Principia Moderni (Map Game)

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

Rules

 * Main article: Rules (Principia Moderni)

Moderators

 * Detectivekenny (moderator-in-chief, mapmaker)


 * Cosman246 (creator, assistant moderator, mapmaker)


 * Roguejedi (moderator)


 * PitaKang (moderator)

Europe

 * England-- Roguejedi
 * Scotland--
 * Wales--
 * France--
 * Burgundy-- SSS
 * Aragon--
 * Swiss Confederacy-- -Sunkist-
 * Navarre--
 * Portugal--
 * Castille-- Woogers
 * Ireland--
 * Genoa--Cloudslayer
 * Papal States--
 * Naples--
 * Venice-- Chicagoan
 * Teutonic Knights--
 * Hungary--Collie Kaltenbrunner
 * Wallachia--
 * Moldavia--
 * Poland-Lithuania--
 * Muscovy--
 * Novgorod--

Kalmar Union (Principa Moderni)

 * Norway-- Destroyanator
 * Sweden-- BoredMatt
 * Denmark-- Baconton

The Holy Roman Empire

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

The Islamic World

 * Granada--
 * Ottoman Empire-- StarkBlack
 * Golden Horde--
 * Mamluk Sultanate--BlackSkyEmpire
 * Il-Khan--
 * Timurid Empire-- Thant
 * Mali--
 * Chagatai Khanate--
 * Oman--
 * Oirats Khanate--
 * Delhi Sultanate--

The Far East

 * Vijayanagar Empire--
 * China-- CrimsonAssassin
 * Japan-- Cosman246
 * Joseon-- PitaKang
 * Vietnam-- Yank
 * Hanthawaddy-- Detectivekenny

Americas

 * Aztecs-- Devil_Warrior
 * Maya-- Fedelede
 * Inca-- VENEZUELA

Austrailia

 * Kulin-- Herblover

1420-1449
Archives: 1420-1449

1450

 * The Studium Generale Divionensis (University of Dijon) is inaugurated.
 * Hanthawaddy begins constructing roads to lace the new empire. Representatives from twelve countries arrive in Lisboa to join Nai Thiha's expedition to circumnavigate the earth.  More invitations are sent out to every known country in Europe, Asia, Australia, and Africa.
 * Japanese explorers join Nai Thiha, sending an expeditionary fleet of three ships, and two supply ships. Meanwhile, the bureaucracy has designs on Delhi
 * The Sociedad Naval de Castilla joins Nai Thiha's expedition, attaching two supply ships and one expeditionary carrack.
 * Let Me remind you that I conquered Sumatra not once, but twice. Why have you ignored that fact? Plus I have absorbed the rest of the Kra peninsula.
 * Conquering Sumatra is completely implausible. Historical conquerors would take the coastline if they wanted to trade.  But Sumatra is a big island and would take years to conquer.  Also a while back I gave like 5 reasons why it is implausible.  Take your Riau-Sigapore colony but this is ridiculous.  Also, Kra is an ithsmus, not a peninsula.  It is part of the Malay Peninsula.  Maybe this is what you misunderstand.
 * Vietnam's Northern Expedition makes landfall on OTL Vancouver Island. Another small settlemant is founded. The Southern Expedition claims the OTL Phillipines and Indonesia for Vietnam. Vietnamese architecture has begun showing signs of European (mostly English) influences, though they are mostly centered around Da Nang.
 * The Indonesia and Phillipines part is effectively just me calling "dibs".
 * You can't call dibs, it's part of the game. But go ahead and claim.  Just don't whine if someone picks out Palawan or something before you do.

1451

 * Vietnam founds a port on the island of Luzon in the Phillipines. The port becomes a valuable source of income due to its stategic location in one of the most profitable trade routes of the region.
 * Nai Thiha and representatives from eleven countries are seen off in Lisboa, Castille. They expect to land near Japan.
 * Hanthawaddy annexes an enclave of Krungthep and the remnants of the Kingdom of Ayuthaya. It agrees to appoint the King of Ayuthaya to a high government position, in return for the land. However, disagreements arise with Viet Nam over control of the area. The armies clash twice during the Gregorian month of December.
 * The Ottoman Empire takes some land near the Black Sea.
 * The Burgundian army attacks the province of Bourbonnais (to the Southwest), in the remainder of France. French troops push Phillip III's army into Burgundian territory, without causing a significant number of deaths. Battles continue.
 * Japan exports cultural texts to the West

