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
1490 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
 * First Builder JoshTheRoman
 * Commander of the Eastwatch by the Sea Reximus55
 * Commander of the Shadow Tower Wolves
 * First Ranger Callumthered
 * First Steward Edgeofnight


 * High King of Skyrim: ;) Feudy McPlagueface
 * Mapmaker NicDonalds
 * 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A ban from plausibility strikes lasts thirty days, afterwhich the third strike is repealed and the banned player is unbanned.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.
 * Bibleboyd (1461)
 * Vivaporius (1490)
 * Nathan (1490) (see us about your discussion on issues here -Feud)

Plausibility Strikes
'''Three strikes and you're out! Each strike resets after 30 years of the most recent strike.'''
 * Nova - II (1481)
 * Tim - II (1481)
 * Nathan - II (1487)
 * Feud - I (1490)

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.



1490
 Events will be posted tonight on the 1491 turn -Tsar Feudis McPlagueov 
 * The Gurkani Sultanate: Sultan Suleiman Shah Mirza continued his rule over the Sultanate, with Al Mu'ayyad Muhammad as the Caliph. The Gurkani population rose to about 36 million with the people flocking to cities like Herat, Isfahan, Gamrun, Qazvin, Bukhara, Tabriz and Iskenderun; primarily due to their strategic position in the spice trade. In regards to religion, the Sultanate promoted Shia Islam, and advocated conversion to the Zaidi sect from other Islamic sects, often engaging in forced conversions. The military was primarily composed of medium-to-heavy cavalry, composite bow, lance, mace, and sword. Heavy cavalrymen wore plated chain mail or metal lamellar armor, with their horses also wearing leather or metal lamellar barding. The infantry was equipped with daggers and swords to be utilised in close combat against the enemy and elephants as well as carts were used for the transportation of supplies. In some cases, a special unit also existed that specialized primarily in the use of hand cannons and rocket launchers. Cannons were constructed to serve as siege weaponry whilst gunpowder weaponry were increasively developed. Naval bases were established at Iskenderun, Kerch and Gamrun to establish the presence of the Gurkani fleet in the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea and the Persian Gulf respectively, keen on controlling any piracy. The Gurkani Navy developed galleys and carracks to augment the smaller patrol fleets. Agriculture and commerce were at the Sultanate's forepoint, with wheat, rice and barley being amongst the largest produced crops. To prevent the Sultanate from ever getting hit by a major famine, the individual Amirs also engaged in the storage of food supplies, which would be utilized in case of famine or otherwise exported. Fishery was promoted as well as it helped in sustaining the fishery villages that were present along the coast, as well as the major port cities of Iskenderun, Basra, Gamrun, Kerch and Baku. Importance was also given on the development of proper roads for the merchants utilizing the trade routes through the Sultanate, with all caravans being armed and protected with a small detachment of guards. Meanwhile, the construction of educational madrassahs continued throughout the Empire, with the sultan keen on spreading education and knowledge amongst the populace of the Sultanate. The Sultan sought to replicate the Islamic Golden Age that existed during the period of the Abbasids prior to the Mongol Invasion, and accordingly funded the teaching of Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, with Algebra, Geometry, Astronomy, Anatomy and Medicine being of prime importance. The Sultanate continued to expand its territories into the Caucasus. Influence of the Mu'tazila School of Thought rapidly grew amongst intellectuals residing primarily in Isfahan, Baghdad, Samarkand and Herat. Strict adherants to the faith actively engaged in the the printing and subsequent distribution of scientific texts from various Observatories and Libraries across the Sultanate, hoping to initiate a cultural revolution. Some scholars even visited the University of Agra in the Delhi Sultanate and the Library of Alexandria in the Abbasid Caliphate in an attempt to enrich themselves with knowledge which they would later share amongst their countrymen. Meanwhile, exports related to spices, silk, carpets and pearls generated massive revenues for the Sultanate, much of which was directed towards production of gunpowder weaponry, construction of educational Madrassahs, maintainence of the trade roads and development of the cities. In particular, the state initiated the process of developing a massive canal system around the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers for the purpose of conveying drinking water and for irrigation; with the canal system including the entirety of Gurkani Mespotamia, Eastern Anatolia and Western parts of Persia. About around the same time, work on Gwadar had largely been completed with Gwadar acting as a functional port, ready to be incorporated into the Sultanates trade network. Meanwhile, the Sultanate continued to patronize Farsi and promoted Persian traditions and culture throughout its Empire with Mesopotamia being the sole exception. In particular, Persian was favoured over the Caspian languages with the state having initiated a process of Persianification to integrate the Gilak and Mazanderani people.
 * South Australian Civilization: The city-states near the Murray River basin continue to grow their economy and traditions of culture. The other major city-states of the region, outside of Ngarrindjeri, all have appointed Bakans of their own, thus centralizing the government of each state around its local monarch. The cities that don't appoint Bakans quickly begin to be swallowed up as tributaries or vassals of the major ones, mostly the three states of Ngarrindjeri, Kaurna, and Nukunu. Even the far western state of Noongar elects its own Bakan, more as a tyrannical warlord in his practice. The state of Noongar quickly dominates the trade of ochre and honey over its region, as the Western Australian honey bee is first domesticated there. Meahwhile, fishing canoes spreading around the coast now make regular visits to the shore of Kangaroo Island for more fish. By now, the population has reached almost 500,000.
 * Why do you insist on trying to do things so quickly? These are huge social changes, which take time. Callumthered (talk) 13:04, October 17, 2016 (UTC)
 * United Crown of Great Iberia
 * The King is overjoyed that such a quick response to his offer was made, and eagerly invites Senor Ferrera to Lisbon to inspect his ships, construction of which have now started after many years of research. The lead ship is named the Santa Maria, and will be the largest in the fleet, capable of carrying many of the supplies needed for the long, dangerous trip. Three of the ships are under construction in Lisbon, while the remaining seven are being built in other ports all over the Union, including in Genoa and Barcelona.
 * Aragon continues to recover from the end of the war; integration of the new territories is progressing smoothly. It is estimated that about 63% of the population in Sardinia, Liguria and Malta now speak Spanish as their first language; the Italian and Ligurian languages and cultures are to be phased out entirely by the middle of the next century, and supplanted by Iberian culture.
 * As someone that tried this the last PM game i got maybe 30% in Southern italy in a time period of nearly 200 years. Im not giving you a strike but those things take time and people do not willy nilly abandon their culture and languages. Nuff said -Feud
 * Papal Diplomacy: The Papal Nuncio to Iberia requests that the expedition be equipped with a full complement of clergy in order to minister to the crews, and to evangelise any heathens as may be found; as they did to the inhabitants of the various islands of the Atlantic discovered earlier this century.
 * Iberian Diplomacy: The King agrees to this as it is an excellent idea. It is crucial for any expedition to bring enlightenment and the Truth of the Holy Gospel to all corners of this earth.


