ISOT&Conquer: Silurian Edition Map Game

[michaelk156]

GAME RULES - PLEASE READ THIS BLURB BEFORE POSTING!

At the beginning of the game all players are presented with a map featuring a world with unexplored oceans and a flat, barren, uninhabited landscape. This world's continents and oceans emulate the Earth as it appeared 430 million years ago during the Silurian period, yet it is not the same world as this one is entirely blank. To begin play, one simply posts an updated version of the map featured in the post before theirs with a nation of their choice placed somewhere on the light green uninhabited territory of the map (one can also have oceanic/amphibious nations if they wish to be creative, as long as it is not placed on an existing nation). The chosen nation can be from any place or any time, real or imagined, although those who choose to place imaginary nations on the map should either cite the source of the ficticious nation or provide a brief description of the nation if it is entirely made for the purpose of the game.
The nation can be of any size or shape and placed anywhere on the map. If one say chooses to place the People's Republic of China from OTL 2009 it does not have to be placed on the landmass of what is now China in the Silurian ISOT world, it can be placed anywhere on land. As the ISOTed China can be of any shape or size one can create anything from a very small, densely packed ISOT nation to a large spread out nation covering large swaths of the map unlike what it may have in it's original world. One thing that is certain in terms of the ISOT is that the nation's entire population, flora, fauna, climate, terrain, elevation, technology, infrastructure and resources are taken along for the ride, basically anything that would leave the nation's original location with anything more than a flat, barren landscape devoid of even basic geological features is included with the ISOT. The only three things that are not taken along with the ISOT are the shape of the borders, the total land area and the shapes of the landmasses and water bodies in the nation's original location, unless the latter has been changed by humans such as in the present day OTL countries of Netherlands and Panama, where canals and reclaimed pieces of land are allowed to be included within the ISOT, otherwise the shape of lands and oceans within the Silurian world do not change unless a nation with capable technology decides to make such changes like the two previously mentioned nations have done.
In a turn one may also choose to ISOT only part of a nation, such as Tibet. In seperate turns players may also ISOT the same nation or part of which multiple times in different places on the map if they wish to experiment in such a way. Once the first player places a nation on the map the game begins at year 0. Along with the posting of the map this player may include a summary of major events during the first year of ISOT. From here the game plays like End of Dystopia, in which each player posts a consecutive year with a summary of events and map changes that correspond with which, they may also ISOT new nations onto the Silurian world, although this is optional once there are already nations present. Players may also claim a particular year by posting their claims in this thread although there is a 24 hour time limit on such claims which begin when either the claim has been made or the previous map has been posted, whichever happens last. A claim can have a 24 hour extension placed on it if a reason is given leaving a player a maximum of 48 hours to come up with an update before the year is up for grabs by other players.

I think that's about all I have to explain. I'll now begin the game by making the first post.

YEAR ZERO

NEW ISOT NATIONS:

1 - Commonwealth of Australia (OTL, 1991)
Government: Capitalist Democracy
Population: 17.3 million
Language: English

EVENTS:

- General panic in Australia after unexplainable ISOT event.
- Economic collapse and unrest in Australia due to isolation from 1991 OTL world, although the nation is inevitably able to hold together.
- Government becomes slightly more authoritarian in order to maintain control over the citizens after such an unpredictable turn of events.
- Australia unable to expand, lands toward the south are barren and inhospitable while the environment within the new Australia is mysteriously indistinguishable from the old one aside from the fact that everything has been mishapen and rearranged to a degree.
- Ships have been sent out by Australian naval forces to explore the rest of the new world and discover if any other civilisations exist, ships proceed with caution in the case of said civilisations possessing hostility. After some research on the ship's findings Australian scientists make the remarkable discovery that this new world looks strikingly similar to the Earth as it appeared during the Silurian and begin to speculate whether some sort of time travel event has occurred due to what they call a 'bizarre quantum fluctuation'.
- Australia remains a Commonwealth for the time being despite the Queen's absence and increased lobbying for a Republic by Australian citizens. The Governor General of the time takes on the role of the Queen in Australian politics and is to continue to do so until a proper solution is reached.

[Megaman03]

Year One

New ISOT Nations :

2- Malaysia (OTL, 2007)
Government: Federal Constitutional Elective Monarchy, Parliamentarian Democracy
Population: 28 Million
Language: Malay

Events

-General panic in Malaysia after unexplainable ISOT event.

