Principia Moderni IV (Map Game)

The Ming Dynasty still rules over the vast lands of China. On the other side of the world, the Hundred Years War continues between England and France. Europe is still stuck in the old ways of feudalism and chivalry while the notions of a New World are considered figments of imagination.

We welcome you to the long awaited fourth expansion of that immortal series. Welcome to Principia Moderni IV! Starting in 1400 AD, this is the dawn of the modern world and the tail end of the Middle Ages. The Renaissance is just kicking off in Europe, while the nations in the western side of the continent are locked in the last gasp of the Hundred Years War. The Muslim world is still reeling from the invasions of Turks and Mongols, with the Caliphate resting in the collapsing Mamluk Egypt and the Ottomans on the rise in Anatolia. Make it count.

The first game was the most successful on the wiki, leading all the way to the modern day with mostly plausible posts and little controversy. The second game reached almost to the modern day, but failed due to a plethora of ASB events and moderator bias. The third game was much more worthy of the first, almost running into implausibility but climbing back into a shining glory by the end. Riding on the latest reforms of map games since the end of PMIII, this is the most logical next step in that evolution. Remember  above all other rules — have fun.



Important Pages

 * Rules and Algorithm
 * Alliances 
 * Holy Roman Empire
 * Feudal Dynasties
 * College of Cardinals
 * Nations

Oversight Committee

 * Chief Overseer United Republic

The Night's Watch (Moderators)

 * Lord Commander Scrawland
 * Commander of the Shadow Tower Wolves
 * First Ranger Callumthered
 * First Steward Edgeofnight
 * The Mountain that Rides: Feudy McPlagueface
 * Septon Nathan1123


 * Overseer: United Republic

The Wildlings
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These are strikes for moderators and how they moderate. The same three strikes rules apply. If a moderator is banned from moderating, however, they can still play as their nation. Mod strikes can be delivered in one of three ways: Moderators can be given strikes for the following reasons:
 * 1) If a sufficient number of players (more than half of all players voting) vote to give a moderator a strike.
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 * 1) Exhibiting bias that would benefit the nation they are playing.
 * 2) Exhibiting bias that would negatively affect a player they have a personal dispute with.
 * 3) Making a ruling that contradicts a proven fact from OTL or an established fact from earlier in the game.
 * 4) Overruling a decision of a majority of moderators.



1690
''' Radical Buddhists in Siam begin taking up the practice of Self-Immolation. '''

''' A massive crop failure in Irish wheat. '''

''' Djalu the Great returns from exile with a massive army of irregular soldiers, and besieges the city of Njarrindjeri. He compels the city to regain his place as Bakan, and then begins training a larger force in an attempt to reunite the Anangu Kingdom. '''

''' Certain Korean nobles begin plotting revolt of the peninsula, feeling the Emperor's move to Beijing for generations has distanced him from the court. '''

''' The term "Lesbian" is coined for the first time by feminists in France who claim that Sappho of Lesbos wrote poetry for other women. '''

''' Franz Straube travels to Novgorod for the better pay. '''
 * Rashidun Caliphate: Military and economy is modernized, mostly in Syria and Mesopotamia. Abdullah Jaffar holds power over the military. Trade is kept westward from Morocco and Cyprus to the nations of Europe, and a massive push to modernize the tactics and training of Morocco's military is undertaken as well as exchange of tehcnology. The Ulema asks Malaya if they would be interested to build a Mosque in Sabah, for keeping the Muslim population there culturally included. Trade eastward imports from China through Gulangyu. Sunaib is welcomed in the Caliphate, and is given an espeically comfortable pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina to aid in his spiritual journey, as well as offering him to tour the Library of Alexandria. This year, the Caliph elected, Malik Al-Baraq, attempts to rally support from among the Ulema and other offices, in an attempt to throw off the domination of the Jaffarids that have slowly dominated over the last 20 years. The Jaffarids, espeically the Sultan Abd Al-Rahman, is somewhat concerned of this action, but is also confident how the Caliph is very old and often sickly.
 * Malaya: We gladly allow the construction of a mosque in Sabah, in addition to the minor mosques used by the local Muslims.


 * Great Iberia: The Califórnias and Méxica continue expansion. Mêcicipi expands upriver. The major settlement in Trinidad grows to become a small city. Military campaigns against Maiam continue.
 * Monterey: The elected governor is killed in battle against the tribes of the north. The militia returns to Monterey, struggling to fend off native raiders from plundering the colony. Iberian reinforcements (two regiments) finally arrive in time to repel the attackers and drive them back to Indian Bay, where they are defeated in a decisive battle. The south side of Indian Bay is claimed for Monterey. A new governor, Damian Garnica, commonly known as "Damian of Monterey", is appointed by the King himself. The colonists rebuild, supported by the Iberian government.


 * Karnad:  The popularity of the Dakshini language and script keeps increasing due to its simplicity.   A large number of printing presses are established across the nation. Collections of old folk tales and epics in Dakshini are sold widely as writers come up with novels. Land clearance continues especially in Kerala to make way for plantations. Many landless farmers are employed in the plantation or are given land in the newly cleared areas. Cultivators of spices are aided by the government and the spice market starts to recover slowly. Greater trade between Swahili and Karnad benefits the nation. 


 * Meluakam|Balochistan:  Irrigation projects are fruitful and help in the establishment of farms. As most natives in Meluakam are tribal people and are thus disconnected, these farms are mainly operated by people from the mainland. Landless farmers from Karnad keep moving to Meluakam in large number because of the provision of free land, money and to escape the oppressive feudal system. The Dakshini language starts to spread.  Coal and Copper mines open up in Meluakam.  A large number of natives are employed in these mines. Roads are constructed. The natives begin to settle down. The Governor notes that the natives are great horsemen and refers them to the Army Chief of Karnad and its territories.
 * Maladweep|Maldives: Trade between the islands and Lakshadweep increases due to greater economic cooperation between Swahili and Karnad. The Coir rope industry expands and is exported to Meluakam. Dhivehi-Dakshini emerges as the common language however Dakshini is still used for all official purposes. The islands are used as a convenient area for the production and export of ambergris to the mainland as well as Melukama. Lodoicea is exported to the mainland for use in Ayurvedic medicine. A printing press is established in the capital. The capital is renamed to Southern Amravati. Farming includes the cultivation of coconut, banana, breadfruit, papayas, mangoes, taro, betel, chilies, sweet potatoes, and onions. Some of this produce is exported directly from the islands.