 * Swahili: The nation's income continues to grow, both from increased tariffs and from the Royal Trade Fleet. Our manufacturers expand and make more money. With out border reaching Sofala, we begin to expand more in the hinderlands of Mombasa and Malindi. . Tens of thousands of local tribesman, foreign settlers and children born became citizens of our nation last year due to our policies of land reclamation and immigration attraction. We continue our agriculture policies. The royal guards continue capturing slaves. Scythes and ploughs are developed by the Madrassa of Mogadishu and out farmers are encouraged to adopt these tools. Some business minded merchants begin buying land in the interior and slaves, building plantations that farm spices, cotton, tea and other labor-intensive cash crops. We prepare our military for the conquest of the Kingdom of Mutapa, which we cite to strengthen our control over the region and its trading goods, especially after the conquest of Sofala. We request Bahmanid support for the war.
 * I don't mean to offend, but Mupata and the Swahili Sultanate are nowhere near each other, and the Swahili have no direct access to the land-locked kingdom. ~Viva
 * The map hadn't updated yet, but I gained access to Mutapa, either now or at most two years later.-Fallacyman (talk)
 * The Bahmani crown sends 150 ships carrying 70,000 men to assist . ~Guardian
 * Way too many troops for much to long a distance. -Feud
 * Okay, retcon to 30k? ~Guardian
 * Papal States: Since Pope Leo made an example of the lax Bohemian Abbott last year, the monastic discipline of the abbeys throughout the States and broader Christendom miraculously begins to improve. His Holiness sends a short letter to all Bishops, asking them to conduct a Visitation to all the monasteries in their diocese to ensure that monastic discipline is being upheld. Work begins on the Fortebracci Chapel, with some of Europe's finest painters, sculptors, and builders working on the small building.
 * Chinese Empire: The Empire beings building 4 new naval bases on the  the  Kuril, Urano, Ulleungdo, and Jejudo islands. 2 squadrons are sent to each island or island group, and troops stationed there to defend the new possessions. The Kuril islands gain there first Chinese settlers, as does Jejudo. Islam continues to spread along the rivers and coasts of the Empire. We leave troops in southern Manchuria to guard the border with Korea, but withdraw half of our forces from Manchuria, leaving 50,000 stationed on the Manchurian-Korean border, and 20,000 stationed in the Manchurian capitol. 4 squadrons are stationed along the Manchurian coast in order to prorect them. We continue to send teachers into Manchuria in order to eduacate them.
 * Benin: The Oba continues to provide patronage to the arts and sciences in his capital city and elsewhere in the empire, seeking to provide support to the intellectual communities of Benin by financing them. The oluko approach the Oba with their latest findings on the ill-fated voyage of Mansa Abu Bakr II. They have conclusively deduced the existence of a major ocean and wind current flowing toward the west of Africa, namely around the port city of Dakar and south of the port city of Eko. The priests inform the Oba that their vessels are capable of holding enough food for a voyage out into the uncharted regions of the sea for at least a month, allowing for enough food for a return trip should nothing be found. The growth of the economy of Benin continues as the development of agricultural lands in the nation continue. More and more Bini continue to migrate into the western regions of Benin continue, and now officially sponsored by the imperial government, who see the benefit of encouraging this trend. In light of the aggressive posturing by the Swahili, the Iyase orders the bolstering of the naval grouping in Sofala from 100 ships to 200 ships, and increases the army garrison to 15,000 soldiers to protect its citizens. Diplomats from Benin are sent to Mogadishu to inform the leadership there that the only method for invading Mupata would involve the capture of Sofala to reach the landlocked kingdom. The fear of having a strong Muslim power on its borders has convinced the Bini to provide their support for the Mupata kingdom in the event of an invasion as is its role as the leading Kuzir power. Sofala is expanded by 1,000 square kilometers (20 px total), as the need for more farmland becomes apparent for the city's population. The colony of Ireti is expanded by 500 square kilometers (10 px total). TBD...
 * How about this way? I just have to expand a 10-20 px corridor in the next turn. Invasion path.png
 * More power to ya. ~Viva
 * I have missed up on PMIV due to my health and general disinterest and university and work, but after a mod consensus, the invasion of Sofala is RETCONNED and you have wasted your PROBATION, Viva. You are officially banned. ~Wolvesmod
 * I didn't even do anything. And no one even told me about the issue with Sofala until just now. I didn't invade any far-flung nations, I didn't crop any non-native crops, and I didn't try to invade Europe. I followed all of the rules Edge set out for me. Exactly what the heck did I do? ~Viva
 * Sofala is the issue at hand. ~Wolves
 * No, it isn't. Sofala was under Bini control days before my probation terms were set by Edge. He stated very clearly that I was not to invade any overseas nations. I am perfectly within my right to protect my overseas possessions. ~Viva
 * Bulgarian Empire: The renaissance in Bulgaria continues to spread in earnest with the arts, philosophies, and new technologies continuing to spread throughout the empire. Another Printing press is set up in Sofiya under the local cities governor. The Tsar while previously distraught by the death of his son has twins this year, a girl named Aleksandra, and a son named, Boris who was named after a traveling Russian nobleman who spent a good month with Tsar Simeon as a friend. The mainline nobility of Bulgaria remains relatively powerless and marginalized as the Tsar has outright established his authority over them and is able to bypass them with his beraucracy and his own agents with relative ease. With the death of the Greek King Jacob, with no heir and the apparent even lack of attention for the Tsars sister the throne consequently passes to Greek Arvantis family which has agreed to the full integration of Greece into the Empire as a province. with the Kingdom of Greece being abolished in favor of a principality stature under the Empire. The Tsar is forced to crush a small noble revolt in Thrace as the Nobility in the area manages to curry nearly 2000 men together. The Tsar leads them himself and crushes them in short order taking no prisoners and publically impaling the revolting noble leadership of the rebelling to set an example. With the integration of Greece Bulgarias proper populaton stands at roughly 4.612 million and birth rate adds roughly 12,000 people this month with settlement procedure and open land plus more available food making this a possibility. In a sad day for the Empire, Tsar Simeon along with his loyal nobles and friends, and his fathers friends say goodbye to former Tsar Vasili-Kaloyan Dracultesti who is put to rest in Vasiligrad, his namesake city in what is known as the Mauseleum of the Tsars which is declared to be the tombs of all future Tsars. It is a magnificent building based off os new renaissance styles and some borrowed Byzantine concepts which mesh well with the city and its architectures. Bulgaria officially offers its support to the Russo-Polish alliance/union in hopes of establishing an alliance of Eastern Slavs (mod). In regards to this the Bulgarian in all due haste break their alliances with both Castile and Austria due to the Italian threat having been ended, and amiable relations remaining. In an attempt to quell not only doubts of the new young Tsar but resentment as well, he unveils to a crowd of people in Vasiligrad the reclaimed artifacts of the Byzantines to the cities populous, great works, adornments, aritifacts of centuries passed. The Cultural heirlooms of a once proud empire. Tsar Simeon brings these artifacts to their rightful places in the city. The Four Horses are returned rightfully to the Hippodrome and many other works are returned to the area along the golden horn known as the Grand Palace of the Tsars which is named the imperial palace of Vasiligrad.
 * Principality of Albania: Albania remains a relatively low population area, but the Bulgarians specifically some of the merchant classes invest into improving the small cities in albania for the very interest of making the area a good place for trade on the Adriatic intenting on rivaling some of the greek ports.
 * Principality of Moldavia: The Moldavian principality remains an important Buffer for the Bulgarian empire and now with the burning of southern poland and refugee issues with them fleeing across the border, the local prince of the Basarab family gives them refuge and lands to settle on. The Principality does levee nearly 5000 troops to watch the border for other issues such as cossacks among others.
 * Mayapan: Trade continues with the Mexica. Royal engineers continue experimenting making larger fishing vessels. Construction on the new school in the capital continues. Expansion continues along the southern border. Integration of the southern city-states into the League is continued by the High Council. Each new state is expected to supply men to train and serve in the national army. The council seeks to improve commerce and communication between the many settlements of the Yucatan by constructing and maintaining roads between them. Work continues to renovate and update existing buildings and roads, and to create plans for future upkeep and renovations.
 * Brandenburg-Luxembourg: Having secured the title of King of Germany. Otto goes to Rome to be crowned Holy Roman Emperor by the Pope. Otto based on his experience in Bulgaria begins carrying out with vigor many of his father's efforts to bring the nobility fully under his control. He finally finishes his works the Red Legacy which is split into three parts. the First is his thoughts on political authority and the needs for a sovereign to adjust to new situations to fully secure his goals, the second part talks about how a ruler's authority and legitimacy rest in his ability to rule and to command the respect and obedience of his subjects though he believes that a ruler is born with the right to rule as long as he can enforce that right. The third and final part is a series of thoughts on warfare and the growing importance of maintaining a strong military force loyal to the sovereign and not to the nobility. The nobility react with mixed responses to this piece fearing somewhat a lose of their power and influence however Otto retains the loyalty of the Hussite/reformed nobles of which make up a large part of his military officers and with the army itself being made up largely of reformed Catholics the roman catholic nobles remain quiet. Increasing numbers of commoners adopt the Hussite rite as the word of the lord is preached in German making it easier to understand and for them to feel and believe in the word of the lord as a opposed to Latin which they do not understand. Theology, philosophy, and other areas of Renaissance thought grow in the University of Berlin. Otto himself becomes a major patron of the arts and of culture inviting Italian, German, and Bulgarian artists, scientists, engineers, and philosophers to his Court in Berlin. Berlin's population continues to grow reaching 29,000 people. The city while small in population is made up of a rather wealthy mix of nobles, merchants, artisans, clergy and soldiers making it the thriving centre of power for the Brandenburg domains. The population of the Brandenburg domains is at present 2.8 million people. Military reforms continue as the Landsknecht units are developed further along with firearms tactics are expanded upon. The mechanical arts (engineering, metallurgy, smithing etc, etc) are further developed in the universities of Luxembourg and Breslau with mining and developing of smithing growing in importance for the economies of these areas. the Merchant and artisans grow in importance in these areas .Lorraine, Luxembourg, and Sielsia become the main centres of industry for the Brandenburg Domains and efforts to further integrate these regions into the main power structure of the Brandenburg family. Otto the younger moves with his new wife to Marienburg as the new Duke of Prussia following the Teutonic Orders agreement to the secularization of the lands. He immediately begins an effort to secure the support of the local German nobility by extending to them the rights and responsibilities demanded of Brandenburgian Nobles.Otto pushes for for greater cooperation in the Imperial Diet but states that he will not tolerate the HRE members trying to impose on the autonomy of the other Princes, and as Emperor promises to protect the autonomy of the princes, and oppose foriegn interference in the Empire. 
 * Bulgarian Dip:  In a letter of personal correspondence, Tsar Simeon Asen-Dracultesti invites his mentor and friend and his family to Bulgaria to pay respects to Former Tsar Vasili as his personal friend in the city of Vasiligrad, and tour the restored glory of the city. Otto is invited not only to stay for the duration of the year in the Empire, but is also offered to go on a private hunt in the Balkan mountains with the Tsar.
 * Papal Diplomacy: Pope Leo X crowns Otto Emperor in an elaborate ceremony in Rome. The following day, the pontiff celebrates a public mass in the Reformed Northern Rite for the benefit of the Imperial delegation. Whilst Leo's German is atrocious, the message is clear: the Northern church, so long as it is in communion with Rome, has the continued support of the Holy See.
 * Brandenburg Diplo: Otto agrees to the Pope's request. He also after being coranated in Rome goes to Vasiligrad and agrees to Simeon's generous offer. 
 * Sweden: We ask Norway for peaceful relations with the Englishmen and ask them to join the New Northern Catholic Church of Hussite Rite.
 * Kingdom of England, Scotland, Ireland and Brittany: The clan war in Scotland is still ignored by the English crown since nothing to bad is occuring. Meanwhile in England everything remains relatively calm.
 * Bahmani Sultanate: Some troops and ships are sent to help the Swahilis. At home, some dissatisfied nobles in Andhra stage a revolt, but are defeated easily, thanks to a lack of support. With the navy at a strong 475 ships, the ambitious naval construction program is brought to a halt, and the resources are put into increasing trade, especially from Sri Lanka and the Maldives.
 * Burma: Binnya Kyal inspedcts the navy, now 223 ships. After seven more are built for next year, Burma's naval construction program will also give way to civilian affairs.
 * Maldives: Now, the Divehini navy stands at 60 ships.
 * Hungary_1490_PMIV.pngIn case I don't have time to do anything else, this is the current situation in Hungary.
 * In the Kingdom of France, Louis XII continues to reign over his people in an increasingly centralized state. The Edict of Angers continues to reduce the power of the vassals, who are now ordered to make the trip to Paris at the same time in order to conduct a meeting of the Second Estate. Louis XII considers extending the taile to nobility in an effort to raise the power of the French state, and the efforts to develop a single French languague, spearheaded by the Academie française continues to develop. Arts and sciences continue to develop as part of la Renaissance, or rebirth.
 * Delhi Sultanate: Our expedition returns; we receive word of islands west of the Chagos, and we have discovered the northern tip of a potential continent to the east of Africa (this "continent" is OTL Madagascar). Meanwhile, the port of Puri is busy as usual with trade and shipbuilding; Puri has long overtaken Bhubaneswar and Cuttack as the main city in Orissa, thanks to being the only Delhavi major city on the coast. In Delhi City, the Sultan welcomes Marwar and Mewar into the Delhavi realm.
 * Himalaya: Nothing of note.
 * Ladakh: An observatory is built on a mountain overlooking the city of Leh. A few Gunturists attempt to escape to the Kashmir valley, but they are quickly caught and given the five-option plan (however, the option to return to Ladakh is excluded).
 * Marwar and Mewar: The Delhavi have kept their word, allowing us to keep our culture. Of course, eager Delhavi settlers, Hindus and Muslims alike, bring their culture to our lands, but that is beyond our power. We build roads to connect our kingdoms to the rest of Delhi. We seek closer relations with Delhi and their two friends: Bahmani and Bengal. We begin to crack down on Gunturists in our lands on Delhi's advice, warning us that "the Gunturists are a dangerous threat posed to all of India, inferior to all of our cultures, including yours." They are given the five-option plan that the Delhavi have used when they hunt down Gunturists.

