Units: speculation, rumor, slander and silliness

[Sheogorath]

But the French Levee en mass didn't come into being until the French Revolution, I believe. I wonder if CA will portray levee en masse at all. It'd be pretty sweet if they did!

Apparently the Ancien Regime practiced recruitment by ballot, which is sort of similar. The first proper one occured during the French Revolution.

But, even so, the French had the largest population in Europe at the time. In 1700 France apparently had around 21 million people. In 1722 Russia only had 14 million. Apparently the Russian population didn't exceed the French until around 1800.

Hmm. Unite much of Europe under the Roman Republic, then start a revolution to form the Roman Empire under a monarch! Yeah!

Then counter-revolution and form the Soviet Socialist Republic of Rome? SSRR?