 * Great Union of Korea and China: The Emperor in response to criticism from Korean nobility, once again designates Hanseong as the primary capital, demoting Bukgyeong (Beijing) to a secondary capital. After a century, Busan once again is reopened to trade, with Japanese merchants once again being permitted to trade in all Korean ports (as previously they were restricted to Dokdo). However, Mokpo has emerged as the primary port and remains so. Korea–China continues to send military aid to Viet Nam in order to hasten the conquest of Champa. With the economic collapse of Karnad, the tea industry sees a sudden urge in demand. A series of standards are established to ensure the high quality of tea products. Meanwhile, economic ties with both Karnad and Bengal are somewhat restricted to avoid any contraction of financial contagion. In order to uphold his Christian heritage, a large oriental-style Church is erected in Tianjin. However, to cater to the Confucianist majority, he continues to patronize Confucianist studies and encourage reinterpretations of the Five Classics. Seeking to preserve the dwindling Korean tiger, an estate in Gangwon is built to rear and raise domesticated tigers. Reservations are established in the mountainous regions of the Haegi province. The government continues to construct industrial complexes aimed at augmenting the military-industrial sector, thereby consolidating state power. Internal commerce is promoted, with merchant guilds flourishing. Due to the rising demand in manufactures and luxury goods, and the rise in food supply (due to the implementation of modern agricultural techniques and usage of high-yield crops such as maize and potatoes), a division of labour is made. Many peasants and serfs shift from an agrarian lifestyle to work in the cultivation of cash crops (such as tea or cotton) and the the production of luxury goods (such as porcelain, silk, textiles).
 * Cambodia: King Bonaphum, being very sympathetic to his brethren in Lan Xang, decides on improving relations with Lan Xang. He also assures the Lan Xangi God King that we are willing to cooperate more than before, because "all Makans are brothers". Tensions increase between the radical Buddhists and the general populace, as they say "Alas, another fine Asian nation has succumbed to the scourge called Makanism. As if a tolerant king wasn't bad enough, now we have a Makanist king". They are becoming more openly hostile to the government, and are now a threat to the survival of the Camboodian nation as we know it. The projects carried out by the former King Chey Chetta III continue (namely the road-building and irrigation programs), and rebuilding earthquake-affected regions also continue. Burgundy, to compensate for the loss of Macau, are given the port of Kep, it being one of the biggest ports in Cambodia. We also ask for an alliance with Burgundy.
 * Burgundian EIC dip: Cambodia is thanked for allowing the Company to use Kep, and accepts the alliance.
 * Lan Xang Dip The God King tells the Khmer Makani counterpart not to be harsh on any radical buddhists who commit crimes, stating, "makanism is a forgiving religion." He says instead of executing them, "reeducate them on Makan's glory."
 * Malaya: As requested by the Rashidun Caliphate, a mosque is constructed in Sabah with Persian-style architecture. We begin promoting religious harmony among Buddhists and Makanists, saying that both are religions of peace, and there is no reason for conflict. Some radical Buddhists speak out against this, accusing the Queen of being a "Makanist whore". This causes great outrage amongst the community, and all radicals involved are persecuted. They are pardoned by the Queen, who states, "I may be a Makanist whore, but I do not speak ill of my brothers and sisters". Her tolerance is acknowledged by many moderate Buddhists and Makanists. We send logistical and economic support to Cambodia to help rebuild their earthquake affected regions. We export bananas to Ireland at a lower price to help them get through their famine. A kopitiam in Malacca begins selling coffee milk tea, a fusion of the Korean milk tea and coffee. Rice wine becomes a popular alcoholic beverage in rural states.
 * Papal States: Cardinal Paulo's invasion of Montferrat continues. After the victory in the Battle of Montferrat in 1688, the main body of the March's military has been quashed, however small bands of patriots have continued to hold out, and the Cardinal's forces continue to encounter resistance, with a few of the more isolated towns still remaining loyal to the Marchese. Ever confident, Cardinal Paulo expects to have fully vanquished Montferrat within another year or so. Back in Rome, a French bishop on an ad limina visit to the Pope gives His Holiness a pamphlet issued by the so-called 'Feminists'. The Pope reads it, and hands it on to the Prefect of the Holy Inquisition. The Prefect creates a commission to look into its ideas, and they will present the Pope a report on it next year. Missions continue in the New World, Korea-China, Japan, and Lan Xang.
 * Bishopric of St Peter-in-Brazil: The new Bishop offers free land to settlors who want to move further inland.
 * Bengal Empire: With the beginning of trade with Swahilli we begin to benefit greatly as money begins to flow back in to our reserves and banks lowering our debt minimally but nonetheless it is progress. Tea products begin to have a resurgence in the nation as plantations begin to open up in Ahom and Norther Bengal to produce tea to meet Korea-China's demands in the product. Coffee continues to be very popular and cheap for the consumer that it is commonly purchased in markets across the nation. Nutmeg and Cinnamon are some of the first spices to recover from the spice market collapse while peppers such as black and white pepper are minimally effected due to them naturally growing in the wild and are common. Chilli and Vanilla start o become popular with the public as it is used in soups and sweets. We offer to trade with Malaya (Player Response). The poor population begins to dwindle slightly as the economy begins to recover but it will be several more years until it recovers. We continue to push on our influence in the rest of India by sending out missionaries and offering to trade with them. The current Cash Crops this year are Tea,Cotton,Rapeseed,Cinnamon,Wheat,Sesame Seed, and Vanilla plus Chocolate. Mangoes and other fruits start to be genetically modified to be larger in size and to be much sweeter and ripen faster but this will most likely take several years of research and testing with farmed mangoes before we have a finished product. Market Places across the nation grow larger as it is a cheaper way to sell products and not have to pay for a shop instead. The government start to help the poor by allowing them to stay in the homes that they own and not pay tax if you make less then 150 tahkas a week. shipyards across the nation start to produce much smaller vessels than the previous Megaships that we once made in a yearly basis. The only company that still makes thos style of ship is Tahva Co. which makes now only work on 2 a year and take another 2 year afterwards to complete. Our budget this year is cut by 27% now due to the economy recovering. Our main concentration is put on the royal army and the navy and the rest is put onto education and agricultural plus city + town development. Bhutan starts to not make as much money as it used to due to mine closures. Burma still benefits from coastal and inland development. Orissa develops along the coast while inland areas are used to produce wheat and other marketable goods. Burdagan is developed further and for the ost part catches up to the rest of the empire. Ahom continues to be a very fruitful area for farming and agriculture. New Sahammas, Mistri, and New Pandestria are used for producing crops and advance further in building up the education system. Rodawangaya Co. makes several mines around the river valleys of Burma. Many found it risky and most likely pointless but they were more farther way from the truth. In the first year since the company opening the mine, high levels of Imperial Jade and Rubys were found. The mining company after this success opened up 4 more mines around the area and discover small amounts of Sapphire and Gold. This place had been well known in history as a place used to find and produce these items since the first Burmese Empire but now it has been unlocked once again and now it has become an area of development. With this discovery steps are taken to limit production not just because of budget cuts but to also make sure the product does not lose value. We offer to trade the Imperial Jade and Rubies to our trade partners in exchange for silver and gold.
