Principia Moderni IV (Map Game)

The Ming Dynasty still rules over the vast lands of China. On the other side of the world, the Hundred Years War continues between England and France. Europe is still stuck in the old ways of feudalism and chivalry while the notions of a New World are considered figments of imagination.

We welcome you to the long awaited fourth expansion of that immortal series. Welcome to Principia Moderni IV! Starting in 1400 AD, this is the dawn of the modern world and the tail end of the Middle Ages. The Renaissance is just kicking off in Europe, while the nations in the western side of the continent are locked in the last gasp of the Hundred Years War. The Muslim world is still reeling from the invasions of Turks and Mongols, with the Caliphate resting in the collapsing Mamluk Egypt and the Ottomans on the rise in Anatolia. Make it count.

The first game was the most successful on the wiki, leading all the way to the modern day with mostly plausible posts and little controversy. The second game reached almost to the modern day, but failed due to a plethora of ASB events and moderator bias. The third game was much more worthy of the first, almost running into implausibility but climbing back into a shining glory by the end. Riding on the latest reforms of map games since the end of PMIII, this is the most logical next step in that evolution. Remember  above all other rules — have fun.

The Map
1550 AD

Important Pages

 * Rules and Algorithm
 * Alliances 
 * Holy Roman Empire
 * Feudal Dynasties
 * College of Cardinals
 * Nations

Oversight Committee

 * Chief Overseer United Republic

The Night's Watch (Moderators)

 * Lord Commander Scrawland
 * Commander of the Shadow Tower Wolves
 * First Ranger Callumthered
 * First Steward Edgeofnight
 * The Mountain that Rides: Feudy McPlagueface
 * Septon Nathan1123


 * Overseer: United Republic

The Wildlings
All users currently on the wiki may play unless otherwise noted.

Banned Users
A ban from plausibility strikes lasts thirty days, afterwhich the third strike is repealed and the banned player is unbanned. However, the newly unbanned player rejoins the game with two strikes, as a form of probation.
 * Vivaporius (1490)

Plausibility Strikes
'''Three strikes and you're out! Each strike resets after 30 years of the most recent strike.'''


 * Candies - I (1533)
 * Warrior - I (1553)

Moderator Strikes
These are strikes for moderators and how they moderate. The same three strikes rules apply. If a moderator is banned from moderating, however, they can still play as their nation. Mod strikes can be delivered in one of three ways: Moderators can be given strikes for the following reasons:
 * 1) If a sufficient number of players (more than half of all players voting) vote to give a moderator a strike.
 * 2) If I, Scraw, give them a strike.
 * 3) If a majority of all mods (ie more than half of the total number of mods, excluding that moderator) vote to give a moderator a strike.
 * 1) Exhibiting bias that would benefit the nation they are playing.
 * 2) Exhibiting bias that would negatively affect a player they have a personal dispute with.
 * 3) Making a ruling that contradicts a proven fact from OTL or an established fact from earlier in the game.
 * 4) Overruling a decision of a majority of moderators.



1560
''' Djalu the Great fully unifies the city-states of the South Australian Civilizaiton, and is ordained the ruler of the Anangu Kingdom by the Dreamspeakers. He goes on to continue his conquests into hinterlands of eastern Australia. '''

''' Hoping to regain their claims on the continent, the Majipihut Emperor marries the heiress of the Malay Kingdom, causing the rival successors of the Khmer empire to fear foreign influence. '''

''' The Haedo state throws off control from China. Instead of spending money trying to subjugate these people, the Emperor decides to cut his losses by giving Ulleungdo and Jeju back to Korea. '''

''' Burgundian and Norwegian cultures clash as Kappeliist refugees from the Norway-Swedish War settle in the Lowlands, while Catholic refugees settle in the New World and come in contact with the Burgundian colonies. '''

''' As the Second Polish Civil War ends, it is known as the bloodiest conflict in Polish history up to this point, while also devastating the agriculture and economy by the peasent villages destroyed. '''

 The Ottoman governor of Cilicia is killed by a band of Armenian peasents 


 * Kingdom of Burgundy: Guyana expands 50px west, and Nieuw Amsterdam expands 25px east. In light of the clashes with Norwegian refugees, King John II lets it be known that he cares not for their rite, that should they want to stay they can, but any violence against his native subjects will be met with extreme reprisal. The Catholics fleeing to the colonies are welcomed, as well. Reconstruction of Singapore progresses smoothly, and while the "Emir of Johor" continues to nominally rule from nearby Tanjung Puteri, all major decisions are made by the East India Company in the growing trade city, and all security (barring the Emirs small, strictly controlled bodyguard contingent) is overseen by Company-run Colonial Guard.


