Explorers 1452 (Map Game)

iThis map game will be like no other! Rules:


 * If you wish to both explore and colonize new unexplored territories, you must give up one turn.


 * After you capture a region, revolts are sure to happen, so you must give a description of how you put it down: With either force or propaganda.


 * It must be plausible. Example: No taking-over-Russia-as-Finland in a few turns.

Here is a list of new moves you can make:
 * If a nation wants an alliance with you, your nation can bargain (example-Portugal wants an alliance with Spain, but Spain will only join if Portugal gives its land claims in South America.)
 * You can hire raiders/pirates and make them raid any nation's ship, but this greatly reduces that country's relationship with your nation.
 * Unoccupied countries or nations led by inactive users can be invaded. If no resistance is made by said inactive users or the nation is unclaimed, you can conquer it in a plausible amount of time. Remember, the population will be angry about this, and after completely annexing a nation or a blank province players must explain how they deal with the entire populance. There are several options: Suppress them by force, massacre them, deport them, leave them as they are, etc.
 * The rest of Asia still unexplored as of 1493, Australia included, will not be colonized until 1513. This is to ensure a level of plausibility. Any posts stating colonization in that area before that will be deleted. Europeans will not have access to the South China Sea, and the Chinese/Japanese will not have access to Indonesia or such. Please understand, this is only for the sake of fairness and balance.

Once eight to eleven turns in a year are made, we can move on to the next year. This includes the turns of two separate nations controlled by one player.

Keys/Legend




Nations

 * Poland Lithuiania - Duchland 03:44, July 21, 2010 (UTC)Duchland
 * Union of Kalmar - Destroyanator 03:50, July 21, 2010 (UTC)
 * Byzantine Empire - Nationcreator 19:19, July 30, 2010 (UTC)
 * China- (octiman10 16:08, October 31, 2010 (UTC)


 * England & Portugal- BoredMatt 19:40, July 30, 2010 (UTC)
 * Empire of Trebizond - Emperor of Trebizond 00:27, October 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * Ireland- CrimsonAssassin 14:09, October 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * Japan- CrimsonAssassin 19:35, November 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * Papal States - Emperor of Trebizond 22:40, October 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * France - Ownerzmcown 00:52, October 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * Muscovy - Ownerzmcown 21:46, October 3, 2010 (UTC)
 * Portugal - BoredMatt 21:47, October 3, 2010 (UTC)
 * Ottoman Empire (octiman10 19:53, October 6, 2010 (UTC))
 * Scottish Republic - Bob 16:46, October 7, 2010 (UTC)
 * Aragon - Keperry 17:43, October 7, 2010 (UTC)
 * Teutonic Knights-Baconton 16:58, October 9, 2010 (UTC)
 * Mamluk Sultanate- StarkBlack
 * Venice-Professor McG
 * Florence- BoredMatt 22:56, November 15, 2010 (UTC)
 * Hapsburg- Azecreth 14:28, October 25, 2010 (UTC)
 * Kingdom of Naples- PitaKang 20:39 November 18 (UTC)

Unclaimed Nations

 * Milan
 * Castille

1452-1479
See Explorers 1452, 1452-1479

1480-1509
See Explorers 1452, 1480-1509

1510

 * The Irish expand northward in South Africa and North America. The tell the Mamluks that they can have the South African territories if the Mamluks give the Irish all of their current African territory.
 * The Japanese expand north in Asia, touching the Arctic circle.
 * The Hapsburgs organize Poland and lithuania into two separate District Republics. Each have autonomy, but owe their overall loyalty to the Hapsburg King. They have the same rights as the Bosnian and Bohemian Republics. Some Austrians brave the cold, and set up a colony on Baffin Island.
 * The English continue an expansion of their fleet and merchant marine. They propose a three-way defensive alliance between themselves, Florence, and Japan. Florence agrees, as they already had a defensive alliance with England in place beforehand. Much like Florence, England subsidizes private education. The army has begun to be reformed, with a focus on "denial of use" tactics. More training is given to the individual recruit as well (primarily in the area of field fortifications and small unit tactics).
 * The Mamluks offer the Irish a new deal. All their territory in Thailand for all of the Irish territory in africa. They also begin growing cotton in the empire.The Navy is split into three armada's. One for dealing with pirates, one for trade and exploration, and one for war. The Mamluks take over massive amount's of land in West Africa.
 * The Scottish expand deeper into thr Brazilian rainforest. The area is ettled with ASfricans brought from the growing African territories.
 * The Florentines launch a massive expansion of their Amazon territories, coupled with an increase in the size of their merchant marine.
 * France expands its African colony to border Mameluke territory.
 * Muscovy, hoping to expand its territory and naval capacity, invades the Kalmar Union, with an army vastly outnumbering the Scandinavian military.

