Victoria 2 apocalypse 1836
![victoria 2 apocalypse 1836 victoria 2 apocalypse 1836](https://cdnb.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/024/820/289/smaller_square/william-cronk-new-world-cold-shadows-dark-nights-3empires.jpg)
Something about a new rifle and military tactics to address the spread of the disease. A knock at the door reminded him of a one-on-one meeting with the Sultan. Mehmed ran his hand nervously through his beard and made a note to tighten watch at the borders. Concrete details about what precisely the disease entailed were hard to come by but states of emergency were declared in seven neighbouring nations. The plague in China had spread faster than any other disease in the annals of history, racing from southern China across the steppes of Russia before tumbling into Europe. On the first day of the Gregorian year 1837, the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire was reviewing very unsettling numbers. Wounded Greek troops being lead away after attempting to put down mobs in Lamia Maybe there was something to those reports after all. The Vizier could rest assured that, whatever his illness was, it would not longer trouble the Empire. Mehmed had personally suggested the First Albanian Army to the Caliph, and was pleased when all infected were destroyed by December 7th. If the empire could be threatened by a mere illness, imagine what real enemies could do against her. A few had even quietly suggested to the Sultan that he declare a State of Emergency, ideas which he blew off and followed by maintaining he would be a man of reform unlike his forefathers. It was a vastly unusual decision merited by similarly unusual circumstances, and made many alongside the Grand Vizier uneasy. Lurid tales of men arisen from their graves and attacking the well, and the ill also cannibalistically attacking their fellow citizens could not be ignored and the Sultan dispatched able Albanian regiments to keep order in the beleaguered city. Reports had come in at the same time as the victory in Tripoli and this tended to vanish before the good news however the fierce outbreak in Edessa had begun to spiral out of control and thus required military attention. Although the news of Misratah, and the glorious victory of the Caliphate thereof, had greatly boosted the spirits of the Divan and the Sultan alike, whatever was happening in Edessa was bad news. The Battle of Misratah, the decisive conflict in the Ottoman Restoration of Tripoli The war in Tripoli was slow going, with only the small tribally-allied armies in Ottoman Tripolitania on hand to restore order to Tripoli as a whole and the subsequent division of those forces allowed a roughly equal Tripolitanian army to lay siege to the coastal province of Misratah. While there were many, especially amongst the upper classes, who opposed these measures they had an almost immediate effect upon the Ottoman economy which was now raised from the crimson depths of financial despair to being -on more than one occasion, although never lasting long- in the black of financial health. By raising the tariffs into positive margins, decimating Naval spending, and instituting slight tax hikes on all segments of society.
![victoria 2 apocalypse 1836 victoria 2 apocalypse 1836](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DlFSTzXZ-zY/hqdefault.jpg)
In the midst of an ongoing war with Tripoli, which had slipped from the sovereignty of the Sublime Porte to the consternation of the Sultan and a few of his late predecessors the reformist, Western-minded Mahmud II immediately set about trying to reform in some slight way the severely ailing fortunes of his demesne. He'd best get there before the commanders had a stroke and deposed their sovereign for the dozenth or so time.ġ836 was a busy year for the Ottoman Empire trying to pull itself from decline. The Sultan had called a meeting of the Divan-ı Humayun over the reform of the Ottoman military and the establishment of some sort of staff system. As Grand Vizier of the Eternal State he had a busy day ahead of him, as most of his days were. A plague or something in China meant nothing to him although some Uyghur had undoubtedly thought it important enough to pass along to his friend, and his after that, etc, until it reached the Caliph of Islam's right-hand man. He ought to fire the useless waif who brought him such information, but he couldn't be bothered. Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha was immediately greeted with news from some hellhole called Guangxi.
![victoria 2 apocalypse 1836 victoria 2 apocalypse 1836](https://vic2.paradoxwikis.com/images/1/12/NWO_Start_dates_1946_europe.png)
Mahmud II, Caliph of Islam and Sultan of the House of Osman