As far as I can tell, the goal of a game without defined rules is to go as far as you can until someone tells you to stop.
Imma keep going until word of God comes down to force me to back down.
This guy picked up on it quick. Unwise to openly admit it though.
Avalonia will accept refugees Christian and non-Christian from the wreck that is Sonodine.
Avalonian scientist Hans Hindenburg develops a crude electromagnet. News of this reaches nobody because he's a nobody right now, but he does it and continues to work on his design and its applications.
Avalonian investors, receiving word that railroads are the next big thing in other countries, scramble to gather capital to invest in the construction of these railroads. Before any progress is made however, the Avalonian government stipulates certain standards for the quality of materials used, as well as how wide any rail-path is, and other things, to be to ensure uniformity and safety.
Chancellor Vjornsberg, having privately decided to leave politics within the next few years and pursue other affairs including the founding of a college with a group of his peers, begins to groom Johannes Schmidt, his long time ally and friend, as his choice to succeed him to the Chancellor's seat.