-Anarchy is everywhere as citizens are restless after the series of events that have just unfolded. The FRU and Army have been called in to assist the police enforce law and order in the nation's largest cities. After an armed mob kills several police officers patrolling the Telekom Tower in Kuala Lumpur, the Prime Minister announced a state of emergency in the nation.

-The Yang di-Pertuan Agong has been given emergency power, making his authority final. This is to maintain control over their citizens after uch an unpredictable turn of events.

-The Malaysian Armed Forces have sent out helicopters and ships to explore the new World and hopefully contact other nations.

-The economy is at near collapse as the nation is unable to export anything to keep the economy afloat. The people are slowly starving as the nation is unable to import rice from Thailand. Dissent is rising among the nations populace and many have been forced to turn to tapioca as a main source of food.

- The weather in this new land is cooler than the old one by approx. 4 degrees Celsius.

-Australia remains unchanged.

[michaelk156]

Year Two

New ISOT Nations:

3 - Kingdom of England (OTL, 1012)
Government: Monarchy
Population: approx. 1 million
Language: Old English

Events

- Malaysia is on the brink of total governmental collapse as citizens continue to suffer without solution, although a Malaysian helicopter reports sighting a distant ship in the oceans toward the south. The sighting remains unconfirmed and no ships have been sighted since.

- Australian ships make a discovery along the southern coast of the continent that has been dubbed 'New Gondwanaland'. The discovery appears to be a civilisation that is an exact replica of Medieval England. As Australians are not up for being under the rulership by an archaic English King, the Queen issue has now been solved and Australia officially becomes a federal republic. The Commonwealth still exists however under the guise of a supranational union between Australia and England with the Australian Governor General acting as an ambassador.

[Mark-ITSOT]

Sorry to spoil the fun. But what exactly are people breathing?

IIRC there are no plants in this time period.

[michaelk156]

Originally Posted by Mark-ITSOT

Sorry to spoil the fun. But what exactly are people breathing?

IIRC there are no plants in this time period.

The countries ISOTed their climates and therefore atmospheres with them, so the air is still breathable, this and the world depicted isn't actually the Silurian but a world that replicates it's continental configuration, and therefore doesn't have to have a Silurian atmosphere but can have a modern day one. I explained all this in the write up if you can be bothered reading it all.

[Emperor Qianlong]

Originally Posted by Mark-ITSOT

Sorry to spoil the fun. But what exactly are people breathing?

IIRC there are no plants in this time period.

Actually, there was plant life already, although mostly in the sea. Land life was extremely limited, and only found in shore areas (the earliest known land plants date from this time from Scotland). As for the oxygen content of the atmosphere, it was lower than today, but probably already breathable for humans.

[Alex Richards]

Year Three

New ISOT Nations:

4 - The Home Counties (London and South East England OTL, 2005)
Government: Monarchy
Population: approx. 15 million
Language: English

Events

-Chaos in the Home Counties as the ISOT occurs, luckily as Parliament is in session, matters are quickly discussed.

- North Malaysia is in anarchy, the south is barely holding on. Ships are being sent out to try and find any evidence for the previous sightings. Meanwhile, the rainforest is starting to show signs of damage from the cooler weather.

- Australians look across the New Tasman Sea at a bright light on the horizon. The ships that arrive the next day are astonished to find the White Cliffs of Dover staring at them. With the appearance of the Queen, the Federal Republic is quickly glossed over, while Her Majesty expresses intrest in going to visit her Great-to-the-umpteenth-power Grandfather in the Medieval England. Talks of a parliamentry union are started.

[michaelk156]

Year IV

List of Nations:
Total world population: 147 million
Current world power: New United Kingdom

#1: New United Kingdom (NUK) (union of Australia and Home Counties)
Government: Parliamentary Democracy, Constitutional Monarchy
Population: 29 million
Language: English
Latest Technology: 2006 AD standard
Economic classification: Developed country

#2: Malaysia
Government: Anarchy
Population: 25 million
Language: Malay
Latest Technology: 2007 AD standard, unable to progress due to collapse
Economic classification: Least developed country

#3: Kingdom of England
Government: Absolute Monarchy
Population: 1 million
Language: Old English, Modern English
Latest Technology: 2006 AD standard due to trade with NUK
Economic classification: Newly industrialised country

