Story Thread idea...

[Bearcat]

Can I change my claim Austria? ScottF hasn't claimed it yet has he?

[General_BT]

I was thinking of my using my maps since it would be easier to track land holding as armies with it that a larger map...

[General_BT]

No-one has claimed Austria, go ahead

[Bearcat]

Yeah I have Austria.

[General_BT]

Well, I'll get some rules set up, and we can start by tommorrow if you wish.

And I've changed, I want to be Sweden.

Someone else can have the Ottoman Empire...

Since I will probably be mod, I will probably control the little nations, but I will be fair... (since Denmark is taken there is no open nation to help me even if I wanted them too... )

NOt really fight with them, but control their basic diplomacy...
[This message has been edited by General_BT (edited April 10, 2000).]

[Bill3000]

I claim the Ottoman Empire!

[Jools]

hmmm... Poland was weak at that time and controlled by the Gentry... What else is there???

1.Poland
2.duh...

[BasV]

I've claimed Holland, if you hadn't noticed.

[Black Dragon]

Portugal is mine.

[General_BT]

Oops... sorry...

Okay, I only knew the starting strength of one army during this time period, Prussia's. But thanks to the board game Empire in Arms, I have a map that lists territories and how much they can raise militarily... so, I figured up Prussia's territory, came up with a conversion, and these are the starting army numbers for the "major powers"

Prussia: 100,000 troops

England: 247,520 troops (but some much be stationed overseas in her colonies)

Holland: 42,000 troops

France: 301,600 troops

Spain: 224,640 troops (like England)

Russia: 599,040 troops (most in garrision duties from Siberia and Alaska to
Kazakistan, mabye 250,000 available for European duty at most)

Denmark: 85,000 troops

Ottoman Empire: 657,280 troops (if they ever fielded this army, it is mostly levies and militia of very poor quality... the only exception is the Janissaries)

Poland: 239,200 (If they can get their act together)

Austria: 291,200 troops

Naples: 80,000 troops

Portugal: 52,000 troops

Piedmont/Savoy: 30,000 troops

Lombard Duchies: 35,000 troops

Romagna: 31,000 troops

Tuscany: 30,000 troops

Papacy: 19,000 troops

Bavaria: 46,000 troops

Sweden: 106,000 troops

i'll fill in the others a little later...

[Napoleon Bonaparte]

France actually fielded an army of about 278k after the 7 years war...

Spain had more then that i am sure...

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Almighty ruler and Resident God!!

[PolarisGL]

Napoleon, in case you didn't notice (not to be rude here) but we begin in 1750. And being France, I will immediately seize tensions between Britain and France, to make things interesting.

Go France, go! 2nd most powerful army dealing with numbers, and best of all: We are actually well-equipped.

Napoleon, stop complaining. You are not even French!

[PolarisGL]

And I know for a fact France's army was larger than Spain's...

[Scott F]

Statistics taken from The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers by Paul Kennedy:

Population in 1750
Britain - 10,500,000
France - 21,500,000
Habsburgs (Austria) - 18,000,000
Prussia - 6,000,000
Russia - 20,000,000
Spain - 9,000,000
Sweden - 1,700,000
United Provinces of the Netherlands - 1,900,000

Army Size in 1756
Britain - 200,000
France - 330,000
Habsburgs (Austria) - 200,000
Prussia - 195,000
Russia - 330,000
Spain - none standing (last standing figure, in 1710, was 30,000)
Sweden - none standing (last standing figure, in 1710, was 110,000)
United Provinces of the Netherlands - 40,000

Ships of the Line in 1756
Britain - 105
France - 70
No other nations had ships of the line at this time.
[This message has been edited by Scott F (edited April 10, 2000).]

[Boshko]

http://pub7.ezboard.com/fboshkosstor...theageofreason

would any one like to use this forum instead of restricting this story to a thread?