 * Banten: We continue to develop into a n area for trade and an area for producing Cash Crops. Roads and sewers are made and advances in the education system is worked upon. Vanilla, Chocolate, Coffee, and a variety of spices are exported in large amounts while the spices are exported in smaller amounts.
 * Lan Xang: Then nation itself seems to have stabilized. Meanwhile, in Siam, the missionaries give food to the poor and build housing. They even try and convert the nobility of Siamese society, to influence their King. Irrigation projects are going well, with yearly water being provided to everyone who is living in the cities. However, it will take a while before the Peasants will be able to get year lasting water. Also, Lan Xang tries to get rich with the God Kings "Make Lan Xang Great Again" program. Rice is sold en masse to neighing nations, gold is mined, so are gemstones, tin. Also, Korean tea is beginning to be very popular, and Lan Xang is making their own variant of the tea. Also, Korean-Chinese style brigandine armor is being issued to the army, while firearms, mortar, and cannon are mass produced. Also, more advanced craft is available thanks to the Korean blast furnaces. The nation seems happy, and peace is being promoted.
 * Al-Afriqia: We begin mass cultural influence in our newly acquired vassals of Kuba and Lunda. As most of our citizens have learned Arabic and can write and read it near-perfectly in Zayiyr, we begin the same process of teaching Arabic to the citizens of Kuba and Lunda. Our population reaches 1,000,000, with our military being restored to 12,000 through conscription.
 * Tsardom of Belka: The empire continues its recovery after the civil war seeing large population growth from the manpower which has returned home from war. With a population nearly breaching 14 million the Tsar is forced to undertake a census of the empire to figure out where many things stands such as provincial populations, ethnic divisions, as well as get a more effective idea of where the capabilities of each province stood in terms of production. Ironically for a former theocratic state, the Croatians have become a rival to the banking institutions of Sofiya, Tarnovo, and Vasiligrad with their effective system bringing together dozens of banks across the country to the Tsars chambers forcing him to fully restructure the system to service the state in a much more powerful capacity rather than their current independent structure. With more and more restructuring under way the Tsar remains resolute in his military establishment keeping the Army at a full strength of 60,000 and awarding or commendating the hundreds if not thousands of officers which served during the civil war and subsequent polish invasion. General Kamarov is made into the Field Marshall of the whole army who with the advent of crude handheld explosives begins putting their strongest, largest, and most veteran troops into smaller more elite units.
 * Kingdom of Mzerka and Wiyot:We keep Mining gold Near Diltwa Wintuye so that we can pay of labourers to work on our churches and our first wall and Palaces.We Also ask if there are anny Iberian Mussians willing to work us for money to create our first songs in a style that is typical Sinkyone and also to write down some european songs so that we can sing european anthems and royal songs(Iberia Response).We also Keep fighting the Okwanuchu,Atsugewi and Achumawi tribes and we ask them to unconditionally surrender or face total destruction(Mod response).We also Ask Iberia If we can Buy 5 Iberian boats and get sailors from Iberia Teach how my men can become Sailors so that we can explore the Coast in their name and give the information to them.We also Keep sending setlers to the "Collonies".We Also Make Mzer the Official Naval Capital of our country.While Diltwa Wintuye will become the Seat of Goverment.
 * Kingdom of Great Britain and Scotland: As crop failures hit Ireland significantly and a major famine is at risk both the English Parliament and Scottish Parliament vote against aiding the Irish in their famine but the King being Irish born proposes to the English Parliament a full union with the Kingdom of Ireland and for the new integrated realm to spend a large amount of money raised by taxes on the regulation to keep fair prices and prevent hoarding as well as to import grain into Ireland. The Irish nobles are reluctant but after peasants in County Galway attack grain merchants and the situation becomes precarious combined with a number of cash bribes being paid to the poorer Irish Parliament members leads to a general agreement of an English proposed Act of Union 1690 creating the Kingdom of Great Britain and it establishes a union of the Parliaments with the rest being worked out later and the new British Parliament with the full support of the Irish members votes for the Regional Grain Relief Act of 1690 which provides for strict rules on hoarding and over pricing supported by the English and Irish army in addition to at the expense of Great Britain for the subsidisation of grain merchants importing into Ireland from within England, Scotland and English Arcadia keeping prices low. This act serves to restore the market to normal and avoid a major famine this year even with crop failures. England has 6.2 million people, Wales has 0.6 million Ireland has 1.4 million people and Scotland 0.9 million people. Small amounts of migration to England from Scotland due to enclosures. The construction of roads and canals continues with continuing construction of the canals linking Glasgow to Lancaster and the whole of the English midlands with it expected to take a few more years to finish. The Army of Islamic India maintains itself while construction of defences at Guddu and Modasa is nearly completed while trade flourishes with states in India bringing in Asian wealth. Education in England is dominated by free grammar schools in towns and the universities of Oxford and Cambridge with both of the making a greater move to mathematics from previous subjects. The first sighting of Uranus is made by John Flamsteed although he mistakes it for a star. There is an expansion of libraries at the universities in a move to push forwards science. The army remains small with 3,000 men in Ireland, 2,000 men in Scotland and 1,000 in Wales and England each although militia acts allow the mass raising of a new army reasonably quickly and an additional 9,000 troops are overseas with 6,000 in Arcadia, 1,000 in Haiti as well as 500 in St George, St Helena, New Canterbury and Bay of Kost. The fleet is divided with 150 ships stationed in Portsmouth and 150 ships stationed in Bristol. Privateer continues and trade with colonies in a triangular trade going through Africa.
 * English Arcadia: We expand largely into OTL Georgia around 30px pushing in establishing new plantations and clearing the region growing cash crops such as sugar, tobacco, cotton and fruit mainly and bringing in a variety of workers from India, Africa and Europe on contracts. The colony also takes advantages of Irish crop failures to increase it's own wheat growth for export to Ireland. The colony has a population of 1.45 million.


