Tartary (Principia Moderni III Map Game)

The Tartary, officially the Tatar Empire, is a Christian monarchy located in northeastern Europe. The Tartary is led by descendants from the Mongol invasions of Volga Bulgaria and Kievian Rus'. The Tartary is a relatively centralised state, with feudal lords having few troubles, and a strong power in its corner of the world. The current Khan is Theodoros I.

History
The origins of the modern Tatar state reside on the Jochid Ulus, a nomadic confederation in the 1300s that rose out of the collapse of the Mongol Empire and its split between feuding princes. However, the true origins of the Tartary began at the rise of Idegäy Manghit and his dynastic plan. First with indirect control through the position of vizier and later through the position of Khan itself. The Tartary became more centralised and civilian, with pastures being cut off and granted to farmers, rapid urbanisation taking place and the power drifting from nomadic warlords and shamans to burghers and merchants in these cities.

Political reform to the Tartary was mostly completed by 1455, but it was not until after the death of Khan Temür-Hachiun the Warrior and the rise of his Christian son Theodore after the victorious conclusion to the Karelian War that reform truly started to occur. While shortly burdened by a civil war between the loyal realm and anti-reform elements in the East led by his younger brother Tulpar, nothing could stop the large-scale reforms put in place by the foreign-educated Khan, which renamed himself Emperor, and changed his name from Aydar-Arslan, his Tatar name, to Theodore, a Greek name.

List of Emperors

 * Theodore I, 1463-???
 * Alexander I, ???-???