Reino de Portugal

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Reino de Portugal
Kingdom of Portugal



National Statistics as of 1725
Population: 4 Million People (2.7 million Portugal, 1.3 million Brazil)
Languages: Portuguese
Prestige: C
Credit: B

Political Organization
Official Title: Kingdom of Portugal
Conventional: Portugal
Political System: Absolute Monarchy
Capital: Lisbon
Sovereign: John V

Economy:

Metropole:
Taxes: .7 (Population: 2,700,000)
Ports: 3 (Lisbon, Porto, Macau)
Craft Centers: 2 (Lisbon, Porto)
Resources: 4 Resources (Lisbon, Porto, Luanda, Guinea)
Trading Posts: .75 (Sao Tome, Luanda, Guinea)
Commercial Fleets: 4.5 (9 fleets)
Total Income: 14.95 points

Brazil
Taxes: .35 (Population 1.3 million)
Ports: 2 (Salvador, Rio)
Resources: 3 (Recife, Fortaleza, Rio)
Total Income: 5.35 points

Military

Metropole
Metropole Manpower Breakdown
Regulars: 53,500 (out of 81,000 limit)
Militia/Reserves: 40,000 (out of 189,000 limit)

Navy [34,500 regulars, 20,000 reserves, 10.75 points]

Fixed Installations [20,000 reserves, 1 point]
-2 Navy Yards (Lisbon, Porto) [20,000 reserves, 1 point]

Portugal Station (Lisbon) [22,100 regulars, 6.5 points]
-12 BB2s (Nossa Senhora da Conceição, Nossa Senhora da Assunção, São Lourenço, Rainha dos Anjos, Nossa Senhora das Necessidades, Nossa Senhora da Piedade, Nossa Senhora do Pilar, Princesa do Céu, Nossa Senhora da Estrela, Nossa Senhora do Rosário e Santo André, Nossa Senhora da Boa Viagem, Nossa Senhora da Vitória) [9,600 regulars, 3 points]
-15 Frigates (Ulisses, Amazonia, Real Fonsor, Perola, Tritao, Zambeze, Gaivota, Diligente, São Gabriel, São Rafael, Flor de la Mar, Lobo Soares, São Paulo, Águia, Garça) [7,500 regulars, 3 points]
-5 PatRon [5,000 regulars, .5 points]

Brazil Station (Salvador) [8,400 regulars, 2.25 points]
-3 BB2s (Nossa Senhora da Esperança, Nossa Senhora da Arrábida, Nossa Senhora da Glória) [2,400 regulars, .75 points]
-6 FF1s (Cachalote, Barracudo, Tridente, Narval, Hidra, Albacora) [3,000 regulars, 1.2 points]
-3 PatRon [3,000 regulars, .3 points]

Africa Station (Luanda) [2,000 regulars, .5 points]
-2 FF1s (Cinco Chagas, São Mateus) [1,000 regulars, .4 points]
-1 PatRon [1,000 regulars, .1 points]

Oriental Squadron (Macau)
-2 FF1s (São Cristóvão, São Filipe) [1,000 regulars, .4 points]
-1 PatRon [1,000 regulars, .1 points]

Army [19,000 regulars, 20,000 reserves, 4.15 points]

Fixed Installations [3,000 regulars, 20,000 reserves, 2.3 points]
-3 Fortresses (Lisbon, Porto, Macau) [3,000 regulars, 1.5 points]
-8 Garrisons (Lisbon, Porto, Faro, Portalegre, Macau, Sao Tome, Luanda, Guinea) [20,000 reserves, .8 points]

Army of the East (Macau) [1,000 regulars, .1 points]
-1 Light Infantry Regiment [1,000 regulars, .1 points]

Home Army (Lisbon) [12,500 regulars, 1.5 points]
-4 Infantry Brigades [10,000 regulars, 1 point]
-1 Cavalry Brigade [2,500 regulars, .5 points]

Porto Garrison [2,500 regulars, .25 points]
-1 Infantry Brigade [2,500 regulars, .25 points]

Brazil
Brazilian Manpower Breakdown
Regulars: 12,000 (out of 15,600 limit) [Population is 1,300,000, of whom only 40% (10% white, 30% mestizo) are eligible for military service)
Militia/Reserves: 36,000 (out of 36,400 limit)

Army [12,000 regulars, 36,000 reserves, 4.8 points]