1452
Due to intensive trading of culture from the Eastern world and the mass migration of money from Germany to the Papacy, some areas of Northern Germany, led by Josef P.Schmitt have rejected Catholicism in favor of a syncretic belief based on Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, and Shinto--as well as mushing together some Christian and Jewish beliefs.
 * No word from the circumnavigation expedition under Nai Thiha is heard of.
 * Discussions between Hanthawaddy and Vietnam create the Kingdom of Singburi, rules by a king who reports to the emperors of Hanthawaddy and Vietnam. Hanthawaddy upgrades is economy in the mean time, and begins forcing Mon culture on newly acquired residents of Krungthep. The Grand Palace is remodeled.
 * Japan expands its Brandenburg and Seattle ports, and begins its designs on Polynesia
 * Supreme Patriarch of Hanthawaddy declares a vision in which he sees Buddhism going west. He sends missionaries to Buda on the Danube, where they found Klung Ngoa Ce "Coming West" Temple.
 * Hungary declares war against the Kingdom of Bosnia.
 * Turns go by UTC.
 * Joseon, which had been amping up their army, (Sorry I couldn't post for some time), takes steps to wipe out the Japanese pirates who had been terrorizing Joseon for decades. They demand that the Japanese government help them or there will be war, since Japan has actually been helping  these pirates for decades.
 * China declares that they will back Japan up if Joseon declares war on them.
 * Ummm, why? Japanese pirates have been a thorn to China for decade too.
 * Both Joseon and Japan have been a pain to the Chinese in OTL. Joseon has been expanding into Chinese territory and has been more aggressive to the Chinese in this map game than Japan has. Also, I see more profit from Japan than I do from Korea.
 * The Vietnamese Northern Expedition reaches the Aztec Empire. The Vietnamese diplomats aboard the fleet manage to establish a trading relationship, as they are unhampered by any illusions of god-hood. The Vietnamese Empire also begins research on a vessel that can sail th open sea, and not need to hug the coast. They derive inspiration from both the Chinese Treasure Ships and the Galleons of Europe.

1453

 * There is still no sign from Nai Thiha's expedition. Most believe he fell off the edge of the earth.
 * Hanthawaddy upgrades its economy. Hanthawaddy makes a full transition into a money economy, with the Awettha backed up by gold. Meanwhile, a medical complex begins construction in Sandoway, accepting all forms of medicinal practice, ranging from Chinese to Western to Mon folk remedies.
 * The Japanese reach out to Joseon and promise to stop the pirates--as they have been trying to do for quite a while--any news of us supporting them were probably rumors. They also demand Joseon to reciprocate
 * Joseon's campain to root out pirates is mostly successful, and war with Japan is averted. However, Japan-Joseon relations remain low.
 * Burgundy takes over Bourbonnais.
 * Vietnam echos Hanthawaddy and upgrades its economy. The create a new currency, known as the đồng, which is also backed by gold. Vietnamese citizens have taken to wearing their money on strings, as the coins are struck with a hole in the center. The Vietnamese also build a series of hospitals in their major cities, as well as a major medical school in the capital of Angkor.

1454

 * Nai Thiha and his men land in Korean Kamchatka. Joyous crowds of hundreds of thousands meet him as he returns to Hanthawaddy.
 * Hanthawaddy improves its infrastructure, and completes new city walls with sling-cannons. A communications building begins construction in central Pegu. It features a large map of the empire and Mon architectural patterns. Sections of the building are dedicated to different world cultures.
 * Currency reform outlines a singular currency in Castile, the peseta. The church becomes a central guiding force in Castillan governing policies.
 * Schmitt's Reformation (see 1452) gains momentum, and threatens the power of the Catholic Church in N. Germany. Curiously, it also gains momentum in OTL South France.
 * Japan expands the Brandenburg and Seattle ports, now controlling Pomerania, much of East Prussia, and the Seattle area, and begin dispatching troops to Delhi. Meanwhile, talks are storming about economic and currency reform, which will probably conclude next year


 * An earthquake in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of the Kantō plain causes massive tsunamis which destroys almost all of the Japanese naval fleet on the Pacific Ocean. Japan is disconnected from its external trading posts, and they declare independence due to inability to communicate with Japan. Japan's navy is not expected to reach its former traveling ability for another thirty years.

1455

 * Castile immediately bans Schmitt's Reformation movement, and declares Roman Catholicism the state religion. Catholic fervor reaches a fever pitch.
 * Nai Thiha reaches Hanthawaddy, and presents his manuscripts of palm leaves to Emperor Binnya Waru. He tells of lands rich in gold, with friendly inhabitants, and thousands of square kilometres of workable land. Thiha dies later that year of asthma resulting from inflammation of a chest injury he received from a walrus while exploring Alaska. Hanthawaddy claims the entire American continent, naming it after Thiha, but the lust for trade and exploration of the new continent spreads throughout the world steadily. Hanthawaddy upgrades its maritime technology and sends a few thousand to colonize Hporubitoi, forming a second town which is named after Emperor Binnya Waru.
 * Japan tries to recover its infrastructure.
 * The Vietnamese Northern Expedition sets sail for home after trading in the Aztec Empire. A port is established in the San Fransisco Bay area as a leg on the trade route from Vietnam to the Aztecs. They give aid to the cut-off Japanese settlers in Seattle. Vietnam offers a generous aid deal to Japan to help them recover from the disaster. They offer to establish a Japanese currency, dubbed the yen, to help expediate Japan's economic recovery. They celebrate their alliances by commisioning a new throne, made of rare Chinese redwood and officially called the Lotus Throne (out of respect for the Japanese Chrysanthemum Throne). Both it and the new Vietnamese Crown Jewels (imported from England), are a fusion of European and Vietnamese styles.
 * Japan accepts, and also politely asks if any nations could help in communications between Japan and its former (and hopefully, future) colonies
 * Joseon offers aid to Japan to help rebuild, and try to rebuild a Joseon-Japan alliance.
 * Japan politely and humbly accepts. They graciously reach out arms to Vietnam and Joseon, promising alliances for both.

1456

 * Japanese architects and engineers, while surveying the major cities, wish to look at the buildings to find out how to strengthen them. No definitive results are created, but enough weaknesses are found in order to suggest a new design.