1491
''' Al Hamad travels to the Ottoman Empire where he meets with Sultan Bayezid III. There, they form a pact wherein Al Hamad and his forces will serve Bayezid for a few years until Bayezid returns the favor. '''

''' A Croatian Renaissance mathematician, and astronomer Niko Zagar enters the university of Krakow in Poland and begins major works and publications in regards to math as well as some theological and philosophical debates. '''

''' The Chimu Empire after having consolidated power and established itself significantly begins looking to the south at some of the smaller existing peoples and cities down into Chile. Word gets out and many of these cities begin to convene to discuss the potential of a Southern expedition of the Chimu Empire. '''

''' Bahamanid control in Burma begins to falter as a disease outbreak in the territories center wipes out the areas leading nobility and governors driving the region into chaos as rampant raiding, pillaging, and even a low level revolt begin to brew in the countryside. '''

''' A Daimyo revolt breaks out in Japan over the succession of territories through two southern families. While a member of the Shimazu clan claims to have been promised the Otomo lands by their former lord, the heir to the Otomo family refuses to concede and marshalls a force of nearly 13,000 facing off against the Greater Shimazu Force. While the Shimazu stand at nearly 25,000 in strength, the Otomo forces have better terrain, positioning, and unbeknownst to the Shimazu, a local force of the Shogun nearby which was sent to put the Shimazu back in order. '''

''' A peasant revolt breaks out in Ireland due to the lords attempting to collect more taxes. It is unexpectedly successful at beating two armies raised by local nobles and the Irish numbers begin to swell. Also unexpectedly the Irish revolters send a letter to the king of England hoping to have their taxes and higher than normal obligation to their nobles reduced. The Nobility in Ireland now mobilized also sends a letter, requesting in an embarassing fashion that a proper English army be sent to put down the revolting peasants. The King of England is left with a choice between the two as it looks as if the revolt will continue well into the next year and many will die without his intervention. '''


