Ninety-Five Theses (Map Game)

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The Ninety-Five Theses on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences were written by Martin Luther and posted on the door of the All Saints' Church in Wittenburg. Martin Luther's actions created a chain reaction that led to almost a century-and-a-half of fighting that weakened both the Holy Roman Empire and the Roman Catholic Church. What direction will you take in this quest? How will you face the looming, and ever growing, Protestant Reformation? How will you interpret the Ninety-Five Theses?

Rules
See also Rules (Ninety Five Theses Map Game)

Here are the basic rules for Ninety-Five Theses:


 * Each turn is one entire year. A new "year" shall begin at 00:00 (UTC) every day.
 * Wars will be decided by the algorithm on the talk page.
 * Any player disputes will be resolved by the moderator staff.
 * A player has three plausibility strikes. First time is a warning, second time is a ban and third time you're banned from the game.
 * Players may not create new sciences or technologies on their own but must instead approach the Moderator Team with the technology and provide explanations why they should discover the advancement; it will then be announced in the Mod Events section of the turn. Requests to advance are on the talk page.

Moderators
All moderators must see Saturn1257 so they can receive the mod page for the game.
 * Saturn1257 -- (Moderator-in-Chief)
 * PitaKang
 * Feudalplague
 * Edgeofnight
 * Reximus55
 * CrimsonAssassin
 * Daxus Inferno
 * Krasnoyarsk

Western Europe

 * Portugal - FP ( Now 10% edgier!!!  )


 * Mozambique (Port) -
 * Zanzibar (Port) -
 * Goa (Port) -
 * St. Tome (Port) -
 * Fernando Pó (Port) -
 * Muscat (Port) -
 * Spain - Scarlet Outlaw
 * Hispaniola (Colony) - Scarlet Outlaw
 * Castile de Ordo (Colony) - Scarlet Outlaw
 * Kingdom of Naples: Scarlet Outlaw
 * Kingdom of Sicily: Scarlet Outlaw
 * Navarre -
 * France - Flag_of_South_Korea.png PitaKang- (Talk to me | Kill count: 8)
 * England - Sithlent (talk)
 * Leinster Crim de la Crème
 * Scotland - StarEagle.png Nicktc StarEagle.png

Scandinavia

 * Denmark (Kalmar Union) -
 * Norway -
 * Sweden - Redbaran45 (talk)

Central Europe and Holy Roman Empire

 * Austria - TheGreatHistorian500 (talk)
 * Bohemia - Great showing. B23 (talk)
 * Brandenburg - Nkbeeching
 * Bavaria - Wrto12 (talk)
 * Duchy of Ferrara - Willster22 (Say 'Ello)
 * Duchy of Modena - Tao64
 * Genoa - KawaiiKame
 * Savoy - Through Stars We Rise. (Welcome to the Universe).
 * Saxony -
 * Florence - Flippedlion.png NicDonalds, Beginning Editor  Talk Lionsymbol.png
 * Siena - Cbj12
 * Habsburg Lowlands- Prinsenvlag.svg Hail Sean! (Get a free potato here)


 * County of Flanders
 * Duchy of Milan - Tomw1864
 * March of Montferrat -
 * Margravate of Mantua -
 * Republic of Lucca -
 * County of Tyrol -
 * Duchy of Württemberg -  The  Tim   Man  (TSW • AH • MGW • Contribs )
 * Prince Bishopric of Munster -
 * Archbishopric of Salzburg -
 * Bishopric of Würzburg -
 * Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg - I am that guy (talk)
 * Duchy of Lorraine -
 * Duchy of Mecklenburg -
 * Duchy of Pomerania -

Eastern Europe

 * Poland-Lithuania - KingSparta300 (talk)
 * Teutonic Knights -  Constantinus Byzantinus Maximus Talk At Me
 * Moscow -
 * Ryazan -
 * Astrakhan - Vatonica (talk)
 * Kazan - Kingkush1
 * Nogai - Privelige Check!
 * Georgia - Cookiedamage (talk) 01:36, February 14, 2016 (UTC)

Southern Europe and Balkans

 * Venice -
 * Stato de Mar - *See Me*
 * Papal States - Sat (Talk to me!)
 * Hungary -  .....   Because I'm Just... Too... SSSWWWEEEEEETTT!!!
 * Ottoman Empire - I would like to thank Feud for making Borealia possible
 * Crimean Khanate - I would like to thank Feud for making Borealia possible
 * The Knights of Rhodes - Zamarak500 (talk)
 * Moldavia - Alexander of Volzhsky (talk)
 * Wallachia -
 * Trebizond -