Fixed Installations [4,000 Regulars, 10,000 reserves, 2.4 points]
-4 Fortresses (Salvador, Recife, Fortaleza, Rio de Janeiro) [4,000 Regulars, 2 points]
-4 Garrisons (Salvador, Recife, Fortaleza, Rio de Janeiro) [10,000 reserves, .4 points]

Militia [26,000 reserves, 1.3 points]
-20 Militia Infantry Regiments (5x Salvador, 5x Recife, 5x Fortaleza, 5x Rio de Janeiro) [20,000 reserves, 1 point]
-6 Militia Cavalry Regiments (2x Salvador, Recife, Fortaleza, 2x Rio de Janeiro) [6,000 reserves, .3 points]

Salvador [3,000 regulars, .45 points]
-2 Light Infantry Regiments [2,000 regulars, .2 points]
-1 Cavalry Regiment [1,000 regulars, .25 points]

Fortaleza [1,000 regulars]
-1 Light Infantry Regiment [1,000 regulars, .1 points]

Recife [1,000 regulars]
-1 Light Infantry Regiment [1,000 regulars, .1 points]

Rio de Janeiro [3,000 regulars, .45 points]
-2 Light Infantry Regiments [2,000 regulars, .2 points]
-1 Cavalry Regiment [1,000 regulars, .25 points]

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Portuguese Pre-Build

Portugal Proper and direct crown income from colonies

Income
Taxes: .625 (2.5 million)
Ports: 4 (Lisbon, Porto) (Goa, Macau)
Craft Centers: 1 (Lisbon)
Resources: 4 Resources (Lisbon, Porto) (Luanda, Guinea)
Trading Posts: 1.25 (Sao Tome, Luanda, Guinea, Timor, Daman and Diu)
Commercial Fleets: 2.5 (5 fleets)
Total: 13.375 * 15 = 200.625 + 14.75 from Brazil for = 215.375

Expenditures: Cost (Maintenance)
-2 Naval Yard (Lisbon, Porto): 40
-4 BatRon: 45 points (4.5)
-8 CruRon: 36 points (4)
-12 PatRon: 24 points (3)
-4 Fortresses (Lisbon, Porto, Goa, Macau): 16 (2)
-5 Garrisons (Sao Tome, Luanda, Guinea, Timor, Daman and Diu): 10 (1.25)
-2 Infantry Battalions 2 (.2)
-3 Infantry Brigades 12 (1.5)
-1 Cavalry Brigade 4 (1)
-7 Commercial Fleets: 21 (for an inc in income by 3.5)
Total: 210 (17.45)

Brazil
Ports: 1 (Salvador)
Resources: 3 (Recife, Fortaleza, Bahia 1)
Taxes: .25 (Population 1 million)
Total: 4.25 x 15 = 63.75

Expenditures: Cost (Maintenance)
-2 PatRon: 4 points (.5)
-4 Fortresses (Salvador, Recife, Fortaleza, Bahia): 16 (2)
-5 Garrisons (Rio Grande, Sao Paulo, Bahia, Pernambuco, Maranhao): 15 (1.25)
-5 Infantry Battalions 5 (.5)
-3 Commercial fleets: 9
-14.75 to Portugal
Total: 49 (4.25)

[Galveston Bay]

In March 1701, the French announce that Portugal and France have a defensive alliance. Specifically, France will defend Portugal and its territories from external enemies. French and Portuguese naval vessels are free to use each others ports.

French and Portuguese commercial shipping are free to seek assistance from the naval vessels of either nation.

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Portuguese 1715 Wartime Build

Portugal Proper and Crown Colonies

Income
Wartime Taxes: 2.6*.5 = 1.3
Loan: 5 points (10 year loan at 5% interest, 1 pts per year to service, . 5 principle and . 5 interest) [5/15 points borrowed]
Ports: 3 (Lisbon, Porto, Macau)
Craft Centers: 1 (Lisbon)
Resources: 4 Resources (Lisbon, Porto, Luanda, Guina)
Trading Posts: 1 (Sao Tome, Luanda, Guinea, Timor) [Daman + Diu under blockade]
Commercial Fleets: 2.5 (5 fleets)
Income From Brazil: .35
Total Income: 18.15

Maintenance:
-2 Naval Yards: 1
-12 BB2s: 3
-19 FF1s: 3.8
-20 PatRons: 2
-3 Fortresses: .75

