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Jus Sanguinis Ultima

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For now, ask all the questions you want, I will try my best. It's complicated too look at... I know :icondeathstareplz:

This was a joint project by myself and :iconlazarusstokeri: , going along with the current trend of "my world" maps (time traveling commoners changing the past and becoming great by forging empires, it seems).

Anyways, this is a time travel map. My friend Vernon (The guy up there, I will add his story when he gives me it). However, I arrive in Russia during the reign of Alexis I, before he has fathered Peter the Great. I am soon voluntarily captured by the Streltsy, and prove my worth by constructing a presenting a crude bolt-action rifle (Based off the Mosin-Nagant, which I have drilled with extensively) after given access to a local forge.

Hailed as a saint, I am christened Saint Staleko, and begin to learn the primitive Russian language, having only managed discussions beforehand with interpreters (Russian then and Russian now, very different). I am ordered to produce more of the rifles, and recruit the strongest and most intelligent of the Streltsy to help me in my task. Subverting them to be allegiant only to me, I slowly gain the trust of the entire elite Russian force. I am given command of the Streltsy by Alexis, and combined with Cossack mercenaries (subverted as well) I lead a campaign against the Astrakhan and Siberian khanates, defeating their primitive technology with modern tactics and weaponry. Afterwards I am sent west with the new and improved Russian army against the Swedish Empire and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, to seize coastline along the Baltic Sea as well as to eliminate rivals on the European continent.

The invasion of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth comes first, with Ukraine over-run in weeks. As soldiers abandon their posts my armies seize their equipment and smelt it down into WW1-esque mortars and rifles. After a brief offensive deeper into Polish territory Warsaw is destroyed and the Swedish, fearing that they may be next (correctly), link themselves with the remaining Polish forces along the Baltic coastline. I order armies to attack them head on to weaken them, and then settle into a defensive position. The bulk of my forces come with me to invade modern Estonia, seizing the city of Tallinn. The Russian Navy is founded after a sizable Swedish fleet is captured in port, and the city of Lacedaemonsk (Saint Petersburg) is founded in occupied Swedish territory. After a run-and-gun offensive to push the Swedish either out of Finland (or simply into the Baltic Sea) another offensive is launched, this time ferrying soldiers across to the Swedish homeland. Stockholm is besieged as the rest of Sweden is invaded, with significant losses as the Swedish begin a scorched-earth policy after my forces outrun the supply lines. Having to face the winter, thousands of Swedes are forced into the armies as slaves, strapped with gunpowder kegs, and sent to their deaths destroying the barriers and surrounding towns near Stockholm. During the winter Russia's overall infrastructure has been improved and the economy has grown. Russian pride soars, and the Tsar and myself are hailed as heroes, even though the war hasn't ended yet. With roads built and connected to the old Commonwealth/Swedish infrastructure supplies reach my armies and Stockholm is overrun, the Swedish royal family forced to walk to their deaths straight into the White Sea, naked and humiliated.

