Europe 1430 (Map Game)

This is a new map game that takes place in Europe in 1430. This map game will regulated and controlled.

Rules

 * Just like the original Map Game, a turn is a year.
 * Another person must go again before you can take a turn.
 * Take a turn by adding new plausible events to the timeline and then editing the map.
 * Use paint to edit you map and save it as a .png and add it to your new post
 * You need to add a map to your post, if you are unable to then please request that someone make a map for you
 * Don't be ridiculous! (i.e. Finland cannot dclare independence and then invade the entire world, all in a year)
 * WE WILL ADD MORE YEARS ONCE WE GET THERE!
 * If you have a problem with a post say a bit on the talk page about it, and the community (or I) will decide.
 *  IT MUST BE PLAUSIBLE!!!!!!!!!!! 

1430-1460
See Europe 1430, 1430-1460

1461-1491
See Europe 1430, 1461-1491

1492-1522
See Europe 1430, 1492-1522

1523-1553
See Europe 1430, 1423-1553

1554-1584
See Europe 1430, 1554-1584

1585-1615
See Europe 1430, 1585-1615

1616
Scandinavia invades Denmark and captures Skagens Odde, they sign a white peace with the Bohemian/French alliance, but keep up their war on their weaker neighbor. They begin to fortify the island.

With Bohemian forces fighting the Prussians in the north, Lithuania and Poland invade, and take much of the south.

Realizing that if Genoa and her allies win, it would mean that their independence would be threatened, Greece and Albania declare war on the Hussites. Bulgaria, attracted by the relatively empty land to the north, does as well. They both advance well into Hungarian territory.

For much of the same reasons as Greece and Albania, the small Turkish states declare war on the Hussites, and defeat the main Genoan fleet, with help from Milanise and IR ships.

The Croats declare independence from Hungary and Bohemia, as do the Serbs. They create federal republics, much like Switzerland's.

'-Croatia has been the major port of Bohemia for like 150 years, which would have changed the cultural makeup of the area, plus the Bohemian unity reforms have increased Bohemian nationalism. Plus the Hussites are at war with Genoa, making half of this post nonsense.'

'''Then why did Croatia split off from Austria-Hungary OTL after the same time period? (I know that they just switched allegiances to Yugoslavia OTL, but tantamount to the same thing) Plus, most of their land is formerly Hungary's. Look at the map. And Genoa is a puppet state of France, and France is on the Hussite side. The Hussites are at war with Milan and the IR, and thats how the entire war started.'''

Milan is the french puppet, the Italian Republic is a member of the Hussite league, read 1610.

Habsburg sends troops down to the Americas to take back their territories, and gives their troops orders to kill and Italians they can fine, whether in their colonies or not.

1618

 * New Germania surrenders.
 * Bohemia and Prussia declare a white peace, Prussia pulls out of the war, allowing Bohemian troops to storm southward where they along with the majority of the population in croatia, put down the Croat rebellion.
 * With its Bohemian allies again backing them, Hungary negotiates peace with Albania and Greece, who mistook them for allies of Genoa.
 * With Habsburg pulling troops from Europe and Prussia pulling out of the war, the Hanseatics, Hesse, and Wurzburg put them on the defensive again.
 * Hanseatic ships sink many of the troop transports before they reach the new world and those that land are too few to do more than entrench and maintain the Habsburg lands.
 * With the Habsburg order to kill Italians, its Italian allies abandon it.
 * France begins an invasion of Habsburg.
 * Scandinavia negotiates a peace with Denmark, and they receive Skagens Odde. they begin to fortify it.

1619
Habsburg surrenders to the invaders, they get to keep their land in Europe and North Africa, but their colonies in the Americas are given away.

Skagens Odde is completly fortified, and the Scandinavians begin to build a fleet specifically for defense of the Skaggerak/Kattegat.