1511

 * The Irish expand northward in Africa.
 * The Japanese expand northward in Asia.
 * The Ottomans offer to buy the western half of the territory on the horn of africa from the English for 6,000,000 florins and trade rights.
 * China builds up their military with the new powder and starts to build a wall between the chinses korea and the japanese korea to stop the influx of illegal immigrants. They finish the ring of forts on the empires borders and islands.
 * The Hapsburgs obtain some of the Ottoman powder, and begin incorporating it into their army. They also use German weaponsmiths to think up new weapons, but development isn't complete yet. The Moroccan colony expands to the border of Spanish Morocoo, and the Baffin Island colony expands a bit.
 * Scottish Brazil is renamed Hibrasil and expands deeper into the rainforest. Scottish Africa also expands east. The colonies in Mexico increase in population density and significant populations of Scots emerge in Irish Mexico as well as smaller populations in Florentine lands. Jarl Phillipos dies and his son Socrates(named after the philosipher) inherits his fathers place
 * The Mamluks began building cotton plantations all over the empire. Known as the "White Gold" cotton makes millions for the Mamluks, and the planatations give thousands jobs, and cotton makes the empire so wealthy, the Sultan decides to call of taxes for the rest of the year. Meanwhile, the empire begans expierimenting with gunpowder. Matchlock Rifles replace hand cannons. They expand westward in Africa. They also expand south, and their empire borders Irish Africa
 * The Florentines direct all their efforts to colonizing the Amazon. Subsidized education and various other economic incentives are halted as all funds are diverted to expansion. An offer of $400,000 equivalent in Florentine coinage plus 250 acres of land per family speed up the process of colonization, and, by the time the year is out, all the uncolonized land left is an area along the Rio Tocantins.
 * The English decline the Ottoman's offer, and, in fact, expand that colony to take up much of the Nigerian coastline, and parts well inland. The Yoruba Legion is formed, composed of some 30,000 natives offered the same deal that was offered to the Native Americans. Smaller Igbo and Nupe Legions are created, as well. The Navy is heavily expanded. English Brazil is sold to the Florentines for 15,000,000 florins.
 * Muscovy continues to expand into the Kalmar Union, as the country's defense capabilities continue to break down, the Msucovian army continues an advance along the Scandinavian peninsula.
 * France continues to expand its colony in Indonesia.

1512



 * Ireland expands north in South Africa and west in North America
 * Japan puts full efforts towards exploring Indonesia.
 * Colonization of South America is complete. Florence resumes all of it's economic subsidies. Their empire is consolidated during this period.
 * England continues to expand their fleet. All of Nigeria and Cameroon is under English control at this point in time. The army and legions continue to be reformed and improved.
 * Muscovy continues to advance along the Scandinavian peninsula, the king of the Kalmar Union, John of Denmark, declares a full military retreat from Scandinavia, and Muscovy begins plans to cross the Kattegat and and invade Denmark itself.
 * France continues to expand its territory in Indonesia to another island.
 * The Ottomans continue to expand in weaponry and develop a rifle of their own. They also create a liquid that is really sticky and really flammable, they call it black fire. After the fiasco of the new powder geting out quickly, they keep the recipe and samples of the liquid under lock, key and guard.
 * China finishes their wall divideing korea into, the chinsese korea and Japanese korea.
 * The new wing of the Hapsburg alace in Vienna is finished. This commemorates the ascention to power of the Monarchy on the Continent. The Austrians finish setting up their initial network of interconneected satellite states, by giving nominal independence to Hungary and making it a District Republic like Bohemia, Bosnia, Poland, and Lithuania. Ths is a policy that will be continued when new land is conquered. The colony in Morocco expands eastward, along the Spanish border, which is more fertile than the desert in the south.
 * The Mamluks build more cotton plantations. They ask the Ottomans fro the black fire, and they also expand west.

