Principia Moderni (Map Game)

Principia Moderni, or "The Beginning of the Modern" in Late Latin, is a map game beginning in the final days of the Middle Ages in Europe, and the early days of the Ming dynasty in China--1420 C. E...The House of Hohenzollern have become the Electorates of Brandenburg--though most of the power in the Holy Roman Empire still lies with the Habsburgs, Joan of Arc has defeated the English at Orleans, the city of Tenochtitlan is founded by the Aztecs, the Timurid Empire has united Central and West Asia, and the Yongle Emperor sends out Zheng He to voyage westwards. It is a turbulent era, in other words, an era of change, and an era in which power is cemented.

Rules

 * The main goal of these rules is to keep the game realistic, therefore every turn must be plausible; one cannot take over the world in 10 turns.
 * A turn is one day. Each turn is composed of one action, which can be militaristic, diplomatic, etc.
 * Exploration (or any sort of sea travel) takes one turn.
 * Any land which is conqiered has inhabitants, and they must be dealt with.
 * Keep in mind the linguistic effects of conquering and colonizing.
 * Every person must do an action every year, but only one action.
 * Every ten turns, a map is to be made. Each player should edit the map according to their nation's actions.
 * Every map must be saved as a .png on thr current map template
 * Negotiations will be on the Talk Page
 * Each player will "call" a nation, one nation per player.
 * The creator of this game, Cosman246, has the power to grant and regulate technology for every nation, as well as regulate plausibility. They also have the right to create random events in any and every nation throughout the course of the game.
 * Actions like espionage are allowed and will be detailed later.
 * Alliances and dynastic unions are allowed, as is bargaining to achieve these.
 * If a nation is inactive (does not respond for five days), it is considered in civil disorder and thus fair game for conquering even if one was allied with it. However, resistance is stronger than if it was normally conquered.
 * There are supernational confederations (e.g. the Holy Roman Empire, the Kalmar Union), and they function like alliances. They can be broken (e.g. the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire) and they can be formed (e.g. the unification of Spain)
 * You can hire raiders/pirates and make them raid any nation's ship, but this greatly reduces that country's relationship with your nation.
 * The game ends in the present.
 * (This edit made by Devil_Warrior not creator): I have made a talk page (Principia Moderni Talk Page) so that nations which would know each other can discuss on matters as the leaders of real nations would do.

Current map




Europe

 * England-- Roguejedi 16:04, December 22, 2010 (UTC) *
 * Scotland--
 * Wales--
 * France--
 * Burgundy--
 * Aragon--
 * Navarre--
 * Portugal--
 * Castille--
 * Ireland--
 * Genoa--
 * Papal States--
 * Naples--
 * Venice--Chicagoan 16:57, December 22, 2010 (UTC) *
 * Teutonic Knights--
 * Hungary--
 * Wallachia--
 * Moldavia--
 * Poland-Lithuania--
 * Muscovy--
 * Novgorod--

The Kalmar Union

 * Norway-- Destroyanator 00:59, December 28, 2010 (UTC) *
 * Sweden--BoredMatt 20:38, December 21, 2010 (UTC) *
 * Denmark--Baconton 14:25, December 23, 2010 (UTC) *

The Holy Roman Empire

 * Florence--
 * Bohemia--
 * Austria--
 * Brandenburg--

The Islamic World

 * Granada--
 * Ottoman Empire--StarkBlack *
 * Golden Horde--
 * Mamluk Sultanate--BlackSkyEmpire 05:47, January 16, 2011 (UTC)BlackSkyEmpire *
 * Il-Khan--
 * Timurid Empire-- Thant 17:26 December 21st, 2010
 * Mali--
 * Chagatai Khanate--
 * Oman--
 * Oirats Khanate--
 * Delhi Sultanate--

The Far East

 * Vijayanagar Empire--
 * China-- CrimsonAssassin 02:13, December 22, 2010 (UTC) *
 * Japan--Cosman246 22:22, January 22, 2011 (UTC) *
 * Joseon- PitaKang 01:41, December 23, 2010 (UTC) *
 * Dai Viet--
 * Hanthawaddy-- Detectivekenny 6:18, January 16, 2011 (UTC) *

Americas

 * Aztecs-- Devil_Warrior 12:00 1/10/2010 *
 * Maya--Fedelede 17:26, December 26, 2010 (UTC) *
 * Inca-- VENEZUELA 01:19, December 21, 2010 (UTC) *