With newfound prosperity and my teachings on the ways of the future, I disseminate to my followers in the army and the civilian populace about the greatness of technology, the perils of religion, and the general idiocy that will befall the entire human race unless they shape up and maintain an ideological and personal discipline. Needless to say, I forge a large base of support, and order the Streltsy throughout the Russian Empire (Proclaimed by Tsar Alexis the Magnificent, August 1652 itt). Unaware of what will happen, the Tsar is surprised but humbled when I order the Streltsy to seize control of the cities, effectively controlling the population of the Russian state. The Tsar steps down, believing that my rule would be in the best interest for the people of Russia. Crowned as the new Tsarina, I denounce the title and proclaim myself Archon of my own accord. I immediately set up a council for each minority group in the Russian Empire (Renamed Nova Lacedaemon, 1655) and begin a cultural program to inadvertently merge the nationalities without them realizing it. New laws are set up, granting equal rights to all regardless of race or religion. A democratic system of rank progression is set up, and the serf's are emancipated. Slowly I disseminate Lacedaemonian culture into my populace, and I set up programs of physical fitness and general health for all. Clinic's to teach the population hygiene (and laboratories established to produce penicillin and other medicines) slowly turn most of the population onto the idea of being physically and mentally superior. During this time, in tandem with the health revolution, schools teaching stoic ethics and unbiased (if its even possible) teaching of world history. The other nations of the day, fearing the spread of my teachings, invade my European holdings, the Austrian Empire crossing the border into Poland and seizing Krakow. Immediately I launch a propaganda campaign as well as an actual offensive, invading Hungary and completely bypassing the Austrian armies. I deliberately seize a large chunk of Hungarian lands, but the Ottomans invade through the Caucasus (Minor states united with Nova Lacedaemon, 1657). I seize the Danubian Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia, and surround and conquer Transylvania. Within weeks modern Romania joins Nova Lacedaemon. My culture slowly unites into a cohesive unit as the European armies attempt to assault me, the only nations refusing to do so is France and the Confederation of Italy (United due to the threat of Novan warfare, similar to Switzerland in structure). Splitting my forces into three separate armed conglomerates, I take the headway and burn Budapest to the ground (e la Dresden). Army Group Center (mine) continues to ravage Hungary, but Austria fields soldiers armed with new rifles based on my own design (nowhere near as mass-produced though). Although they inflict casualties, nowhere near enough to curb the tide of battles. The Austrian rifled units are few and far between, and thus captured in heavy numbers. Vienna is under-siege by the first year of the conflict. Army Group South invades South Dobruja, splits in two, and marches west and east. Sofia falls after an attack by the first combat dirigible, dropping canisters of explosive powders on Ottoman trenches. The Ottoman use of janissaries and fanatical Islamic soldiers proves formidable against the advanced Novan military, and thus, I withdraw from the Central European front against Austria and leave it to my commandants so I can assume direct command of the forces fighting the Ottomans. After the Ottomans are pushed back into Kars, I launch an offensive south and push towards Jerusalem, effectively splitting the Ottoman Empire in half. Uprisings in Greece and the rest of Ottoman Europe result in the capitulation of Ottoman forces there. They are summarily recruited to seize back their homeland from the "Caliphate of Imbeciles", and I assume a slightly Pro-Islamic stance to gain the support of Turkish civilians and Islamic converts throughout the occupied territories. Constantinople proves a hassle to conquer, but after a series of treaties with Spain (strategic military/trade alliance, access through Gibraltar) the bulk of the Novan navy arrives and pummels the Sultan to death. Without effective leadership, the Ottoman Empire collapses and the heir apparent flees to Ottoman Egypt. The rest of Arabia is conquered, and the Persian Empire accedes itself to Novan control (in actuality, the Shah was ousted and the new government ran by an Islamic Novan for a short time). I ride through Arabia on a tour to gain support, and effectively conquer the peninsula whilst doing so, since my army is occupying the territory. Nova Lacedaemon assumes the title of the Caliphate, and grants special autonomy to certain Islamic territories. The Jews are ousted from Palestine by Islamic radicals, but this movement of the few Jews from Arabia effectively renders religious conflict there moot; Despite the punishment of the radicals, the resulting exodus nonetheless occurs. Islamic sects slowly unite as they remain inside the Novan state. After 2 years of war, Austria surrenders to Nova Lacedaemon. Wallachia, Moldavia, Transylvania, Galicia, and extensive tracts of north and eastern Hungary. However, I allow Austria to annex most of the remaining Ottoman territories in Europe. The remains of the Ottoman Empire in Egypt, the Bey's of Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli, and in Sumatra (Aceh was annexed) are put under Novan suzerainty. Algiers is sold to France, Tunis is annexed as well. Egypt is invaded, with Tripoli (Libya) soon after. At this point, it has been upwards of 20 years since my arrival. At this point I am 39, and basically caught up in running the empire. Peter the Great is my adopted son, in this time-line an intensely devoted stoic Novan who is left in charge of the Directorate (Official name of Nova; The Directorate of Nova Lacedaemon (New Sparta, for the uneducated)).

After the wars in Europe, I devote my attention to the Far East, forcing Japan to first open up for trade, then imposing a protectorate over them and the Ainu people's in Hokkaido. Eventually the two intermix to become a true indigenous race of Japan. The cultural exchange between Nova Lacedaemon and the Japanese Islands creates an odd cultural mix that helps to tame East Asia, over time of course. This doesn't exactly apply to China, however, and the Qing Dynasty, unaware of the power of Nova Lacedaemon, invades and occupies Irkutsk. The retaliation campaign is brutal, with nearly all of China as far south as Shanghai annexed outright, reprisals used at the leisure of the occupation officers. North China (including Korea and Mongolia) is reduced to a series of military districts, with Chinese culture smashed into oblivion as best as possible. The Southern Ming hold out as best as they can, reduced to little more than a Novan client state.
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CaesarAnubis's avatar

This is a weird yet cool map ngl. Well done.