just gonna edit the great powers list:
instead of this
GREATEST WORLD POWERS
1.   | Russia  | 
2.   | United Kingdom  | 
3.   | France  | 
4.   | Spain  | 
5.   | Portugal  | 
it should be this
GREATEST WORLD POWERS
1.   | Austria  | 
2.   | United Kingdom  | 
3.   | France  | 
4.   | Prussia  | 
5.   | Russia  | 
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the rio grandese pocket has been completely folded
the war of rio grandese independence is now over
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the heavenly kingdom of taiping is beginning to see carpet surrenders as the rebellion nears its end
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the crimean war, in a stroke of extreme luck and tactical prowess, has come to an explosive end with russia as the victor against the coalition of the kingdom of sardinia, france, the united kingdom, and the ottoman empire
terms of peace were ottoman cession of russian-occupied territory, concession of defeat, and dissolution of coalition
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with 30k of the emperor's 40k troops stationed in or near kyoto, hiroshima falls to the samurai-rifle hybrid troops of the shogun. a siege team has been spotted some territories away headed for kyoto