How long should we make these texts?

The example seen in the dev diary is quite a bit longer than what I would expect, but it depends on the country. For smaller countries even a short text would be enough, but for more important countries like Rome I would want something similar to the suggestions here: https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/start-up-screen-text-suggestion-thread.1050717/#post-23413759

Originally posted by qweytr:

The example seen in the dev diary is quite a bit longer than what I would expect, but it depends on the country. For smaller countries even a short text would be enough, but for more important countries like Rome I would want something similar to the suggestions here: https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/start-up-screen-text-suggestion-thread.1050717/#post-23413759

Those all seem fairly short, I'm really busy with life things at the moment, but hopefully I'll be able to put a few together

Western Roman Empire, 395:
A land under attack.

The great civilization of Rome is under attack. In the west, barbarians continue to threaten the unstable and declining country and unrest grows throughout the roman provinces as the mixture of violent cultures proves to be destructive. The country has been redivided after the death of Theodosius the I and Honorius takes the throne. With the recent adoption of Christianity, the empire tries it's best to convert the lands to the "true" faith. Can Honorius restore the empire to glory with his brother Arcadius of the Eastern Roman Empire, and save it from falling into heathen, uncivilized hands?

The Franks, 395:
Opportunity awaits.

The Sicambri Dynasty of the Frankish tribes have created a dominant presence in Germania, and continue to unite the people for one cause. Seizing the land of the Romans, and reclaiming their lost lands is a very prestigious goal. Genobald I has already led the tribe to victory once in 388 against the Romans, what's to stop him from claiming another? Can he bring the Frankish tribes to further glory?

Hunnic Nomads, 395:
The Steppe Grows

The Huns have grown exponentially in the last 50 years, with Uldin leading his horde to uniting most of Scythia. No one can look at a Hunnish horde without fainting, and no army can fight one without being shattered, or decimated completely. With an unstable Eastern Roman Empire after the death of Theodosius the First, there is surely opportunity for the Hunnish tribes. A future to look forward to. Can Uldin, and his successors, forge an everlasting state in Europe?

Göktürks 637,
Children of Tengri rise!

Göktürks power diminished after the independence of the Western Khanate. The Göktürk Khanate is now divided into two parts, while the Khan's eternal enemy the Tang Dynasty grows restless of our raids and from lands afar rises a new religion. Will Chebi Khan unite the great Turkish Khanate against our eternal enemy? Will the Göktürk Khanate be lost in history? or will it be an empire whose name would echo through ages to come?

Hey so i took a look at the thread, and i'd like to take a shot at the Han Dynasty(Writing it, that is). But i'm not sure if you already have a text for them. (Seeing that it didn't appear for me, i expect that to be a no but still)

Originally posted by Leozinho239:

Hey so i took a look at the thread, and i'd like to take a shot at the Han Dynasty(Writing it, that is). But i'm not sure if you already have a text for them. (Seeing that it didn't appear for me, i expect that to be a no but still)

I don't have a text for any countries or start dates that are not present in vanilla, except for those provided above.

Sassanids, 224
True Persia Reborn!

Sassanid Ardashir the First has defeated his Parthian overlord, Artabanus the Fourth. His victory broke the Parthian rule, and made the Persian Sassanid dynasty the ruling dynasty, with him on the throne. As his realm is finally ruled by a true Persian, it enters its best period in history, a golden age of Persia.
Yet, the rivals are still there. The Roman Empire to the west is still a big, civilized threat. The Empire of Kushan to the east is also a worthy, powerful rival. There are many opportunities, though. Will the new, reborn Sassanid Persia rise to the glory never seen since the days of the Achaemenid Empire, or succumb to the internal strife that is still going on after the defeat of former Parthian rulers?

Sassanids, 637
The Arab Onslaught

It seems like all the holiness of Ahura Mazda has left Iran - Heathen Arabs of the desert, organized under the banner of Islam, a new, powerful religion, are ravaging Persia, defeating their armies one after another! The strife between Yazdegerd III and the nobility has reached the levels of a civil war, so no one can organize a response to the invaders. The Arab invaders are preaching Islam far and wide with their conquests. They also took the pride of Persia, their capital, Ctesiphon, and sacked it.
Dire times for the Iranian realm are already there. Will the Sassanid dynasty save what's left from the ancient Iran? Is Yazdeged the Third able to fend off the Arab wave of destruction?