#4: Eureka Republic (secession from NUK/Australia)
Government: De facto Parliamentary Democracy
Population: 4 million
Language: English
Latest Technology: 2006 AD standard
Economic classification: Developed country

#5: Roman Empire (New ISOT from 117 AD, OTL)
Government: Autocracy
Population: 88 million
Language: Latin, Greek
Latest Technology: 117 AD standard
Economic classification: Least developed country

Events:
- A referendum is held in the nations of Australia, Old England and the Home Counties today concerning a federal union between the three countries. The vote is passed in the Home Counties and Australia while the majority of citizens in Old England state that they'd prefer to stay under the rulership of their current absolute monarchy rather than the the constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy of the other two nations. Old England still remains a part of the Commonwealth however and mantains close ties with what has now become the New United Kingdom from the nations of Australia and the Home Counties.

- Supporters of Australian Republicanism are disgusted by the sudden backflip to Constitutional Monarchy after discovery of the Home Counties and begin a revolt upon news of the upcoming merger between the Home Counties and Australia as the New United Kingdom due to a successful referendum. They rebel by creating the Eureka Republic which functions as a de facto Australian Republic. The New United Kingdom fails to recognise Eureka and considers it's land part of it's own sovereign territory yet wishes to resolve the issue as peacefully as possible. The future of the Eureka Republic will rely on the strength of the republican mindset of it's citizens and it's ability to hold up as a sovereign nation.

- An unknown ship has appeared on the shores of Old England carrying a rather desperate looking crew. The crew is currently being held captive under command of the Old English King who is awaiting a response from NUK as to what action should be taken concerning the ship and crew.

- The weak Malaysian government gives way completely as anarchy and turmoil continues to brew within the nation. Millions have died due to malnutrition in the four years since the ISOT and reports of cannibalism have grown in frequency during the past year.

- Ship passing to and from Old England and NUK have noticed that the Roman Empire at it's height has recently been ISOTed. The Roman Empire could provide the Commonwealth with a wealth of raw resources in exchange for NUK's modern day technology, however the government is wary of exchanging advanced technology with the Romans as they have more than twice the population of the Commonwealth and are likely to attempt conquest of surrounding nations if given the chance.

[Megaman03]

Year V

New ISOT Nations :

6- The United Stats of America (OTL, 1850)
Government: Federal Constitutional Republic
Population: 23 Million
Language: English

Events :

-A Malaysian Laksamana class corvette, the KD Laksamana Tan Pusmah has noticed that the United States of America has has recently been ISOTed. After the Prime Minster and the Yang-di-Pertuan-Agong met with the American President, a deal is struck. Malaysia could provide the United States with modern day technology in exchange for food and troops to assist the undermanned army and police forces deal with the anarchy and rebellion that is plaguing the nation. A week after the signing of this deal is made, 5000 American marines, armed with Malaysian Steyr AUG A1s poured into the Northern parts of Malaysia, securing the area and reestablishing government control. Meanwhile several tons of grain have also been shipped into Malaysia, alleviating the massive starvation that has been on going for the last few years in the country.

-The unknown ship turns out be a lost Malaysian frigate, the KD Hang Jebat. The crew beg to the English Monarch to be made citizens of England. The Monarch half-heartedly agrees.

-The NUK and the Roman Empire have expanded.

-The Romans begin importing obsolete (,1980's,1990's) technology from the NUK. However, it is centuries more advanced then whatever existing technology the Romans already have.

[The Kiat]

Originally Posted by Mark-ITSOT

Sorry to spoil the fun. But what exactly are people breathing?

IIRC there are no plants in this time period.

There's Protista (algae) that will produce oxygen. However, you will have to have a tank of oxygen handy since it's so low.

Breath nothing, soil hasn't even developed at that time, so how are you going to grow food?

[michaelk156]

YEAR VI

NEW ISOT:

7 - Eastasian Sakhalin (1984 TL, 1982 AD)
Government: Threeism, Death Worship branch
Population: 500 thousand
Language: NewSpeak, Eastasian variant
Latest Technology: 1962 AD standard
Economic Classification: Least Developed Country

EVENTS:

- NUK, Old England and the Romans expand their borders, starting plantation projects on the barren lands surrounding their nations where hardy plantlife is planted in order to provide the barren lands with vegetation and topsoil to make them suitable for agriculture and living far into the future.