1620
America
 * With Habsburg out of the war, Milan and the Italian Republic manage to unify northern Italy. The Kingdom of Italy is established, a constitutional monarchy with a full representative parliament. Peace comes to Europe.
 * The Italian republics of North America, not wanting to force their will on the Habsburgian colonists like Habsburg and New Germania did on them, negotiate the establishment of the Commonwealth of Amerika. An independent Commonwealth maintaining the Habsburg King as head of state, but with the full power of the nation being the Amerikan parliament.
 * Bohemia, inspired by this releases the Italian caribbean islands captured as the Caribbean Commonwealth, fully independent with the King of Bohemia as head of state.
 * Scandinavian engineers begin experimenting with steam powered pumps for mine shafts.

1621
With their colonial dreams in the Americas mostly gone, Habsburg sets up multiple colonies in West and East Africa.

Scandinavia sets up a "Spartan Democracy" (Read: Starship Troopers), and reorganize the 13 duchies into 10 counties. Each county has a Duke-General, who is required to serve in the military for 15 years, and must have distinguished themselves in command and battle. They are elected by the general populace (all citizens, including women, over 15). The king also creates a Lord-General position, much like the Shoguns of Japan, but with purely military powers. The first actual constitution in all of Europe is passed, and includes all the rights garunteed in the bill of rights of OTL US. All citizens (men and women) are required to have unarmed combat and knife training from the ages of 10-20, two days a week, except during planting and harvesting season. Consription for men ages 15-20 in required.

1622

 * Bohemia releases the Commonwealth of Lithuania, and the Dominion of Poland as independent commonwealth realms with the King of Bohemia as the head of state, but with the local parliament exercising executive power.
 * Bohemia purchases the Falkland Islands from France in order to establish a waystation to the Pacific. They then establish a colony on the west cost of North America.
 * Bohemia establishes a colony on the Cape of Good Hope, in order to springboard attempts to compete with Spain in Asia.
 * France establishes a colony in West Africa.
 * Japanese colonists establish themselves in the Hawaiian islands.
 * The Kings of the Asatru Nation, unable to share power any longer split their nations again. Though the Asatru union continues as a political and economic alliance.
 * The King of Midgard and Queen of Thorgard marry, uniting the kingdoms.
 * The rebels seize power in North Africa, and negotiations begin with the Federal Government in Lisbon over a second peaceful secession.
 * The Hussite League realms meet in Marseille to discuss the future of the Alliance. With the Kingdom of Italy being split between Hussite and Roman Catholic, and Catholic France and Hanseatic Republic showing interest in joining, the Hussite league name is scrapped. A new treaty is established, the Pact of Marseille is signed, a mutual defensive pact between France, Hesse, Italy, Wurzburg, Bohemia, Hungary, the Dominion of Poland, Commonwealth of Lithuania, New West Venice, Caribbean Commonwealth, and the Hanseatic Republic. The Pact requires the signatories to come to the aid of other signatories in the case of acts of aggression towards them.
 * The Bishop of Toledo and the Bishop of Rome meet in Sardinia to discuss the reunification of the church. One of the possibilites is unification under a Pentarchate, with a council made up of the Bishops of Rome, Toledo, Jerusalem, Damascus, and Alexandria making the executive decisions for the church rather than a single Pope.

1623

 * Habsburg once again invades Algeria, this time their navy is able to capture many main port cities, their overall plan is to set up a series of lines on their maps which serve as goal that armies must achieve in months.
 * Scandinavia expands it's navy, refortifies Skagens Odde, and joins the Marseille Pact. However, it is still allied with Livonia, Muscovy, Navarre, and Switzerland.

1624
The Kingdom of Italy Buys Istria from Bohemia.

Bulgaria and Wallachia Go to war over a trade dispute. Wallachia makes early gains.

The Japanese Colonists face stiffer then expected restince from the natives, who force them off and establish The Kingdom of Hawaii.

Muscovian Ships land in northen Alaska and set up an outpost.

Habsburg forces move in on Algeria, taking Algiers and pushing south into the Sahara desert.





1625

 * Unable to make payments due to the costs of reconstruction following the 2nd War of Italy, and due to heavy Bohemian nationalism in Istria, Italy is forced to return Istria to Bohemia.
 * Greece sides with Wallachia against Bulgaria, wanting to "liberate" the greek lands along the Aegean.
 * Hungary sides with Wallachia seeking vengeance for the sneak attack during the 2nd War of Italy.
 * Due to the incredible distance between the Muscovian empire and their Alaskan outpost (Russia hasn't expanded to pacific coast in this TL), the Alaskan russians are forced to seek aid from the British for food and supplies. This stagnates the colony's growth.