 * Poland: We add 10,000 trained troops to our army, we ask our ally France to prepare for war if it begins. We are still extremely cautious about Russia and Burgundy, but we have not given up on diplomacy.
 * Maghreb:Trade: We continue our trade with Europe and Africa as traders meet up in smaller city to help create more major cities. The Maghreb also begins to try it hand at the spice and salt trade via selling more salt and spices, gold is slow down to prevent inflation. Trade with the new world counties as new world food and items becoming the new fab to wear/use Government: Faruk works on improving the number of people (as the population stands at 10 million), he works on moving more people to Urban cities and demanding more framers to plant more often) . Badr is given Shura power and begins to set up schools,laws,and things of that level. Rasfan is given more of a poetry and Scientific Advancement.Imams are sent to the Caucasus and Ethiopia region to work on converting people to Islam. Event: The Sultan Faruk Son (hassan)goes again to Mecca, Damascus, Cairo and Aleppo and Mednia to work on improving relationships with the Emirates and work on the Maghreb trade union, he is sent to starts talks in Mecca for better trade deals,military training among each other. A invite is sent to Kartum,Baghdad and Riyhad. A invite to join the trade union.
 * Bengal Dip: We offer to send you 700 3 ct rubies in good quality in exchange for 1,550 pounds of gold.
 * We accept it -Maghreb dip


