Hellenistic Era NES

[Micha]

How about this huge mediterrenean map? It has a good extend, is "only" 300 kB in size (3500x2700 pixles) but can be zoomed to a city detail level
I have extracted it from a perfectly two-coloured bmp, which was almost 27 MB in size. The jpeg here is also good quality, but when filling in the colours, you might have to work with the coastlines...

[Micha]

Please let the mod decide the outcome of decisions! I hate people writing "We disembark a billion troops at a foreign country and win easily, annex the country and then the world is conquered".

I will take over Carthage! Hopefully some others are joining in...

[bipolarbear]

Senator Freeman and I would liek to request Persia.
So is this like king mitchell's, or do we have to report our decisions to you, and then you control what happens?(Think Olympika bus trip)

[foolish_icarus]

updated nation stats

320 BC


Magna Graeca - icarii
Army: Small
Navy: Medium
Military Effectiveness: Average
Secret Police: Adequate
Common Living Conditions: Poor
Economy: Good
Discontent: Some
Tech Level:
Empire Rating: Inadequate
Government/Society: Alliance of city state ruled by dictator, occasional aristocratic councils


Macedon- foolish icarus
Army: Medium
Navy: Tiny
Military Effectiveness: Good
Secret Police: Professional
Common Living Conditions: Poor
Economy: Struggling
Discontent: Significant
Tech Level:
Empire Rating: Scattered
Government/Society: Kingdom with supreme leader and subject nobles


Carthage - Micha
Army: Small
Navy: Medium
Military Effectiveness: Average
Secret Police: Basic
Common Living Conditions: Poor
Economy: Average
Discontent: Some
Tech Level:
Empire Rating: Inadequate
Government/Society: Oligarchy with magisterial rule.


Athens - Comrade Tassadar
Army: Small
Navy: Medium
Military Effectiveness: Average
Secret Police: Basic
Common Living Conditions: Poor
Economy: Average
Discontent: Some
Tech Level:
Empire Rating: Inadequate
Government/Society: Alliance dominated by Athens, limited democracy


Persia - bipolarbear
Army: Large
Navy: Medium
Military Effectiveness: Poor
Secret Police: Adequate
Common Living Conditions: Squalid
Economy: Struggling
Discontent: Oven Revolt
Tech Level:
Empire Rating: Limited
Government/Society: Multiple nations combined under the absolute rule of an emperor.


Rome
Army: Medium
Navy: Infinitesimal
Military Effectiveness: Average
Secret Police: Basic
Common Living Conditions: Poor
Economy: Average
Discontent: Some
Tech Level:
Empire Rating: Inadequate
Government/Society: Patrician Republic (Rome) dominates ally and subject states


Sparta
Army: Small
Navy: Infinitesimal
Military Effectiveness: Good
Secret Police: Adequate
Common Living Conditions: Squalid
Economy: Struggling
Discontent: Significant
Tech Level:
Empire Rating: Scattered
Government/Society: Alliance dominated by Sparta, limited suffrage consensus-democracy under a rigid code of law.


Lydia [Sardis]
Army: Small
Navy: Tiny
Military Effectiveness: Poor
Secret Police: Adequate
Common Living Conditions: Poor
Economy: Struggling
Discontent: Worrisome
Tech Level:
Empire Rating: Inadequate
Government/Society: Kingdom


Egypt
Army: Large
Navy: Small
Military Effectiveness: Average
Secret Police: Adequate
Common Living Conditions: Poor
Economy: Average
Discontent: Some
Tech Level:
Empire Rating: Inadequate
Government/Society: Bureaucratic kingdom.

[foolish_icarus]

Magna Graeca
Army: Small
Navy: Medium
Military Effectiveness: Average
Secret Police: Adequate
Common Living Conditions: Poor
Economy: Good
Discontent: Some
Tech Level:
Empire Rating: Inadequate
Government/Society: Alliance of city state ruled by dictator, occasional aristocratic councils



Rome
Army: Medium
Navy: Infinitesimal
Military Effectiveness: Average
Secret Police: Basic
Common Living Conditions: Poor
Economy: Average
Discontent: Some
Tech Level:
Empire Rating: Inadequate
Government/Society: Patrician Republic (Rome) dominates ally and subject states

Macedon
Army: Medium
Navy: Tiny
Military Effectiveness: Good
Secret Police: Adequate
Common Living Conditions: Poor
Economy: Struggling
Discontent: Significant
Tech Level:
Empire Rating: Scattered
Government/Society: Kingdom with supreme leader and subject nobles


Carthage
Army: Small
Navy: Medium
Military Effectiveness: Average
Secret Police: Basic
Common Living Conditions: Poor
Economy: Struggling
Discontent: Some
Tech Level:
Empire Rating: Inadequate
Government/Society: Oligarchy with magisterial rule.



