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[Fisherking]

Well so much for neutrality…


The 18th century was a period of relative peace and prosperity, until its last decade when French revolutionary troops invaded and destroyed the old political system.
During the 18th century, great advances were made in scientific agriculture. New industries got off the ground, including clockmaking and textiles.
Learned and patriotic societies sprang up all over the country. Swiss intellectuals discussed new scientific and philosophical ideas with their counterparts abroad. At the same time, they promoted Swiss national awareness, going beyond narrow cantonal boundaries.
The new industrial and intellectual elite challenged the entrenched ruling circles.
The century ended in Europe-wide turmoil after the French revolution and France's subsequent wars against European monarchies.
French troops invaded Switzerland in 1798, broke the power of the ruling élites there and temporarily destroyed the cantonal system by creating the centralised Helvetic Republic.
For the first and only time in their history the Swiss were forced to abandon their neutrality and provide troops for France.



During the French Revolutionary Wars, the revolutionary armies boiled eastward, enveloping Switzerland in their battles against Austria. In 1798 Switzerland was completely overrun by the French and became the Helvetic Republic. The Helvetic Republic encountered severe economic and political problems. In 1798 the country became a battlefield of the Revolutionary Wars, culminating in the Battles of Zürich in 1799.
In 1803 Napoleon's Act of Mediation reestablished a Swiss Confederation that partially restored the sovereignty of the cantons, and the former tributary and allied territories of Aargau, Thurgau, Graubünden, St. Gallen, Vaud and Ticino became cantons with equal rights.
The Congress of Vienna of 1815 fully re-established Swiss independence and the European powers agreed to permanently recognise Swiss neutrality. At this time, the territory of Switzerland was increased for the last time, by the new cantons of Valais, Neuchâtel and Geneva.



You know what else!

I don’t know where they got their history or Placement of American Indian factions from, but if I were giving them a grade on it…I would flat fail them!

It would seem they have taken out a few provinces for what ever reason. But they just took the lands of two large tribes and a few smaller ones and gave it to a medium sized one because of name recognition no doubt.

I have to say I am hugely disappointed.

[Skott]

CA has never been known for being historically correct. In some ways they fail worse than Hollywood. And we know how badly Hollywood does when it comes to making a movie with History in it.

[SwordsMaster]

So is all of France 1 province? And all of Spain? And all of New Spain? And Anatolia?
Jaysus. Modding Gods come to our rescue

[Beskar]

So is all of France 1 province? And all of Spain? And all of New Spain? And Anatolia?
Jaysus. Modding Gods come to our rescue

They have more than one city/town/etc. These spawn based on population of the areas.

Basically, instead of capturing Benidorm and now its yours to build up, etc. You can capture them and take resources, etc, however, it's still part of Spain, so you got to take over Madrid to take over the whole area.

[SwordsMaster]

I got that, but still. Even the UK is getting 3! I understand about the unrest and nationalistic feelings. But still, in the war for the spanish throne, Barcelona was one of the last cities to continue fighting, and this cannot be represented or even in any way recreated or even the possibility of the famous sieges of Zaragoza or Vitoria if the only city on the peninsula is Madrid...

[quadalpha]

I got that, but still. Even the UK is getting 3! I understand about the unrest and nationalistic feelings. But still, in the war for the spanish throne, Barcelona was one of the last cities to continue fighting, and this cannot be represented or even in any way recreated or even the possibility of the famous sieges of Zaragoza or Vitoria if the only city on the peninsula is Madrid...

I thought the idea was that the towns will eventually develop and can be fought over and beseiged.

[Sir Beane]

I thought the idea was that the towns will eventually develop and can be fought over and beseiged.

They can, but taking them won't net you a province, you'll just gain the city and it's bonuses.

[quadalpha]

They can, but taking them won't net you a province, you'll just gain the city and it's bonuses.

Right, my point was that there shouldn't be any concern about lack of cities to fight over.