 * Tajammad Emirate: The Emirate works on preparing for the cold seasons by collecting firewood during the summer. Walls and Houses are reworked on to defend the "Ansari" from animals. Hunting parties are sent to hunt down animals and eat them, while some are killed for their winter fur. Haush land is given to Tajamidan people to rule, these areas are called "Forts". New World food is sent back home to be traded. Our ships begin to train on how to sail the rocky seas to reach the Pacific Ocean and study the ways to the Pacific Ocean. Due to the way of the New World women are given more physically as in helping create the wall or guarding areas. The port (not the best or biggest) of Tajammad is re-made along with ocean defense walls and gun ports made along with 50 cannons. The population stands at 30,720 people with a slow rise in pop. The Ona state is annexed into the Emirate and Ona majority areas are put under an Ona that accepted Islam named Hassan al Badr but some question his loyalty and if he converted just to gain power, Islam with the Ona people slowly rise as a 50% percent in the Ona Population become muslim, as the Ona state is named the Ona Bukrain. Seeing the killing of Tajjamdians the State begins to hold up strong military view as the Emir begins to arm more colonist. A Ona army goes to war and the Tajammad is sent to help with the 14,000 troops. they march onto merchar state
 * Emirate of Al Maqadas: The Emirate is set up in Port Alegre and walls and houses are placed up to bring cover to the population of 30,000 people. A port is worked on. The Emirate begins to expand across the coast by 7 px. More Arms and sent to Emirate to help arm the people of the Emirate.
 * Al Badr: A group of 18,000 men are sent to Lynn Haven with 2- gun boats,where they set up base (bulding walls,port) and trade with natives while expanding 7 xp across the coastline (east way).Most of the men and women there are armed.The also work on a massive port. A a fort is made in Dothan when 2,00 men were setn there they set up a fortest named North.


 * Kingdoms of Burgundy and Prussia: New Germany expands 50px east along the coast of otl Florida. Maryland expands 50px north along the east coast. Privateering against France continues. In the East Indies, the East India Company begins reforming the Colonial Guard of Aceh and Sumatra. It is decided, for the sake of simplicity, for a single army to be established, simply called the Sumatran Colonial Guard. The settlement of Sint Karel in the Fortuyn Eilands (otl Falkland Islands) grows into a modest sized fishing town, and the settlers begin expanding out, looking to claim their own land on the previous uninhabited archipelago.
 * Russia: Construction of the Palace of St. Rurik begins as "The Austrian" Franz Straube tests his skills out on the large structure. Many resources are poured into construction of the building and many peasants die in the building process. The Tsar hopes the completion of the building by 1700, as a way to open Russia to the 18th century. Pyotrs training of the professional peacetime army of 60,000 having been completed with modern military tactics. The Russian trading fleet begins to hunt down Aleutian and Novorossiyan Furs. The Tuvov colony is expanded 5px in the Tuvov Peninsula. Fur hunting outposts are established and expanded across all the uninhabited Aleutian Islands. More trade ships are built. Russian trade fleet becomes a group of 10 medium sized ships. The Provinces of Sakha, Vostok, and Kamchatka are added. The rest of the unoccupied Cheondoryeol islands is placed under the administration of the Kamchatka Province.