1626
As Hapsburg is in a similar situation as Italy, they sell Tangiers to Portugal, in order to keep expanding into Algeria.

Midgard and Norgard go to war on Norway after the King and his family, as well as many prominent nobles and merchants convert to Hussitism. The Marseille Pact prepares for war on the Asatru to protect it's newfound adherants.

Great Britain gets observer status in the Marseille Pact.

The Anatolian Alliance declares war (again) on the Sassanids, in order to make sure Zorostrianism isn't a threat to Islam or Christianity. Most christian and muslim denominations support this, and the Pope and the Patriarch both issue statements of approval.

Since maps carry over into other years onscreen, could everybody put the date on the maps that they post, so we know what we're looking at.

1627

 * Trebizond, Georgia, and Kurdistan make some gains on the Sassanids
 * The Marseille Pact decides to stay out of the affairs of the Norsemen. Norway was not a signatory of the pact, and pressure from the catholic nations in the Pact keeps the hussite nations out of it.
 * Midgard takes Oslo, and Norgard makes large gains in the sparsely populated north. The armies are joined by much of Asatru populace and most of the Nobles.
 * Greece, Hungary, and Wallachia reach peace with Bulgaria.
 * Albania, wanting to avoid war with Greece for the same reasons they went to war with Bulgaria, sells their greek lands.
 * The attacks by Habsburg galvanize the Berber people behind the Sultan of Algeria, and using the modern weapons reverse engineered from those obtained from North Africa decades before, push the Habsburgians out of Algeria. Angora sends word of friendship from one oasis of Islam to another.
 * Habsburg also signs on as an observer for the Marseille Pact.

1628
Scandinavia and Denmark take matters into their own hands, with Scandinavia taking the lightly defended north of Norgard (with most of the Scandinavian troops still in defensive positions to resist any counterattack), while Denmark takes Scania. Wurzburg and Bohemia, and, to a lesser extent, Hesse and Italy, send volunteer corps into Norway, and beat back much of the Midgard troops. Olso is still held by the Asatru. Livonian troops, upholding their alliance with Scandinavia, take Oland and Gotland. The new Scandinavian policy of training all in close combat is successful, and drives off several large raids by the Asatru.

The members of the Marseille Pact decide that a city should be decided on that will be the center the pacts trade and diplomatic relations, after much considerations they decide on Habbsurg's capital of Cologne, Habsburg agrees to their decision, knowing it will create large amounts of wealth for the state.

To circumvent the tariffs placed on ships passing through the Pillars by Spain, the Marseille pact begins construction of a canal linking the San and the Dnepr, enabling trade to pass through from the Baltic to the Black sea. It is estimated to be finished in app.10 years. Ukraine gains observer status in the MP.

1629
France is drawing up plans to invade Great Britain. France figures that is they conquer Britain, the would establish a foothold in North America and great control in South America.

Scandinavia makes peace with Norgard and Mitgard, as does Livonia. Scandinavia gets a passage to the Atlantic, Livonia is forced to give back Oland, but manages to release Gotland as a vassal state. Denmark gets Scania, and Norway keeps all it's original territories.

Great Britain and Ukraine are given full membership in the MP.

Prince Haakon of Scandinavia marries Annabeth of Britain sealing an alliance between the two nations. King Karl VII of Scandinavia also allows the Lord-General to be elected by any veteran of Scandinavia.

As Cologne becomes the center of the MP, Habsburg is given full membership to the MP.

