Campaign Submissions, Expansion

[Mestra]

@Ikar: what is the Chikusan Republic failing to provide and why? Just good old racism? Was the Heiwana Empire based in Kazemura? Did this empire racism Chikusa? What's behind the President's removal?

@Mestra: to be clear, Historical Campaigns, as a process, is still in development. The Directorate has not yet set concrete policy regarding its requirements and extents. One thing's for sure though, the role play's not gonna end with the initial war. 1,100 years is a mighty long time, after all.

There's nothing too unreasonable about the initial situation, except for the fact that 446 is almost 400 years after the Galasian Empire fell, so the Esneans are probably not that Galasian anymore. They might actually comparable to the Byzantines, actually: still claiming to the empire, but having heavily adopted the local language, culture, and traditions and such. Amusingly interesting.

Brigidna may look something like this at the time:


How much of Masparia were you wishing to conquer in this one war? I don't think empires wars to the death the back then, so "all of it" isn't a very good answer. Be aware you don't wanna make the same mistake as the Masparians and move a lot of your army away...that's the Akhadics' empire north of you, and the Lanlanians are likely still upset you kicked them off the Near East.

Multiple wars is an option, though. And you probably did fight them over the 1,100 years, likely losing and regaining land over and over.

That might actually be the trade of with Historical Campaigns...you've likely pacified the modern-day population, but there's a lot more of RP to do.

I figured this would take multiple wars and several or a single large RP story, so that isn't really an issue.
While the Esneans may have diverged from the original Galasian culture, there would still be some remnants and ultimately they would be closer culturally to the Mestrans rathern than the Masparians. So that makes it less complicated, although this still can be an issue of course, and would likely play out in the RP and subsequent. It is also likely that the area claimed by Mestra in this war, if the war were won, would be made as a more autonomous province of the empire, with vast power invested with the Esnean people. This could have its own pros and cons.

As for land I would seek to conquer. I would say that the Imperium would likely try to assert its naval dominance, and as such would make to claim the southern lands including the island you have in your map (if on the table). Essentially the southern coast with part of the western coast. Could be about a third of the Masparian state. Historically it could have been lands belonging in part to the Esneans. However, it would take years to solidify Imperial control over the area, and the border area would likely as you said see several skirmishes and small wars where territory is lost and gained.