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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zaruthustran" data-source="post: 715435" data-attributes="member: 1457">Well, a war could come from without (invasion) or from within (revolt). Or it could be initiated by the Cresians.Options for invasion:1) Horde. Either humanoids, undead, monsters, barbarians, or some other mindless mass that couldn't be bargained with. I say bargain because the Cresians would be rich in food and population, the two major currencies of the ancient world.2) Aggressive neighbor. The Cresians have wealth, magic, good aggriculture, and other nations might want to take this wealth away.3) Xenophobic neighbor. The strong Cresians threaten a neighbor's way of life, so the neighbor launches a pre-emptive strike. Or perhaps the gods of Cresia offend the neighbor, and the neighbor orders a crusade. This last idea could be the popular excuse for a war that is actually about resources (see the real crusades for example).Options for revolt:4) Peace brings prosperity, prosperity brings wealth, wealth brings social classes, and social classes brings class friction. Civil war of the haves vs. war of the have nots.5) Peace brings prosperity, prosperity brings wealth, and wealth brings greed. Internal war between guilds/Houses/nobles.6) Peace brings prosperity, prosperity brings wealth, and wealth brings crime. Secret war between criminals and cops.7) Peace brings prosperity, prosperity allows leisure time,  leisure time allows philosophy, philosophy brings new ideas, new ideas bring conflict. Internal philosophical war, perhaps between humanists and deists. Or simple governmental revolt (king overthrows theocracy).Options for war of aggression:8) Peace brings prosperity, prosperity brings population boom, and population boom causes overcrowding. What to do with all these people? We need more room! Let's take it from our neighbors!9) Taking their prosperity as a sign of their divine right to rule, the Cresians decide to impose their benevolence on others. Holy war.10) A Jongan exploratory vessel stumbles upon a new land mass. They run into another people/culture, and one of their number (a prince) is killed. History repeats itself as a retaliatory invasion is launched...11) A Jongan exploratory vessel stumbles upon a new land mass. It brings back fabulous wealth. War comes as Cresia and the other nations rush to colonize and exploit this new land. 12) A Jongan exploratory vessel stumbles upon a new land mass. It brings back fabulous wealth. War comes as Cresia and the other nations rush to colonize and exploit this new land. But the land is not unoccupied...-z</blockquote>

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