* confirmed members by User:Detectivekenny

1420

 * King Razadarit declares the introduction of a national currency in Hanthawaddy, and begins to reform the Mon economy into a money economy.
 * England declares war on Scotland for a trumped-up border infringment. English troops advance against the southern sottish areas, with many pichted battles being fought on each side. English troops advance to the outskirts of Edinburgh but are stopped by an intense Scottish counter-attack. The English king declares that he will "unite the British isles before I die and expand the power of England into the chronicles of history." Six new ships are produced, and they are all powerful ships of the line.
 * Err......weren't ships of the line developed around 1700?
 * I meant equvalent to ships of the line. a.k.a. powerful, slow ships that pack a large punch.
 * China retaliates against the Mongols. They declare war against eastern mongolia.
 * The Aztec Emperor Acampichtli forms a triple alliance between the 3 city-states Tenotichtlan, Texoco, and Tlacopan. A massive project is started to build a great temple to the three strongest good gods of the Aztec Pantheon in the three city-states: One to Huitzilapochtli in Tenotichtlan, One to Quezatlcoatl in Texoco and One to Tlaloc in Tlacopan.
 * Norway suggests that the three members of the Kalmar Union eliminate tariffs on trade between them. in addition, Norway launches a large force to invade Iceland, in order to capture the valuable fishing grounds. they are able to conquer much of the coast of iceland, and the remainder is blockaded. Norway begins an expansion of it's naval facilitiees, including the instalation of several water powered sawmills in the royal dockyards.
 * The union is full personal union last time I checked, and also tariffs and nationalized trade didn't exist.
 * Ok, sounds good then.
 * The Ottomans secure their borders, and plan to move in to attack Constantinople by next year. The Ottoman's began to build a massive navy, with over 200 ships.
 * Sweden invades Pskov and the lands of the Est to give them a stranglehold on Novgorodian trade. Troops secure Estonia and Pskov by the end of the year, while a second force captures all of Latvia north of the Daugava.
 * The Malmulk's offer the Ottomans an alliance in exchange for support in the invasion; the Mlmulk's also create a Christian puppet state in OTL Israel in order to prevent crusades against them and to also appease the Europeans. Also, the Malmulks prepare to invade II-Kahn with foot soldier's gathering around the isloated Mongol territory.
 * Venice expands its navy and sends out exploration.
 * Joseon offers an alliance to China. They dramatically improve their navy, and bulk up their army.

1421

 * The Temples in Tenotichtlan, Texoco, and Tlacopan are completed! With the people feeling very religous and spiritual Acamapictli decides to start an epedition to take back the mythological origin place of the Aztec, the land of Aztlan (which is in OTL Central Florida) hoping the religous fantasicm of the people will be enough to conquer all teh way to Aztlan. Meanwhile the cities of Texoco and Tlacopan decide to launch thier own invasions to subjugate the city-states that were the traditional enemies of the Aztecs- Chalca, Tepaneca, Matlatzinca, and Alcohua. Using new weapon-making techniques the Aztec of all city-states formed weapons out of the volcanic rock obsidian making the Aztecs' weapons far more accurate then thier enemies hoping that this will give them a signifigant advantage in the upcoming military campains.
 * England continues to advance against Scotland, now with troops on the outskirts of Perth. More new heavy ships are built and they destroy the almost nonexistant Scottish fleet instantly. England asks for an alliance with the KU, and continues to draft more troops for the cause of uniting the isles. Ireland grows wary of English aggresion but doesn't build up troops yet, hoping that England will contain its conquest to the eastern isle.
 * Joseon begins to plan to invade Japan, but they draft more soldiers. They make a tempting pay for soldiers, and many soldiers join the army.
 * Swedish troops advance southward, capturing Latvia and most of coastal Lithuania. The navy expands considerably in order to account for such a large increase in troop movements and to facilitate logistics in a primarily exeditionary campaign. The road networks throughout central Sweden are improved, with the main thoroughfare from Kalmar to Stockholm beginning to be macadamized using a new technique pioneered by a German immigrant.
 * Norway sends hundreds of Norwegians to found farming and fishing villages in Norway. they continue to expand their navy and shipyards, and make loans to shipbuilder to help them expand. the fishing industry benefits greatly from this, and soon fishermen are traveling far out into the atlantic in search of fish. Norway builds several strong oceangoing vessels to support it's traditional galley fleet, and arms them with 15 heavy cannons on each broadside.
 * The Mayan peoples are started to being united when the three nations of the Mayapán League unify their three cities and set their capital in Uxmal. Soon, most Yucatec cities on the south (that had only about a fifth of the total Mayan population of the time) are under the Confederation's control. It later expands it's influence towards Zapotec and Mixtec cities, which don't want to be annexed by the Aztecs. It also starts to improve it's technology so that it reaches an Aztec level.
 * The Malmulks invade II Khan and fight off fiercest resistance as they reach the gulf (Northern area up). They also begin to expand into Arabia, fighting off the numerous tribes in Northern Arabia.
 * King Razadarit orders four merchant ships constructed in Pegu and appoints explorer Nai Thiha to explore and trade with oversea people.
 * China digs deeper into Mongol Territory. They expand their navy.
 * The City of Cuzco conquers many tribes and near cities and renames the Incan Empire. They conquer all the modern department of Cuzco.
 * Venice invades the territory above it with its new strengthened army.

1422

 * To make sure this doesn't get it out of hand, which it likely will due to people being on different time zones, we have to ensure that no one gets ahead. The year 1422 doesn't occur until 0:00 UTC, which is around 4 to 8 PM in the Western Hemisphere depending on your time zone. In the future I'm going to be harsh about it. To reclaim your post wait until it's 1422 and press edit, and you see it in .

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 * Joseon considerably bulks up it's navy.