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The god of chance has decided!

A most excellent outcome.

I don't know much, myself. @taulover, have you been scouring reddits? Have you found anything that could help us in the RP?

This is a good place to start:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/wiki/faq

Yay, this will be fun

Also this site is full of ads; but it does give a nice quick run down of big inventions, which can let you get a good idea of what we're dealing with(but seriously adblock guys).
1700s to 1800s.

Looking through the AskHistorians FAQ, these look particularly helpful:
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/wiki/faq/militaryhistory/earlymodernwar
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/2kcv1d/we_often_hear_about_how_war_changed_in_the_20th/clk900x/
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/wiki/science#wiki_communications

So 18 century, mid 1800's or late, or early 1900's?

So 18 century, mid 1800's or late, or early 1900's?

In the tech thread, Robin suggested a method of using Scientific Advancement score to determine your tech level:

Super easy tech system:  All techs from year 1700 available.  All other techs accessible by year of invention-1700 multiplied by two:

Ex:  Cotton Gin (1793) = 1793-1700 = 93*2 = 186.  (Available at 186 tech)

Does that sound like an ok-ish way of doing things? 

Also a reminder that 18th century = 1700s.

Edit: Using that system, my nation, Potatoeist Science (which has the highest SA score), has 1827 tech, while Latvichka (with a very negative SA score) is at 1643 tech. Sounds like a pretty realistic tech range to me.

Ah. 1700. You've lost me there.

Edit: Using that system, my nation, Potatoeist Science (which has the highest SA score), has 1827 tech, while Latvichka (with a very negative SA score) is at 1643 tech. Sounds like a pretty realistic tech range to me.

I mean, we could have that tech, or at least be aware of that tech, but we prefer simpler things. Such as using mostly bows as opposed to flintlocks and wearing more archaic clothes and armor.
Edit: My reasoning behind this is because not only am I last in scientific advancement in the region, I am also in the top .8 percent in the world for primitiveness.

Yeah, sure, just don't be surprised if your nation gets ignored and then colonized by various world powers.

Yeah, I take SA to mean you have the knowledge and technological ability to develop something invented at that time, though you don't necessarily have to if you're ideologically opposed to it.

Also, since I couldn't resist the urge not to, here's everyone's SA at the time of this post:
1827 Potatoeist Science
1808 Holy Potatoe Empire
1771 Neo Aesir
1768 Morning Gold
1750 Laurentus Setats
1750 Trychnos
1750 Barbaross
1748 Unified Trade States
1735 The Chosen of Odin
1666 Holy Potato State
1643 Latvichka
Mean: 1747, Median 1750

Yeah, sure, just don't be surprised if your nation gets ignored and then colonized by various world powers.

Why would you want to though?

Yeah, sure, just don't be surprised if your nation gets ignored and then colonized by various world powers.

Why would you want to though?

My nation probably won't, but it's basically free land with a bunch of primitive savages there.
See: Manifest Destiny, British Raj, Scramble for Africa, etc.

The Laurentians aren't imperialists yet, but could well become them in the course of the RP. Then you could be in trouble, Cinciri.

Also, how the fuck did I get up to fifth with SA?

I, for one, stopped answering issues.  Quite some time ago.

I do believe we need to do map claims now?

Way ahead of you.