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 Kingdom of Schwarzenberg

The Kingdom of Schwarzenberg

A history of Schwarzenberg

The kingdom was founded not long after the revolution in Burgundy saw the replacement of the monarchy by a republic. Such an institution was anathema to the ruler of Neumark, a small duchy within the area now known as Schwarzenberg. He persuaded the other local princes and dukes to form an alliance that became known as the Confederation of the North. In the subsequent war with the new republic, the Confederation was invaded and partially occupied, but under the leadership of the Duke of Neumark, the forces of the Confederation rallied, and eventually the Burgundians were thrown out of the Confederation's territory.

Not wishing to suffer a further invasion, the leaders of the Confederation decided that each principality and duchy would contribute military units to a Confederate Army, and that the Duke of Neumark should be its commander and he should be elevated to the rank of Prince of the Confederation. The units adopted the style of dress and drill used in Neumark's small army, and within a few years this unified army was well placed to protect the Confederation.

Enmity between the Republic of Burgundy and the Confederation simmered for many years, with occasional outbreaks of border warfare not being uncommon. Leadership of the Confederate Army passed to the son of its first commander, and when the Burgundians tried to invade the Confederation for a second time, the Confederate Army beat then soundly. As a result, the Prince of Neumark enjoyed immense popular support, and the leaders of the Confederation voted to unite as a kingdom under the rule of the Prince of Neumark. He became the first king of the newly-created country and chose to name it after the highest peak in the country's main mountain range, the Black Mountain.

The economy of Schwarzenberg

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

The armed force of Schwarzenberg

The country's army is composed of a number of well-equipped regular troops who are supported by conscripts who have undertaken two or three years of training with the regular army before passing into the reserves.

The army of Schwarzenberg

The army of Schwarzenberg has the following units:

  • Infantry
    • 1st Infantry Regiment
    • 2nd Infantry Regiment
    • 3rd Infantry Regiment
    • 4th Infantry Regiment
    • 5th  Infantry Regiment
    • 6th Infantry Regiment
    • 11th Infantry Regiment
    • 12th Infantry Regiment
    • 1st Machine Gun Battalion
    • 2nd Machine Gun Battalion
  • Cavalry
    • 1st Hussar Regiment
    • 2nd Hussar Regiment
  • Artillery
    • 1st Field Artillery Regiment
    • 2nd Field Artillery Regiment
    • 3rd Field Artillery Regiment
  • Engineers
    • 1st Engineer Battalion
    • 2nd Engineer Battalion
  • Train
    • 1st Supply Column
    • 2nd Supply Column
    • 11th Supply Column
    • 12th Supply Column

Units shown in italics are militia or reserve units.

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