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  1. The Dukes of Fernau, for now.

    How good are the local woods, be they mangroves or tropical hardwood, for shipbuilding?

  2. The Dukes of Fernau, for now.

    How is the docks situation on Fernau? Looking at Google maps no A+ tier natural option seems apparent, so it will probably be a high effort earthworks project with channels and sea walls. Good thing that unskilled labour is readily available as long as there are some reliable hands to hold...

  3. An Age of Miracles III: The Romans Endure

    Tourmarches: "Write that down, write that down!"

  4. The Dukes of Fernau, for now.

    Honestly I'd expect a lot more fish and seafood in their diet, at least long term as population grows. The islands are pretty small and arable land is in demand for cash crops and cereals, it's not likely that big fields for grazing are in the long term zoning plan.

  5. The Dukes of Fernau, for now.

    Good to see them take care of the island. Did they hunt the wild goats to extinction or why are they importing new ones rather than capturing the existing population? Weren't those blue eyed black people proof of Tevel's precious diaspora? Quite mercenary of him to sell them into sex slavery.

  6. The Dukes of Fernau, for now.

    RIP Charlotte Sophia. Children, even those of nobles, were a lot more likely to die in that age of primitive medicine than today everywhere, but they're going to notice Africa is a different level, even with all their advances. Tevel already experienced it as I recall. This might serve as a...

  7. The Dukes of Fernau, for now.

    Prague (current) or the sadly tripartite Hungary (birth). Neither are particularly happy places in the time period so I'd jump at the opportunity, and as an engineer might do a lot of good. Fun fact: the former actually had a university at the time (though it wasn't at its highest point, but...

  8. The Dukes of Fernau, for now.

    I assume they are building everything but priority goes to the things needed to build more of everything: carpenters, smithies, mason workshops. The island is made of basalt which is pretty good for cobblestones and building blocks. Then to make importing what they can't make easier: docks...

  9. The Dukes of Fernau, for now.

    Oof. With allies like this...

  10. What if Hungary won the 1848/49 War of Independence?

    Re: Hungary and the ethnicities. The problem wasn't just that they were treated badly, plenty of examples of that everywhere in the time period. The situation for Hungary was made much more delicate by the existence of Vlach and south Slavic states as neighbours, and Habsburg attempts at divide...

  11. The Dukes of Fernau, for now.

    Local slavery and what they buy and sell abroad can be two very different things.

  12. The Dukes of Fernau, for now.

    Why would they? They are businessmen doing business. They pay for war captives to their neighbours and sell them to the American plantation colonies. Neither of the parties selling people ever see the slaves again so what pragmatic interests would they have in changing the system?

  13. What if Hungary won the 1848/49 War of Independence?

    It certainly didn't help (the Habsburgs had a very easy time setting the nationalities against Hungary) but even with it they managed to fight the Habsburgs to a stalemate. Russian intervention doomed the revolution. Victory ultimately depends on better diplomacy in Europe. But no matter what...

  14. What if Hungary won the 1848/49 War of Independence?

    Of course it hasn't changed. Hungarian nobility has ever strived to be the greatest and most tenacious enemy of Hungarian prosperity from 1222 to 1945.

  15. What if Hungary won the 1848/49 War of Independence?

    To be fair it's not like these issues including the attitude of Hungarian nobility weren't preexisting conditions at the start of the revolution.

  16. The Dukes of Fernau, for now.

    Casual cruelty and karma seems to be omnipresent here. Sometimes it's crossing over to ranked competitive cruelty. What happened to the captured Swedish in those forts?

  17. The Dukes of Fernau, for now.

    If there was anything more value-dense available there and in demand elsewhere, it wouldn't be. E.g. if the Kettlers build up their domains for production, to such an extent that it makes sense to import raw materials and export finished products. But that will take time.

  18. The Dukes of Fernau, for now.

    How strong is the Curonian navy as it escaped? Would it be an effective deterrent against invasion of the colonies if it makes it there? And with the facilities there as barebones as they are, but with the craftsmen to make more there... Could they outrace the clock and find a way to not just...

  19. The Dukes of Fernau, for now.

    Hope there wasn't anyone important on the Crocodile then.

  20. AHQ: What made Shi'a Islam such a common base for off-shoots of Islam?

    Lack of a widely recognised leader within reach of most believers (e.g. caliph) for most of their history would not have been conductive of enforcing doctrinal unity, I think.
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