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My country is HYPER religious, though its for tengrism not the potatoeism.

My post is by no means finished. That was a very rough draft. I'll edit it in the coming days. I am also aware of several errors when it comes to ship terminology, which will be edited out later as well. It is at least somewhat legible right now, though, and will hopefully serve to get the story going.

Alright, I've made a list of teams. We may have some trouble. Only four of all the nations have chosen a side. This will be a small war.

Anyway, not everyone explicitly chose a side, so I have placed almost everyone on team purple.

I think putting everyone on either one of two sides or pure neutrality is a bit... reductionist, for the lack of a better term. There's only two nations staunchly in either camp, but that's just how complex reality is.

And like complex reality, I'm attaching overly simplistic labels because it's convenient.

Perhaps I should use a blue-to-red spectrum?

And like complex reality, I'm attaching overly simplistic labels because it's convenient.

Perhaps I should use a blue-to-red spectrum?

Eh, I think what we currently have is fine. It's just your "this will be a small war" analysis that irked me a bit.

Really, though, I think there should be just two main sides (plus neutral). If it's a world war, countries will have to choose one side or the other as the conflict ultimately revolves around one primary issue (like our RL world wars). I'd think most would start as purple as they have no strong ties to the issue, but they'd eventually have to choose one side or the other depending on which side their ally or enemy is on. One need not be a Potato-ist to join the red team (or even really be a true ally to the Holy Potatoe Empire or Holy Potato State) -- they'd just need to have some interest that would lead them to that. The enemy of my enemy and all that (think Russia in the world wars). I can't see how there'd be a third side or spectrum -- you'd have to choose one or the other in the end. And you could probably change sides if needed (like Italy).

Really, though, I think there should be just two main sides (plus neutral). If it's a world war, countries will have to choose one side or the other as the conflict ultimately revolves around one primary issue (like our RL world wars). I'd think most would start as purple as they have no strong ties to the issue, but they'd eventually have to choose one side or the other depending on which side their ally or enemy is on. One need not be a Potato-ist to join the red team (or even really be a true ally to the Holy Potatoe Empire or Holy Potato State) -- they'd just need to have some interest that would lead them to that. The enemy of my enemy and all that (think Russia in the world wars). I can't see how there'd be a third side or spectrum -- you'd have to choose one or the other in the end. And you could probably change sides if needed (like Italy).

Nations are usually not purely neutral, though. Examples include Francoist Spain, Sweden during WW2, the US before Pearl Harbor, etc. That's were the spectrum comes in.

Yeah, that makes sense (but was Sweden not neutral?). By neutral/purple, though, I meant more not directly involved in the conflict than ideologically neutral. We could probably have red, red-leaning/allied, purple, blue-leaning/allied, and blue. Or some such categories. Don't know how much more complex we could make our labels. Unless someone has ideas?

How religious is Latvichka? the capital city is a monastery that's how much

How religious is Latvichka? the capital city is a monastery that's how much

There will be a golden potatoe in the monetary by the end of the crusade. We are the Holy Potatoe Empire. We will add your theological and philosophical distinctiveness to our own. Resistance is futile. We are Potatoist.

Am I the only one ignoring Earth linguistic and racial conditions for my country?

Am I the only one ignoring Earth linguistic and racial conditions for my country?

I just thought it'd be fun to sort of do a Japan-HRE mashup, honestly

Am I the only one ignoring Earth linguistic and racial conditions for my country?

What you you mean by "Ignore Earth linguistic and racial conditions?"

Am I the only one ignoring Earth linguistic and racial conditions for my country?

What you you mean by "Ignore Earth linguistic and racial conditions?"

As in, my demographic will probably not be speaking the same languages as the people who live in the same place on Earth do. (Though I think I'm going to make the country majority Asian, not sure.)

I'm ignoring it myself. I plan to have a bunch of Norsemen, with some Italians, far Eastern Asians, Germans and Afrikaners thrown in. None of them will actually speak English as their mother tongue, but use it as the language to fall back on when speaking to someone who doesn't understand them.