Campaign Submissions, Expansion

[Ayzek]

Expanding Country: Mestra
EC.'s Government Type: Semi-Absolute Monarchy

Campaign Setting: 446
Campaign Goal: Area to the east of Gallia, across the narrow sea.
Informational Links: Factbook, History

When did you last have an Expansion? Haven't expanded before.
When was the Expanding Country's last military conflict? Kortoan conflict
Why do you seek to expand? IC: During the four and five hundreds the Imperium was a well oiled war machine, and was constantly pushing its borders as it expanded. By the end of the 700s, Mestra's overseas conquest ambitions began to settle until the 900s when it began to colonize new lands.  OOC:  I would like something to work on as a way to fine tune the history of the Imperium and establish a more practical background, such as how the military operated, the structure of the government historically, etc.  I believe an expansion of a large scale would reveal those areas of historical importance that should be codified.

Campaign Plot
Masparia (a parthian/persian styled nation) having triumphed over Esnea, the last vestige of Galasian culture in the east, sets it sights on conquering its neighbors.  Masparia makes its move to take more lands as its ambitions require a stable support structure to support the increased Masparian military. The Imperium, under the reign of Emperor Antonius ve Menra, makes plans to invade Masparia as growing ambitions of the Mestran state require additional lands to conquer.  Spy networks inform the Mestrans that the Masparian army is mobilizing to begin its invasions of the surrounding nations to the north of Masparia.  Having confidence their southern territories are safe, the Masparians move the vast portion of their military to the north, leaving small units in the southern lands.  Mestra, being a naval power, launches its attack in the Masparian southern lands.  The initial wave of troops were to consist of twenty imperial legions (~24,000 men) and bring the necessary supplies to support a growing campaign in the south.  However, a storm rages across the sea while Mestran troops are in transit.  The final count of troops that arrive in Masparia are around 16,000, about 13 legions.  Nearly half the supplies are lost as well.  Not to be deterred the Mestrans seize the local country side and set up fortifications. They construct walls and fortifications on the port city of Peliva.  

By the time the Masparians realize what has happened, they've already engaged a neighboring state in the north.  The Masparians are forced to divert some of their troops to the south, sacrificing their grand ambitions in the north.  The Mestrans have securely dug their talons into the southern lands and await reinforcements from the homeland before they make their push north.

(This is where the campaign would start)

Potential for Other Player Involvement  The neighboring states to the north of Masparia may be interested in the war.  They could attempt to take northern Masparian lands.  

How your country may evolve from success
Mestra would significantly expand past its current borders. The nation would become partially divided throughout the following centuries as the Masparian culture is different from that of Mestra.  The most loyal of the newly conquered lands would be the people of the former Esnea state.  Mestra and Esnea shared a common culture, the Galasian culture.  It is likely the Esneans would have assisted in the war against Masparia.  It is likely that the new lands were tightly controlled for centuries.  In the modern day, the territory of Masparia is likely governed by its own parliament with its own laws.  This would be something similar to Scotland.  The territory of Esnea is more closely governed by the Mestran parliament.  In the end there may still be tensions in the region even after a thousand years, though for the most part the region would be stable with a minority being disgrunteled.
How your country may evolve from defeat
Mestra will likely cease its overseas ambitions within the era of the 4 to 500s...  The empire suffering a heavy defeat would turn inwards, and the stability of the monarchy would be called into question.  It might take centuries before the Imperium could mount a military presence to return to the regional/global stage.

Plex make both the OOC and IC threads.