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Portugal

POR

Rank
Insignificant Power (#38)
Status
Assigned
Prestige
100
Diplomacy Player Submission
1866

Our Melian Moment; Or, why Portugal must Fight

The recent publication of the Treaty of Copenhagen, along with the minutes of the farcical Palmero Summit, has resulted in an eruption of fear, disgust and rage in Lisbon. The President of the Ministers, in an address to Parliament, explained his position in a speech published later that day.

Western Europe
Diplomacy Player Submission
1864

Exclusive! Perfidious Danes behind Chinese Piracy!

After a bureaucratic mishap led to Portuguese customs agents being handed over control of the 'Penhelm', it was revealed that the ones behind the recent spate of piracy off of Lisbon's coast were none other than the perfidious Danes!

Western EuropeEast Asia
Politics & Society Player Submission
January 16th, 1856

The Great Savannah Hunt

A hunting competition event held in the Cape Colony near the town of Durban to facilitate economic investment and to draw talent from around the globe to the Cape to further grow the colony.

Western EuropeCentral & Northern EuropeEastern Europe & BalkansNorth AmericaSouth AmericaSubsaharan AfricaIndochina, Indonesia & OceaniaEast Asia
War Player Submission
January 12th, 1856

The Problem with Portugal

After thirty years of peace, it seems that Portugal may once more be on the brink of war. The King and his pliant government insist that it is through war that Portugal will Regenerate, but certain naysayers declare doom on the horizon, and argue for different paths forward.

Diplomacy Player Submission
January 1st, 1846

Against Madness

True Vintismo, and true liberalism is not revolution, and it is certainly not anarchy. Vintist parliamentarian Paulo Vilela pens an opinion piece in his party's paper, the Luz, denouncing radicalism and declaring that it has no place in Portugal.

Western EuropeCentral & Northern Europe
Politics & Society Player Submission
December 31st, 1845

Second Passos Cabinet Inaugurated; a Government of Regeneração

After five years out of power, Manuel Passos and the adherents of Vintismo are once again in government, narrowly snatching an electoral victory in '46. They promise a bold program of political reform, economic modernization, liberalization, and a more assertive stance abroad. Viva a Regeneração!

Western Europe
Politics & Society Player Submission
1838

The Heir of the Greeks

King Otto von Wittelsbach awaits the arrival of his 2nd born child and his soon to be heir.

Western EuropeEastern Europe & Balkans
War Player Submission
1838

The Frontier Wars

From 1838 to 1843, the Cape Colony of the British Commonwealth engaged in a series of military conflicts with the native tribes and the Boer Rebellion of the Natal Coast region. First with the Anglo-Basuto War, then with the Pacification of the Boer Rebellion and lastly the Anglo-Zulu War.

Subsaharan Africa
Diplomacy Player Submission
January 21st, 1836

A King-Consort (and Economic Salvation) for Portugal

In a shocking diplomatic coup, the Passos government has announced Britain's intent to pay off the entirety of Portugal's debt and, furthermore, the King of Greece's impending wedding to Queen Maria II. Is this the start of a return of Portugal's fortunes?

Western EuropeEastern Europe & Balkans
Politics & Society Player Submission
December 29th, 1835

New Government in Portugal

Yet another of Her Majesty’s governments has collapsed under the strain of Devorismo. This time, the cabinet has been reshuffled quite drastically…

Western Europe
Politics & Society Player Submission
1831

French businessman Jean Laborde washed upon Merina shores

Jean Laborde washes up on the coast of the Merina Kingdom and finds himself a proposition of business.

Subsaharan Africa