Far East

 * Ming Dynasty - Love you, Everyone&#39;s favorite Girl, Kaori!
 * Joseon - There was a candy,  and it said,  "Bruh, I'm coming for you, bruh. Oi, g'day mate you wanna mate?" ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
 * Japan - OMGdidiwin Columbian Empire Flag 2 Alt 1.jpg
 * Dai Viet -
 * Champa -
 * Cambodia -
 * Ayutthaya - Mr. Lello (talk)
 * Mallacca -
 * Majapahit-
 * Pajajaran-
 * Atjeh
 * Brunei
 * Ternate
 * Ava
 * Shan
 * Toungoo
 * Cheingmai
 * Ahom
 * Chutiya
 * Pegu
 * Arakan
 * Laos
 * Papua
 * Angu tribe - SkyGreen24

Central Asia

 * Tibet - Shikata ga nai!
 * Oirat Khanate -
 * Kashmir -
 * Nepal -
 * Turfan (Eastern Chagatai Khanate) -
 * Kashgar (Western Chagatai Khanate) - Captainjohnrex (talk)
 * Khiva -
 * Bukhara - Bozistanball
 * Timurid Kabulistan - Simmy1993

Indian Sub-continent

 * Bengal - Roman-spqr-flag.png Consul Ioshua has returned.  (Talk) SPQR_EMBLEM.jpg
 * Dehli -
 * Vijayanagara -
 * Ceylon -
 * Multan -
 * Sindh -
 * Gujarat -
 * Malwa -
 * Kandesh -
 * Ahmadnagar -
 * Bijapur -
 * Bahmani -
 * Berar -
 * Gondwana -
 * Gajapatis -
 * Ceylon -

Middle East

 * Persia - Awesome history 28 (talk)
 * Sistan -
 * Baluchi tribes -
 * Tahiride Yemen -
 * Nabhani Sultanate - Daxus the Harbinger of Lameness (talk)

Northern Coast

 * Hasfid - Sine dei gloriem &#34;Ex Initio Terrae&#34; (talk)
 * Wattassid -
 * Tlemcen -

Sub-Sahara

 * Songhai - User:Person67
 * Mali -
 * Hausa -
 * Benin - Flag of the Xanian Empire.svg Vivaporius: "I don't need a slogan"
 * Kongo -

Horn of Africa

 * Ethiopia - DCUnited13

North America

 * Aztec - Erizium (talk)
 * Cherokee - Nlenhardt (talk)

South America

 * Inca - Kostdanila (talk)

1517
In October, Martin Luther, an Augustinian priest, posts the Ninety-Five Theses on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences on the door of the All Saints’ Church in Wittenberg, Saxony and sends it for publication; it has spread throughout Europe in two months.

'''After a long year of war against the Mamluks, Ottoman troops march into Cairo victorious. The Mamluks unconditionally surrender, as well as the Sharif of Mecca, who put the holy cities of Mecca and Medina under Ottoman control. Several European powers start to grow weary of this growing power that is now being consolidated.'''

'''Pope Leo X closes the 5th Council of Lateran. The council, however, is unable to discuss Luther’s Ninety-Five Theses, as the council ended seven months before it was published.'''

'''Seven Portuguese armed vessels led by Fernão Pires de Andrade meet Chinese officials at the Pearl River estuary. During this contact, Portugal makes the first oceanic trade with China.'''

'''The sweating sickness breaks out in Oxford and Cambridge. The English nobility worries about the possibility that the sickness may spread to London.'''

'''The mod staff apologizes for the fact that the algorithm isn't up yet. We will have it as soon as it's ready.'''