1691
''' Champa is conquered by Dai Viet, but its war with Tondo overseas is ongoing. '''

''' Carnivores like tigers prove extremely difficult to domesticate for an agricultural society such as Korea. '''

''' Chinese nobility complains why their city was demoted in favor of Hanseong, as if China is reduced to a vassal of the foreign Korea. '''

''' Feminists in France continue their philosophy. One published pamphlet supposes that original sin was entirely the fault of Adam, who was just quick enough to accuse Eve. In addition, the original apostle was Mary Magdalene, who then converted the Twelve after Jesus' ressurection. '''

''' A plague of rats in Hamlin, Prussia. '''
 * Rashidun Caliphate: Economy and military improve, as is our relations across the Muslim World. Trade expands with the Moroccan trade union across the Mediterranean to France and Belka. Trade eastward extends through China utilizing the rented island of Gulangyu. The vassals of Oman, Iran, and Caucasus are improved for military and economy, but they are not modernized. Modernization of military is sent to Morocco and Swahili, with more cultural trade sent to Benin and Zayiyr. Within the Caliphate government, however, there are considerable issues this year. Caliph Baraq dies, and the Jaffarids jump on the opportunity to crush the recent opposition to the Jaffarid rule. Manipulating the Maktab Al-Qudds considerably, the Jaffarids arranged a niece of theirs, Aresh Jaffar, to be elected Caliphah of the Caliphate. This is the first, and last, time that a woman was elected to the office of Caliph, and the incident was so scandelous that she is never counted in the canonical Caliph lists. One month after accepting the Seal of Muhammad, Caliph Aresh was found to be pregnant, and forcefully removed by a cabal in the Ulema. Three months later, after her son was born, Aresh was mysteriously found dead by various kinds of weapons. Following the disasterous scandal of a female Caliph, the office remained in interregnum for the remainder of the year, consisting of constant struggle between the Ulema and the pressure of the Jaffarid clan.
 * Karnad Diplomacy: We request a trading pact with the Caliphate.


 * Swahili: We continue our agriculture policies. The army begins convincing contracted servants. Areas interior to Mombasa and Malindi is colonized. We also send out conquistadors to expand northwards into more northern Somalia. We continue colonial expansion. We adapt more plants to the Swahili climate. Mineral processing is developed. Lesbian handai becomes popular and the genre is named to be Yuu-re, named after an artist. Swahili begins mass producing a iron tipped, curved mouldboard, adjustable length plough (OTL Dutch Plough), which saved agriculture labour from six to eight oxens to one to two. This freed up farm labour and animal power. Many previous farmers starts moving to the cities and manufactories, or to the hinterlands and colonize inner Africa. They are still liable to receive a large plot of land (50 hectares) for 5 years of cultivation of the land. The sudden increase in unnecessary animal and increased food production led to larger commercial livestock operations. The change in demographics also begins an enclosure movement for larger and more organized farms, as some families move out of the farms, selling their plots to more successful farmers. The scholar Rab-Nints develops a way to solve differential equations and another scholar, Saqee, develops elimination theory, resultants and determinants. Another scholar, Lapet, develops a rule for solving limits using derivatives.
 * Sultanate of Qamar: Qamar continues development and some posts are taken by Swahili officials.
 * Lakshadweep: The island of Lakshadweep is further developed.
 * Swahili Diplomacy: We wish for military coopeation with England and offer many of our ship plans.
 * Karnad: With the government in debt, the government takes over the diamond mining and gold mining operations at Kollur and Kolar respectively. Though the trade of spice formed a major part of our trade, it is now replaced by greater trade in Cotton textiles including muslin, calico and printed textiles. This helps in boosting the cultivation of Indigo and Shay crops. Trade in luxury goods also increases exponentially. This includes trade in jewels, precious and semi-precious stones, ivory, rhino horns, ebony, amber, coral, and aromatic products such as perfumes, musk and ambergris. Trade in Tea has not been affected and tea plantations continue to come up in Kerala. The OTL Baba Budan hills are named the Coffee hills. The Coffee hills produce large amounts of coffee which is exported through the ports of Calicut and Kollam. Calico textiles and other printed textiles are exported from Calicut. The diamonds and muslins are exported through the Masulipatnam port. Due to greater trade with Swahili the idea of the OTL Dutch plough is brought to India by a merchant to the Port of Mangalore. He implements it in his farms in Mangalore and sees it as a great way to save labour. However the idea does not catch on and only gets implemented in a small area around Mangalore.


 * Meluakam|Balochistan:  Irrigation projects are fruitful and help in the establishment of farms. As most natives in Meluakam are tribal people and are thus disconnected, these farms are mainly operated by people from the mainland. Landless farmers from Karnad keep moving to Meluakam in large number because of the provision of free land, money and so as to escape the oppressive feudal system. The Dakshini language starts to spread.  Coal and Copper mines open up in Meluakam.  A large number of natives are employed in these mines. Roads are constructed. The natives begin to settle down.
 * Maladweep|Maldives:  Trade between the islands and Lakshadweep increases due to greater economic cooperation between Swahili and Karnad. The Coir rope industry expands and is exported to Meluakam. Dhivehi-Dakshini emerges as the common language however Dakshini is still used for all official purposes. The islands are used as a convenient area for the production and export of ambergris. Lodoicea is exported to the mainland for use in Ayurvedic medicine. A printing press is established in the capital. The capital is renamed to Southern Amravati. Farming includes the cultivation of coconut, banana, breadfruit, papayas, mangoes, taro, betel, chilies, sweet potatoes, and onions. Some of this produce is exported directly from the islands.
 * Baloch is not merely your colony, inhabited by "natives" and ruled by an "appointed governor from the court of Karnad". It is in fact an autonomous kingdom under your protection. -General


 * Cambodia: ​The Radical Buddhists continue to be a nuisance in the country, as they begin damaging property of Makanists. The entire city of Stung Treng in Northern Cambodia has been burnt down, with the Radical Buddhists blaming the Makanists, and vice versa. The situation escalated very quickly, and it took the authority of King Bonaphum proclaiming "As said before, Makanists do not punish by fire. As far as the country knows, it was an accident. There is no need for hate," to return the people to normalcy. On the other hand, the Burgundian concessionn of Kep has made Western technology flood into the nation, as China is now not our only supplier of advanced technology. This has allowed us to build infrastructure more efficiently and made many jobs more productive.


