socks said:
Mountainous - Switzerland, Scotland
Oppressed by Heavy Cavalry - Switzerland, Scotland, Flanders
Polearms - Switzerland, Scotland, Flanders
Democracy - Switzerland
Peasant Armies - Switzerland, Scotland [the Flemmish armies that opposed the French/English were organized town militias who had a large group of nobles supplementing them.]
Merchants - Italy
Southern/Central part of continent: Switzerland, Flanders, Italy
Note how there is a single attribute that Switzerland and Rhodoks don't share, while none of the other nations can say as much. It just makes a lot more sense that Rhodoks are based primarily on Switzerland than a conglomerate of nations spread across the entirety of Europe, from an island off the coast of Turkey to the Northernmost tip of Great Britain. There's around three thousand kilometers between these two, and additionally all of these nations have gaping differences from eachother.
Again, I'll grant you that the economics of Rhodoks are based off Italy, but only because I can find no documentation of that of medieval Switzerland.
You keep saying that the Rhodoks are based on the Swiss but you keep ignoring the arguments I am presenting. There shouldn't be any doubt that militarily the Rhodoks are also based on the Flemish because of their large force of soldiers carrying polearms and spiked clubs, which Rhodoks do carry. There also should not be any doubt that the Rhodoks are also based on the Italians because of their close resemblance in crossbowmen.
Yes it is true that in that list you gave me, the Swiss are in every single one of them. But the problem is that you only talked about areas where Switzerland did make the list and you refuse to talk about areas where Switzerland does not make the list. let me give you a more complete list...
Mountainous - Switzerland, Scotland
Oppressed by Heavy Cavalry - Switzerland, Scotland, Flanders
Polearms - Switzerland, Scotland, Flanders
Democracy - Switzerland
Peasant Armies - Switzerland, Scotland [the Flemmish armies that opposed the French/English were organized town militias who had a large group of nobles supplementing them.]
Merchants - Italy
Southern/Central part of continent: Switzerland, Flanders, Italy
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Pavise crossbowmen - Italians, where is Switzerland?
I know some had them too. But note that because you used "democracy" as an argument for Switzerland being Rhodoks while many states during the time where also alike, this argument should work under the same logic.
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Goedendags: morningstars and spiked clubs(some basic Rhodok infantry weapon which the Flemish used to great extent in Golden Spurs) - Flanders, where is Switzerland?
Proof that Rhodoks are at least also partially based on the Flemish.
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War cleaver/chopper style falchions/Godendak - Normans/Early French infantries did use them, where is Switzerland?
Again, the existence of these babies as unique Rhodok weapons is proof that Rhodoks aren't just based on the Swiss.
Whatever the case is, it is now very clear now that the Rhodoks are not just based on one, but many different states/nations because it has weapons, mostly unique, from many historical countries, such as Flanders, Italian city-states and Scots but none really from Switzerland. And it is very clear that there isn't really any resemblance between the Rhodoks and Swiss in military besides the love for polearms. I bet the Flanders had a even more important view for polearms, if not to the same degree compared to the Swiss.
In terms of resembling Switzerland, it is only mountainous, being oppressed by heavy-cav nations and polearms loving that counts.
Your argument still fails to convince me that the Rhodoks are based on Switzerland simply because the Swiss loved polearms, were a confederation, mountainous and oppressed by heavy-cav nations. The Rhodoks are not simply based on the Swiss, even if they actually do, but are based on several states just like how all of the Calradian factions are based on several historical states.
socks said:
Again, I'll grant you that the economics of Rhodoks are based off Italy, but only because I can find no documentation of that of medieval Switzerland.
First of all, you're in no position to grant me anything. Second of all, by saying that, you have just agreed with my argument that "Rhodoks are at least partially based on the Italian city-states." I have pretty much concluded my argument on that then.