1513



 * The Irish expand northward in Africa.
 * The Japanese, while scouting out Indonesia, discover Eastern Australia and set up a colony there. Meanwhile, the Japanese accept the English's offer for a triple alliance.
 * The Mamluks began to consolidate their empire. The Mamluk Army is made considerably larger.
 * Austria invades the Kingdom of Serbia. Despite hard resistance, the superior equipment and training of the Austrian army allows them to triumph. Serbia is conquered and turned into a District Republic, adding on to the Hapsburg network of satellite states. Troops stay there to ensure that the new government is not challenge by remnants of the Serbian army.
 * Scotland founds a colony in West Africa, as well as one in Indo-china. Transport links are built across Scottish India. Hibrasil is consolidated and large amounts of Poles and Serbs arrive in the area, escaping Hapsburg rule. Borealia becomes more densely populated.
 * English colonists arrive on Kangaroo Island and Tasmania, claiming the land for king and country. The army and Legions are continually reformed and expanded. A smaller colony is also set up on East Timor and one on Cape York, while Welsh colonists set up in and around the Barossa Valley.
 * Florentines arrive in force in Victoria and New South Wales. The government claims all of New South Wales itself, granting each settler's family some 12,000 acres. The navy and merchant marine are expanded considerably.
 * The Ottomans will give the mamluks the black fire if they give the ottomans some of their land in africa. The Ottomans also sail south from their Maldives colonies and form a colony in western Australia.

1514



 * Ireland consolidates its power. Conditions in Irish territories, though very good compared to most nations are improved even more. Ireland also launches a campaign against Iceland.
 * France continues to expand its Southeast Asian colony.
 * Msucovy now controls the entirety of the Scandinavian peninsula, and now launches its invasion of Denmark.
 * After uprisig occur in Spanish Morocco, Austrian troops move in and occupy the area. Protests from Spain are ignored. The Hapsburgs believe that the Spanish are not strong enough to challenge them.
 * England has not forgotten the war they lost to the KU in the previous century, and join in in the war on Muscovy's side. Oldenberg, the Shetlands and the Faroes are taken, while Iceland is invaded. The colony on Tasmania now encompasses the entire island while more and more colonists (most out of Kent and Sussex) make landfall in Victoria. The navy is expanded.
 * Florence expands their holdings in New South Wales. The islands of Flores, Sumba, and Sumbawa are taken. Fortifications are built and troops moved into the Nile River Valley. The army is considerably expanded.
 * China founds a colony in northern Australia.
 * The Empire of Trebizond launches an invasion of Burma, intent on gaining access to the Pacific Ocean. Pontic settlers which also set sail from St. John's Isle the previous year reach the islands of Bangka-Belitung, colonizing both and finding the land fertile enough for growing crops and setting up a major imperial trading post. The native population make friends with the Greek merchants, offered access to massive quantities of silk, glass, and gold in return for allowing the settlers to build their colonies there.
 * The Mamluks capture one of the larger Islands in Indonesia.
 * Japan expands further inland in Australia

1515



 * Ireland expands its African colony upwards
 * Japan expands further inland in Australia
 * Muscovy continues its campaign against the Kalmar Union with their invasion of Denmark proper. The navy of Muscovy blockades the capital city, Copenhagen, as a land army is brought to invade Denmark in the country's west. The plan is to starve Denmark's capital so that when the army comes to conquer it, it will be very easy.
 * France continues to expand its Indonesian colony.
 * The Empire of Trebizond brutally crushes Burmese resistance with heavy artillery and their powerful guns. Rangoon is taken by storm. Trebizond now has 3,000 of their mobile merchant vessels across the world. These vessels are very close to the water and shaped like 'floating crackers'. However, their rotating gun turret and small, low, size ensure that their cannons can blast holes in the hulls of larger ships while the taller military vessels cannot target them easily because their mounted cannons are too high to aim them efficiently. One such vessel makes its appearance in the East Indies, landing settlers on South Kalimantan. The new colony is organized under the same administration of Trebizond's other Indonesian islands and becomes known as the 'Greek East Indies'.
 * the ottomans expand their colony in austrailia
 * China gives Scotland an ultimatum, leave Vietnam or risk war
 * The Hapsburg connect their Moroccan territories. They also pay the nomads in the desert money to make maps of where the oasises are in the desert. Knowledge of settlable places in the desert expands, and the Hapsburgs preapre to colonize it.