 * Korea: Kim Do welcomes Chinese withdrawal from Haedo, Jeju and Ulleungdo, and sends silver to award the Emperor's generosity. Haedo is awarded colonial status, Jeju joins the Jeolla province, and Ulleungdo joins the Gyeongsang province. All outdated ships are replaced with the two new models–geobukseon and panokseon. A third of these ships are given naval artillery. Industrial complexes continue growth, with the expansion of chaebol firms under yangban nobles. Production of gunpowder weaponries rise, while the metallurgical industry are augmented with the construction of blast-furnaces and workshops. Academies and universities are built with many of the upper castes partaking in education.
 * Nivkhs: Urbanized settlements continue growth, especially Nivkhgushi. Meanwhile, the number of Korean soldiers stationed in the Nivkh is at a thousand. Arable tracts of land are plowed (and planted with wheat) to facilitate population growth, while Siberian crab-apple farms are established. Tribute sent to the Manchus are severed.
 * Sakha requests to open trade with Korea, offering furs in return for manufactured goods, metals and firearms, and proposing that Korean chaebol firms set up operations within Sakha. The Khan also wishes to deepen political ties and offers his daughter in marriage to a suitable candidate that the Korean ruler may select.
 * Russia: Work continues on the capital. We construct the Voychek, our first major warship in the Sea of Azov. With the end of the Polish Civil War we expand 50px into Siberia with veteran Cossacks wanting to make a new life. We continue to manufacture muskets for our armed forces. Currently the amount of weapons number 20,000.
 * Norwegian-Swedish Diplomacy: We offer up the Russian a non-aggression pact to restore our old historical friendship.
 * Ruskie Dip: We accept this and acknowledge your control over the untamed northern lands.
 * Norwegian-Swedish Diplomacy: We thank the russians for such a thing and acknowledge their rule over pskov.