 * The Gurkani Sultanate: Sultan Suleiman Shah Mirza continued his rule over the Sultanate, with Al Mu'ayyad Muhammad as the Caliph. The Gurkani population rose to about 36 million with the people flocking to cities like Herat, Isfahan, Gamrun, Qazvin, Bukhara, Tabriz and Iskenderun; primarily due to their strategic position in the spice trade. In regards to religion, the Sultanate promoted Shia Islam, and advocated conversion to the Zaidi sect from other Islamic sects, often engaging in forced conversions. The military was primarily composed of medium-to-heavy cavalry, composite bow, lance, mace, and sword. Heavy cavalrymen wore plated chain mail or metal lamellar armor, with their horses also wearing leather or metal lamellar barding. The infantry was equipped with daggers and swords to be utilised in close combat against the enemy and elephants as well as carts were used for the transportation of supplies. In some cases, a special unit also existed that specialized primarily in the use of hand cannons and rocket launchers. Cannons were constructed to serve as siege weaponry whilst gunpowder weaponry were increasively developed. Naval bases were established at Iskenderun, Kerch and Gamrun to establish the presence of the Gurkani fleet in the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea and the Persian Gulf respectively, keen on controlling any piracy. The Gurkani Navy developed galleys and carracks to augment the smaller patrol fleets. Agriculture and commerce were at the Sultanate's forepoint, with wheat, rice and barley being amongst the largest produced crops. To prevent the Sultanate from ever getting hit by a major famine, the individual Amirs also engaged in the storage of food supplies, which would be utilized in case of famine or otherwise exported. Fishery was promoted as well as it helped in sustaining the fishery villages that were present along the coast, as well as the major port cities of Iskenderun, Basra, Gamrun, Kerch and Baku. Importance was also given on the development of proper roads for the merchants utilizing the trade routes through the Sultanate, with all caravans being armed and protected with a small detachment of guards. Meanwhile, the construction of educational madrassahs continued throughout the Empire, with the sultan keen on spreading education and knowledge amongst the populace of the Sultanate. The Sultan sought to replicate the Islamic Golden Age that existed during the period of the Abbasids prior to the Mongol Invasion, and accordingly funded the teaching of Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, with Algebra, Geometry, Astronomy, Anatomy and Medicine being of prime importance. The Sultanate continued to expand its territories into the Caucasus. Followers of the Mu'tazila ideology continued to grow with scholars and intellecuals comprising of themy. By now, the cities of Iskenderun, Baghdad, Isfahan, Qazvin, Samarkand, Bukhara and Herat had become cultural capitals of the Mu'tazila movement, and whilst Mu'tazila adherants were minority, adherants rapidly increased. Nonetheless, with numerous wealthy nobles adhering to the Mu'tazila faith, they began to establish educational Madrassahs throughout the Sultanate with Observatories established at Baghdad, Tabriz and Erzurum. In particular, printing press was introduced to the Northern cities of Baku, Tabriz and Qazvin. Meanwhile, work continued on the construction of the canal which included the Gurkani provinces of Çukorova, Jazira, Basra, Baghdad, Armani'yya and Fars. Simultaneously, Arab and Baloch tribes continued to migrate to Gwadar with the city being extended to create room for the migrants.
 * Gurkani - Ottoman Diplomacy: Sultan Suleiman of the Gurkani Sultanate requests Sultan Bayezid III of the Ottoman Empire to hand over the fugitive, Idris ibn Al Hamad. The Ottoman are reminded that the Gurkani are militarily, technologically and economically superior to Hamad, and as such, it would not be wise to pick a criminal such as Hamad over the Gurkani. The Ottoman Sultan is also reminded that harbouring Hamad would strain relations between the two nations, weakening the Ottoman-Gurkani Defensive Pact which has existed since the time of Bayezid I and Shahrukh Mirza. The Ottoman Sultan is also informed that the Gurkani have always remained steadfast to the Defensive Pact, intervening when Bulgaria threatened to invade Anatolia and later when the Knights Hospitaller raided Anatolian coastline and that it was in fact Hamad who prevented the Gurkani from conquering Rhodes. As such, it would be in the best interests of both parties for Hamad and his followers to be handed over, and executed. [Mod Response]
 * The Ottomans respond that Hamad is only a mere mercenary and they will rely on him to defeat the enemies of Islam (Christians). Furthermore, he has not committed any crimes against the Ottoman people and as such is not a criminal to them. -scraw
 * Cologne: Archbishop Emmerich’s plan for the education of wider Cologne, dubbed the “Neuss Plan” in honour of the first town to support the plan, starts to get into action. Plans for three new schools – one in Kolschberg and two in Westphalen – go ahead immediately, with the money from Cologne’s normal trade budget going towards the slow but steady construction of these schools, and the money from the printing press being kept in the coffers at the moment. Meanwhile, the militia continues to grow and the nobles begin to wonder how they can reconcile military pursuits with education pursuits. Vicar General Wikbold III continues to convince dissenting nobles.
 * Essen: Returning canonesses continue to bring Renaissance thought to the University of Essen, and the canonesses at the school in Essen begin to develop a set of curricula to be used to teach basic literacy and numeracy throughout the Archbishopric. The infirmary is given a few updates so that it is easier to cater to more people, and a more diverse range of people.
 * Papal States: In the States, there is a growing number of institutions known as monte de pieta, small not-for-profit institutional pawnbroker moneylenders. The system is viewed by many as a more acceptable alternative to the usurious loans of the Jewish moneylenders; especially for the poor. In the University of Bologna, mathematics and natural philosophy become more popular, and some compelling debates take place. Work on the Fortebracci Chapel continues.
 * Kingdom of Tondo: Arnis Masid, Diyang Kalangitan's chief naval officer, is tasked to bring a group of 250 men and ten ships to explore the known world. He will personally be the peace envoy with Japan, as the convoy shall reach the Japanese Islands first. After Japan, the envoy shall reach Korea, and then the Chinese cities of Beijing and Nanjing. Following that, visits to Vietnam, the Khmer,  the Strait of Malacca, Burma, and the Indian states. Victory against Butuan is celebrated as the troops march in the Cagayan. Diyang Kalangitan, now married to Sugbo of Cebu, formalize their marriage in Mactan, Cebu. As Sugbo's father drowned in a fishing accident, Sugbo is widely seen as Cebu's next monarch due to his uncle being the Rajah, who is currently without wife and without child. At the same time, rumors of the Rajah's infertility circulate around the kingdoms, though no officials have confirmed nor denied. With the recent passing of the beloved monarch, Rajah Gambang, the nation mourns. Diyang Kalangitan assumes the throne, and takes no man to be her husband. Instead, she declares that on the eve of her death, the nobility of Tondo, Ma-I, and Pangasinan shall have an electorate regarding the successor of the united realms of Tondo. Kalangitan further consolidates her poweriscreetely assigning political opponents to far-flung provinces of Tondo or to Tondo's vassals of Ma-I and Pangasinan, or to colonization attempts in Palawan, Busuang and Samar. The government of Tondo can be roughly described as a Federal Monarchy, with each province ruled by a council with members proportionate to the province's population. Diyang Kalangitan invites the Huang of Pangasinan, his daughter and Ma-I's regency council, and officials from every province to draft something akin to an OTL constitution, namely, the Saligang Batas ng Tondo at Nasasakupan Nito (Constitution of the sovereign Kingdom of Tondo and all its holdings and possessions). As Maynila is one of the richest cities in South East Asia, it is now high-time to create a lasting legacy for it. A series of bridges and canals connecting the Pasig and Tagik (OTL Taguig) Rivers and all their tributaries to provide acquatic transportation, ease movement of goods, and simply build bridges above the waterways to ease the transportation of people in the Greater Tondo Province (OTL Metro Manila). To prevent problems of income inequality and unequal development, selected families in the capital are given incentives of food and gold to relocate to developing towns and cities in Cavite, Romblon and Samar. A road network has already connected Tondo Province to Cavite, and a series of roads from southeastern and southern Luzon to Pangasinan has already began construction. Tondo metallurgical capabilities increase as blast furnaces and ironforges are built all around the state. The port of Maynila is further expanded, with the navy increasing by 25 small ships and seven war junks. Trade with nearby states continue. Tondo continues expansion in Samae, Palawan and Busuanga. 2000 additional soldiers are trained. Kalangitan orders 400 ships to move to patrol the Visayas archipelago, mainly  to protect the trade routes, and secretly to intimidate Cebu. Expansion into Palawan, Samar, and Negros continue.
 * Huangdom of Ma-I: With Tondo's grace, Ma-I settles the western part of Busuanga Island, and dedicates 100 citizens there. Li Han thrives as a cultural and financial capital of Ma-I, while Beigang immediately becomes the second port of Tondo, and conducts trade regularly with nearby nations.
 * Huangdom of Pangasinan: With Tondo's grace, Pangasinan expands into Central and Northern Luzon, attempting to assimilate the mountain and Igorot tribes located nearby to access the massive agricultural treasure in the Banaue Rice Terraces and the farmlands of Central Luzon. The administrative capital city, Pangasinan, begins construction of a road connecting it to Maynila. Blast furnace construction continues, and a small defense fleet of 15 ships is allotted by Tondo to Pangasinan. Pangasinense traders report sightings of small islands west of Luzon, and scouts are sent by Pangasinan to verify their claims. Pangasinan claims these islands west of Mainland Luzon, now named as the Gambang Islands in honor of Rajah Gambang  (OTL Scarborough Shoal)
 * Swahili: The nation's income continues to grow, both from increased tariffs and from the Royal Trade Fleet. Our manufacturers expand and make more money. With out border reaching Sofala, we begin to expand more in the hinderlands of Mombasa and Malindi. Tens of thousands of local tribesman, foreign settlers and children born became citizens of our nation last year due to our policies of land reclamation and immigration attraction. We continue our agriculture policies. The royal guards continue capturing slaves. Some shrewd plantation owner developed the triple field rotation system, which as able to boost production. After a few conquistadors establishing and claiming a passageway to Mutapa, we declare war on the Kingdom of Mutapa ith 30,000 soldiers and 30,000 support from the Bahmanis.  We patrol the Mozambique Channel with our fleet to prevent foreign aid going to the Kingdom of Mutapa.
 * Bahamanid cant project 30,000 men to mutapa... not a chance. -Feud.
 * On another note ill allow 30,000 troops but your control of the coasts here is dubious at best and there is no way you have an available port down there to support 30,000 troops reliably. You just established some of these places as colonies and their population would be well below another for nearly 85% of that stretch. -Feud
 * United Crown of Great Iberia
 * As integration of Sardinia and Liguria continues, branches of the Royal Bank of Barcelona open in Genoa, Cagliari and Ajaccio. Construction of our transatlantic fleet is progressing on schedule, and the ships are due to depart under the captaincy of Senor Ferrera in two years time.
 * Norway petitions Denmark and Sweden for invasion of Scotland.
 * Scandinavian Imperial Diplomacy: Lay down your claims to war or you will face war from both Denmark and Sweden. 
 * Bulgarian Empire: Under the rennaissance the unexpected explosion of religious literature, music, and art has taken on almost a mind of its own. With not only the rebuilding of the great churches of Vasiligrad and the restoration of many of the Byzatine artifacts as well in the Churches of Vasiligrad, the Patriarch begins to grow bold and somewhat separate from the Catholic church again seeking to restore the independence and primacy of the Patriarchate in Vasiligrad. While initially against breaking with the ties with Catholic Europe on the basis that it would greatly strain relations between the Bulgarians and practically 75% of Europe. However with a massive outpouring of support by the Greeks, Bulgarians, Wallachians, and other minor orthodox ethnicities, the Tsar concedes to the Ecumenical Patriarch and allows him to go about his buisiness unwilling to bring in troops to quell what could be considered a beneficial religious revival of Christianity's original doctrine which has been until recently had been in decline for centuries. Tsar Simeon sends correspondence to the Pope requesting advice on the religious issue of the potential for a new Orthodox-Catholicism split and with the religious revival his hands are tied unless he begins enacted brutal and drastic measures which the Tsar is unwilling to do. While the dubious situation of religion in the empire is accepted by the Tsar he is by no means happy with it and maintains an aloof attitude on his sponsorship of the revival. Outside of this the Bulgarian economy continues to build up moderately as the Tsar shows great interest in expanding the economic and infrastructural parts of his empire. The Tsar commissions 12 engineers and gives them a large fund to draw from in the order of turning Bulgarias road network into a legitimate highway. With old Roman roads being used as the base for this (having been already surveyed) the Tsar tells these men to embark on building the network of roads through the Empire to emulate the Romans. Having gotten much of this information from surviving books and materials in the library of Vasiligrad, rebuilt and refilled with surviving books the Tsar attempts to apply many of the learned concepts. The population of the Empire grows by roughly 10,000 people this year bringing it to 4.62 million. The Tsar thanks the Holy Roman Emperor and personal friend Otto for his visit and time and sends him on his way with 5 wolf pups, A Personal Sword of Simeons, and a copied book known as "The German" written by the Tsar himself being an epic of the many tales, trainings, and great times Otto, Vasili, and Simeon had together. 
 * Principality of Albania: Albania remains a relatively low population area, but the Bulgarians specifically some of the merchant classes invest into improving the small cities in albania for the very interest of making the area a good place for trade on the Adriatic intenting on rivaling some of the greek ports.
 * Principality of Moldavia: The Moldavian principality remains an important Buffer for the Bulgarian empire and now with the burning of southern poland and refugee issues with them fleeing across the border, the local prince of the Basarab family gives them refuge and lands to settle on. The Principality does levee nearly 5000 troops to watch the border for other issues such as cossacks among others.
 * Papal Diplomacy: His Holiness Leo X writes an encyclical letter addressed to the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, the Patriarch of Vasiligrad, all the Bishops of the Bulgarian Empire, and to Tsar Simeon, who has done so much in the past to protect not only the borders of Christendom, but its unity as well. His letter begins by calling to mind his predecessor Callixtus IV's 1465 voyage to Bulgaria, where he publicly embraced the Ecumenical Patriarch and co-celebrated the thoroughly Byzantine 'Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom'. He then goes on to recall the Lord's words in John 10:16, "there shall be one flock and one shepherd," as well as the Lord's prayer to the Father that all will be one. The Pope writes that by removing themselves from Communion with the rest of Christendom, the pro-schism party are directly opposing the Lord's word. Furthermore, he writes how, since the reunification of the Church in the 1420s, the ancient, distinct, and venerable rites and traditions of the Eastern Churches, as well as their effective independence from the West, have been not only accepted but encouraged. He also points to the fact that the Bulgarian Empire has three Cardinals in the College (in addition to the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople acting as moderator). Keeping these in mind, His Holiness simply cannot comprehend why his brother-Patriarchs and brother-bishops would wilfully attempt to destroy the unity which all our predecessors worked so hard to achieve for the Glory of the triune God. In closing, he exhorts the addressees to retain communion with the rest of Christendom: a communion which will not in any way be of detriment to the distinctive rites, and effective independence, of the Eastern Churches. (OOC Note: I think it's utterly absurd that, apropos of nothing, the Bulgarians would suddenly decide to schism after sixty-odd years of unity.)
 * OOC: Its more of a flavor thing, but id think with the effective rebuild of eastern orthodox, as well as the Tsars relative dislike of the current events, its less a government issue and more a power issue for the Ecumenical patriarch. Its an event chain i will be going through in my country, but just saying its even more absurd to believe that the very forced way in which the church was brought into communion would not be seen in a positive lite by my greek rite membership. Considering i do have to juggle the two rites and the Greek rite historically had issue with the pope i think a religious civil issue is something perfectly plausible
 * Kingdom of England, Scotland, Ireland and Duchy of Brittany: With an outbreak of serious violence in Ireland the King grows concerned and sends his chancellor Lord Warwick to Ireland with an army of 10,000 English, Welsh and Scottish troops and goes to meet up with Irish lords and insist the Irish lords provide another 5,000 troops themselves to marshal into a single army while the Lord Chancellor makes a series of proclamations, the new taxes are rescinded and the Parliament of Ireland which will now be selected by all reasonable landowners will be the only ones with the right to raise or lower taxes and all other financial bills in nature. Chancellor Warwick declares the peasants involved in the rebels and states that even with the rescinding of the taxes all those involved should still have rather petitioned the King rather than rebelling so they are subject to death. The new Anglo- Irish army well supplied and equipped attacks the currently revolting peasants army in a conventional battle if they can and if they could not be brought to fore then the troops are told to conduct mass burning of crops and buildings in known rebel areas. The fighting will end once all peasants have returned to their villages while known rebel leaders have been captured and executed. With the threat of Norwegian invasion we ignore it for now as we are busy in Ireland but we move 10,000 men to Scotland to defend against invasion.
 * France offers England an offer of alliance after years of both parties improving relations.
 * England: We accept this alliance.
 * Bahmani Sultanate: Some hot-headed nobles ask for a mobilization of the army, but Muhammad Shah instead sends advisors, money, and a few of the most competent nobles to help Binnya Kyal put his kingdom back in order.
 * Burma: Things seem bleak, as the terrible plague has struck a blow at the heart of the developing kingdom. Binnya Kyal acts swiftly: those lesser nobles, army chiefs, and local leaders who have shown the most competence are immediately promoted, (though if any fail or show signs of it, they will be returned to their lowly posts), and each is given a detachment of troops to defeat the banditti and rebels, and bring the countryside back into order. Nonetheless, he makes it absolutely clear that cruelty will not be tolerated. The governors must attempt to negotiate with the rebels, showing clemency and mercy, and concentrate on restoring the lives of the populace, not subjugating them. Both Ava and Taungoo are asked for aid. In other news, Binnya Kyal's two grandsons, the elder Bayinnaung, and the younger Dhammazedi (Great General, with Scraw's approval) reach the age of 2.
 * Maldives: Nothing of note.
 * Austria Continues to recover from the War in Italy. Although Archduke Frederick is notably absent, his brother Maximilian does a bang-up job at managing things in his stead. More money is invested into imrpoving roads, which, just as the romans did, are being built by the soldiers of the realm, most notably the Guardsmen, who, now at peace, have little else to do(other than training). "Idle hands are the devil's playthings", the proclamation went as the Guardsmen were ordered to expand the Road network, built upon the works of the romans. This is also used to drive recuritment across the realm, preaching that service in HM Guards is not only a military service, but a civic one as well. In the meanwhile, A formal decree is passed outlawing the practice of serfdom. While the practice had declined dramatically since the black plague, it was still de jure legal. As such, the Serfdom Proclamation officialy turns all remaining serfs in Austrian, Bavarian and Venetian lands into freemen. Seeing the worsening situation in Hungary, Maximilian, after confering with Herrobercommandant Lord Ludvig von Lienz, mobilizes a small group of ten thousand troops to the hungarian border, and declares it a militarized border for a year, sending a letter to Frederick to ask if he needs reinforcements. Frederick replies, rejecting aid, saying that "even if I am now outnumbered, the throne of Hungary cannot be captured by an outland Army, as was done by my father, for this will in turn lead to the same outcome upon my death, nay, I must persevere and defeat Corvinus with the forces I can muster within Hungarian Lands, although the army needs arquebuses, and the people care not where they come from". And with those words received, the army is demobilized and returned to peace, although a small contingent remains in the case that Corvinus' armies reach the borderr, while as many weaponsmiths as possible are recurited, and the Austrian guard sends even some of their firearms and cannons to the conflict in Hungary to fight for Frederick.,
 * Unlike last year, which resulted in immense losses for Frederick, this year sees a sort of strategic stalemate, with both sidesHungary_1491_PMIV.png making small gains, while the remaining strategic offensives ending in failure. While Corvinus is able to carve out a small bit of territory in the north, Frederick gains ground in the south. The small pocket of land loyal to Frederick in the south is mostly ingored, allowing them modest gains as they increase their numbers. In October, Corvinus tries to launch an advance to Budapest, the capital, but is caught in an ambush laid out by Rudolph, the Duke of Hungary and the late King Ferdinand's brother, losing ten thousnad men in an envelopment maneuver. However, unfortunately, in the chaos, Rudolph is gravely injured, and so the Army is unable to capitalize on Corvinus failure. West Hungary mourns as Rudolph dies of a grievous infenction soon after, leaving Frederick with no trusted military advisors left. Despite this, recruitment continues as weapons are imported from Austria to bolster the situation. It has become clear that the war has become one of attrition, as Corvinus increases his recruitment as well. Only next year will tell who will emerge victorious. Serbia, Despoite calls form both sides, remains non-commital, impressing both sides with vague promises.
 * No chance you have ended serfdom yet -Feud
 * Mayapan: Trade continues with the Mexica. Royal engineers continue experimenting making larger fishing vessels. Construction on the new school in the capital continues. Expansion continues along the southern border. Integration of the southern city-states into the League is continued by the High Council. Each new state is expected to supply men to train and serve in the national army. The council seeks to improve commerce and communication between the many settlements of the Yucatan by constructing and maintaining roads between them. Work continues to renovate and update existing buildings and roads, and to create plans for future upkeep and renovations.
 * Chinese Empire: The new naval bases continue to be expanded, with additional squadrons sent to each one. An increase in trade with the Khmer allows for more Islamic missionaries to make there way to the coastal regions of China, allowing the spread of Islam to continue. With the annexation of the new islands from the recent conflict, the Chinese navy increases patrols in the region, with ships sailing both ways every 2 days in order to keep the region patrolled and safe for Chinese interests. Some naval strategists bring up the possibility of a great fleet of exploration to sail eastwards, into the unknown oceans. While scoffed at initially, the navy suggests sailing west instead, making contact directly with the Indian states and whatever lies beyond.. The plan is talked over, and after receiving the Emperors blessing, a fleet begins assembling off the coast. The fleet is under the command of Admiral Zheng He the Second, son of OTL Zheng He, born in 1459. He is one of the greatest Admirals in Chinese history.
 * South Australian Civilization: In this year, a prominent Dreamspeaker came to the court of Djalu Bakan, and related a powerful vision he had received that night. In his dream, the first one named Lord Kallum-Zered was warning the people of Adeleid Valley to not change their way of life too quickly, or else suffer wrath of the gods. Djalu initially scoffed at this notion, but ultimately conceeded the gods are most wise. The walls of the city-states continued to be expanded, in spite of frequent raiding from Noongar and similar enemies. Regiments of farmers are summoned by the Bakan to defend the walls while they are expanded, armed with the latest spears, boomerangs, and bows. Meanwhile, the city of Kaurna was terrorized by an evil spirit in the form of a koala bear. Known as the terrible "Drop-Bear", this demon would hide in trees and drop down to latch on the back of a hapless traveler, insisting that he answer his riddle. If the traveler, failed to answer (as all of them did), the Drop-Bear would slice his neck and eat his remains. The people of Kaurna became terrified to travel at night, which began harming their economy which still lacks a central government.
 * Your under a Ban -Feud
 * In the Kingdom of France, consolidation of the realm continues. King Louis XII and his wife, Juliette, have a son who they name Charles. Meanwhile, the vassals continue to travel to Paris. Overall there is much peace in the Kingdom, and Louis XII is seen as a popular ruler. He begins to prepare legal reforms based upon a civil code, and also oversees the development of a standard French tongue.

