Grand Duchy of Lithuania

Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Location Properties
Continent	Europe
Naming Properties
Demonym	Lithuanian
Base Statistics
City Count	70
Square City Count	4
Base Population	25,112,686
Consumers Required to Upkeep	25.11
Base Income ($)	1,711,649
Base Manpower Capacity	502,254
Requirements
Starting Nation(s)	Lithuania
Required Entities to Form	Lithuania Belarus Ukraine
Exclusive Formable(s)	Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Achievements
Stability Gain	10
Interface
Decision Name	Raise the Vytis
Decision Name	Raise the Vytis
Decision Description	Although the Middle Ages have generally been regarded as a period of chaos, with petty kings and princes battling over the remnants of the old Roman Empire, several nations instead stood as bulwarks of stability on the fraught continent, one of these being the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. For over five centuries, the nation reigned over Eastern Europe, rivaling even the expanding Muscovites before its federation into, and neglect by, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. With their old lands restored, though, the time has come to revive the Grand Duchy once more; this time, for good.
Decision Description	Although the Middle Ages have generally been regarded as a period of chaos, with petty kings and princes battling over the remnants of the old Roman Empire, several nations instead stood as bulwarks of stability on the fraught continent, one of these being the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. For over five centuries, the nation reigned over Eastern Europe, rivaling even the expanding Muscovites before its federation into, and neglect by, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. With their old lands restored, though, the time has come to revive the Grand Duchy once more; this time, for good.
Title	Return of the House Kęstutis
Title	Return of the House Kęstutis
Description	Although the nation rapidly fell into disarray following its integration into the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, as the largest nation in Europe at its peak, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania has nothing less than a reputable history. Stretching from the shores of the Baltic to the Black Seas, the nation persisted for over five centuries, maintaining its own identity despite its subjugation by the Polish, and constant conflicts with the Muscovites. Though the modern nation had fallen into disarray, they have raised the flag of the old Grand Duchy, set on restoring their old, forgotten glory.
Description	Although the nation rapidly fell into disarray following its integration into the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, as the largest nation in Europe at its peak, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania has nothing less than a reputable history. Stretching from the shores of the Baltic to the Black Seas, the nation persisted for over five centuries, maintaining its own identity despite its subjugation by the Polish, and constant conflicts with the Muscovites. Though the modern nation had fallen into disarray, they have raised the flag of the old Grand Duchy, set on restoring their old, forgotten glory.
Enclosure	From the Baltic to the Black.
Enclosure	From the Baltic to the Black.
Resources
Aluminum	1.22
Aluminum	1.22
Copper	6.08
Copper	6.08
Gold	1.11
Gold	1.11
Iron	4.88
Iron	4.88
Oil	12.58
Oil	12.58
Phosphate	1.22
Phosphate	1.22
Titanium	7.32
Titanium	7.32
Uranium	1.22
Uranium	1.22
Steel	3
Steel	3
Misc
Suggested By	Made by @Secure#6527 Description made by @Coin[MST]#4533 Decision name made by @Gnat#6073

“	Although the nation rapidly fell into disarray following its integration into the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, as the largest nation in Europe at its peak, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania has nothing less than a reputable history. Stretching from the shores of the Baltic to the Black Seas, the nation persisted for over five centuries, maintaining its own identity despite its subjugation by the Polish, and constant conflicts with the Muscovites. Though the modern nation had fallen into disarray, they have raised the flag of the old Grand Duchy, set on restoring their old, forgotten glory.	„
	— Description of forming Grand Duchy of Lithuania

The Grand Duchy of Lithuania is a formable of Lithuania located in Eastern Europe , encompassing Lithuania, Belarus, and Ukraine. Its predominantly difficult, as it requires a small Baltic state to take two nations that a near superpower, Russia requires.

Background

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The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a European state that lasted from the 13th century to 1795, when the territory was partitioned among the Russian Empire, the Kingdom of Prussia and Austria. The state was founded by Lithuanians, which was at the time a polytheistic nation born from several united Baltic tribes from Aukštaitija.

The Grand Duchy expanded to include large portions of the former Kievan Rus' and other neighbouring states, including what is now Belarus and parts of Ukraine, Latvia, Poland, Russia and Moldova. At its greatest extent, in the 15th century, it was the largest state in Europe. It was a multi-ethnic and multi-confessional state, with great diversity in languages, religion, and cultural heritage.

