[Senas League]

History Overview:

The story of Senas began two thousand years ago.

When the voyagers of ancient times finally defeated the turbulent currents and entered this water for the first time, what appeared before them was a miracle:

The pearl necklace-like archipelago blocks the waves of the outer sea, and the sea surface of the inland sea is as calm as a lake, reflecting the luster of emerald in the sun; the insurmountable and endless coastal mountains suddenly disappear, as if they were leveled in an instant by some unimaginable power, leaving a gate to the inland and a coastline that is almost perfectly elliptical.

The ecstatic voyager leader Pitheas immediately chose the name that suits her best for the land:

"Senas" - means a bay surrounded by land on three sides and has elegant arc-shaped contours.

From then on, Senas became the official name of this ocean and land, and accompanied her through the "heroic era", "conquer era", "turbulent era", "dark era" and "reconquer era".

Until forty years ago, someone picked up a pen and wrote a new chapter on the pages of history:

A group of warriors who were unwilling to endure the oppression of the empire rose up, and the fire of resistance broke out and eventually involved all the ocean and land between the two mountains.

When the smoke of gunpowder dissipates, the scarred winners have not had time to lick their wounds and find new challenges one after another:

They defeated the rulers but did not know how to rule; they destroyed a country but did not know how to build a new country; they lost their consistent goals, and their originally close partners began to become disgusting; they lost their common enemies, and their once shared life and death robes, and they would turn against each other at any time.

Finally, in the name of "Senas", an unprecedented alliance was born in the morning light.

She crossed the grasslands and the sea, to the majestic shaded mountains in the north, and to the south, the Golden Peak Mountains covered with snow in the thousands of years. Horses galloped freely on her land, eagles soared in her sky, tough warriors guarded her borders among the mountains, and spectacular fleets hung her flags to the unknown distance.

But can she really stand the test of time?

Time will give the answer.

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Archives of the Republic

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[United Republic of Seventeen Provinces/United Provinces]

*[Great belongs to Senas! Glory belongs to the seventeen provinces! Long live! United Provinces Republic!]

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History Overview:

The history of Shanzhoudi is as long as Senas, where the first settlement of immigrants in ancient times was established.

But the development history of Shanzhoudi was very short, until four hundred years ago, she was still an extremely desolate land.

Because it's very simple - her terrain is too low, and there are tidal flats, wetlands, swamps and lakes everywhere, and even more than a quarter of the land is flooded twice a day by sea.

If agriculture cannot be developed, civilization cannot be developed. Although immigrants in ancient times established the first "Kahulan" in front of the mountain - a large colony with temples, they eventually turned to a higher terrain and more suitable for living and farming in the south coast of the bay, which is today's Veneta.

Finally, only birds and animals, fishermen and hunters, and farmers scattered on scattered tracts of arable land survived in front of the mountain.

However, there is no way out, and the development of farmland drainage technology brings a turning point in the fate of the mountain.

Relying on complex and sophisticated water conservancy projects, the people in front of the mountain drained the swamps and wetlands, occupied mudflats and shallow seas, and reclaimed the land that could not be cultivated into tens of hectares of fertile land.

The overall planning capabilities required for building large-scale water conservancy projects have also accumulated more centripetal and execution political traditions.

At the same time, wars that seem to never end are taking place in every corner of the continent: the lords conquer each other because of their ambitions, the priests and pagans set off jihad wars in the name of gods, commercial city-states began to try to use force to kill their competitors, and the sound of nomadic barbarians' hooves echoed on the frontier of civilization...

Instead, the land in front of the mountain was too desolate and barren, and could enjoy rare peace and stability. So people from all over the world flocked to this land that was urgently needed to be developed in order to survive in troubled times.

With the superposition of various factors, the mountain front land has developed rapidly over hundreds of years, from a barren land with malaria, it has become the most densely populated, most developed handicrafts and the highest degree of urbanization in the entire continent.

But the accumulation of wealth means the increase of pretenders. When the mountain is free from backwardness and poverty, she will no longer be able to survive.

The empire began to demand more and more taxes from the mountain, putting more and more shackles on the mountain; at the same time, the expansion of the urban class has rapidly spread new ideas and new beliefs, making the mountain more and more disinterested from the empire.

The deepening contradictions eventually triggered a war.

And what was born in the war was the glorious United Republic of the Seventeen Provinces.

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Geographical overview: highly urbanized; rivers intersect and water networks densely populated inland; large number of polder fields below sea level

*[The Union Province is the smallest republic in China in the Union, with only 104,600 square kilometers, equivalent to one-third of Veneta. But she is also the most urbanized and densest-popular republic in the Union, with nearly one-half of the population living in fortified towns. The citizens' composition includes merchants, handicraftsmen and farmers, but not all have civil rights]

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Political structure: It is turning from "representative democracy" to "military politics"

*[The so-called representative democracy is actually "representative democracy for people with citizenship". The vast majority of the Union Provincial people are "people" without citizenship, and a seat in the parliament often only corresponds to a dozen or even a few voters]

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting contents later!*[The United Provincial Government, which has always been in charge of parliament, has been playing a dangerous game game with the officers who have mastered the army.]