1492
''' While a good chunk of the Irish Rebels go home having achieved their goal, the remainder refuse to go home fighting to the last man with nearly 10,000 dead at the end of the day, 2000 soldiers of the kingdom, and 8000 peasants. The Casualty counts are shocking in retrospect, but the ferocity with which the Irish fought were considered abnormal and their unusual organization prompted a much more pitched battle than intended. Nevertheless the Revolt stands quelled. '''

''' The Shimazu force is absolutely crushed as the Otomo and Ashikaga forces sandwhich the army between them and kill nearly half before Lord Shimazu commits suicide following his surrender. '''

''' The leading revolters, multiple nobles from the countryside, set their demands, increased autonomy from the Indian Bahmani's and non-interference in their internal politics. With a relatively large force of nearly 20,000 between them, the Bahmani would be hard pressed to fight them in the mountains of Burma. '''

''' The Swahili Invasion force suffers greatly as their supplies to the south are unable to reach the army effectively delaying any major offensive by a year. The lack of an established infrastructure system this far south, or a friendly port of sufficient size to bring it supplies greatly reduces the strategic mobility of the Swahili forces. '''

''' The Cape of Good Hope colony loses contact with the homeland. Its 3000 inhabitants attempt to wall up their major settlements and hope for word from the homeland. '''

''' The Chimu Empire marshalls a force of 15,000 and sets off to the south into Chila only to meet the united force of nearly 25,000 which face off with the Chimu forces near the coastal desert. The Chimu return north to report their findings having not prepared to face organized resistance. The Qulla Confederation is officially made known to the Chimu. '''

''' The Qulla Confederation, a collection of cities and tribesmen, makes its emergence in the Southern Andes opposite the Chimu empire extending as far south as the Mapuche lands. The Mapuche, Purumaucas and their Antalli, Pincu, and Cauqui allies abstain from the confederation but do give a vague offer of help in the event of an aggressive expansion south. As a result of some of the northern centralization some groups of the Mapuche establish more permanent residencies. '''

The Chimu were renamed the Runorqo 40 years ago -Nova

No, they werent, they are no longer your nation, and there is not enough information on their language for you to be making those changes. -Feud

'''Since my fellow mods did not see fit to do so, the New World will be discovered in 1500 by a power yet to be decided. Any attempts made to launch a sucessful voyage before than will result in a strike. That is all. ~Edge'''


 * m8, I asked about this on the Google doc months ago. ~Cal


 * The Gurkani Sultanate: Sultan Suleiman Shah Mirza continued his rule over the Sultanate, with Al Mu'ayyad Muhammad as the Caliph. The Gurkani population rose to about 36 million with the people flocking to cities like Herat, Isfahan, Gamrun, Qazvin, Bukhara, Tabriz and Iskenderun; primarily due to their strategic position in the spice trade. In regards to religion, the Sultanate promoted Shia Islam, and advocated conversion to the Zaidi sect from other Islamic sects, often engaging in forced conversions. The military was primarily composed of medium-to-heavy cavalry, composite bow, lance, mace, and sword. Heavy cavalrymen wore plated chain mail or metal lamellar armor, with their horses also wearing leather or metal lamellar barding. The infantry was equipped with daggers and swords to be utilised in close combat against the enemy and elephants as well as carts were used for the transportation of supplies. In some cases, a special unit also existed that specialized primarily in the use of hand cannons and rocket launchers. Cannons were constructed to serve as siege weaponry whilst gunpowder weaponry were increasively developed. Naval bases were established at Iskenderun, Kerch and Gamrun to establish the presence of the Gurkani fleet in the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea and the Persian Gulf respectively, keen on controlling any piracy. The Gurkani Navy developed galleys and carracks to augment the smaller patrol fleets. Agriculture and commerce were at the Sultanate's forepoint, with wheat, rice and barley being amongst the largest produced crops. To prevent the Sultanate from ever getting hit by a major famine, the individual Amirs also engaged in the storage of food supplies, which would be utilized in case of famine or otherwise exported. Fishery was promoted as well as it helped in sustaining the fishery villages that were present along the coast, as well as the major port cities of Iskenderun, Basra, Gamrun, Kerch and Baku. Importance was also given on the development of proper roads for the merchants utilizing the trade routes through the Sultanate, with all caravans being armed and protected with a small detachment of guards. Meanwhile, the construction of educational madrassahs continued throughout the Empire, with the sultan keen on spreading education and knowledge amongst the populace of the Sultanate. The Sultan sought to replicate the Islamic Golden Age that existed during the period of the Abbasids prior to the Mongol Invasion, and accordingly funded the teaching of Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, with Algebra, Geometry, Astronomy, Anatomy and Medicine being of prime importance. The Sultanate continued to expand its territories into the Caucasus. The Mu'tazila Movement continued to spread throughout the Sultanate, initiating a "cultural revolution" that patronised farsi, promoted educational enlightenment and philosophical reform. The Mu'tazila generally admired Muslim Persians and Arab who had contributed to the Islamic Golden Age, idolizing them for their discoveries and inventions and venerated them. The Mu'tazila adherants had by now realized that the significance of science in the society had decreased since the Abbasid Golden Age and hoping to invoke the resurgence of Science, the Mu'tazila began to uplift the popularity of their fellow scentists and in particular reverred the former Gurkani Sultan, Ulugh Beg who was an astronomer and a mathematician. Contrary to popular view that saw him as weak and incompetent, the Mu'tazila hoped to depict him as a wise and an educated King. Meanwhile, in a symbolic move to represent the victory of enlightment over tyranny, the Mu'tazila established the Grand Baghdad Madrassah at the site of the former House of Wisdom which had been destroyed by Hulagu Khan. Meanwhile, work continued on the construction of the canal which included the Gurkani provinces of Çukorova, Jazira, Basra, Baghdad, Armani'yya and Fars. The Sultanate began to massively expand the capitals of every Wilayet, Khedivate and Eyalet to cater for the ever-growing population and the internal inflow migrants settling in the cities.
 * United Crown of Great Iberia
 * As our transatlantic ships near completion, we begin assembling a crew to pilot them toward the unknown. The crews are mainly composed of volunteers from the various navies of the Union, but a small minority are petty convicts who were promised pardons if they agreed to join the voyage and remain obedient throughout it. Commanding officers are appointed for each ship, who are all experienced Armada captains (no member of the Admiralty is appointed though, for fear that we may lose our best men). The crews begin training exercises, to maximise their chances of survival. Clergymen join the crews too, as previously chosen by the Papal authorities in Iberia. The chief commander of the fleet, Senor Esteban Ferrera, pledges that he will maintain order in the fleet, serve the Crown, and, to the best of his ability, bring the ships home safely after reaching the other end of the Atlantic. Bishops and ministers bless all who will be involved in this treacherous journey. The fleet, led by the Santa Maria, is due to depart in a year's time.
 * Burgundian Dip: In light of the French declaration of war against Burgundy, the Iberian alliance is invoked, and Iberia is asked to send forces to assist Burgundy.
 * Iberian Secret Diplomacy: We publicly decline to assist. However, this is for strategic purposes, as the King wishes to launch a more unexpected assault on France. Our transatlantic program is temporarily halted as resources are quietly moved to military positions, and our navy is mobilised, ostensibly in preparation for the transatlantic voyage. The King sends a private letter to Burgundy via Liguria and Germany that Iberia in truth will be coming to Burgundy's defence shortly. The Burgundian government is asked to play along with the ruse in order to improve its authenticity.