Avaria, 637
Succesors of The Huns

The Avar Khaganate has migrated to Pannonia a long time ago, with their fierce horseback army of the steppes. They are capable warriors, pillaging and extracting tribute from the surrounding states. Western chronicles refer to them as "Huns", because Avar horseback warriors are as ruthless and effective as the actual tribe of Huns, who came here before them. Will the Khaganate under the leadership of Bayan expand its infulence further west? Can it mark its place in history?

Sarir, 637
Those Who Stayed Behind

While most of the Avar kin left their homeland to claim the steppes and the glory of pillaging their enemies, some of them stayed. They settled down and founded a kingdom of Sarir, and they got christianized, unlike their Tengrist steppe brothers.
With a new religion called Islam rising in the south, and expanding dangerously northwards, Kotrag might be forced to look for an alliance to secure the existence of his state, and fend off the Muslim invaders when the time comes.


That's all I could think of... For now. Sorry for some minor grammar mistakes - I'm a bit tired. :P

Thank you everyone for your contributions. I have now implemented everything I have got so far in my internal build and they will be added in the next update.

Just one request for the future. In the code, the texts are not defined for a single year, but for an interval. So far I have added all the texts for only the year given, but if your text is applicable for a wider range of dates, please indicate that in the title.

For example: The Franks, 388-400
Instead of just: The Franks, 395

Indo-Greeks (by the way, I recommend renaming them to Yavana, their Indian name), 2-9999:

We are the last. Over three centuries ago, our ancestors strode triumphantly across the vast, smoldering remnants of the once unbeatable Persian Empire. Under the leadership of Alexander, the greatest leader in history, it seemed Greek culture, Greek learning, and Greek civilization would rule the entire world, from the fertile lands of Europe to the deserts of Asia. We were wrong. The Empire collapsed into warring states, the strongest being the tyrannical Seleucids, who our Bactrian ancestors revolted against. Our current state was founded by the general Apollodotus, when he refused to let the Indian provinces take part in the civil wars that would eventually lead to Bactria's destruction at the hands of steppe barbarians. Now, Bactria and the Seleucid Empire are both ruled by a new Parthian regime, whose lapdogs have occupied the vast majority of our country.

As the last free Greeks in the whole world, a difficult choice faces us. Once we push the Parthian scum back across the Hindu Kush, should we continue west, attempting to restore Alexander's empire and eventually liberating our lost homeland from the distant Roman tyrants now ruling it? Or should we accept that we are now Indian, and try to build a new home and power for ourselves in Asia? Either way we must act fast to occupy weak nearby states to gain a chance against the Parthian hordes. Paying tribute to the Chinese could be wise, if we can swallow our Greek pride.

The Julio-Claudians of Rome, 2 AD

After a ruinous civil war, the roman republic has become far too unstable. This is the reason why Augustus has created the Roman Empire.

Now, the Pax Romana has brought prosperity to the Empire, and the people are happy. Furthermore, every border of the empire is secure and firmly held. To the Rhine, Augustus has already started an occupation of Germany until the river Elbe. At the danubian border, the Germanic tribes are unusually calm. The Parthian empire is surely preparing an attack, but we do not really know how early. Then, in Africa, the Empire seems to have reached the last liveable place before the desert.

There seem to be many possibilites of expansion: to the north, Britannia is divided in small tribes, easily conquerable; in Germany, Rome must still make the tribes understand who the boss is. Also, Rome is at its apex, and Parthia cannot reach its power.

Whichever road Rome will take, it must always be careful to its internal problems, because, if let too much be, they could pose a serious threat to the integrity of the Roman Empire.

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[Europe/United States of America/Union of Soviet Socialist Republics/Republic of China], 1947-1992 AD

With the fall of the Third Reich and the defeat of Facism, the world has been thrust into "peace". However, this peace is but momentary, as the world must now pick sides. The Western world has chosen a path of "freedom" and "liberty", while the East has been forced under the thumb of "dictators" and "hate".

