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The Kingdom of Kuraug
Also called Borshau ne Kuraug (Desaul/Morasaul) or Kuraugu Daitou (Daizou), the Kingdom of Kuraug is one of the major countries in the South Seas.
The first inhabitants of the Kuraug Archipelago were most likely related to the other Southern Peoples (Such as the Inhabitants of Nau, Din, Ker, and the hills peoples of Hegmar and Memmen), but all that remains of them are a couple of ancient texts, myths of the "Mountain Men", some places names, ruins and a few artifacts. What can be pieced together is that they were deeply spiritual, using ancient rites lost to history to keep the Daizou at bay at the Devil's Maw, or Kezau Gaushil in the Desaul, a region on the main island known for its impressive volcanoes that can be seen for many miles around.
The ancestors of the modern Kuraug people moved south to the archipelago during the Great Elenic Migrations of the 1st Century CE, with sea raiders quickly decimating the natives and soon migrants displaced by the Wars in Ulaug joining them. The early isles were split into feuding petty states, with no unifying forces until the Emergence of the Kings of Dauselkül in the 3rd Century.
By 6th century CE, the Kingdom of Kuraug had become the dominate state of the Southern Islands, the Ulunic and White Seas being Kuraug Lakes for the next two hundred years. The Kingdom Stretched from the Scale Islands just off of Nau in the south across two thousand miles of ocean to Kinaug in the North. Kuraug saw use as a trading language as far north as Viri Polan, nearly six thousand miles north, and the Emperor of the Baissu hired Kuraug Masons to build the Temple of Kaelu in the Imperial Capital, one of the most impressive structures in the world.
But, the tides would flip for Kuraug, as the 8th century dawned the League of Kodon destroyed the Royal Navy in battle off the coast of Kinaug, allowing the Warchief of the Segmar to lay waste to Ker and Memmen, the Eich-Kul Gold Company has seized valuable mines of the King on Eich-Kul, destroying a large part of the royal family's riches. The final nail in the coffin of the Kingdom was when the last seals of Wildenston holding the Daizou at bay in the depths of the Island were shattered, and Emperor Kolau of the Daizou lead his armies out of Kezau Gaushil and attacked the Kuraug at their moment of weakness.
A bloody 12 year long war ensued, and the isles would be in ashes for another fifty after that. At the end, the islands had been conquered by the Daitou, except for the holdouts of Kaum, Sagars, and Gausahes in the south, and a few forts manned by men loyal to the King, and the island of Buraug far to the north, where royal family resided in exile. Emperor Kolau, having to deal with the fracturing political climate in his homeland, negotiated, allowing the King of Kuraug to keep control over the Isles as long as he recognized the authority of the Daizou Emperors and the Viceroyalty of Baezol over him. The King accepted this agreement. After a few years, the holdouts of the Old Kuraug would fold and sign treaties with the Daitou, but were granted even greater autonomy than the King for their allegiance.
Many Decades later, Kuraug has never reached its former glory, but is still a power in the Southern Isles. The influence of the Emperor of the Daizou and the Viceroy of Baezol have eroded and has become a rubber stamp on what the Monarch of Kuraug wants done, but Daizou culture has left a lasting impact on the Kingdom, leading to a slow split between the Morasaul of the Lowlands and the Desaul of the Northern and Southern Mountains. How long the current situation will last is unknown. The Kings of Kuraug could re-establish their authority over the Sea or become pawns of the Daizou once again. The winds of change are blowing elsewhere in the world in the year 860 CE, as the Kingdom of Din-Nau sees a flourishing of industry and invention, while the collectivist revolution spreads like wildfire over the Stugar Sea, so what Kuraug will see next is a mystery.
Also called Borshau ne Kuraug (Desaul/Morasaul) or Kuraugu Daitou (Daizou), the Kingdom of Kuraug is one of the major countries in the South Seas.
The first inhabitants of the Kuraug Archipelago were most likely related to the other Southern Peoples (Such as the Inhabitants of Nau, Din, Ker, and the hills peoples of Hegmar and Memmen), but all that remains of them are a couple of ancient texts, myths of the "Mountain Men", some places names, ruins and a few artifacts. What can be pieced together is that they were deeply spiritual, using ancient rites lost to history to keep the Daizou at bay at the Devil's Maw, or Kezau Gaushil in the Desaul, a region on the main island known for its impressive volcanoes that can be seen for many miles around.
The ancestors of the modern Kuraug people moved south to the archipelago during the Great Elenic Migrations of the 1st Century CE, with sea raiders quickly decimating the natives and soon migrants displaced by the Wars in Ulaug joining them. The early isles were split into feuding petty states, with no unifying forces until the Emergence of the Kings of Dauselkül in the 3rd Century.