1630
The Armed Forces are updated and reorganised. Private armies are banned putting sole military power in the hands of government. The Army is reorganised into the Grand Legions.
 * Great Britain, seeing how well Scandinavia has done out of the idea of full democracy decide to hand more power to the people. Not as far as the Scandinavians. The Councils in charge of each province are to be made up of people elected from the populace of all genders over the age of 20 and own at least some land. The will be a Chancellor for each Council who will be elected by those on the Council. These Chancellors will then meet in London where they will discuss matters with the King or Queen, lead by a High Chancellor.
 * Portugal and North Africa split. Portugal agrees t let North Africa take control of all existing Portuguese colonies in Africa.
 * France starts building up its armed forces in preparation for the war in Britain.
 * ^^^^^Why the hell would this happen, they are all members of the MP!!!? PS 200 YEARS!!!! YEA BOYZ!!!^^^^
 * British Territories in South America become Provinces.
 * Great Britain establishes a number of waystations along the Alaskan coast to make shipments of food and other resources to the Muscovite colony easier. They sign a treaty agreeing not to encroach on any Bohemian or Muscovite claims.
 * Japan sends a more heavily armed taskforce to Hawaii and establish Japanese dominance over the islands once more.

1631
Great Britain finds out about the invasion plans, and takes it up with the MP. France agrees to stand down. Still, even with the MP's support, Britain begins building coastal forts all along the coast.

Habsburg is now one of the richest countries in Europe after Cologne becomes the major trading center of the MP, the governments of Brunswick and Hesse become jealous of Habsburg's wealth as their country's are growing weaker and their people are starving as most of the trade that used to to be conducted with them is now conducted with Habsburg.

Britain, as well as Muscovy and Prussia, invest large amounts of money into the San-Dnestr canal, speeding up the construction. It is estimated to be finished in 3 years.

The Anatolian Alliance advances further into the Sassanids, and signs a peace.

1632
Hesse and Brunswick mobilize their armies and invade Habsburg, though the Habsburg army is able to keep them with just miles of the border. Upon Habsburg's insistence the MP and the rest of the countries of Europe declare their neutrality in the war.

Due to rumors that Hapsburg secretly started the war in order to take it's two longtime enemies without interference from the MP, Scandinavia, Great Britain, the two Lithuanias, and the Swiss send volunteer forces almost exlusively made up of veterans and recently discharged soldiers to help Brunswick and Hesse. since these armies are made up of private citizens, all the aformentioned nations are still neutral. The volunteer corps are greeted as heroes when they arrive in Germany, and begin to engage Hapsburg forces. The volunteers do not carry the war over into Hapsburg, only wishing for Brunswick and Hesse to remain with their current borders and respective status. Engineers and laborers begin the construction of fortifications along the borders with Hapsburg (at least were Brunswick and Hesse control the borders). Brunswick and Hesse also pull back their troops to the border.

The MP agrees to remain neutral in regards to the German War, but unilaterally agrees that, when the conflict is resolved, Hesse and Brunswick would remain completely independent, with their current borders intact.

1633
The kings of Hesse and Brunswick, pressured by much of their populace, declare a truce. They and Hapsburg agree on a general restoration of borders. however, Hapsburg demands that reparations be repayed, and Hesse and Brunswick are forced to agree. As Cologne was right on the frontlines of the war, the MP representatives had heard about the horror stories of poverty and crime, and agree that the reparations be payed by all the nations of the MP (as the war was just a series of skirmishes, the reparations don't turn out to be that much). The volunteers return home, and in most cases are awarded medals for their valour in stopping bloodshed on both sides.

After Habsburg's somewhat victory in the Germanic War, they need for a well-trainned and professional army became appearant to the king, so he introduces conscription and declares that all males between 17 and 35 years of age must serve in the military for a minimum 3 years, this creates a boom in the size of Habsburg's forces and puts them on par with Prussia.

After numerous conflicts over trade and settlement in the New World, the MP begins to fracture. However, it is still a large force in politics, and it isn't likely that any outrigght war between two major powers will happen. Here are some of the main fracturing groups:

The British Group: Between Scandinavia, Denmark, Heneastics, Great Britain, Switzerland, and Portugal/North Africa. Named so because both Portugal and Scandinavia have both married into Britain several times, cementing the alliance. Important to note that Scandinavia and the SC are also allied to Livonia, Muscovy, and Navarre.

The Germanics: Between Hapsburg and Prussia.

The Hussite League: Italy and Bohemia, most of the other Hussite nations.

Add others