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Things were going smoothly in Civilization, and then came the modern era. It started innocently enough - I of course picked the Freedom ideology and set to building the Statue of Liberty in Istanbul. I began to notice Oda Nobunaga's attitude turning sour, but didn't think much of it until suddenly, WAR. Not with me, but with Brazil to his west, but I was still concerned since Brazil and I enjoyed a good trade relationship. With my dominant spot in the World Congress (by this point I was allies with almost all of the city-states) I proposed an embargo of Japan, and sure enough, a few turns later they had somehow negotiated a peace. We passed the embargo anyway just to be sure.

I was relieved that things settled down, but more trouble was brewing. My spy informed me that Maria Theresa was marshalling forces for an attack. In my foolishness, I assumed she had her sights set on America to her north. After all, I saw hardly any activity on our border, and why would she attack me now that we had put aside our differences and become trade partners? Well, I suspect the tipping point was that she had chosen Autocracy after I had already made Freedom the world ideology. Whatever the reason, she declared war on me, and a wave of hussars bore down on me from the northeast.

I was in a tight spot. I had neglected to build up a defense force - what little I had were assorted gifts from city-states, mainly cannons and gatling guns with a few untrained knights and lancers. I formed a barrier around my two cities, but just looking at it it was obvious that she outnumbered me, and my foreign allies seemed completely uninterested in helping. After a turn of fighting, my forces barely held on, and things were looking grim... but wait. I had a chance to choose a new Freedom tenet, and right there I saw Volunteer Army, which instantly gave me 6 Foreign Legion units - and with my vast funds, I was able to instantly upgrade them to modern Infantry. They crushed the enemy's frontline like it was nothing, which seemed to give Washington the hint that it would be a good idea for him to declare war on Austria as well. At that point, Theresa had the good sense to offer her surrender, but I wasn't satisfied. To the east was her city of Graz, which had long been a thorn in my side, getting right in the way of my land route to Buenos Aires. I marched my forces over to Graz and in two turns captured the city. Then I demanded her surrender, this time with a nice golden tribute for the trouble.

Anyway, it looks like my control over the World Congress is pretty airtight, so barring any more surprises I should be right in line for a diplomatic victory.

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