By 6th century CE, the Kingdom of Kuraug had become the dominate state of the Southern Islands, the Ulunic and White Seas being Kuraug Lakes for the next two hundred years. The Kingdom Stretched from the Scale Islands just off of Nau in the south across two thousand miles of ocean to Kinaug in the North. Kuraug saw use as a trading language as far north as Viri Polan, nearly six thousand miles north, and the Emperor of the Baissu hired Kuraug Masons to build the Temple of Kaelu in the Imperial Capital, one of the most impressive structures in the world.
But, the tides would flip for Kuraug, as the 8th century dawned the League of Kodon destroyed the Royal Navy in battle off the coast of Kinaug, allowing the Warchief of the Segmar to lay waste to Ker and Memmen, the Eich-Kul Gold Company has seized valuable mines of the King on Eich-Kul, destroying a large part of the royal family's riches. The final nail in the coffin of the Kingdom was when the last seals of Wildenston holding the Daizou at bay in the depths of the Island were shattered, and Emperor Kolau of the Daizou lead his armies out of Kezau Gaushil and attacked the Kuraug at their moment of weakness.
A bloody 12 year long war ensued, and the isles would be in ashes for another fifty after that. At the end, the islands had been conquered by the Daitou, except for the holdouts of Kaum, Sagars, and Gausahes in the south, and a few forts manned by men loyal to the King, and the island of Buraug far to the north, where royal family resided in exile. Emperor Kolau, having to deal with the fracturing political climate in his homeland, negotiated, allowing the King of Kuraug to keep control over the Isles as long as he recognized the authority of the Daizou Emperors and the Viceroyalty of Baezol over him. The King accepted this agreement. After a few years, the holdouts of the Old Kuraug would fold and sign treaties with the Daitou, but were granted even greater autonomy than the King for their allegiance.
Many Decades later, Kuraug has never reached its former glory, but is still a power in the Southern Isles. The influence of the Emperor of the Daizou and the Viceroy of Baezol have eroded and has become a rubber stamp on what the Monarch of Kuraug wants done, but Daizou culture has left a lasting impact on the Kingdom, leading to a slow split between the Morasaul of the Lowlands and the Desaul of the Northern and Southern Mountains. How long the current situation will last is unknown. The Kings of Kuraug could re-establish their authority over the Sea or become pawns of the Daizou once again. The winds of change are blowing elsewhere in the world in the year 860 CE, as the Kingdom of Din-Nau sees a flourishing of industry and invention, while the collectivist revolution spreads like wildfire over the Stugar Sea, so what Kuraug will see next is a mystery.
Teshuvah
Banned
Not cars, manually driven cars. The idea is that autonomous cars become ubiqutious (and effective at preventing accidents) to the point where people question if manual cars are even needed. Gradually, driver's licenses are eliminated as a requirement to own an autonomous car; this evolves to manually driven cars being banned in many states because are they are seen as unnecessary and dangerous.Woah is this some future dystopia in which cars are banned?Interesting concept I'll say.
NOTE: NYC came to this trend much earlier than the rest of the country, and their push for a statewide ban at a time when Upstate New York was still using manual cars was one of the factors that caused them to break away. The bits from Connecticut and New Jersey were added by plebiscite later in the century.
Lost the game
Banned
Torn Asunder, part III
The standoff between the Union and the Confederacy would pause momentarily in May, with the death of President Chase. Salmon P Chase would be the fourth president to die in office in a quarter-century. However, hostilities would resume in July with the New Orleans Incident, as Confederate soldiers in the Delta SAR attempted to drive Union co-occupiers out of the city. In the end, the Union would prevail, and announced that a third plebiscite would be held, this one controversially allowing blacks to vote.
At the same time, a genuinely spontaneous uprising in Western North Carolina revived the idea of a state of Franklin, and the Asheville Convention was held, with the western counties of North Carolina voting to rejoin the Union as the state of Franklin. Richmond, paralyzed by indecision, scrambled to find a response, sending in the Army along with the North Carolina militia to root out the separatists. In the Battle of Hickory, the Franklinites were pushed back, but managed to hold on to the western half of the state, as other events led to the withdrawal of the Army from the theater.
In an attempt to preempt the plebiscite, the Confederate army pushed south from Baton Rouge, meeting Union forces at Laplace. The Battle of Laplace would result in a Union victory, as the Confederate drive south was halted and the army forced up against the Maurepas Swamp, while anothe Union force sailed up the Mississippi to land a few miles to the west, effectively trapping the Confederate forces in a swampy, malarial Cannae. With Baton Rouge left undefended, the Union pressed their advantage, announcing their intention to add the entirety of southern Louisiana to the plebiscite area.
