Mississippia (Principia Moderni III Map Game)

Having its roots in Cahokian Civilization, the Mississippia Confederation was declared in 1533 as the Cahokian Empire, and the first Emperor took over the Monarchy of the continent's first constituional empire. Mississippia spans from Florida to Michigan, along the Mississippia River, and includes a blend of many different people united in common Mississippian heritage.

History
In approxiamately 1400, droughts began to appear along the Mississippi Valley region. Cahokia, being the largest city in the region, was flooded with refugees, making the city even more powerful. The city managed to recover from

By 1410, knowledge of iron working was discovered and began to be put into practice to use farming tools and weapons, making Cahokia the most powerful state in Borealia. Its supremacy ended up somewhat challenged by Moundville, which developed towards the south, but Moundville ended up reliant upon Cahokia for trade and ended up with great cultural similarities that continue to unite the region to this day.

Cahokia began to develop a greater structure to house its entire government -- the Epic Flying Serpent Mound as the population of the city began to skyrocket. By 1418, Cahokia dominated the majority of the Mississippi River as the Moundville culture was vassalized.

By 1430, it became quite clear that Cahokia had expanded much too rapidly, and some resistance began to be experienced, as exemplified in the 1433 Floridian Revolt. However, with the leadership of Rektaw the Proud in 1440, Cahokia quickly began to expand yet again.

Notably, major developments were made in the fields of sanitation and revival of the medicine man culture. A medical school was established in Cahokia in 1457, and a massive sanitation/sewer/water management plant constructed by 1468.

1462 - Census (1.1 million)

Cahokia then engaged in decades of peace and consolidation. Population exploded throughout the realm and all of the vassals began to merge into a common Cahokian culture. The medicine men who spread the Cahokian religion really helped spread the culture.

In 1533, the Grand Council of nobles elected a new royal house after Rektaw's family died out without a strong male heir. Antinanco, the new King, was deemed to be an Emperor, creating the Cahokian Empire, which evolved into the Mississippian Confederation.

Government
Monarchy?

Economy
Farming, Trapping, Trading

Culture
Mississippian Culture

Allied

 * Zapotec

Friendly

 * Colorado
 * Iroquois