 * Swahili: With out border reaching Sofala, we begin to expand more in the hinderlands of Mombasa and Malindi. Tens of thousands of local tribesman, foreign settlers and children born became citizens of our nation last year due to our policies of land reclamation and immigration attraction. 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. We patrol the Mozambique Channel with our fleet to prevent foreign aid going to the Kingdom of Mutapa. Our armies begin to construct a major port on the delta of the Chinde River to deliver supplies during the war. After supply lines are secured, the allied armies march towards Chimolo, a border pass of the Kingdom of Mutapa. The city of Chimolo is captured and our armies rest and plan for an operation to capture the Mutapan capital next year. We incentivize merchants to send cheap food and other supplies in exchange for a share of the spoils, highlighting the gold production in Mutapa. The Royal Trade Fleet is also tasked with sending food and supplies from the Indian Ocean and other parts of Swahili to the port of Chinde.
 * Bulgarian Empire: The Ecumenical Patriarch is revealed to have the previous year and much of the religious issues come from his protoge, a Greek who defies the Tsar yet again. The self proclaimed patriarch with support from the Greek segments of the Orthodox church attempts to seize control of Vasiligrad rallying nearly 12,000 people almost all greeks to his cause in Vasiligrad. The Tsar coincidentally having been in the city at the time for education on the banking systems is caught in the middle as the City Guard and the Religious particularlists clash. The Tsar leaves one of his most trusted generals to command the rather lackluster city garrison which remains roughly outnumbered and fortifies the government district. The Tsar on the other hand managed to exit the city and rides to Tarnovo raising the full force of his personal army, unwilling to tolerate the empires greatest city to remain under siege by a religious revolt. Bringing nearly 40,000 troops the Tsar is let in by a small force of the city garrison which seize a gate and open it to the army. The Religious army is absolutely wiped out or melt away into the city as they are unwilling to face punishment for religious revolt. The Greek self proclaimed Patriarch Alexandros, Paleologos a member of the former Byzantine royal family is revealed to be behind the plot having wishing to take the city and start a mass greek revolt to rebirth the Roman Empire. Tsar Simeon personally handles the Paleologai family member and outright kills him. The Tsar having ousted the final member with a claim to Rome seizes the title for himself claiming the title of "The Third Rome". The Head of the religious usurper is sent to Rome.  Outside of this the Bulgarian economy continues to build up moderately as the Tsar shows great interest in expanding the economic and infrastructural parts of his empire. The Tsar commissions 12 engineers and gives them a large fund to draw from in the order of turning Bulgarias road network into a legitimate highway. With old Roman roads being used as the base for this (having been already surveyed) the Tsar tells these men to embark on building the network of roads through the Empire to emulate the Romans. Having gotten much of this information from surviving books and materials in the library of Vasiligrad, rebuilt and refilled with surviving books the Tsar attempts to apply many of the learned concepts. The population of the Empire grows by roughly 10,000 people this year bringing it to 4.63 million. Tsar Simeon begins considering an expedition into Hungary and Serbia to end the situation in the Austrian realms decisively.
 * Principality of Albania: Albania remains a relatively low population area, but the Bulgarians specifically some of the merchant classes invest into improving the small cities in albania for the very interest of making the area a good place for trade on the Adriatic intenting on rivaling some of the greek ports.
 * Principality of Moldavia: The Moldavian principality remains an important Buffer for the Bulgarian empire and now with the burning of southern poland and refugee issues with them fleeing across the border, the local prince of the Basarab family gives them refuge and lands to settle on. The Principality does levee nearly 5000 troops to watch the border for other issues such as cossacks among others.
 * Brandenburg-Luxembourg: Otto appreciates the gifts giving to him by Simeon and sends over a a lavish crown of Gold made by the finest of Luxembourg's smithies. Otto the younger and his wife Anastasiya have a male child finally securing the new line of succession. The young boy is named Friedrich and is baptised as Freidrich von Preußen-Brannenborg as Otto the younger style's his heir as the future leader of a united Brandenburg Dominion. The yound Freidrich is gifted one of the 5 wolf pups his grand father brought back and the child is recognized as the greatest joy of Otto the Older. Consolidation of the Prussian nobility into the greater Brandeburg domains continue. Levies on the duchy are placed augmenting the potential size of the Brandenburg forces. Now capable of amassing a force of 43,000 troops military reforms continue as more Landsknecht and arqubusier units are formed. Otto conitnues to oppose any efforts by other powers to shake the balance of Power that currently stands in the HRE and to this end vows to ensure the autonomy of all princes and further grants the Teutonic Order the title of Imperial Protectors as the Order now without a secular state of its own is granted the right to recruit members from Across the HRE and is answerable only to the Emperor and to be called in times of war in the defense of the empire. Mining and urbanization continue to grow in Lorraine, Luxembourg and Silesia while Pomerania and Brandenburg continue to grow in importance as areas that trade and commerce go through. Berlin continues to grow as the city gains more specialized labour in the form of merchants, artisans, painters, and aristocracy flock to the city. Otto's patronage of the arts and sciences continues to promote a strong cultural centre for the German Rennasaince. Brandenburg authors, Philosophers and painters start to gain prominence within the HRE. Agricluture in Prussia, Brandenburg, and Silesia continute to expand as larger noble families loyal to the house of Brandenburg secure loans from the royal house and buy out smaller less well to do estates giving rise to a new era of manoralism in the Eastern Brandenburg Domains. More people change to the Reformed Catholic Church of the Hussite Rite as the facilities established by the new rite allow for greater understanding this also helps cement the close connection between the new church and the German people living within the Brandenburg Estates. Otto begins suggesting that other German States embrace Reformed Rite as it is still in union with the Papacy.
 * Norway agrees with the peace treaty with the English that Sweden proposed.
 * Bahmani Sultante: Muhammad Shah considers sending the army to Burma, but realizes that such a huge force of rebels (OOC: More than the whole country can sustain according to the war algo, but I guess these rebels put women in the ranks, too or something.) must be negotiated with. He sends his younger son, Nehal Shah, to assist Binnya Kyal in negociations.
 * Kingdom of Burma: Binnya Kyal always believed that his vassalship to the the Bahmanis helped his kingdom, and he now fears these rebel scum. Nonetheless, he does not want a civil war, and is glad when Nehal Shah comes to assist in negociations. Together, they propose a counteroffer: Though the Kingdom of Burma will remain sovereign internally, the Bahmani crown may still send advisors to the king, but it is his choice to follow them or not. In war, the Kingdom of Burma will still be tied to the Bahmani crown, but in trade and other such matters, they may choose independently, (as long as they don't act friendly w/an enemy of Gulbarga). The economic assistance from Gulbarga will be increased substantially if they agree.  (MOD RESPONSE NEEDED ON REBEL ACCEPTANCE) (Note: If they reject, I will make another offer, more favorable to them).
 * Maldives: People are shocked at the treasonous Burmese, and many meetings are held reaffirming that the Maldives will never commit such a vile act.
 * Denmark - I construct a large fleet of light trade ships to assert Kalmar trade power in the Baltic and talk with the Norweigan and Swedish nobility about bolstering our army with new recruits and equipment.
 * Sultanate of Bengal: 20 ships are built. The Sultan sees the happenings in Burma as worrying. The Sultan supports the Bahmanid offer of negotiations.
 * Ahom Kingdom: Nothing of note.
 * Kingdom of Ava: The Avans wish to negotiate with the Burmese rebels, as discussed in the post for Burma.
 * Mayapan: Trade continues with the Mexica. Royal engineers continue experimenting making larger fishing vessels. Construction on the new school in the capital continues. Expansion continues along the southern border. Integration of the southern city-states into the League is continued by the High Council. Each new state is expected to supply men to train and serve in the national army. The council seeks to improve commerce and communication between the many settlements of the Yucatan by constructing and maintaining roads between them. Work continues to renovate and update existing buildings and roads, and to create plans for future upkeep and renovations.
 * Chinese Empire: The new naval bases continue to be expanded, with additional squadrons sent to each one. Islam continues to spread slowly. Admiral Zheng He the Second, son of OTL Zheng He, launches his voyage, consisting of dozens upon dozens of ships, and sails southwards torwards the Khmer Empire and the Indonesian islands.
 * Kingdom of England, Scotland, Ireland and Brittany: With the defeat of the Irish revolt the King of England is reassured but he is still concnered by the growing unrest in Ireland and potentially Brittany.
 * French Diplomacy: We invite England to join in our invasion of Burgundy.
 * English dip: As per our alliance with France and fearing a joint Burgundian and Breton attempt to seize the English throne as Blanche has some claim to the throne, we support our French allies by sending 3000 soldiers to support their invasion of Burgundy and be under French command while sending another 12,000 to Brittany to occupy major cities and in the event of a rebellion in rural areas to simply burn crops in rebel strongholds while keeping the defences for the cities of Brittany open against revolt. In England we raise another 10,000 men and move them into midlands of England to combat any other revolts swiftly. We do not depose Blanche and leave her in place and not have any Breton troops accompany the offensive into Burgundy while we assure foreign nations we are just honouring our alliance.
 * In the Kingdom of France, we declare war upon Burgundy and send 100,000 men to seize Burgundian land. We focus on a major battle at Brussels, which we beseige and take. More to come.
 * Ethiopian Empire: With the population growing rapidly the now aging Emperor Baeda sets to subsidize more farms for the expanding cities. Nile trade has became a great form of income and is taken over by the Empire. Excess funds are put back into the Empire to keep the people happy and the Empire moving forward. The settlers continue to move south of the empires borders to look for another connection to the worlds waters.
 * Austria has recoered somewhat from the war in Italy, but not yeat fully. However, after hearing of the invasion of Burgundy by France, and the siege of Brussels, the Austrian Herrkanzler Maximillian and Herroberkommandant Ludvig von Lienz both decide that a relief force must be sent to their ally. and so, seeing the invasion of the Holy Roman Empire by the French forces, officialy declare its support for the Burgundian side, using the Red Lion Pact as justification. as such, Ten thousand guardsmen currently situated in the county of Habsburg-Wurttemberg are mobilized and sent as an immediate relief force to help lift the siege of Brussels by the assaulting french forces. A letter is sent to Frederick in Hungary, notifying him of the Plenopotentiaries' actions. He approves greatly, and gives his approval to name the border with Burgundy as a "militarized border" in preperation should the worst come to pass. In the meanwhile, many more guardsmen are raised and moved to the Western portions of the Austrain crown.  Hungary is left out of this as Hungary is dealing with its own problems at this point (map coming). While Veneto may not be involved in the physical fighting part of the war, they are instrumental behind the scenes, giving Austria accest the the Adriatic and Mediterranian trade networks, supplies and other economic boons from the area. As such, thye must not be discouted fully, even if not venetian forces are as of yet participating. being satisfied with the situation in brussels, Maximillian decides to go on the offensive against France to deterr further developments in the war, and gain bargaining chips in the negociations. After six months, enough men are assembled in  As such, the Provence campaign begins, as an austrian Army fourty five thousand strong marches towards the city of Lyon (or other city if Burgundy/other owns it, and ), passing through Burgundian territory, intending to take the french by surprise, which it succesfuly does...(if succesful) After the fall of Lyon, various French cities, such as Grenoble and valence, along with much of that region of France, is occupied as Austrians prepare for the next year's offensive, however the offer the french a chance at surrender and peace negociations.
 * Hungary map will come in case I can't post a detailed assesement, don't remember if stuff in Serbia occurs yet, however I do Hungary_1492_PMIV.png to ask permission to possibly post late to explain what happened in Serbia (this will not affect anything, simply clarify the map of "sitation in hungary" that I will post). some battles happen, if serbia is involved, serbia stuff happens, but net gains for Corvinus this year I believe... Anyway, Gains are made in that pocket in the south, while mainly, Corvinus does a large push to the Austrian border.
 * Burgundian Dip: Austria is thanked for its assistance (how many ye sending, Lx?)
 * I'm sending 10k to brussels, maybe more later if needed 45k im sending for a counter-offensive in south France.
 * Papal States: The popularity of monte de pieta continues to rise. Some of the most conservative clergymen, however, view such innovations as a form of usury, and some even go so far as to preach publicly against them. They are opposed in this by more morderate clerics, who not only preach in favour of the charitable institutions, but actually run some of them. Work continues on the Fortebracci Chapel, which obervers claim is the most beautiful thing they have ever laid eyes on, far surpassing St Peter's in Rome in its architectural and artistic beauty. The Pope watches on as the events in Bulgaria unfold, and receives with gratitude the head of the usurper. His Holiness hopes that the churches will continue communion with each other. His Holiness writes to the Emperor Otto, congratulating him on the birth of a son. The letter also welcomes the growth of the Northern Church in the Brandenburg realms, but also paternally suggests that the individual princes of the Empire decide which rite their subjects should adopt, under a principle he terms cuius regio, eius culto.
 * Japan: With the battle of Otomo and the Shimazu Daimyo pacified, the Ashikaga Shogunate focuses its efforts on ending the Otomo revolt. The heirs of Otomo, like all heirs of the daimyo, are kept in Kyoto. With the rebellion of Shimazu and Otomo, the heirs of both daimyo are slain. Their heads are sent to Shimazu and Otomo. Since the leader of the Shimazu daimyo committed seppuku, one problem is already done. The leader of the Otomo clan, however, is very much alive when he receives the severed heads of all of his sons and daughters. The Shogun hopes that the leader will commit seppuku out of despair and dishonor, though the Shinobi - already a very powerful force in Kyushu island - are sent to kill the leader of the Otomo just in case. Of course, the army is sent just in case both fail to kill him. mod rng or response plox
 * ​The Shinobi finish the job. -scraw