-5 Garrison Brigades: .5
-3 Infantry Brigades: .75
-1 Cavalry Brigade: .25
-1 Light Infantry Regiment: .1
Total: 12.15

Expenditures:
-2 Light Infantry Brigades (Porto, Lisbon): 6 points

Total: 6
Total Spent: 18.15

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Brazil 1715

Income
Taxes: 1.1 x .5 = .55
Ports: 1 (Salvador)
Resources: 3 (Recife, Fortaleza, Bahia)
Total Income: 4.55

Maintenance:
-4 Fortresses: 1
-5 Garrisons: .5
-1 Brazilian Light Infantry Regiment: .1
-4 Brazilian Militia Infantry Regiments: .2
-4 PatRons: .4
Total: 2.2

Expenditures:
-2 Militia Infantry Regiments (Recife, Fortaleza): 1
-1 Light Infantry Regiment (Salvador): 1
-Transfer to Portugal: .35
Total: 2.35

Total Spent: 4.55

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Note: I've realized that "Bahia" doesn't actually exist (it's the name of the state in which Salvador is located) and so I've moved the resource point and attendant installations (such as the Fortress), using my modly powers, to Rio de Janeiro.

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Portuguese 1716 Wartime Build

Portugal Proper and Crown Colonies

Income
Wartime Taxes: 2.6*.5 = 1.3
Loan: 5 points (10 year loan at 10% interest, 1.5 pts per year to service, .5 principle and 1 interest) [10/15 points borrowed]
Ports: 3 (Lisbon, Porto, Macau)
Craft Centers: 1 (Lisbon)
Resources: 4 Resources (Lisbon, Porto, Luanda, Guinea)
Trading Posts: .75 (Sao Tome, Luanda, Guinea) [Daman + Diu, Timor seized by Dutch]
Commercial Fleets: 2.5 (5 fleets)
Total Income: 17.55

Maintenance:
-2 Naval Yards: 1
-9 BB2s: 2.25
-15 FF1s: 3
-16 PatRons: 1.6
-3 Fortresses: .75
-3 Garrison Brigades: .3
-3 Infantry Brigades: .75
-1 Cavalry Brigade: .25
-2 Light Infantry Brigades: .4
-1 Light Infantry Regiment: .1
-Loan Servicing: 1.5 pt [Year 1/10]
Total: 11.9

Expenditures:
-Repair 2 2x damaged BB2s: 2 [ready Spring]
-Repair 2 1x lightly damaged BB2s: 1 [ready Spring]
-Repair 1 3x heavily damaged FF1: .75 [ready Fall]
-Repair 2 2x damaged FF1s: 1 [ready Summer]
-Repair 1 1x lightly damaged FF1: .25 [ready Summer]
-Repair 1 1x lightly damaged FF1: .25 [ready Spring]
-To Brazil: .4
Total: 5.65

Total Spent: 17.55

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Brazil 1715

Income
Taxes: 1.1 x .5 = .55
Ports: 1 (Salvador)
Resources: 3 (Recife, Fortaleza, Rio)
From Portugal: .4
Total Income: 4.95

Maintenance:
-4 Fortresses: 1  
-5 Garrisons: .5
-2 Brazilian Light Infantry Regiment: .2
-6 Brazilian Militia Infantry Regiments: .3
-4 PatRons: .4
Total: 2.4

Expenditures:
-3 Militia Infantry Regiments (Recife, Salvador, Rio): 1.5
-1 Light Infantry Regiment (Recife): 1
-1 Militia Infantry Regiment (Fortaleza): .05/.5
Total: 2.55

Total Spent: 4.95

[Hussam B.]

With the conclusion of the Portuguese-Dutch war, Lisbon is immediately approached for an alliance in the Mediterranean as per previous understandings.

[Galveston Bay]

Fall 1716
France inquires whether the Portuguese have any objections to France establishing a trading post at the former site of Lourenco Marques (modern day Maputo) in Portuguese East Africa.

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Fall 1716
France inquires whether the Portuguese have any objections to France establishing a trading post at the former site of Lourenco Marques (modern day Maputo) in Portuguese East Africa.  

Portugal notes that its peace treaty with the Dutch has transferred all of its rights on the Mozambican coast to the Dutch East India Company, and thus could not be bothered one way or the other with regards to that area.