 * Delhi Raj: The Delhi Raj declares war on the Bengal Sultanate. Raja Hemu appeals to the Kingdom of Ahom to rebel against the Muslim oppressors. The 400,000 strong army (Raj and Rajput) moves in to meet the Bengal army (Ahom status unknown) near Baram.
 * **Gurkani Diplomacy the Delhi: We offer to take in Bengali Muslim overlords to Gurkani into exile, where they can rule over certain pieces of land in Gurkani, to prevent any sort of revolt from happening when you seize Bengal.
 * Swahili: We continue our agriculture policies. The royal guards continue capturing slaves. In the heartland of Mogadishu, the Bank of Mogadishu begin cooperation with landlords to construct hydraulic devices such as canals and irrigation projects to boost food production. Areas interior to Mobassa and Malindi is colonized. We also send out conquistadors to expand northwards into more northern Somalia. We continue development of Madagascar. With Oman forces retreating, we establish a blockade around Mogadishu and begin landing forces in Madagascar to secure a beachhead. We begin raids upon Oman trade routes.
 * Swahili Diplomacy: We wish to negotiate status quo ante bellum with Oman with a treaty of peace,truce and friendship with Oman.
 * Oman Diplomacy: Oman accepts the treaty.
 * Abbasid Caliphate: This year is known in history as the appex of the Caliphate. its political strength administrates over Arabic and Farsi people across the 40 million people in the MIddle East, Egypt, and East Africa. Beit Dawud, also known as Madinah Jamil, is completed in the highlands of Ethiopia, and is a majestic gem of walled cities in the cotninent. The Museum of Alexandria stands as a symbol of Egypt's great heritage as the great Pre-Islamic Empire. Industry and mercantilism greatly expands the middle class of the Caliphate. Religious and secular art looks almost identical to the Rennaissance art now, except taking on Islamic instead of Christian symbolism. The cities of Damascus, Antioch, Jerusalem, and several others grow as large as their western counterparts for the most part. The House of Wisdom of Baghdad cotninues to make leaps and bounds in science and technology. The Ulem in Damascus administrates over religious and secular matters, while the Caliph Al-Rahim spends most of the time in the grand palace of Qaser Al-Rahim. The Ulema continues to be led by the Grand Vizier Mehmed Hassan, who is elected for life. The military is the greatest in the Muslim world, especially led by the elite soldiers of the Kilab Al-Rub. Outside of the nation, the Ayatollahs and Kazirs hold local juristiction of religious authority over the Ottomans, Gurkani, and all other Muslim nations. The Abbasid dynasty branches in Maghreb and Persia contiue to influence those regions of North Africa and Central Asia. At sea, the Arab-Indian company continue to grow influence with the combined power of Oman, Swahili, Gurkani, and Bengal, spreading economic influence as far as Korea and China.
 * In Sakha, Khan Sagird is shocked when his favourite cousin, married to a Tatar chieftain in Central Siberia, is brutally slaughtered by Russian Cossacks while accompanying her husband on a westward trading expedition. Horrified, he seeks further information on these people by interrogating Tatars and other western Siberians at his court, and comes to fear that even the tribes of the east will eventually face attack by this vastly superior and utterly merciless expansionist force. He concludes that to survive the tribes must unite, a mission which happily coincides with his ambition to become a Siberian Genghis Khan, and the relatively greater centralization, population and organization of Sakha, as created by the reforms of his grandfather Oyus. Sakha continues to expand northwards up the Lena into ethnically similar territories by the maximum amount, while the Khan's personal guard begins to train men to act as irregular cavalry to expand the Khan's military forces. Mines and furs continue to be exploited, while the Khan sends out expeditions to the tribes along the Yenisei (the Ket, Tatars, Samoyeds and Chulyms) offering to deepen existing trade ties into mutual military assistance against external threat. Furthermore, Sakha offers prices for furs higher than those being offered by Cossacks, promising to exchange them for manufactured goods with eastern nations. (Mod Response for tribes)
 * Tribes accept -Natemod
 * I'm calling bullshit on this whole Cossack thing as I'm only about 300px east of where the map shows. So how can my men be in central Siberia when the line is only around the Omsk area-Orwell
 * Not sure if your aware, but that's not how Cossacks worked; they travelled vast areas by Siberia's extensive river system trading and raiding outside the explicit control of the central Russian government. So they are, operating way outside of the territory you've actually settled, they're killing fairly indiscriminately and not as directed by the central government, and they're part of a wide trade network that traverses a vast area.
 * God dammit
 * Sakha diplomacy: Sakha begs the exalted emperor of China to do Sakha the honour of allowing it to become a Chinese tributary and protectorate, offering furs, gold, and as many of his daughters as the emperor wants. In return, he requests that China condescend to offer manufactured goods and weapons, and a garrison that could train Sakha's troops. (Mod Response)
 * Japanese Diplomacy: With China in a state of internal instability, Shogun Ashikaga Yoshiteru offers Sakha Japanese suzerainity. In return of Sakha tribute, Japan shall protect Sakha from external threat.  
 * Sakha accepts the Japanese offer and orders its diplomats to leave the Chinese court.
 * Scandinavian Empire: This year of our lord on 1560 Eric king of Norway and co-king of Sweden inherits the Kingdom of Denmark from his father. In conclusion of owning and controlling the 3 kingdoms of the North, he presents to the Danish,Norwegian,Swedish,and Imperial Riksdag the act of uniformity thus forging the three kingdoms into one Unit of government the Scandinavian. Because the laws of succession regarding the imperial throne are useless now the act now includes a strict succession law that states the crown will pass to the oldest son of the Emperor and if their is no sons then a daughter shall inherit, and if there are no living legible children of the Emperor then the next oldest sibling shall inherit the crown. The act also makes The Kapelian church of scandinavia be the official religion of scandinavia. The act passes in all 4 riksdales. The Emperor Eric II begins to pass army and navy reforms in an effort to modernize and improve our Military. Gun trade flowing in from Bradenburg helps us to equip our army with gunpowder weapon, aquerus slowly become more used in the army. Use of miniature cannons on the ships are tinkered with. Expansion of the colonies on massachusetts go 10 px inwards as do Vinland and New Riksdale. We expand 30 px into finland and Kola. We begin to spread Christian seperatism in North germany and burgundy through use of missonaries.
 * Bel, I already have a colony in Massachusetts, called Bilzen. -Guy
 * Sultanate of the Ottomans: Suleiman begins to work on modernizing the army and amassing the people to a more pro-war type people, the slaves from Africa are sent to mosques and cities to work on improving things. Suleiman is seen as a strong man as he begins to work on the nation's military might. The population begins to grow mostly around the city of Anakar and Izhimr. Suleiman begins to work on creating all black Janasir units (due to them being slaves). Suleiman begins to work on a mixed military. Areas are build to open trade, while Armenians are put in office job in Armenian areas. Madrassa are made talking about unity among muslim and things like that.   Sunni mosques are made in hope of slowly converting Azeris to Islam along with Persians and Armenians. the black population slowly rises mixing with Turks. the army is updated and our Sultan begins to call for more people to follow the state which way it goes. The population slowly grow  as we adopt western actions on food and things like that. A trade envoy is sent to Egypt to trade with Cairo and to gain acess to the Suez Passing. The new Sultan Şehzade Mustafa Muhlisi is seen as a strong man after his father. The Sultan sends a wave Imams to the Caliphate promating the idea of the protserts in Syria but keeping them under the Shura. With the war in Poland the Crimea areas are militarize. The Sultan ask for the Aremians to send people to talk about the probelms they face and what the state can do (MOD RESPONCE). A wave of imams are sent to Persia speading Sunnism. The state begins to look for new allies in the middle east.
 * Islamic Emirate of Azerbaijan: The state is run by Azerbaijanis, and give out religious ruling calling for men to help trade and open up to Kurds in the areas to tighten the bond. Madrassa are made talking about unity among muslim and things like that. Christians are put in office jobs in Christian areas. Sunni mosques are built. the Sunni Muslim population slowly grows but no huge jump in numbers. The state begins to work on trading with Persia. the Shia pop slowly converts to Sunni but only with a small rise. The Sunni population slowly grow
 * Islamic Khanate of Crimea: The Tartar in the area are put in office jobs and troops are sent to train troops in the areas. Jizyah is not enforced until a certain time. Madrasses are made to work on the idea of Muslim unity. Trade ships are sent and trade with the Caliphate and other nations. Sunni mosques are built, but only in Muslim areas. The Sultan of the region begins to improve the army and navy. A trade envoy is sent to the mainland. A fort is made at our Polish border with plans of making more. An army of 11,500 is amass of ethnic Crimean Tartars, while 9,000 Ottoman troops are sent.
 * Kingdom of England and Ireland: . Avalon expands 25px down the river as more convicts are sent to open up farms while whaling, fishing and fur trade continue to be the profit of the colony. The colony for the first time starts to grow outside of population migration as the number of births in the colony grows with more established farming. The King's 2 son's are given fur courtesy of their ageing great uncle. The plantation system is growing very effective. New Gwynedd and Western Arcadia also expands 25px to find more space for plantations which grow tobacco and other crops such as cotton which are taken back to England for resale while these colonies are largely populated by a few English townsmen and yeomen farmers ruling over these areas employing Welsh and Irish convicts to run black slaves. Most of the farms are large plantations owned by merchants in England with most of the labour carried about by black slaves and convicts who spend their sentence working on farms and after 4 to 7 years normally they are released and can be free like the small population freemen who moved for a better life. The Kingdom of England and Ireland has a population of 3.4 million. The road system is maintained while academic competition between Cambridge and Oxford is encouraged as they spread out across Europe. The ballad from the battle of Trøndelag spreads to England where it is heard by some people.