Whatever peace existed, it is gone now. With Germany split, and the majority of Eastern Europe and Asia controlled by Communism, which some claim to be from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and Western Europe, overseen by the United States of America. Whatever countries exist that haven't been forced under one of these two superpowers will soon find that they will be behind one. The world is undergoing a new revolution.

The destruction of the world is a buttons press away, and fear is widespread. Diplomacy is everything now, as the international waters bubble with the heat of tension. It is your time now, our exalted leader. You must lead us to greatness, whether you do it by crushing those who oppose our views, by uniting the world through diplomacy, or otherwise. Otherwise, we may become just another set of towns and cities for someone, or worse, the cinders and statistics of another world war.

Han, 2-58
The Han Dynasty has been the dominant force in asia, and controller of china propper for over 200 years, and by now, many have attempted to topple it. Wang Mang has begun spreading the idea that the Han dynasty has run its course, and that it is time to start another dynasty. On the 10th of January, 9CE, he proclaimed himself the first emperor of the Xin Dynasty, However, his rule was short, as in 23CE a rebellion broke out and restored the Han Dynasty, the next few years saw some political instability, however with the rise of Emperor Ming, the empire was already in a process of recovery. The border to the east is mostly safe, as the Koreans are too weak to rival the empire. To the north, Xiongnu has had a bipolar relation to the empire, from allie to bitter opponent, nevertheless, they are not powerful enough to pose too severe a threat, to the west, the tibetan tribes are in a similar situation, and to the south, the territory of Dai Viet serves as a buffer to contain any possible threat from the south. The empire is safe for the time being, however internal instability could always return to become a problem.

Bretagne 1230-1248


FR--

Le Duc, Jean Ier de Dreux, issu de la lignée de Louis VI le Gros est un fidèle allié du roi de France, Louis IX. Mais sur nos côtes, les Anglais étendent leur influence sur toute la péninsule celtique, et les français du continent nous séparent des territoires morcellés de l'Empire germanique.

Réussirons-nous à assurer notre indépendance durement entretenue depuis des temps immémoriaux, rassemblerons-nous les peuples celtes sous une même bannière? Ou subirons-nous le sort que tant d'autres duchés et petits royaumes ont déjà connu.

ENG--

The Duke, Jean Ier de Dreux, descendancy of King Louis VI is a good ally of the King of France, Louis IX. But on the coasts, the English spread his influence on the celtic peninsula, and the continental French divide us from the Empire.

Will we ensure our independancy, hardly saved from immemorial times, will we unite the celtic people under a common banner? Or shall we know the same faith that so many other duchies and small kingdoms before us.




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thanks for your mod it's great. finally druidism xD

Teotihuacan, 2-800
"All praise be to Quetzalcoatl, Divine Serpent of Wisdom, and Tlaloc, He Who Brings The Rain!

Our people, centuries ago, settled in the flatlands north of Lake Texcoco, and built there the greatest of all Atlepetl, whom our lesser cousins will later call Tollan Teotihuacan, words in the tongue of the Nahua which means "the City of Those Who Have Achieved Godhood", or Puh in the tongue of the Mayans, "the Place of Reeds"; our architecture, our Gods, and our culture is actually spreading throughout all of the known world, as far as the distant Cahs of Copan and the great Temples of Chichen Itza, at World's End.

But cultural victory means nothing, as the oracles predict a great slaughter in the domains of the Gods that will certainly have repercussions on the World of Man; the God of the Sun, Huitzilopochtli, has become weary and frail from carrying his burden, and now necessitate the blood of the strong to keep the Sun from disappearing beyond the horizon, and with it prosperity and light. The tribes of the Zapotek, Mixtek, Totonac, Chupicuaro and Tlapanec are obvious targets to provide sacrifices, but the peaceful heretics of Palenque, unaware of this world's precarious situation, and the federation of Teuchitlan would make for useful alternatives, with some expansion.

Ultimately, if Huitzilopochtli can be sated somehow, the wastelands to the North of Teotihuacan and the dense jungles of the South would be worthy addition to our federation, with some dedicated work..."