Gunka no Baltzar

[Dom1anon]

Inaccurate/unrealistic depiction of geopolitics and the evolution of weapons and tactics. The difference between Weissen (Fictional Prussia) and Baselland (Fictional minor German Kingdom/Principality) makes no sense. One is an industrialized country, basically Prussia with WW2 tech and squad tactics, while the other is still using muskets with ball ammunition and centralized command structures. Baselland is literally somehow a century behind in Military technology and tactics despite being a neighbor of Weissen. There'd be no reason for Weissen to respect such a weak nation that ignores the military development of the rest of the continent. 2/10, Baselland should've been annexed.

Man, you clearly neither understand the geopolitics nor the military technology/tactics of the time. They're nowhere near WWII and small countries were "respected" because after Napoleon all major countries agreed to settle things diplomatically and keep the balance of power, which means smaller countries were protected by the larger ones. That policy led to one of the longest periods in European history with (nearly) no war. Look up the Prussian-Danish wars for examples of a smaller country starting shit, getting its shit pushed in by a militarily superior nation and still getting off easy because all the major powers stepped in and wagged their fingers. Didn't work indefinitely when the Danes got too cocky due to it, but it was a surprisingly effective system to keep the peace and one of the reasons why by the time WWI broke out everybody had kinda forgotten the horrors of war and wanted to try out their new toys (quick wars like the franco-prussian one didn't really hammer the point home).