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With the conclusion of the Portuguese-Dutch war, Lisbon is immediately approached for an alliance in the Mediterranean as per previous understandings.

Portugal responds that it will not enter into any leagues with the Emperor until he sanctions the dastardly Saxon prince--who is a vassal of the Emperor--for his dishonorable actions and intentions and helps Portugal to achieve satisfaction for the horrors inflicted upon its subjects.

[Hussam B.]

With the conclusion of the Portuguese-Dutch war, Lisbon is immediately approached for an alliance in the Mediterranean as per previous understandings.

Portugal responds that it will not enter into any leagues with the Emperor until he sanctions the dastardly Saxon prince--who is a vassal of the Emperor--for his dishonorable actions and intentions and helps Portugal to achieve satisfaction for the horrors inflicted upon its subjects.

The Spanish envoy gives the Portuguese a funny look and reminds them that the agreement was between the Spanish and Portuguese crowns. Aside from the neutrality of the Spanish government in Portugal's colonial conflicts, the Holy Roman Emperor does not have any role in the agreement to grant Portuguese ships access in exchange for concessions in Uruguay and an alliance in the Mediterranean.

If Lisbon decides to back away from the alliance clause in the agreement, then it does so dishonorably and it would be a blemish on the reputation of the Portuguese monarchy.

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The Spanish envoy gives the Portuguese a funny look and reminds them that the agreement was between the Spanish and Portuguese crowns. Aside from the neutrality of the Spanish government in Portugal's colonial conflicts, the Holy Roman Emperor does not have any role in the agreement to grant Portuguese ships access in exchange for concessions in Uruguay and an alliance in the Mediterranean.

If Lisbon decides to back away from the alliance clause in the agreement, then it does so dishonorably and it would be a blemish on the reputation of the Portuguese monarchy.

Lisbon has no intention of backing away from the alliance, but the clause clearly stated at the end of hostilities--and Portugal has been attacked by a Prince of the Empire, and is thus at war. The Spanish might think they can hide between the legal fictions of the separations of Spain and the Empire, but Portugal knows that Spain's sovereign has sway, through his father, in the Empire. If Spain wants Portugal to be able to fulfill its side of the bargain, which it fully intends to do, then Portugal needs to be at peace--not fighting to defend itself against a dastardly band of Saxon pirates.

[Hussam B.]

It can be debated whether the distant Polish Trading Company can be considered a Prince of the Empire, certainly Lisbon is welcome to petition the Emperor in Munich to raise the matter in the Diet to be considered formally.

For now, the Spanish court graciously grants Lisbon some leeway in fulfilling its obligations and even expresses disapproval at the unruliness of non-Crown controlled colonial entities.

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Revenge is a Dish Best Served with Bacalhau: Portugal through 1725

The first quarter of the 1700s has not been kind to Portugal. Twin defeats suffered within a few years of one another, first at the hands of the Spanish during the Lateran War and then at the hands of the Dutch in the Portuguese Colonial War, were only partially soothed by the Portuguese victory over the upstart Polish colonial venture. Even after emerging as a "winner" from that conflict, Portugal's navy was tremendously diminished, the jewels in her Asiatic crown wrested from her, and the rest of her colonial empire smouldering from repeated raids. A more level-headed monarch may have decided that Portugal's colonies were more pain that it was worth and withdrawn from the colonial game altogether, save for Brazil.

But John V is no level-headed monarch, and from the ashes of his colonies he is intent on rising once more. Portugal pours money deep into the raided African and Brazilian coasts to bring her colonial settlements in Africa and Asia back into operation. The Portuguese fleet, heavily reduced by attrition from the three wars, is earnestly replenished, and even expanded. The idea of doubling down on Brazil is not spurned out of hand, as the vulnerability to raiding by the Dutch WIC demonstrated the colony's weaknesses, and the Crown pours extensive money both into expanding the Brazilian militia and shifting the colonial center further down the coast to the port of Rio de Janeiro. All the while, however, John himself hungers for revenge against his enemies, as well as for opportunities to restore the Lusitanian crown to its former glory.

[Kilani]

Despite the various mishaps and rocky decades that lay behind them, the Commonwealth attempts to restart (or resume) the warm relations that Portugal and Britain previously shared, inquiring about the prospect of trade agreements and other diplomatic ventures.

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