I'm in a dire need of fresh thoughts for my "Kingdom of Platinea" scenario, which is in fact an ongoing Victoria:Revolutions game.
I'm kinda clueless how Platineas neighbours would act, due to the changed situation. So I hope you could give me some hints.
A short history:
1836 Argentina joined the Piratini Republic in their fight against the Brazilian Empire, after Uruguay sided with Brazil
=> Argentina annexed Uruguay, Piratini Republic becomes an independent state
1837 Argentina joined Chile in their fight against the Bolivian-Peruvian Confederation
=> status quo
1838 Argentina declares war on Chile
=> Argentina receives the northern chilean provinces in 1839
1839 Carlos V. pretender to the spanish throne and his family arrive in Argentina
1841 Argentina joins Peru in their fight against Bolivia, Peru withdraws one month later
1842 Paraguay allies with Bolivia and declares war on Argentine
1842 President Manuel de Rosas dies in battle
1842 Brazil declares war upon Argentina
1843 The pretender to the spanish throne Carlos is crowned King of Platinea, Carlos I.
1843 Chile joins the war against Platinea
1843 At the battle of Miranda the brazilian army is encircled and annihilated
1843 Paraguay is annexed
1844 Bolivia is annexed
1844 Peace is settled between Platinea and Brazil, Brazil secedes some border provinces
1844 Chile sirrenders and is annexed
1845 Prince Juan, second son of Carlos I., and Princess Juanaria, Sister of Emperor Dom Pedru II. marry
1847 Patagonia becomes a colony
1847 Platinea supports the carlist uprising in northern Spain, which becomes the Second Carlist War
1849 Prince Carlos conquers Madrid, the Carlists win the war
1849 Liberal Revolution in Platinea forces Carlos I. to abdicate
1849 The Constitution of '49 is enacted
1849 Prince Juan is crowned King of Platinea, Juan I.
1850 In the general election the Union Liberal wins by landslide and begins to industrialize and to populate the nation.
1854 Patagonia Oriental and Patagonia Occidental are granted statehood.
State of the nation:
Platinea is the largest nation in southern america and excells all its neighbours combined in military and industrial power.
But until now it is only second, behind the Empire of Brazil, in matters of population.
In cultural and industrial technologies Platinea competes with the western european nations while it's military and naval technologies are outdated, even it's neighbours Brazil and Peru have more advanced naval and miltary technologies.
On the diplomatic stage Platinea has very good relations with Brazil, while relations to other south american nations are stressed. Relations with the United Kingdom are good while the other great powers (Prussia, Austria, Russia, France, US) have a mostly neutral stance.
A brief outlook: It is expected that Platinea will excell Brazils population by 1860 and that it will nearly double its industrial capacities.
My problem is that I can't think of any future conflicts in southern america, especially ones involving Platinea.
- The War of the Triple Alliance is not gonna happen. (as Uruguay and Paraguay are no longer existent)
- The Salpeter War between Peru, Bolivia and Chile is not gonna happen (as Chile and Bolivia are no longer existent)
- The War of the Desert is not gonna happen (as the Patagonian indians are already vastly outnumbered in these areas)
Do you have any thoughts on this?
If you want to know more about this 'Timeline' you can read about it
here
PS: As for the fact that this is my first post I don't know if I'm in the right subforum, if not, feel free to move it.