 * Great Iberia: King Pedro continues centralizing the realm under the House of Braganza, consolidating the core territory of Portugal and promoting the Portuguese language and culture throughout the mainland and Mediterranean holdings. These policies are especially effective in Granada, which, after a century of Portuguese influence, is now solidly "Portuguese" in all aspects. The process of fully integrating Granada begins, and is expected to be completed by next year. The Iberian holdings in Morocco are also majority Portuguese, with a minority Moroccan (Maghrebi) and Castilian. Nominally subordinate to Aragon, Catalonia has gained increasing autonomy in recent years, first managing Mediterranean affairs alongside Aragon, now acting as the de facto hegemon of eastern Iberia. In spite of Aragon's best efforts, Catalan surpasses Aragonese as the dominant language of Catalonia, Valencia, the Balearic Isles, and even parts of Sardinia and Aragon proper, while Catalonia's influence extends as far as Malta. The curious philosophy of "Feminism" sees small pockets of support within Iberia. It would have gained no traction at all were it not for Queen Maria, who has taken a liking to the concept. Feminism is already subject to plenty of religious debates, and the general consensus condemns the more radical variants as heresy. In the words of one critic on the Eve and Mary Magdalene theory: "It would imply the Holy Scriptures ... are falsehoods." Still, moderate Feminist thought is appreciated by many great thinkers. In recognizing some superior feminine traits and masculine shortcomings, they conclude that marriage between man and woman is the most pure and perfect union that exists, as it combines the best of feminine and masculine qualities. The Pope's official verdict is eagerly anticipated. On the colonial side, Iberia continues to assert its dominion over São Atto, building new settlements in the area. The existing fort at Macáçar (Makassar) is improved and expanded upon, and a chapel is built in the vicinity. Méxica greatly expands up the Rio Grande into OTL Texas and New Mexico, founding a major settlement at Passagem do Norte (OTL Ciudad Juárez/El Paso). Settlers, missionaries, and soldiers begin moving into the colony, which is being referred to as Nova Asturias. Relations with the Pueblo natives are poor, however, and conflict often arises between settlers and natives. The Califórnias continue expansion down the coast. New settlements are built around Indian Bay. Baixa Califórnia expands up the peninsula. Mêcicipi expands upriver. Castilian and Aragonese settlers move to Montserrat, and the island falls under Iberian rule. A Portuguese settlement is also established on Santo Jacó (OTL St. Kitts), and the remainder of the Lesser Antilles are claimed as the sole dominion of Iberia. High taxes continue to be levied on Belkan traffic in the Strait of Gibraltar.
 * Malaya: We begin farming cotton in an attempt to gain more ground in the textile industry. The feminist movement is more prominent in the nation, while inudstries become more lenient in terms of hiring females where feasible. Ports along the west coast undergo upgrades. Radical buddhist movements have appeared in northern Malaya, concentrated at the Malayan-Siamese border. Intentional self-immolation is deemed illegal. In the light of several self-immolations, an Anti-Immolation League is formed, and they will be in charge of putting out the fire on self-immolators. At the request of several moderate Buddhist groups, it is reasserted that radical Makanists will be persecuted, even though there has been almost no incidents involving radical Makanists in Malaya. We increase trade with Tondo.
 * Bengal Empire: We continue to spread our influence across India increasing the Muslim population through missionaries and also by supporting econmic and political development with the NW states of India and spreading propaganda across the border states to join the empire. Our economy continue s to recover quicker than before due to mines opening up across Burma's precious mineral belts. With trade with Swahilli we start to use the plow that they had invented and begin to use it on our wheat and tea plantations. The spice market continues to become much more stable than the last few years and several spces are highly concentrated on to be produced. These are cinnamon,peppers,cumin,nutmeg,carnamom, and sesame seed. Wheat is harvested this year in high amounts. With the success of ruby and jade mining in Burma, coal mines open up across the coal belts. Chocolate,Vanilla, and Coffee are still under high demand as well. Rubies and Imperial Jade become highly prized and is ussually purchased by the rich and middle class population but is quite pricey nonetheless due to it being one of the only places in the world where rubies could be found naturally and are not very deep below the surface. With Maghreb purchasing rubies from us, it shows signs of something that we could use to make a profit off of so we start offering up more deals with anyone in the Indian Ocean,South China Sea,or in the Mediteranean Imperial Jade and Rubies. Saphires recieve a lot of craze in Mas Ubai with jewelry shops opening up across the city selling 1-6 ct. specimens but yet are still not mined significantly in order to preserve value so the price of the jewelry tend to run high. With our debt continuing to lower faster than before we lower our budget cuts to 23%. We continue to concentrate on developing Ahom and Burdagan into regions of wealth and farmland. Homes continue to be built and we continue to help bring up the worst off of citizens. Fresh drinking water is given out to everyone especially single mothers or poor families in general. We continue to produce large amounts of gunpowder and flintlock guns while also modernizing our ships further. Tahva Co. Builds 2 megaships this year that are about the size of the Starbucks. Sewer systems are also upgraded and more roads are built in towns and rural areas. Vanilla and cotton are exported in moderation. Orissa continues to be developed into a port and trade district. Mosques are built across burdagan and private schools in Burdagan are rising only slightly. The Art Museum in Mas Ubai recieves a lot of popularity for preserving the empires diverse cultures. Orissa is developed along the coast with ports used to export and import goods specifically.
 * Banten: We continue to wor on developing our education system and set up a federal administration on the island to monitor and regulate educational whereabouts and planned teaching. Towns and roads are developed further and remodeling homes and businesses to make them more modern and well equipped with roads and sewer systems being more common. Valleys are used for farmland and ploughs are adopted into the agricultural society of Banten.
 * Papal States: The Prefect of the Holy Inquisition hands Pope Cornelius the Inquisition's report on so-called 'Feminism'. Pope Cornelius, upon reading it, incorporates much of it into an encyclical, which he entitles Mulieres honore (the honour of women). His Holiness addresses several parts of the 'Feminist' philosophy. Regarding the idea that Original Sin was entirely the fault of Adam, the Pope states that such a notion is heresy, as it is contrary not only to the plain words of Scripture, but to the Church's constant interpretation thereof. By the same token, however, Cornelius writes that it is also heretical to say that Original Sin is entirely the fault of Eve, since that would give lie to the words of Scripture: "By one man sin entered the world, and by sin death..." (Rom. 5:12). Moving to the 'Feminist' notion that St Mary Magdalen was the 'first apostle', the Pope takes a nuanced approach. To say that Mary Magdalene was an apostle in the same sense as the Twelve is incorrect. However the Feminists are correct insofar as Mary Magdalene was indeed the first to preach the Resurrection to the Twelve, and thus many theologians (including the great St Thomas Aquinas) have rightly given her the highly-honoured title of "Apostle to the Apostles". To emphasise the importance of Saint Mary Magdalene, Pope Cornelius raises her feast day to a 'Double First Class', the highest level of feast day, usually reserved only to feasts of Jesus' life, and the 12 Apostles. Moving on, Cornelius talks of the great female heroines of the Old Testament: Ruth, Esther, Judith, and Deborah, and how they remain ideals of women of Faith willing to sacrifice much for God. The Pope then spends a solid chapter on the Blessed Virgin Mary, and how a woman was chosen to carry the Son of God in her womb, how it was a woman who was preserved from Original Sin, and a woman who is the great interceder for humanity to her Son. Indeed, it was the intercession of Mary which led to Christ's first public miracle at Cana. Finally, the Pope writes about how the Church supports education for women through the great women religious orders, such as the Order of St Adelphina, the Poor Clares, and the many other women's religious orders (monastic and non-monastic), which provide education to their members and also to other women. The encyclical is published and circulated generally, but with extra copies sent to France. Cardinal Paul's subjugation of Montferrat is nearing completion. Missions continue in the New World, Korea-China, Giapan, SOuthern Africa, and Lan Xang.
 * Lan Xang: More missions occur in Siam, Cambodia, and Malaya. The Make Lan Xang Great Again reforms are going well, with the irrigation system being improved, military being reeqiuped, innovation being encouraged, and other things. In response to Malaya's persecution of radical Makanist, the God King reminds the Queen of Malaya that he can ex communicate and shun violent Makanists. Meanwhile, with the fall of Champa, there are many Hindus and some Muslims living in the south right now. Meanwhile, a Khmer animist living in the South, "Pol Pot" believes that the Makanist government has not done enough with abolishing slavery and serfdom. He believes in violence overthrow of the Makanist theocracy and a replacement with an agrarian society. He also believes cities are exploiting the peasants. He begins his revolt by rallying a few hundred tribals, fully intent on depopulating every city in Lan Xang and forcing everyone to live as a peasant. Some radical buddhists endorse Pol Pot.
 * Kingdom of Mzerka and Wiyot:We keep Mining gold and Iron Near Diltwa Wintuye so that we can pay of labourers to Build Palaces and to work in the Gold Mines and Iron mines .We Also ask if there are anny Iberian Mussians willing to work us for money to create our first songs in a style that is typical Sinkyone and also to write down some european songs so that we can sing european anthems and royal songs and we Also ask Iberian Clothing makers to make a Suits for Kingd Amadeus Diltwa and for his son.(Iberia Response).We also Ask Iberia If we can Buy 5 Iberian boats and get sailors from Iberia Teach how my men can become Sailors so that we can explore the Coast in their name and give the information to them.We also Keep sending setlers to the "Collonies".We Also Make Mzer the Official Naval Capital of our country.While Diltwa Wintuye will become the Seat of Goverment.
 * Tsardom of Belka: Under the auspisces of creating a stable state in the face of the ever increasing power of the Sultanate of Rum, Tsar Petar personally leaves from the Palace of the Tsars in Belgrad and travels with 30,000 troops to Smyrna. The Smyrna Greeks scared of such a show of force array their own army in parade fashion but also at the ready in case this intends to be a hostile takeover of Smyrna however this doesnt end up the case with Tsar Petar meeting with Michael Tzapos the prince of Smyrna and he offers him the title of Grand Prince of Ionia, bringing all the currently protected Greek principalities of Western Anatolia under his rule as the Grand Principality of Ionia. With 30,000 troops and now the 15,000 troops from Ionia Karasi and Saruhan are given the opportunity to join Ionia as orthodox Brothers and avoid their conquest and oppression by the Sultanate of Rum referencing their quick expansion and the sack of Aydin as the perfect reason for their integration (mod). With nearly half the army in Anatolia the Tsar levies garrisons for many of the cities and the Aegean shield in order to prevent undue issues regarding a naval invasion or attack on any of our strategic forts at Gallipoli, the Vlach-Carpathia fortress, and the Grand Fortress of Trieste with all three maintaining 20,000 strong levied garrisons. The remaining 30,000 troops are left as a mobile force in the case of an invasion. The nation still continues its recovery from the rough civil conflict this time turning its attention to the battered lands of the Vlach provinces beginning to rebuild and reassemble the regions shattered infrastructure and quickly reconnecting the capitals of both provinces with both Belgrad and Vasiligrad. The Economy has also begun to recover on an extremely positive note with trade from the caliphate and the Italian league turning into a massive net positive for the empire.
 * Kingdom of Great Britain and Scotland: The grain relief schemes of last year have helped avoid a major famine but with harvest returning to normal this year the relief is ended although it can be restarted. England has 6.2 million people, Wales has 0.6 million Ireland has 1.4 million people and Scotland 0.9 million people. The construction of roads and canals continues with continuing construction of the canals linking Glasgow to Lancaster and the whole of the English midlands with it expected to take a few more years to finish. The Army of Islamic India maintains itself while construction of defences at Guddu and Modasa is nearly completed while trade flourishes with states in India bringing in Asian wealth. Education in England is dominated by free grammar schools in towns and the universities of Oxford and Cambridge with both of the making a greater move to mathematics from previous subjects. There is an expansion of libraries at the universities in a move to push forwards science. The agricultural revolution continues with labour saving techniques such as new ploughs while London grows as a city centre with new constructions in areas like Mayfair of newer brick houses while some of the interior slums are removed due to fire concerns and general uncleanliness. The army remains small with 3,000 men in Ireland, 2,000 men in Scotland and 1,000 in Wales and England each although militia acts allow the mass raising of a new army reasonably quickly and an additional 9,000 troops are overseas with 6,000 in Arcadia, 1,000 in Haiti as well as 500 in St George, St Helena, New Canterbury and Bay of Kost. The fleet is divided with 150 ships stationed in Portsmouth and 150 ships stationed in Bristol. Privateer continues and trade with colonies in a triangular trade going through Africa.
 * English Arcadia: We expand largely into OTL Georgia around 30px pushing in establishing new plantations and clearing the region growing cash crops such as sugar, tobacco, cotton and fruit mainly and bringing in a variety of workers from India, Africa and Europe on contracts. The colony has a population of 1.45 million.