Please read the Technology Rules, select a primary and secondary focus (and if in the Western European technology tier, an idea) and mark your selections here.
 * Benin: Receiving disturbing information as to the level of advancement of the Europeans who visited his nation, the Oba of Benin, Esigie, seeks to bring his nation up to par with the Europeans of the far north. With the few guns given to him as a gift by the Portuguese in the late-1400s, Esigie orders his blacksmiths to immediately reorganize themselves to produce firearms for the Royal and Metropolitan Regiments of the military. Calling upon their expertise in metalworking, the blacksmiths answer the call as best they can, and inform the Oba that they will begin work on firearms as quickly as possible. Esigie hopes this will reduce his nation's reliance on Europe for gunpowder weapons. However, the Oba notes that the use of gunpowder is not the only issue standing in front of him. Taking a brief tour of his nation, Esigie notes the lack of a unified currency, a writing system to record laws for posterity, a well-organized but highly divided government, a poor transportation network, and greedy chiefs taking the profits gained from trade with the Europeans for themselves rather than investing it in their territories. Oba Esigie notes that the Europeans from what his diplomat to Portugal has told him, are clearly superior to his own people, and resolves to change that immediately. Capitalizing on his peace wit the Oyo and Ife, Esigie decides to focus the vast resources of Benin into modernizing the nation, leaving his people as an example to the rest of Africa. In a royal decree to his people, Esigie first declares the formation of a single currency to be known as the mpempe to unify all trade and transactions within the empire, as well as establishing a royal treasury in his capital city of Edo. Second, he declares the formation of a new writing system formulated by himself and several of the Christian missionaries sent to Benin in the 1490s, and declares that all documents by royal and otherwise are to be written in this new script. Lastly, to legitimize himself in the eyes of the Europeans, Esigie converts to Catholicism and orders his court to do the same on pain of death, and immediately sends a message to Rome to sent a bishop to establish an diocese in his kingdom. In the east of his nation, Esigie orders the Edogun of the Royal Regiments to expand the empire into the Igbo lands, using superior numbers and firepower to take the cities of Agbor, Owa Oyibu, Obomkpa, and Issele Ukwu. Benin expands by 100px.


 * Nabhani Sultanate (Oman): The Sultan of Oman, fearful of the Ottomans after the defeat of the Mamluks, orders for the military to increase substantially. The cornerstone of this military will be the navy, but due to Oman's geography enough wood is hard to find, so traders are sent as far as Zanzibar and Jakarta to buy woods for spices. The Sultanate seizes the island of Bahrain and expands 6px on the Southern coast.
 * Omani Diplomacy: An alliance and trade deal is offered to the fellow non-Sunnis of Persia. An offer is sent to Portugal to buy back the port of Muscat in return for a lucrative trade deal, a few crates of ivory, a hundred educated slaves, a dozen harem girls, and continued to access to use of the port for five years and three years of access in Dubai.
 * Ottoman Diplomacy: A special caravan from the Sultanate offers to buy Oman's spices at a greater price if they do not ally with Persia
 * (Who owns Masirah Island?)
 * ​You do, its just a map error. 