- America continues to assist Malaysia, although face an uphill battle as a series of cyclones strike Malaysian shores causing added problems. Malaysia's ISOT has appeared to have brought with it strange weather anomalies, they were the only nation to experience a change in temperature since the event while the other nations have experienced a constant climate throughout.

- Old England begins plans to shift from an absolute monarchy to a constitutional monarchy with the introduction of a proposed parliamentary system.

- The citizens of the Roman Empire are enthralled with all the new technology that NUK has given them, although the Emperor still feels he has been short-changed and that NUK have kept their best technologies a secret from Rome.

- NUK ships arrive in southern Malaysia after having been alerted by Old England and the lost Malay crew of it's existence. NUK plans to help Malaysia in the form of millions of dollars worth of foreign aid to assist the struggling nation.

- A new nation has been ISOTed that appears to have come from a parallel timeline which diverged from the timeline of the others sometime in the 20th Century. This ISOT provides fascinating insight into the workings of parallel timelines and also provides proof that the future is not predetermined but created merely through acts of choice, thus affecting the mindset of many within the world of "Siluria" for generations to come in the form of empowerment. The initial chaos of the ISOT showed the Silurians that even the most bizarre events can occur without warning, and this latest ISOT of Eastasian Sakhalin has showed them the power of their own choice. For Silurians now it seems that anything is possible if they choose so and there is no limit to what they could accomplish, and thus Siluria seems to be entering into it's first golden age, although it is uncertain at this point how the new empowered line of thought that the Silurians now possess will manifest on world scale.
Interestingly enough, Eastasian Sakhalin in fact provides a warning to the Silurian world of how the choices of people can backfire in the form of a Threeist Government, although this fails to dent the confidence of the positive thinking Silurian people who feel as though their new world has indeed become their oyster.

[michaelk156]

Originally Posted by The Kiat

There's Protista (algae) that will produce oxygen. However, you will have to have a tank of oxygen handy since it's so low.

Breath nothing, soil hasn't even developed at that time, so how are you going to grow food?

Natural resources and atmosphere have been carried along with the ISOT, so the nations do have soil and can breathe. This and the Silurian world depicted isn't the actual Silurian world, just one that mimics it's continental configuration, all the land in this ISOT world is flat unlike the real Silurian world which actually does have mountains.
The only thing that creates a varied climate and landscape in this world are the nations when they are ISOTed, as all natural landscape features are reconfigured into the nation's territory and the nation retains it's original climate, with the exception of Malaysia, a situation which may become more interesting when I pick a date for a certain mixer event.
A few of the nations are currently trying to fix the barren land problem by planting tough vegetation that may create the first topsoil in centuries to come, but this expansion will be painfully slow at best.
In short, the world depicted is actually one with a blank, flat landscape, breathable atmosphere and a constant room temperature climate without the ISOTs to make things interesting. It is only Silurian in continental configuration, I made it this way cause I thought it would make things easier and take away complication. I tried to explain all this in the long blurb on the first post but I think it may have needed a bit more clarification, so here you go.

[Alex Richards]

Are multiple nation ISOTs allowed in one turn?

[Alex Richards]

Year VII

New ISOT Nations:

8 - Zeeland (EoD TL, 2300)
Government: Democracy
Population: 3 million
Language: Anglo (English derivative)

9 - The Princely States of India(OTL, 1888)
Government: Monarchy
Population: 15-20 million
Language: English, Indian Languages

Events

-Zeeland appears, though due to the high frequency of bad events there, the people cope quite well. After being discovered by NUK ships, a diplomatic and scholarly group has been sent to London, eager to see this example of pristine Pre-Threeist Land. Note: The transportation of the Zeeland Documents Catacomb recently means Zeeland has a wealth of Pre-Threeist art, furniture and Documents now in the country.

- The Princely States fare worse, they experience a 4 degree rise in temperature, and only the ruler of Travancore has a navy capable of finding the others. The Great Sea nearby is a good Cyclone spawning zone.

- Recovery efforts in Malaysia continue.

-East Sakhalin's government falls, and a regularly Scoialist government takes its place. Zeeland begins offering support.

-Cambridge, Oxford, Wellington and Western Sydney Universities begin a joint investigation of the ISOT and its effects.

