Imagi-Nations that are used in wargames are fictional countries that have been created to provide a setting for battles, campaigns, and wars.

The Imagi-Nations that will be featured in this blog all ‘exist’ during the latter part of the nineteenth and early part of the twentieth centuries, the period usually referred to a ‘La Belle Époque’.

This was a period characterised by general economic prosperity, colonial expansion, and technological and scientific innovation. Amongst the latter two were the development of the motor vehicle, the telephone, early aircraft, and medical advances in the fields of germ theory of disease, bacteriology, and X-ray photography.

The Republic of Burgundy

The Republic of Burgundy

A history of Burgundy

Burgundy was originally a kingdom, but after a revolution in the late eighteenth century, it became a republic. Over recent years the republic has become very militarised, and the President has been drawn from the upper ranks of the Burgundian Army.

Burgundy has had a long-standing rivalry with the Kingdom of Schwarzenberg, and the two countries have fought several wars. The Burgundians also have aspirations to create a colonial empire, which they see as being both a source of raw materials and a market for their manufactured goods.

The economy of Burgundy

The country’s economy is a mixture of heavy and light manufacturing industries, mining, and agriculture.

The armed forces of Burgundy

The country's army is composed of a small but well-equipped regular core which trains annual classes of conscripts, who then pass into the first- and second-line reserves.

The army of Burgundy

The army of Burgundy has the following units:

  • Infantry
    • 1/1st Infantry Regiment
    • 2/1st Infantry Regiment
    • 1/2nd Infantry Regiment
    • 2/2nd Infantry Regiment
    • 1/3rd Infantry Regiment
    • 2/3rd Infantry Regiment
    • 1/4th Infantry Regiment
    • 2/4th Infantry Regiment
    • 1/5th Infantry Regiment
    • 2/5th Infantry Regiment
    • 1/11th Infantry Regiment
    • 2/11th Infantry Regiment
    • 1/12th Infantry Regiment
    • 2/12th Infantry Regiment
    • 1/13th Infantry Regiment
    • 2/13th Infantry Regiment
    • 1/21st Infantry Regiment
    • 2/21st Infantry Regiment
    • 1/22nd Infantry Regiment
    • 2/2nd Infantry Regiment
    • 1/23rd Infantry Regiment
    • 2/23rd Infantry Regiment
    • 1st Machine Gun Battalion
    • 2nd Machine Gun Battalion
  • Cavalry:
    • 1/1st Cavalry Regiment
    • 2/1st Cavalry Regiment
    • 1/2nd Cavalry Regiment
    • 2/2nd Cavalry Regiment
  • Artillery
    • 1st Field Artillery Regiment
    • 2nd Field Artillery Regiment
    • 3rd Field Artillery Regiment
  • Engineers
    • 1st Engineer Battalion
    • 2nd Engineer Battalion
    • 3rd Engineer Battalion
  • Train
    • 1st Supply Column
    • 2nd Supply Column
    • 3rd Supply Column
    • 4th Supply Column

Units shown in italics are militia or reserve units.

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