 * Württemberg: The government finds Luther's theses intriguing and investigates further into the proposals made by the monk, despite protests by the Catholic Church. Meanwhile, the Duke begins to consider expansion of his realm. He starts a search for military talent to expand the military.
 * Spain: King Charles is getting a little upset with Europe for not dealing with the spreading of Martin Luther's documents throughout all of Europe. Some of the Spanish citizens, start to listen to Martin Luther's ideas. A new rule is made that anyone that follows Martin Luther's preaching in his documents will be put in jail. Charles gets a little weary that the Ottoman empire is getting bigger, with the additions of Mecca and Medina under their control. The military of the nation expand a little from the year before. More ships are being built for exploration of the new world and Africa. We ask for an alliance with the following nations Genoa, Florence, Kalmar Union, Navarre, Scotland, Venice, and the Papal State. Charles ask Portugal that in the near future would it be possible that he could marry the king's daughter Beatrice. 
 * Hispaniola (Colony): On the island, we continue to explore the inland forests. Along the coast of the island port cities are establishing. More ships are being built, so that we can send all the resources found on the island can be used by people in our home nation. Our troops try to work with the natives by trading with them to show that they are not taking advantage of the natives helping the colonists. Farms are beginning to get bigger with each year of planting. Monasteries are being build to convert the natives of the land to Christian.
 * Castile de Ordo (Colony): Our troops expand 50 px to the north, and 50 px to the south. Port cities are being established along the coast. More ships are being built, so that we can send all the resources found on land back to our people at home. Our troops try to work with the natives by trading with them to show that they are not taking advantage of the natives helping the colonists. Farming increases on the land, getting bigger and bigger. Monasteries are being build to convert the natives of the land to Christian.
 * Kingdom of Naples: To the north we close of our borders to everyone. Outpost are being made to the north, so that troops with firearms can attack invaders to the land from a distance. Farming continues to go well in the nation. More ships are being built for trade purposes.
 * Kingdom of Sicily: Farming is doing fine within the nation. More ships are being made for trading purposes.
 * Navarreese Diplomacy (Mod): The alliance is accepted.
 * Spain Dip: We thank the Navarreese.
 * Kingdom of Georgia: In 1517, the Kingdom of Georgia lay in disarray. The united monarchy and state no longer exist, instead being divided into the feudal petty kingdoms of Kartli, Imereti, Meshketi, and several other minor principalities. In 1513, David X of Kartli conquered his eastern neighbor of Kakheti, bringing it under his suzerainty. In 1517, David X moves his court to Tbilisi and begins stripping the titles of many Kakheti nobles who he suspects will threaten his rule in Kakheti. In response to his dethroning of many counts, many Kakheti aristocrats stage a revolt against David, but it is put down in September after four months of sporadic fighting.Prince Levan, son of the former King of Kakheti, George, is executed for treason. David then turns his sights towards Imereti, Guria, and Meshketi. In Imereti, Bagrat III rules as King, focusing on restoring the capital after a destructive Ottoman raid in 1512. He makes it a crime, punishable by death, to partake in the Ottoman slave trading. Because of this, several nobles are executed, causing strain in the Imereti court. The Georgian Orthodox church is reorganized as well, with Bagrat giving military aid to many looted and distressed churches. In Kartli, David gives royal patronage to several priests and minor patriarchs in order to keep the Orthodox tradition dominant in the region as Ottoman Islam is seen as a threatening force. In diplomatic news, Kartli and Imereti both petition the Ottoman Empire and Persian Shahdom for peace, offering tribute to both countries in return for military access. In other news, the royal military is grown in Kartli and Imereti.
 * The Ottoman Empire increases trade with Georgia, and offers to increase relations give military protection if they help delpoy their military in the recent war with Persia
 * Leinster:  The power of the English crown has waned heavily since the War of the Roses. The area the English directly control lies on a strip of land on the eastern coast of Ireland called 'The Pale,' which constitutes Dublin and the immediate area around it. The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland governs the area directly, answering to the King of England himself. The Irish detest the idea of English rule, intending to limit English power completely. Trade flows freely into Dublin from the Isles and from other lands in Europe, especially the Baltics. Land routes from all over Ireland bring the economy of Leinster up even more. Outside the Pale, the clans of Leinster work to build their levy forces. Some clans intend to use them in an eventual fight against England while others intend to use them to expand the influence of the Leinster-area clans past the borders. Talks with Clan Fitzgerald lead to improved relations with the clans of Desmond. 8th Earl of Ormond Piers Butler, who married Lady Margaret Fitzgerald, has already sired an heir. The Fitzgeralds and the Butlers intend to unite their territories in an effort to fight the English. The city of Wicklow becomes a breeding ground for rebels against the English crown, as does the city of Waterford.
 * Moldavia: Bogdan III the One-Eyed agrees become a vassal of the Ottoman Sultan (as per OTL), paying 4,000 gold coins yearly, along with 40 horses and 40 falcons, as well as assistance in war. Meanwhile, we continue rebuilding our country from the Tartar incursions that occurred several years ago. The army has about ten thousand men and trains regularly. The călărași (cavalry) and lefegii (heavy infantry) serve as the voivode's elite forces. Bogdan III also begins the process of reorganizing the bureaucracy of the principality to create a more effective government and improve living conditions. We also continue trade with Europeans and Ottomans.
 * The Ottoman Empire accepts Moldova as a vassal, and sends multiple grand diplomatic enoys consisting of artisans, Imams, and soldiers to strengthen the nation and instruct them in the ways of Islam.
 * Ayutthaya: We open up trade with the Portugese, we offer Portugal to bring us a gunsmith which will show us the techniques of producing European firearms (The Siamese accepted a trade deal with the Portugese for firearms in 1516). We continue to reinforce our border with more troops and continue to recruit more troops. We send diplomats and merchants to Portugese Malacca. We continue to build more Buddhist temples throughout the country.
 * Kabulistan: Babur is currently mid-reformation of his military and administrative systems and is taking time to perfect his army's access to good quality firearms. Envoys have been sent to the various tribal Chieftains of Aghanistan and their loyalty assured in exchange for spots within the Indian raiding expeditions. Spies cross the Hindu Kush into Delhi and the surrounding Indian states, eager to hear of intrigue that their master can explot. To the West Kabulistan thanks the Ottoman Empire once more for their artillery trade which has facilitated Babur's control over the Afghan Kingdom. Babur accepts the Persian right to the lands of the West and reminds the Persian court of Babur's friendship, and promise of military aid against the northern tribes. To Bukhara, Babur proclaims that his wish to conquer his ancestral homelands is long dead, and instead seeks peace amongst his northern border. An envoy is also sent to the rulers of Bengal with warm greetings from the descendant of Timur and Genghis, and proclaims a wish to see our two peoples united in trade.