nation. Patukov applied for Muscowy as #1, but it was not playable. I am willing to offer it to him, however, I want to note that Finland plays the role of 'Russia' in many ways, and I'd ask but not require Patukov to take Finland.

Both these people will get PMs shortly.

When will you update the population stats for Germany?

LOL, tonight :P

KK. Cool. What else is left before the final game is up?

each city needs a population
    cities have consumption, production
    factories, resoruces
    then I need to develop the entire military system
    political systems
    India

thats just for starters

I demand Celtic names for my cities.

No such language :P

You are free to rename your cities to anything within reason. You can name a city, for example, stalingrad (or Hashemgrad) but don't go around naming them things like pen*s. AMSTAR still has the final say, and I get to play AMSTAR :P

Historically and linguistically true name will always be accepted, but I ask that you use the latin alphabet.

I demand Hungarian names for mine.

Rijeka→Fiume
Zagreb→Zágráb
Papa→Pápa
Pressburg→Pozsony
Budapest is correct
Szolnok is correct
Timisoara→Temesvár
Novi Sad→Újvidék
Kosice→Kassa
Cluj-Napoca→Kolozsvár
Brasov→Brassó

How ought I to feel that I didn't have to look many of these up?

Hashemite's Celtic names:

Derry→Doire
Belfast→Beál Feirste
Barregarrow→Bayr Garroo
Carlisle→Cathair Luail
Bangor is correct
Aberystwyth is correct
Swansea→Abertawe
Plymouth→Aberplymm
Penzance→Pensans
Brest is correct
Saint-Malo→Sant-Maloù
Rennes→Roazhon
Saint-Nazaire→Sant-Nazer

It would be very nice if someone could standardize the orthography, but I don't suppose anyone here has that knowledge.

I will update the map. Eventually.

what countries are left?

Finland

oK, I TAKE Finland

Done

Finnish names, because, you know, why the hell not?

Reykjavik→Reykjavík
Neskaupstaour→Neskaupstaður
Staour→Staður
Alta→Alattio
Murmansk→Muurmanski
Pello is correct
Oulu is correct
Jomala is correct
Turku is correct
Helsinki is correct
Tallinn→Tallinna
Kuldiga→Kuldīga
Riga→Riika
Pskov→Pihkova
St. Petersburg→Pietari
Novgorod is correct
Pestovo is correct
Petrozavosk→Petroskoi
Arkhangelsk→Arkangeli
Kotlas is correct
Vologda is correct
Perm is correct
Ufa is correct

I rename a city

Pello→Jello

Each city will have a population, listed in hundreds of thousands.

Factories will not reflect population with regards to output, but will reflect themselves.

There is a distance range, within which, you can do things instantly. This just-in-time industry can be valuable. If, for example, you have an Iron Factory in the same city as a Weapons Factory, in the same city as an Airplane Manufacturing plant, you can use this to your advantage. If the source of the Iron is within range, then in a single turn you can turn not-yet-mined Ore into Fighter Planes. Railroads increase this distance greatly, and hence, are useful for industry.

Anything that is not processed within a turn is stored in your National Store. Using this National Store you can collect Iron on one end of your world-stretching empire, and use it the next turn on the other end.

"Materials" are the basics of life, things needed for peaceful economic development and consumption. This will be a single trade product.

You cannot use money directly in trade, rather, you can use "Trade Credits". You cannot voluntarily buy or sell these, however in the event of shortages, they can be converted in certain ways.

The population of cities includes the population of the land around it

All the above city change proposals are approved

yay

Still working on the game, just on a very slight break due to life sucking and me dealing with it.

Sorry for digging up an old thread but it is with good reason - This game is not dead. I am still working on it.

Here is the map at it's last update:

http://www.ridingbyriding.ca/AMSTAR/AMSTARbase.png

It's still a "work in progress". I really don't know if I'll ever finish it, but it's certainly not dead.

Major update to the map. I am very happy with the map as-is. Chances are I won't change any real things beyond this. The remaining changes will be cosmetic. Circling cities, etc. re-colouring nations.

If you don't see the map updated, click F5 or CTL-F5 or whatever to refresh your browser.

I did this map: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=119231.msg2616869#msg2616869 The "West Germany" state is interesting. It is the parts of West Germany that were also parts of the "North German Confederation".
Then, I realized that Holland and Belgium are bigger than Bavaria and Baden-W. And that combining them with this part of Germany would be, intriguing.

From that we get this:
http://www.ridingbyriding.ca/AMSTAR/AMSTARbase1.png

http://www.ridingbyriding.ca/hugemap7.gif another update. thoughts?