-A small area of South Eureka regoins Australia after a referendum.

[michaelk156]

YEAR VIII

EVENTS:

- First year of Siluria's existence where no ISOT has occurred.

- The New United Kingdom has recognised the sovereignty of the Eureka Republic and the two nations have begun to establish diplomatic relations.

- The New United Kingdom and the Roman Empire send their armies to Malaysia to restore peace in the region. Malaysia is now split between three different spheres of influence.

- The Roman Empire receives updated technology from their forces in Malaysia.

- Further odd fluctuations in temperature occur in both Malaysia and the Princely States.

- The team of NUK Universities continue research on the effects of the ISOT and prove that Malaysia and the Princely States where indeed affected differently by the ISOT then everyone else.

- The Princely States manage to hold together as a loose national unit after all the islands are discovered by Travancore although all the islands remain highly autonomous.

- The Republic of England elects it's first Prime Minister upon introducing of a parliamentary system, completing it's switch from absolute monarchy to constitutional monarchy.

- Citizens of earlier nations read in shock and awe as the written history of Zeeland and the world it comes from is published in several books across the Silurian world.

- Zeeland ensures that Sakhalin has a fair and democratic election this year.

[michaelk156]

I'm claiming a year to provide the game with the first mixer event...

Year 25: Mixer Event - ISOT Glitch Manifestation

Leading up to this date players may post events concerning more strange weather events around Siluria, particularly in the years immediately before the mixer event.

Anyone willing to post Year IX?

[Alex Richards]

YEAR IX
EVENTS:

- The Second Year of Siluria's existence no ISOT occurs.

- NUK and Eureka Republic begin a more cordial relationship.

- Malaysia is fully stabalised.

- The Roman Empire begins an isolationist period to adapt and implement their new technology.

- Further odd fluctuations in temperature occur in both Malaysia and the Princely States. The Princely States experience a sudden drop of 15 degrees for a week, allowing widespread snowfall to occur, before returning to more normal conditions.

- The team of NUK and Zeeland Universities continues research into the ISOT effects and the source the temperature fluctuations. So far, Solar Flares, Geographic position and atmospheric composition have been ruled out.

- The Princely States create common institutions, such as a Parliament of sorts, in order to cope with the temperature changes.


- The Tourist Trade blossoms as people go to experience other cultures and eras.

- Most Threeist structures in Sakhalin have been demolished. Architects of a host of cultures move to send designs for new buildings.

-NUK introduces England to Gothic Architecture.

[Fardell]

Year X
10. Suzät ( The Shire, including Buckland)
Language: Westron; Shire dialect
Origin: Middle Earth, 1388 Shire Reckoning (2988 Third Age)

The Shire appears close to the Romans. The Hobbits experience no variation in temperature as a result of the ISOT. However the One Ring is included (currently possessed by Biblo Baggins)!

The Romans and the NUK quickly discover the Shire. The inclusion of a society previously thought of fictional is slightly shocking.

The NUK declares the Shire a protectorate whilst linguists begin to try to understand Westron.

[Municipal Engines]

(OOC: I made the Domination large to reflect the fact that they have an entire continent plus the Middle East under their control at this time, not to mention Central Asia).

Year XI

11. The Domination of Draka (Drakaverse, 1945)
Government: 'Aristocratic Parliamentary Republic'
Population: 71 million
Language: Drakan (essentially English, but with a confusing accent)
Latest Technology: Drakaverse 1945 Tech
Economic Classification: Industrialized, Developed Country.

- The Newest nation to have been ISOTed into Siluria is scouted by NUK ships. Un-fazed by the more advanced technology of the ships, several Draka soldiers board them and capture the crew and ships, hoping to gain a jump in technology. The NUK, receiving no word from the scouting party, send out a Search & Rescue party to the West. They encounter the Draka and are kept out of the country, not being told anything.

- The Draka send out colonists and searching parties along the land to see if the place is suitable for the Domination to expand into. Due to the harshness of the land, progress is slow. They are close to stumbling upon the Kingdom of England. They believe themselves to have a manifest destiny over this new land.

- The Romans slowly get used to their new 1970's technology. They expand slightly.

- England finds several island colonies northwards.

- The NUK expands its territory.

[LeoXiao]

Can we actually make the Draka lose this time? I think it would be cool if their asses got kicked by the Romans.