1493
''' Bayezid III of the Ottoman Empire declares that the time has come to restore the powers of Islam and declares war on Bulgaria to secure back "his" lands. Al-Hamad joins him as per their contract. '''

''' The Chimu marshall a new army of nearly 50,000 to march south smashing through the Qulla Confederations Frontiers. The Leading city of Tiwanaku is seized following a bloody battle which sees the Qulla Confederations lesser army of 30,000 smashed and forced back south. The Army is split in two and the two halves attempt to hold out as the Chimu forces push south into Chile seizing many cities along the way. '''

''' The Mapuche and their allies are left alone by the Chimu following a border skirmish in which all Chimu scouts were brutally killed and left at the entrance to the Chimu army camp. The General of this task force refuses to march further south and takes up residence in a new city. '''

''' The King of Poland dies and the a new ruler, Sigismund Jaigellion, of old nobility is elected. Immediately following the election he forces the Sejm into session and in an unprecedented move mostly due to strongarm tactics from the extremely wealthy and powerful Jaigellion family and their lands, amend the rights of the Sejm, as the recent killing on many of the old guard of Polands Nobility has led to a noticeable shift from maintaining nobility rights, to maintaining a powerful king to salvage the Polish state. '''

''' With the death of the Polish King, the Russians boyars elect Vladimir Romanov, an extremely mysterious and shadowy noble from Moscow who has a good eye for diplomacy. In his lands it is known his favored form of Punishment is Impaling having read about the punishment in books coming out of the Balkans. Newly crowned Tsar Vladimir re-confirms his alliance and the previous agreement with King Sigismund of Poland and they agree to stand firm in the face of the eastern Hordes. '''