*[The officers' regiment bluntly overturned the table and successfully launched a coup with the help of internal government partners (as of the end of the monsoon sweep)]

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Centralization degree: higher

*[Political traditions of the mountain front land, uncontrolled army]

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Economic Policy: Comprehensive Mercantilism/Combination of Industry and Commerce

*[High tariffs are the characteristic of mercantilism and must be tasted]

*[The merchants in the United Provinces are both producers and sellers, which gives them stronger bargaining and production capacity]

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Military organization: Full-organized standing legion, standing reserve legion, second inland sea navy

Military characteristics: a large number of highly trained phalanx infantry; weaker cavalry; the largest artillery; the navy serving the army

*[According to the Charter of the Union, the republics can only and must maintain two standing legions. The reason for such a clause is to prevent the Union from falling into an arms race and not to abandon its military equipment.

However, there are always loopholes in rules and regulations. The United Provincial Republic is backed by the sea, bordering the neighboring countries on three sides and has no danger to defend, which has always caused serious insecurity within the United Provincial Army. By establishing a "standing reserve army", the United Provincial Administration actually maintained four fully-organized standing army units, ranking first among the Republics in terms of training level and number of soldiers. At the same time, relying on the production capacity of the Victory Arsenal, the United Provincial Artillery Scale also ranked first among the Republics]

*[With a sharp weapon, a murderous heart arises. When the Union Province decided to use his powerful army, it seemed that a war was inevitable]

*[In the Inland Sea, the strength of the United Provincial Navy is second only to the Venetta Inland Sea Navy. However, the United Provincial Navy is a navy serving the army and is in a passive position within the army, so it lacks subjective initiative to a certain extent]

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Important city: Guitucheng

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[Dignity of Veneta Republic]

*[Land and ocean, we live between two worlds, but not any of them, we only belong to ourselves]

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History Overview:

In the Bay of Senes, Veneta's history is second only to the mountain front land. She was the second colony established by immigrants in ancient times, and her prosperity and prosperity are far longer than her "cousin".

However, Hailan, the capital of the Venetta Republic today, is not the first city to emerge.

The oldest city in Veneta is Adria, followed by Aquilia, Sea Lane, Frora, Baihua City, etc. are not among them.

The original Hailan City site is located on a sandbar at the mouth of the river, facing water.

The sea blue people were originally just fishermen, salt workers and barge boatmen, but the arrival of the turbulent era and the dark age gave sea blue a chance to rise.

Adria, located in the coastal plain, fell first, and Aquilia, located in the rushing river to strike the delta, was then razed to the ground by the barbarians.

With the easy-to-defense and difficult-to-attack terrain, Hailan survived. At the same time, sheltered a large number of remnants of the ancient empire, and these fugitives also brought manpower, wealth, technology and ideas to Hailan.

From then on, Hailan added the title of "the most noble" to herself and headed deeper into the ocean.

Apart from fishing catches and salt, sea blue can produce almost nothing. She has no agricultural products and no animal husbandry. Her only skills are navigation and transportation of goods. Therefore, trade is crucial to sea blue people.

This makes the behavior of the sea blue people polarized: on the one hand, the sea blue people never consider moral factors when conducting business activities, and they believe that they can trade with anyone, even pagans and barbarians; on the other hand, the hard life left home and the discriminated sea blue businessman made the sea blue people unite with their common emotions. This unity gave birth to pure patriotism - the sea blue never lacks patriots. This unity also gave birth to self-discipline and fairness, just like all crew members on a ship facing the dangers of the sea regardless of their high or low status.

In the dark age, Sea Blue quickly became the largest commercial city-state in the Pan-Veneta region and maintained its advantage for nearly a thousand years.

Even in the era of "re-conquest", facing the army of Emperor Elexius, Hailan never gave up his independent status, and eventually forced the emperor to accept allegiance in the name of "submission but not tribute".

As the stars change, time flies. The old dynasty declines and the new dynasty rises. The Pan-Veneta region gradually nurtured new commercial city-states, such as Baihua City and Frora.

There are always irreconcilable contradictions between the new king and the old king, as are the emerging city-states and sea blue. Commercial competition eventually evolved into military competition, and the Pan-Veneta region immediately entered the protracted "city-state war era".

As the nominal co-lord of the city-states, the empire acquiesced the occurrence of city-state wars. Because low-intensity city-state wars can not only weaken the disobedient autonomous cities in the Venetta area, but will eventually hand over the sacred power of judgment to the emperor.

The emperor's premonition was right. Hailan could defeat other city-states, but could not destroy them. The army of Jesriya and Baihua City also once faced the sea blue city, but in the end it failed to be Hailan City Wall.

The city-state wars in the Pan-Veneta region were fought and stopped, and the city-states formed alliances and broke contracts. Everything developed towards the imperial expectations until the outbreak of the "Great Uprising in the Mountains" broke out.

Initially, the Venetta City-state, including Hailan, did not stand on the side of the rebel army, and was only neutral on the side of the wait-and-see attitude, and made profits by selling materials to both sides of the war and providing services.

It was not until the "butcher" Duke Allyn was defeated and died and failed in the first anti-counterfeiting war that Hailan officially decided to put the chips on the people in front of the mountain - most of the Venetta city-states chose to continue to wait and see.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! With the full support of Hailan, the Senas coalition finally defeated the Crazy Emperor Richard, who was in charge of the army, and achieved a complete victory.
To be continued...