 * Florence: The construction of the Cathedral of St.John continues (4/15). Most of the Polish students that were studying in the Florence start moving to the rural areas near the Firenze, as the Second Polish Civil War ends but devastating Poland.
 * Papal States: Pope Gregory orders the foundation of the Berlin Missionary Society of secular Northern-Rite priests. The Society's goal is two fold: to spread Northern-Rite Christianity in the New Worlds, and to propagate and strengthen orthodox Northern Christianity in Northern areas, defending it from heresies such as Kappelism and 'seperatism'. The Society gets immediately to work, mainly on its latter duties. The Immaculata establish a presence in Burgundy with the goal of combating any inroads made by Kappelism and seperatism through education and good catechism.
 * Ashikaga Shogunate: In the Summer Season of this year, the treachorous daimyo Imagawa Yoshimoto advanced a massive army of 25,000 troops through the Onari Province with the intent of conquering the capital Kyoto. All that stood in Yoshimoto's way was the brave daimyo Oda Nobunaga, who lead a tiny force of 3,000 troops. The two met in the  Battle of Okehazama, where in his brilliance Nobunaga set up a decoy force in the center of a pass and hid in the forest while a storm passed. In his hubris, Yoshimoto and his army celebrated their victory by drinking sake, and after the storm Nobunaga descended upon Yoshimoto as he was celebrating and in the battle Yoshimoto was slain, his forces decimated. Indeed, Nobunaga is a man of greatness, saving both Onari and Kyoto, for this I, Shogun   Ashikaga Yoshiteru give Oba Nobunaga the highest honor and thank him for his service, and he is placed as my top general. I recieve an ephinany that I was so close to death, yet my life was spared. Oda Nobunaga's victory could only be brought forth by the Divine, a deity of a higher power, thus I convert to Christrianity, recognizing Jesus Christ as the son of God and I repent of my sins. The world around me is falling apart, especially China, and the Shogunate almost fell to the daimyo Yoshimoto and is barely stable, it may fall into chaos at any time. In order to ensure Ashikaga's strength, action must be taken. Further attempts at increased centralization will certainly result in revolt, thus I must assert Japan power abroad in East Asia.  We send Christian missionaries to Southern China and Korea. Domestically, Japanese Christianity incorporates Shinto and Buddhism, as Buddha's teachings are compatable with Christ's teachings. This results in Japanese Christianity to spread rapidly. 
 * Japanese Diplomacy: We offer China 10 million Japanese mon for Chinese Taiwan
 * Japanese Secret Diplomacy: We fund Muslim factions in Southern China, inciting them to revolt against the Imperial Court in Beijing, as they have supported the brutality of the Confucian Dragons  
 * Papal DIplomacy: The Papal Nuncio to the Shogun's court is pleased with His Excellency's conversion, and baptises him. The Bishop offers the Shogun some Immaculata priests as religious consellors and confessors, and also humbly asks him to give his Shogunal patronage to the Nagasaki Seminary, which recently began training native Giapanois men for the priesthood.
 * Japanese Diplomacy: The Shogun  thanks the Papal Nuncio for the baptism and accepts the Bishop's offer and accepts his Nagasaki request.