Sparta
Army: Small
Navy: Infinitesimal
Military Effectiveness: Good
Secret Police: Adequate
Common Living Conditions: Squalid
Economy: Struggling
Discontent: Significant
Tech Level:
Empire Rating: Scattered
Government/Society: Alliance dominated by Sparta, limited suffrage consensus-democracy under a rigid code of law.



Athens
Army: Small
Navy: Medium
Military Effectiveness: Average
Secret Police: Basic
Common Living Conditions: Poor
Economy: Average
Discontent: Some
Tech Level:
Empire Rating: Inadequate
Government/Society: Alliance dominated by Athens, limited democracy



Lydia [Sardis]
Army: Small
Navy: Tiny
Military Effectiveness: Poor
Secret Police: Adequate
Common Living Conditions: Poor
Economy: Struggling
Discontent: Some
Tech Level:
Empire Rating: Inadequate
Government/Society: Kingdom


Egypt
Army: Small
Navy: Small
Military Effectiveness: Average
Secret Police: Adequate
Common Living Conditions: Poor
Economy: Average
Discontent: Some
Tech Level:
Empire Rating: Inadequate
Government/Society: Bureaucratic kingdom.

Persia
Army: Medium
Navy: Medium
Military Effectiveness: Poor
Secret Police: Adequate
Common Living Conditions: Squalid
Economy: Struggling
Discontent: Oven Revolt
Tech Level:
Empire Rating: Limited
Government/Society: Multiple nations combined under the absolute rule of an emperor.


starting map

[foolish_icarus]

In 334 BC, near the beginning of his campaign in Persia, Alexander and his army fought the battle of Granicus River. The Macedonian army soundly defeated the Persian army, but Alexander, fighting in the thick of things, was slain. So the Macedonian army, much like Xenophon’s 10 thousand 67 years before, had to fight their way, leaderless, out of Persia. This blow to both Macedon, now without a ruler, and an already weak Persia, gave strength to the independence movements within their territories. The Greek lands once again began bickering and sorting into alliances, and whole regions fought to escape Persian control.

It is now 325 BC. Progress will be 5 years/day unless otherwise noted

There follows a nation list and an explanation of the stats. If you would like a nation that is not listed, simply post stat recommendations and I will put your country on the map. If needed, additional maps will be posted.




Comprehensive Nation Simulator (CNS). Ancient Version.


military effectiveness (combination of training, equipment, leadership, ability to project force and respond quickly, etc. Measures whether your military is capable of defending on home front only or able to move long distances into adjacent areas.) : embarrassing, poor, average, good, exceptional

secret police : limited, basic, adequate, professional, extensive, ubiquitous, [strength of spies, intelligence gathering, assassinations, etc.]

Common living conditions (how well the average person lives, includes social infrastructure such as universities, public utilities, availability of goods and consumer items) : Abysmal, Squalid, Poor, Average, Good, Very Good, Exceptional



Military levels :

None, Infinitesimal, Tiny, Small, Medium, Large, Very Large, Huge, Enormous, Outrageous

Economy (Average commercial health) :

Primitive, Backwards, Poor, Struggling, Average, Good, Thriving, Exceptional, Glorious, Awe Inspiring

Discontent (Amount of unhappiness, different forms of governments can handle different amounts of unhappiness, and it will be manifested in different ways) :

Insignificant, Minor, Some, Significant, Worrisome, Open Revolt


Tech Level :

Just to generally keep track of how advanced things are, projects, don’t need to be too specific, e.g. “The Bloatian peoples have no knowledge of metallurgy, mathematics, stonecutting, or literature, but are the best stick carvers in the world. They ride into battle on pigs.”


Empire Rating (This is on an absolute scale, so small countries will only be able to have moderate ratings. This includes physical infrastructure, such as roads, mines, engineers, barracks, armories, dockyars, NOT to be confused with social infrastructure, which is covered in Common Living conditions ) :

primitive, scattered, inadequate, limited, varied, sufficient, plentiful, extensive, burgeoning, awesome


Government/Society :

Blurb, e.g. “Absolute despotism enforced by a merciless secret police force. Despite this, the population is annoyingly upbeat and optimistic” etc. Can also include miscellaneous information, such as social mobility, etc., whatever you feel needs to be noted.