The hammer finally fell on September 8th, 1873. Residents of the town of Douglasville, Georgia, woke up shocked to see a large force of soldiers marching down the road. Calling themselves the Militia of the State of Nickajack, and including quite a few Yankee accents among them, they quickly took control of the town. Attempts to contact the outside world were stymied when the locals discovered that the telegraph lined had been cut by black rebels. From there they continued their march northeast, reaching Atlanta the next day. The Battle of Atlanta lasted a few hours, as the surprised defenders were quickly overwhelmed. A second force with more men descended from Chattanooga a week later, crushing a Confederate Army battalion attempting to retake the city in a curb-stomp in Kennesaw.
On October 1st, as General William Franklin led the offensive southeast from Atlanta to Augusta, a force under the command of Joseph Reynolds pushed south across the Rappahannock to Richmond. A defense of the city was attempted on the 3rd of October, at Hannover Junction. The battle was a defeat, and the Siege of Richmond began on October 7th. By the 15th, the city had fallen.
A force of Union troops also pressed south, aided by black rebels, who organized into surprisingly well-disciplined armies besieging the city of Vicksburg, which was shockingly well-equipped to withstand a siege considering the fact that they were in the DMZ where the Confederacy was forbidden from bringing arms. The same went for the concentration of forces at Port Hudson, which allowed the Mississippi to be kept open to southern traffic for most of the war.
On November 17th, a year after the Arkansas Crisis sparked the conflict, the Battle at St George, a two-day affair, became the first definitive Confederate victory of the war, giving the city of Charleston some breathing room. Throughout the winter Union and Confederate forces would battle back and force across western South Carolina. The South Carolina Campaign also became notable for being the first-ever use of Gatling guns in warfare.
In Virginia, a similar temporary stalemate allowed the CS Congress to reconvene across the North Carolina state line in Raleigh. There, they attempted to regroup and commence the defense of the nation from Union invasion. Unfortunately for them, great resistance to any kind of conscription made raising the needed armies difficult, and the capture of Atlanta, Augusta, and the continued Union presence along the Mississippi and in South Carolina made coordination difficult.
On March 18th, 1874, the Battle of Summerville spelled the end of Charleston's resistance, and the city fell shortly thereafter. Out west, the fall of Port Hudson on January 8th led to the surrender of Vicksburg a week later, cementing Union control of the Mississippi.
On April 21st, the Battle of Lawrenceville ended the stalemate and left the road open to Raleigh. In the western part of North Carolina, a Franklinite militia managed to surprise North Carolinian defenders and capture the town of Charlotte.
The endgame of the war would be in May, when the Drive to Raleigh began from Virginia, while Columbia fell to the forces pushing north from Charleston. With the fall of Raleigh, President Breckenridge stood in the North Carolina State Capitol and signed the Instrument of Surrender, leading to the dissolution of the Confederacy. The last hostilities would end with a skirmish near Montgomery, a battle in the making cut short by the news of the surrender, allowing Union troops to take the city with little bloodshed. On June 2nd, 1874, the Texas State Legislature voted to recognize the surrender, ending the war. The War of Recovery lasted for a year and a half, starting from the Arkansas Crisis, and resulted in 139,478 deaths. In total the two wars resulted in the deaths of 893,000 Americans. After fourteen years of independence, the Confederacy was ended and the Union reunited.
The standoff between the Union and the Confederacy would pause momentarily in May, with the death of President Chase. Salmon P Chase would be the fourth president to die in office in a quarter-century. However, hostilities would resume in July with the New Orleans Incident, as Confederate soldiers in the Delta SAR attempted to drive Union co-occupiers out of the city. In the end, the Union would prevail, and announced that a third plebiscite would be held, this one controversially allowing blacks to vote.
At the same time, a genuinely spontaneous uprising in Western North Carolina revived the idea of a state of Franklin, and the Asheville Convention was held, with the western counties of North Carolina voting to rejoin the Union as the state of Franklin. Richmond, paralyzed by indecision, scrambled to find a response, sending in the Army along with the North Carolina militia to root out the separatists. In the Battle of Hickory, the Franklinites were pushed back, but managed to hold on to the western half of the state, as other events led to the withdrawal of the Army from the theater.
In an attempt to preempt the plebiscite, the Confederate army pushed south from Baton Rouge, meeting Union forces at Laplace. The Battle of Laplace would result in a Union victory, as the Confederate drive south was halted and the army forced up against the Maurepas Swamp, while anothe Union force sailed up the Mississippi to land a few miles to the west, effectively trapping the Confederate forces in a swampy, malarial Cannae. With Baton Rouge left undefended, the Union pressed their advantage, announcing their intention to add the entirety of southern Louisiana to the plebiscite area.
