In addition to their melee value, they are fast cavalry. Some nations obtain lancer cavalry which can be decisive in this period before advanced bayonets. However, technology unlocks Dragoons and Carabineers (nations get one or the other) which give an extra tactical option. Cavalry starts with utilitarian Regiment of Horse and Provincial Cavalry - all round useful, but not decisive. Pikemen are still useful until bayonets arrive to enable standard infantry to replace them. Infantry will be composed of Militia, supplemented with Line Infantry from large cities which will be the deciding factor of battles.
Flanders, New Andalusia, French Guyana, Carnatica, Netherlands, New York, Curaçao, Ceylon, Dutch Guyanaīe the nation attaining the highest prestige raiting at the end of the year 1799.Ĭapture and hold 40 regions by the end of the year 1799, including the regions shown.The early period covers the first two levels of government (up to Governor's’ Residence) and military buildings (to Barracks), plus available technology. Dutch Guyana, Flanders, Bijapur, Ceylon, Curaçao, French Guyana, Mysore, Hindustan, New York, New Andalusia, Netherlands, Goa, CarnaticaĬapture and hold 15 regions by the end of the year 1799, including the regions shown. Flanders, New Andalusia, French Guyana, Carnatica, Netherlands, New York, Curaçao, Ceylon, Dutch GuyanaĬapture and hold 25 regions by the end of the year 1799, including the regions shown. There is wealth aplenty in every corner of the world, if only the Dutch have the will to go and take it!Ĭapture and hold 15 regions by the end of the year 1750, including the regions shown. They have a strong navy, and a tradition of victory.
His presence has done much to calm relations, especially as the equally-mercantile British have designs on world trade that should rightfully be Dutch!įor the future, the Dutch have much to be hopeful about. William III of Orange was an acceptable Protestant ruler for the British when they needed one. The British have been… tamed is too strong a word… brought to their senses by having a good, honest Dutchman on their throne. Other rivals close at hand are now less of a threat than they used to be. An expansionist France, on the other hand, does bear watching, and guarding against. A distant Catholic emperor holds no appeal for them. Having beaten off brutal attempts to bring them to heel, the Dutch now have little love for Hapsburg-ruled Spain or Austria. The Dutch have learned to live with Hapsburg threats hanging over their heads. Spanish claims to the New World and its trade are cheerfully ignored, as are Spanish threats. They are everywhere, in fact, where there is a profit to be made. Dutchmen can be found trading in the Indies, where they give the locals a run for their money, and the Caribbean. A mere generation ago, the Dutch navy sailed into the Thames and burned the English fleet at anchor: this kind of bravado and expertise is not quickly forgotten.ĭutch merchantmen range across the world’s oceans, and the wealth of the world passes through Dutch ports. Having tamed their land and held back the sea, the Dutch have also embraced the sea and become the foremost naval power in the world. The United Provinces are a Protestant stronghold in North-western Europe, a place where science, trade and freedom of thought have flourished since the Spanish were driven out in the last century.
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