Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-32210074-20180426194846/@comment-35480037-20180509132615

 The Great Dutch Empire 

Turn 6 

 Government:

 -Willem II gives the French Regions freedom in language and religion, they can also have their own parliament that is equal to the Dutch.

 - the United Kingdom of the Netherlands will be officially renamed the Great Dutch Empire.

 Science:

                                                -Larger artillery guns are currently being designed.

 Military:

 - after the French defeat The Netherlands takes there entire Navy as a part of the Dutch Navy.

 -the not yet completely reliable machine guns are increasingly being used in the army.

 -four new first-rate ships of the line will be launched in Rotterdam, it concerns the:

 Z.M. Utrecht, Z.M Willem I, Z.M. Dordrecht and the Z.M. de Ruyter.

 Wars/Conflicts:

 - The French war Ends in a French defeat. The Netherlands annexes all Atlantic French coast and parts of the north.

 - 30000 soldiers start an attack from Luxembourg through the Saarland and Rhineland to the border with Bavaria and then start a trench warfare over the length between the Netherlands and Bavaria with the new machine guns, and thus make provision for the Prussian troops in France impossible.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:106.2pt"> - <span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;mso-ansi-language:EN;mso-fareast-language:NL" lang="EN">20000 soldiers start an attack from the north of France while going south around the current France. another 20000 do the same from the south to the north.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:106.2pt"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:NL" lang="EN-US">- 10000 men stand ready at the Dutch - WGC border in case WGC chooses the Prussian side.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:106.2pt"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:NL" lang="EN-US">- the Dutch navy launches attacks on the Prussian coast with the aim of creating fear among the population.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:106.2pt"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:NL" lang="EN-US">- the colonization of Africa, Alaska and Indonesia continues steadily <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:NL" lang="EN-US">

<p class="Standaard" style="margin-left:106.2pt;text-indent:-106.2pt"> Economy:

<p class="Standaard" style="margin-left:106.2pt"> - Money income keeps rising as the trade becomes more and bigger

<p class="Standaard"> Demographics:

<p class="Standaard" style="margin-left:106.5pt"> -Despite the conquering wars, the empire is doing well and the people are happy, well there is some concern about small groups of nationalists in former France.

<p class="Standaard" style="margin-left:106.5pt"> - men between 16 and 23 get conscription.

<p class="Standaard"> Diplomacy:

<p class="Standaard">                                                -The Netherlands declared war on Prussia.

<p class="Standaard">                                                Russia and Bavaria join in.

<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA" lang="EN-US">                                                -Luxembourg becomes a puppet state of the Netherlands.