1516

 * Ireland expands northwards in Africa. They offer to help Scotland if the Chinese go to war with them.
 * Japan expands further into Australia.
 * Scotland replies that it has no territories in Vietnam, only in Burma-an area free of Chinese influence-but that is has taken the words of the Chinese as a direct threat to its territory in Burma. Jarl Saul appoints various Greek aristocrats to new duchies across the empire, inan attempt to consolidate the spread of colonial expansion into the Scottish feudal system and to ensure the Phillipine hegemony. One of the nations finest generals takes stewardship of the Burmese colony. Troops are mustered to defend their territory. Scotland states that any Chinese agression will be a direct assault on Christendom.
 * The Empire of Trebizond, viewing the looming war between Scotland and China with amused interest, sends a message to Scotland announcing that their maps are apparently of very poor quality, because it seems that the Scottish settlers who thought they landed in Burma landed in Vietnam instead. They announce that Burma is now one of their imperial territories, with no Scottish colonies there. Despite being in control of Rangoon and the Burmese coast (Through a series of military outposts on the Indian Ocean), much of inland Burma remains lawless jungle, with no real Trapezuntine control. The emperor believes he will reach the Pacific Ocean and orders his armies to the east. The Southeast Tagma is formed for the defense of Burma and other southeastern territories. Unlike traditional Byzantine Tagma's, the Trebizond Tagma consists of several units organized into one army, similar to the ancient Roman legions.
 * The Mamluks send soldiers to Vietnam to assist the Chinese in their war against Scotland. They harass Scottish supply lines.
 * The ottomans military is on high alert with the crisis with china and scotland
 * China Tells scotland one last time that if they dont leave vietnam they risk war with their alliance (Muscovy, Ottoman Empire, Mamluks) and the Empire of Trebizond.
 * England continues expansion of it's Australian colonies. They expand their fleets and improve their infastructure.
 * Florence continues expansion of it's Australian colonies.
 * The Hapsburgs begin settling the oasises in the Sahara, spreading their influence. They leave the natives alone, and connect their colonies with high walled roods, in order to keep sand from covering them.

1517

 * The Irish expand northwards in Africa. They offer assistance to Scotland in case of a war. They improve their army and interior as well.
 * Japan expands its Australian colonies. They improve their military and interior as well.
 * The Muscovian Navy has blockaded Copenhagen to near starvation, but the King still refuses to give in and waits as the Muscovian Army reaches the city and begins to lay seige to it.
 * France expands its colonial empire by expanding its colony in West Africa.
 * The emperor of Trebizond reshuffles his military. The imperial army, rigidly disciplined and kept in constant training, is now one of the largest and most powerful in the East. The 250,000 regulars are divided into individual Tagma's across the empire and dispatched to strategic locations along Trebizond's eastern borders. Meanwhile, a policy is also instituted in urbanizing the vast expanse of the Central Asian steppes. New cities are founded, and Greeks are attracted by free land and special advantages to come and settle there. Great numbers of enterprising Greek traders from Byzantium and Trebizond alike soon flock there to set up businesses, and everywhere they begin to form the ruling class of these new cities.
 * The Hapsburgs set up a colony on Baffin Island. They also expand the roads that connect their colonies in Morocco, expanding them, to make commerce easier. Austrian guard stations are set there to protect travelers from nomadic raiders. They also increase their military presence in the America to protect settlers from the influx of natives there, who have ben driven into their territory by the other colonial nations.
 * The Scottish send an expeditionary force to Indo-China to garrison their claimed area an defend it from Chinese attack. Jarl Saul thanks the Irish for their promised help. He then goes on a pilgrimage across Europe to Rome, where he visits the Pope and requests help if the Chinese and their Muslim allies try and fight for Vietnam. Saul also visits Vienna where he speaks with the Hapsburg Emperor. Elswhere, more aristocratic positions are created across the empire. A distinctly Greek upper class begins to take root in the Scottish Republic, with even the ethnically Scottish nobles adopting Greek as a second language.(Like how Russian nobles tended to speak French)
 * The Pope gives the Scots his blessing to fight in Vietnam against the Muslims and their Chinese allies, but expresses worry that the war is dragging Christian nations who are bound by their alliances. He notes one such as Muscovy, which the Papacy has not had any previous quarrels with. At the same time, the Papacy tells the nations of Western Europe they are perfectly free to come to the aid of the Scottish government, but that is their choice and theirs alone.