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 * The Gurkani Sultanate: Sultan Suleiman Shah Mirza continued his rule over the Sultanate, with Al Mu'ayyad Muhammad as the Caliph. The Gurkani population rose to about 36 million with the people flocking to cities like Herat, Isfahan, Gamrun, Qazvin, Bukhara, Tabriz and Iskenderun; primarily due to their strategic position in the spice trade. In regards to religion, the Sultanate promoted Shia Islam, and advocated conversion to the Zaidi sect from other Islamic sects, often engaging in forced conversions. The military was primarily composed of medium-to-heavy cavalry, composite bow, lance, mace, and sword. Heavy cavalrymen wore plated chain mail or metal lamellar armor, with their horses also wearing leather or metal lamellar barding. The infantry was equipped with daggers and swords to be utilised in close combat against the enemy and elephants as well as carts were used for the transportation of supplies. In some cases, a special unit also existed that specialized primarily in the use of hand cannons and rocket launchers. Cannons were constructed to serve as siege weaponry whilst gunpowder weaponry were increasively developed. Naval bases were established at Iskenderun, Kerch and Gamrun to establish the presence of the Gurkani fleet in the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea and the Persian Gulf respectively, keen on controlling any piracy. The Gurkani Navy developed galleys and carracks to augment the smaller patrol fleets. Agriculture and commerce were at the Sultanate's forepoint, with wheat, rice and barley being amongst the largest produced crops. To prevent the Sultanate from ever getting hit by a major famine, the individual Amirs also engaged in the storage of food supplies, which would be utilized in case of famine or otherwise exported. Fishery was promoted as well as it helped in sustaining the fishery villages that were present along the coast, as well as the major port cities of Iskenderun, Basra, Gamrun, Kerch and Baku. Importance was also given on the development of proper roads for the merchants utilizing the trade routes through the Sultanate, with all caravans being armed and protected with a small detachment of guards. Meanwhile, the construction of educational madrassahs continued throughout the Empire, with the sultan keen on spreading education and knowledge amongst the populace of the Sultanate. The Sultan sought to replicate the Islamic Golden Age that existed during the period of the Abbasids prior to the Mongol Invasion, and accordingly funded the teaching of Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, with Algebra, Geometry, Astronomy, Anatomy and Medicine being of prime importance. The Sultanate continued to expand its territories into the Caucasus. The Mu'tazila Movement continued to spread throughout the Sultanate, initiating a "cultural revolution" that patronised farsi, promoted educational enlightenment and philosophical reform. The Mu'tazila generally admired Muslim Persians and Arab who had contributed to the Islamic Golden Age, idolizing them for their discoveries and inventions and venerated them. The Mu'tazila adherants had by now realized that the significance of science in the society had decreased since the Abbasid Golden Age and hoping to invoke the resurgence of Science, the Mu'tazila continued to uplift the popularity of their fellow scentists. Meanwhile, the Mu'tazila successfully lobbied the Sultan to move Sultan Ulugh Begs body to the Gur e Amir to be buried alongside his grandfather Timur Beg Mirza, his father Shahrukh Mirza and his son Zeeshan Beg Mirza. Meanwhile, work continued on the construction of the canal which included the Gurkani provinces of Çukorova, Jazira, Basra, Baghdad, Armani'yya and Fars. The Sultanate began to massively expand the capitals of every Wilayet, Khedivate and Eyalet to cater for the ever-growing population and the internal inflow migrants settling in the cities. About around the same time, the Sultan silently observed the situation in the Balkans and issued a declaration that the Gurkani would intervene if Anatolia was attacked. Acting accordingly, 10,000 men were deployed at Erzurum to reinforce the forces already present there whilst an additional 10,000 were also sent to Adana
 * We in the United Crown are alarmed by the Ottoman invasion of Bulgaria, and begin strengthening our defences in Athens. A fleet of 100 ships and a garrison of 10,000 men are sent to relieve the current military deployments in Athens. We remain on our guard, watching our enemies closely. We temporarily cease preparations for our transatlantic voyage as it appears tensions in Europe are once again on the rise. Esteban Ferrera is instructed to continue training his crews for the dangerous journey, but that the government is currently prioritising domestic security.
 * Papal Diplomacy: The Pope asks that the Aragonese troops participate in the newly-called Crusade assisting the Bulgarians against the Ottomans.
 * Brandenburg-Luxembourg: The young boy is named Friedrich and is baptised as Freidrich von Preußen-Brannenborg as Otto the younger style's his heir as the future leader of a united Brandenburg Dominion. The yound Freidrich is gifted one of the 5 wolf pups his grand father brought back and the child is recognized as the greatest joy of Otto the Older. Consolidation of the Prussian nobility into the greater Brandeburg domains continue. Levies on the duchy are placed augmenting the potential size of the Brandenburg forces. Now capable of amassing a force of 43,000 troops military reforms continue as more Landsknecht and arqubusier units are formed. Otto conitnues to oppose any efforts by other powers to shake the balance of Power that currently stands in the HRE and to this end vows to ensure the autonomy of all princes and further grants the Teutonic Order the title of Imperial Protectors as the Order now without a secular state of its own is granted the right to recruit members from Across the HRE and is answerable only to the Emperor and to be called in times of war in the defense of the empire. Mining and urbanization continue to grow in Lorraine, Luxembourg and Silesia while Pomerania and Brandenburg continue to grow in importance as areas that trade and commerce go through. Berlin continues to grow as the city gains more specialized labour in the form of merchants, artisans, painters, and aristocracy flock to the city. Otto's patronage of the arts and sciences continues to promote a strong cultural centre for the German Rennasaince. Brandenburg authors, Philosophers and painters start to gain prominence within the HRE. Agricluture in Prussia, Brandenburg, and Silesia continute to expand as larger noble families loyal to the house of Brandenburg secure loans from the royal house and buy out smaller less well to do estates giving rise to a new era of manoralism in the Eastern Brandenburg Domains. More people change to the Reformed Catholic Church of the Hussite Rite as the facilities established by the new rite allow for greater understanding this also helps cement the close connection between the new church and the German people living within the Brandenburg Estates. Otto begins suggesting that other German States embrace Reformed Rite as it is still in union with the Papacy.  Under the orders of Otto the Older, Otto the younger assumes command of a 30,000 which march to Bulgaria to assist Emperor Simeon against the Muslim Threat, in honor of the request of the Papacy, and to honor the long standing friendship between the two emperors.
 * Papal Diplomacy: The Pope beseeches the Emperor to come to the aid of Bulgaria and participate in the Crusade against the invading infidel Ottomans.
 * Japan: With the death of the leader of the Otomo rebellion, the civil war in Japan is over. The Ashikaga shogunate, rather than give the lands to another feudal lord, annexes both Otomo and Shimazu completely. A victory parade in Kyoto is cut short when the Shogun is found dead in his bedchambers after a night with one too many geisha. He died with a smile on his face; his country was secure and he was enjoying himself. His son, Ashikaga Yoshinami, becomes the shogun of the Ashikaga Shogunate. With his royal marriage to Hatakeyama, their lands fall under direct control of the Ashikaga Shogunate now. They begin expanding their Pacific expeditions further in order to discover new lands to circumvent the northbound current in the South China Sea. They discover the island of Saipan this year, news of the discovery still fresh in Kyoto by the end of this year.
 * Cologne: The three schools continue to be built with Cologne’s trade revenue, and the militia continues to grow. Vicar General Wikbold III is particularly active this year in convincing dissenting nobles. The hospital gets quite full this year, so Archbishop Emmerich heavily considers making further improvements to it in the future.
 * Essen: Returning canonesses continue to bring Renaissance thought to the University of Essen, and the resident canonesses continue to develop the basic literacy and numeracy curricula.
 * Khmer Empire: After Emperor Sutka's death, Sutkan continues his rule of Khmer, which currently has about 12.5 million people. After many years of Gunturist slavery, the remaining 100,000 free Guntruists are declared slaves by Sutkan, and quickly rounded up by the Khmer military. Half of these slaves will work directly for the government, while the other half will be sold off to the public. However, if a private citizen buys slaves, the government is entitled to any children the slave might have, thought the owner will have an opportunity to “buy” them at a reduced price. Meanwhile, Sutkan follows in his father’s lead, and begins to style himself as an Emperor sent by God to rule Khmer. This leads him to begin construction of a new palace in Angkor Wat. This Palace will be even larger than the current structures, and will be primarily constructed Guntruist slaves, and should be completed within 30 years, hopefully within Sutkan’s lifetime. It has yet to be given a name, and Sutkan announces he will wait for a sign from Buddha to name it. After the successful conquest of Laos, Sutkan decides to switch the military focus of Khmer from the Army to the Navy. This will help protect our rapidly growing trade, and defend against our main enemy, Majapahit. With the new influx of resources dedicated to naval power, the amount of ships being made skyrockets. All new ships will be equipped with cannons, and the few existing ships that don't will be retrofitted. Guntruist slaves will play a central role in the creation, though all will be closely watched by Khmer soldiers and paid workers. The Navy begins construction of three major naval ports: in Kedah, Chaiya, and Vijaya. Additionally, a much larger base is built in Oc Eo - a city well on its way to becoming the naval capital of Khmer. In order to increase the practical size of the navy even faster, Sutkan continues his program for civilians to build ships for the military. Under this program, if a trader is willing to build their ships to be usable in a battle, and are willing to give them up in times of need, the government will subsidize their creation. This is extremely effective, as it not only allows Khmer to commander many trading ships if need be, many trading ships are now better protected from pirates or other threats. Hand in hand with our renewed focus on Naval output, we dramatically increase our sponsorship of piracy against Majapahit. We hope to hurt their economy badly, and recent signs have shown that that is already the case. We also begin to put bounties on Majaphit naval ships, making them attractive, if difficult, targets for pirates. Currently, around 300 pirate ships are actively raiding Majaphit, tearing their trade and coastal cities to shreds. Meanwhile, the army also increases in size, and currently hovers around 130.000 men due to our renewed focus on the navy. After seeing the effect of guns in the successful conquest of Laos, Guns are heavily invested in improving. Many units of the Khmer military currently have access to guns in some form, though overall it is still very much a melee force. Trade continues to be enormously profitable for Khmer, with the Indian States, China, Korea, and Tondo all major trading partners. Increase on trade has been dramatic over recent years, to the benefit of all involved nations. Sutkan thanks Swahili for opening trade, and hopes that Both nations will benefit from it. In terms of culture, Sutkan once again continues his father's policy, and works to make the city of U Thong a bastion of Khmer and Asian culture. The influx of slaves helps construction oriented projects, and to increase the cultural output, Sutkan sets up a guild in the city to sponsor talented artisans of all kinds. The city continues to attract artistic talent from all corners of Khmer, and also sees high population growth, just like the empire as a whole. The investment in culture begins to pay off, as Khmer begins to experience a cultural explosion, mostly in the city of U Thong, but reaching to Ayyuthaya, Angkor Wat, and even as far as Kedah.
 * Hungary Stuff...Oh yes, Corvinus, convinced of his eventual victory by the retreat of Frederick's forces due to his successes, and Hungary_1493_PMIV.png irritated by Serbia's noncommittal nature, orders them to provide twenty thousand fighting men as his underling. when they "refuse", or rather say they can;t logistically do it in his deadline, he assumes that they are on Frederick's side, and sends a large army to invade Serbia and besiege Belgrade, in the process slicing a bit of the Austrian gains in the south. While his army makes great gains in Serbia, the diversion of forces allows Frederick to recover some of last year's lost land. The forces in the south join the siege of Belgrade, but on Serbia's side, lifting the siege and obtaining Despot Aleksandar's loyalty, effectively, he declares for Frederick publicly. With some well-needed Serbain re-inforcements, a plan is hatched...
 * Bulgarian Empire:  With war upon the Bulgarian Empire Tsar Simeon rallies his troops, and his navy, 46,000 troops are raised and 95 warships are brought to heel immediately. The troops are put on the recently constructed roads along the coast and are heavily prepared to meet any and all Ottoman landings along the coast. In a surprising new development the first usage of the Bulgarian Wolf skirmishers are put to use with bows, arrows, and most importantly a well trained wolf acting as a partner to the skirmisher which scouts ahead, and eliminates enemy scouts and terrorizes enemy troops. The people of the Empire are warned far and wide that a widely feared day has come, the Ottomans have returned to exact not only their revenge but retake the Balkans from the Bulgarians. While only having Croatia as an ally, the Bulgarian Tsar sends an envoy to Croatia to request their assistance in this war (MOD plz).  In another note the Tsar sends another envoy to the previously courted Poland for them to partake in their holy duty to defend Europe from the heathens and extends a hand to potentially join the Alliance with Poland and Russia, and also gain help in the coming war (MOD again plz) Whilst the war takes up much of the thoughts of the Empire, the Cities while preparing for potential sieges and the like continue to produce this time at an expanded rate as armor, weapons, munitions, and food are widely built, harvested, and brought together in order to prepare for potentially a long war. The Bulgarian Vassal states are levied as well with the Bulgarians calling on 11,000 Moldavian, and 1000 Albanian troops to join into the war. The Tsar calls on the Papacy to send its troops in order to solidify not only the christian union, but also prevent heathens from once again crossing into Europe.
 * Principality of Albania: The Albanian population literally ceases to grow as the draw on manpower brings 1000 men into the Bulgarian service for the invasion of the continent by Muslims
 * Principality of Moldavia: Not wishing to see Muslims on either side of it the Moldavian mobilize their 11,000 troops to combat the Ottoman invasion and join the Bulgarians in posting up along the Coast. Their ships are also added to the Bulgarian fleet patrolling the straits to prevent a crossing.
 * Croatia accepts and joins. ~Wolvesmod
 * Poland accepts to aid the Bulgarians ~Wolvesmod


 * Swahili: With out border reaching Sofala, we begin to expand more in the hinderlands of Mombasa and Malindi. Tens of thousands of local tribesman, foreign settlers and children born became citizens of our nation last year due to our policies of land reclamation and immigration attraction. 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. We patrol the Mozambique Channel with our fleet to prevent foreign aid going to the Kingdom of Mutapa. Our armies face problems from disease and supply problems, so we retreat back to the coast, effectively unilateraly ending the war. However, we continue developing the ports in the region, as well as sending our army to construct basic infrastructure in the area before disbanding, to aid colonization efforts in the area.
 * Sultanate of Bengal: 20 more ships are built this year.
 * Ahom Kingdom: Nothing of note.
 * Kingdom of Ava: Nothing of note.
 * Papal States: His Holiness Pope Leo X, hearing with great distress the news of the Ottoman invasion of his beloved Bulgaria, heeds the Tsar's request and calls a Crusade against the Ottomans. The usual plenary indulgence for those who take part (assuming they fulfil the other reuirements of sacramental confession and partaking in mass) is promised. 10,000 Papal troops are sent to assist the Bulgarians. Work on the Fortebracci Chapel is almost complete, with even more reports reaching Rome of the unspeakable beauty of the building.