The hammer finally fell on September 8th, 1873. Residents of the town of Douglasville, Georgia, woke up shocked to see a large force of soldiers marching down the road. Calling themselves the Militia of the State of Nickajack, and including quite a few Yankee accents among them, they quickly took control of the town. Attempts to contact the outside world were stymied when the locals discovered that the telegraph lined had been cut by black rebels. From there they continued their march northeast, reaching Atlanta the next day. The Battle of Atlanta lasted a few hours, as the surprised defenders were quickly overwhelmed. A second force with more men descended from Chattanooga a week later, crushing a Confederate Army battalion attempting to retake the city in a curb-stomp in Kennesaw.
On October 1st, as General William Franklin led the offensive southeast from Atlanta to Augusta, a force under the command of Joseph Reynolds pushed south across the Rappahannock to Richmond. A defense of the city was attempted on the 3rd of October, at Hannover Junction. The battle was a defeat, and the Siege of Richmond began on October 7th. By the 15th, the city had fallen.
A force of Union troops also pressed south, aided by black rebels, who organized into surprisingly well-disciplined armies besieging the city of Vicksburg, which was shockingly well-equipped to withstand a siege considering the fact that they were in the DMZ where the Confederacy was forbidden from bringing arms. The same went for the concentration of forces at Port Hudson, which allowed the Mississippi to be kept open to southern traffic for most of the war.
On November 17th, a year after the Arkansas Crisis sparked the conflict, the Battle at St George, a two-day affair, became the first definitive Confederate victory of the war, giving the city of Charleston some breathing room. Throughout the winter Union and Confederate forces would battle back and force across western South Carolina. The South Carolina Campaign also became notable for being the first-ever use of Gatling guns in warfare.
In Virginia, a similar temporary stalemate allowed the CS Congress to reconvene across the North Carolina state line in Raleigh. There, they attempted to regroup and commence the defense of the nation from Union invasion. Unfortunately for them, great resistance to any kind of conscription made raising the needed armies difficult, and the capture of Atlanta, Augusta, and the continued Union presence along the Mississippi and in South Carolina made coordination difficult.
On March 18th, 1874, the Battle of Summerville spelled the end of Charleston's resistance, and the city fell shortly thereafter. Out west, the fall of Port Hudson on January 8th led to the surrender of Vicksburg a week later, cementing Union control of the Mississippi.
On April 21st, the Battle of Lawrenceville ended the stalemate and left the road open to Raleigh. In the western part of North Carolina, a Franklinite militia managed to surprise North Carolinian defenders and capture the town of Charlotte.
The endgame of the war would be in May, when the Drive to Raleigh began from Virginia, while Columbia fell to the forces pushing north from Charleston. With the fall of Raleigh, President Breckenridge stood in the North Carolina State Capitol and signed the Instrument of Surrender, leading to the dissolution of the Confederacy. The last hostilities would end with a skirmish near Montgomery, a battle in the making cut short by the news of the surrender, allowing Union troops to take the city with little bloodshed. On June 2nd, 1874, the Texas State Legislature voted to recognize the surrender, ending the war. The War of Recovery lasted for a year and a half, starting from the Arkansas Crisis, and resulted in 139,478 deaths. In total the two wars resulted in the deaths of 893,000 Americans. After fourteen years of independence, the Confederacy was ended and the Union reunited.
Indeed, I would like to see the new states created and the fate for freedmen ITTL.
Hardly stranger than some of the places people OTL claimed they had found the missing Tribes...
Another WIP I'm working on. And before you ask; yes, this is supposed to be ASB.
Holy! Will there be Sinowank BTW?
Seems like slowly changing social values in a world where self driving cars are the norm and the safety and necessity of car ownership is questionable. I imagine everybody is travelling around in a high tech public transport system with a variety of options.
Another WIP I'm working on. And before you ask; yes, this is supposed to be ASB.
Points for making the Yankee-settled areas of the Great Lakes from north Pennsylvania west to north Illinois separate states. Go Greater New England!
Another WIP I'm working on. And before you ask; yes, this is supposed to be ASB.
Some absurd CSA(?)-wank after a Peshawar Lancers event hit the USA in 1861-62? Or who is that wanked *Oceania, where did that originate?
Witch0Winter
Banned
Not to self-promote too much, but generally the maps I post aren't dystopian, and usually as close the opposite as realism will allow.
Witch0Winter
Banned
Really, it sounds like the opposite of dystopia. Considering tens of thousands of Americans are killed in car wrecks every year, with far more injured in various ways, safer self-driving cars seems like they'd be a good future to step into. Though I personally would allow people to still drive, but hopefully only after intensive and rigorous testing that keeps people off the road who would otherwise cause fatalities.
Well, It's neither of those things, although a part of the former could be similar. also it's a reverse or a known AH scenario.
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