1561
''' Kappelists in Burgundy decide it is best for everyone if they leave and they reach out to the king asking for a colonial charter so they can move to the New World. '''

''' Islam spreads rapidly in Southern East Asia, with the continuing chaos in Indochina coupeld with fear from Majapuhit influence compels the population of these kingdoms to convert. In China, many military of the southern Chinese begin converting in spite of the Confucianist persecution. '''

''' Armenian rebels reach out to Georgia seeking aid. '''

''' The brother of Tsar Stanislas gets into a drunken brawl with the Prince of Kiev, resulting in the death of both men. '''


 * Sultanate of the Ottomans:  Suleiman begins to work on modernizing the army and amassing the people to a more pro-war type people, the slaves from Africa are sent to mosques and cities to work on improving things. Suleiman is seen as a strong man as he begins to work on the nation's military might. The population begins to grow mostly around the city of Anakar and Izhimr. Suleiman begins to work on creating all black Janasir units (due to them being slaves). Suleiman begins to work on a mixed military.  Areas are build to open trade, while Armenians are put in office job in Armenian areas. Madrassa are made talking about unity among muslim and things like that.    Sunni mosques are made in hope of slowly converting Azeris to Islam along with Persians and Armenians. the black population slowly rises mixing with Turks. the army is updated and our Sultan begins to call for more people to follow the state which way it goes. The population slowly grow  as we adopt western actions on food and things like that. A trade envoy is sent to Egypt to trade with Cairo and to gain acess to the Suez Passing. The new Sultan  Şehzade Mustafa Muhlisi  is seen as a strong man after his father. The Sultan sends a wave Imams to the Caliphate promating the idea of the protserts in Syria but keeping them under the Shura. With the war in Poland the Crimea areas are militarize.  The Sultan ask for the Aremians to send people to talk about the probelms they face and what the state can do (MOD RESPONCE).  A wave of imams are sent to Persia speading Sunnism. The state begins to look for new allies in the middle east. A army of 30,000 is sent to get rid of the rebels telling the Georgians to stay out


 * Islamic Emirate of Azerbaijan: The state is run by Azerbaijanis, and give out religious ruling calling for men to help trade and open up to Kurds in the areas to tighten the bond. Madrassa are made talking about unity among muslim and things like that. Christians are put in office jobs in Christian areas. Sunni mosques are built. the Sunni Muslim population slowly grows but no huge jump in numbers. The state begins to work on trading with Persia. the Shia pop slowly converts to Sunni but only with a small rise. The Sunni population slowly grow. The Army is put on stand by incase any army move into Ottoman lands.
 * Islamic Khanate of Crimea: The Tartar in the area are put in office jobs and troops are sent to train troops in the areas. Jizyah is not enforced until a certain time. Madrasses are made to work on the idea of Muslim unity. Trade ships are sent and trade with the Caliphate and other nations. Sunni mosques are built, but only in Muslim areas. The Sultan of the region begins to improve the army and navy. A trade envoy is sent to the mainland. A fort is made at our Polish border with plans of making more. An army of 11,500 is amass of ethnic Crimean Tartars, while 9,000 Ottoman troops are sent.