History

The consolidation of the Lithuanian lands began in the late 12th century. Mindaugas, the first ruler of the Grand Duchy, was crowned as Catholic King of Lithuania in 1253. The pagan state was targeted in the religious crusade by the Teutonic Knights and the Livonian Order. The rapid territorial expansion started at the late reign of Gediminas and continued to expand under the diarchy and co-leadership of his sons Algirdas and Kęstutis. Algirdas's son Jogaila signed the Union of Krewo in 1386, bringing two major changes in the history of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania: conversion to Christianity and establishment of a dynastic union between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland.

The reign of Vytautas the Great, son of Kęstutis, marked both the greatest territorial expansion of the Grand Duchy and the defeat of the Teutonic Knights in the Battle of Grunwald in 1410. It also marked the rise of the Lithuanian nobility. After Vytautas's death, Lithuania's relationship with the Kingdom of Poland greatly deteriorated. Lithuanian noblemen, including the Radvila family, attempted to break the personal union with Poland. However, unsuccessful wars with the Grand Duchy of Moscow forced the union to remain intact.[citation needed]

Eventually, the Union of Lublin of 1569 created a new state, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. In the Federation, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania maintained its political distinctiveness and had separate ministries, laws, army, and treasury. The federation was terminated by the passing of the Constitution of 3 May 1791, when it was supposed to become a single country, the Commonwealth of Poland, under one monarch, one parliament and no Lithuanian autonomy. Shortly afterward, the unitary character of the state was confirmed by adopting the Reciprocal Guarantee of Two Nations.

However, the newly reformed Commonwealth was invaded by Russia in 1792 and partitioned between neighbouring states. A truncated state (whose principal cities were Kraków, Warsaw and Vilnius) remained that was nominally independent. After the Kościuszko Uprising, the territory was completely partitioned among the Russian Empire, the Kingdom of Prussia and Austria in 1795.

Base Statistics

The Grand Duchy of Lithuania has a base income of $1,602,434, with most of it coming from taxation. The Grand Duchy has a manpower capacity of 528,204 and a manpower gain of 2392.

Geography

Carpathian Rus is Mountainous. The rest of the formable is flat. It experiences Mild Winter and Severe Winter throughout the entire formable in the early and deep winter months, respectively.

The Grand Duchy has 69 cities, with 4 of those being square cities. These make up its population of 24,840,369.

Resources

Resources of Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Aluminum	+1.22
Copper	+6.08
Gold	+1.11
Iron	+4.88
Oil	+12.58
Phosphate	+1.22
Titanium	+7.32
Uranium	+1.22

Threats

• Russia needs every nation included in the formable for both of its own formables, and so will likely invade one of them early on.
• Poland, for the same reason.
• Ukraine wanting to form Kievan Rus.

Strategy

When you join the server, justify on countries like denmark or sweden so that russia doesnt realize you exist. Start making factories as well (electronics, steel motor, etc). After annexing and taking their treasury, start justifying on belarus or kievan rus (if ukraine takes belarus). If russia took it, either restart or take up the challenge.

KIEVAN RUS

Immediately spam tanks in the new square cities you have. Spam as much as you can and make a decent airforce. Dont forget to buy oil. If they are allied to russia or other world powers, just white peace them or truce block. Once you declare war on kievan, kill off the big stacks (tanks, infantry, etc) by using your attackers.

They will try to defend their capital but just pressure them with some artillery and your airforce. Bomb their factories with bombers if needed. After taking their capital, just auto-capture and spam more tanks. After that, just peace them.

RUSSIA:

For Russia, it will be a little bit tricky. Instead of making an airforce, you make a navy to defend the baltic sea. You can make an airforce but just make a small one because you need the oil for your tanks and navy. Its either russia or you declare war. Once war happens, they will try to rush you down with everything. When this happens, just camp in the cities you want to defend and dont forget to fortificate.

Try to take Kaliningrad to prevent them from invading from that area. They will be fed up after attacking and just rage quit (or just scorch). Take moscow and auto-capture everything until you can force peace.

Trivia

• The Grand Duchy of Lithuania is one of many nations/formables/releasables that does not have a rectangular flag. It shares this category with:
  • Afsharid Dynasty
  • Byzantine Empire
  • Caucasian Imamate
  • Chola Dynasty
  • Crimean Khanate
  • Crown of Aragon
  • Danish Empire
  • Emirate of Bukhara
  • Frankish Empire
  • Goguryeo
  • Grand Duchy of Lithuania
  • Hafsid Dynasty
  • Hui
  • Khanate of Kazan
  • Khmer Empire
  • Kingdom of Hungary
  • Kirat
  • Kush
  • Mamluk Sultanate
  • Mongol Empire
  • Nepal
  • North Sea Empire
  • Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
  • Sikh Empire
  • Swedish Empire
  • Timurid Empire