 * Maghreb:Trade: We continue our trade with Europe and Africa as traders meet up in smaller city to help create more major cities. The Maghreb also begins to try it hand at the spice and salt trade via selling more salt and spices, gold is slow down to prevent inflation. Trade with the new world counties as new world food and items becoming the new fab to wear/use Government: Faruk works on improving the number of people (as the population stands at 10 million), he works on moving more people to Urban cities and demanding more framers to plant more often) . Badr is given Shura power and begins to set up schools,laws,and things of that level. Rasfan is given more of a poetry and Scientific Advancement.Imams are sent to the Caucasus and Ethiopia region to work on converting people to Islam. Event: The Sultan Faruk Son (hassan)goes again to Mecca, Damascus, Cairo and Aleppo and Mednia to work on improving relationships with the Emirates and work on the Maghreb trade union, he is sent to starts talks in Mecca for better trade deals,military training among each other. A invite is sent to Kartum,Baghdad and Riyhad. A invite to join the trade union.


 * Tajammad Emirate: The Emirate works on preparing for the cold seasons by collecting firewood during the summer. Walls and Houses are reworked on to defend the "Ansari" from animals. Hunting parties are sent to hunt down animals and eat them, while some are killed for their winter fur. Haush land is given to Tajamidan people to rule, these areas are called "Forts". New World food is sent back home to be traded. Our ships begin to train on how to sail the rocky seas to reach the Pacific Ocean and study the ways to the Pacific Ocean. Due to the way of the New World women are given more physically as in helping create the wall or guarding areas. The port (not the best or biggest) of Tajammad is re-made along with ocean defense walls and gun ports made along with 50 cannons. The population stands at 30,720 people with a slow rise in pop. The Ona state is annexed into the Emirate and Ona majority areas are put under an Ona that accepted Islam named Hassan al Badr but some question his loyalty and if he converted just to gain power, Islam with the Ona people slowly rise as a 50% percent in the Ona Population become muslim, as the Ona state is named the Ona Bukrain. Seeing the killing of Tajjamdians the State begins to hold up strong military view as the Emir begins to arm more colonist. A Ona army goes to war and the Tajammad is sent to help with the 14,000 troops. they march onto merchar state
 * Emirate of Al Maqadas: The Emirate is set up in Port Alegre and walls and houses are placed up to bring cover to the population of 30,000 people. A port is worked on. The Emirate begins to expand across the coast by 10 px. More Arms and sent to Emirate to help arm the people of the Emirate.
 * Al Badr: A group of 18,000 men are sent to Lynn Having with 2-gun boats,where they set up base (bulding walls,port) and trade with natives while expanding 7 xp across the coastline (east way).Most of the men and women there are armed.The also work on a massive port. A a fort is made in Dothan when 2,000 men were setn there they set up a fortest named North.The group begin to expand 20 xp into Alabama taking (otl Montgomery). Cotton and Sugar is shipped off home. in some cases underground framers sold Tabaco.


 * Russia: Construction of the Palace of St. Rurik continues. The aurora borealis is witness in Novorossiya, a man named Devid Boui creates a song based after what he saw called "Zeny Zvezdnaya pply'". Tuvov is expanded 5px. A outpost deemed Bobrov is set up on the central part of the Aleut Peninsula (OTL Alaska Pennisula) called Novoaleutia. The first Orthodox Church is built in Cinigrad paving a way for Orthodoxy in the New World. 5 more ships are added to the Russian trade fleet, bringing furs to Japan and Sino-Korea. The Russian Cheondoryeol Islands (rest of the non-Korean Kurils) are placed under the governship of the Kamchatka Province, meanwhile the Aleutians are placed under the authority of the Aletuia colony as Russian territory.

1692
''' Crop failure of oats in Scotland. '''

''' Pontus builds up military to attack Rum, and asks Russia for more protection. '''

''' Tondo invades southern Dai Viet near the Mekong River. '''

''' Tibet invades Nepal. '''

''' Great fire in Algiers. '''

''' The prominent Jewish banker Saul Wahl grows in influence in Poland. '''

''' Mongolia is separated from the Great Khanate due to ethnic tensions between Turks and Mongols. '''

''' The Pope, having reigned for an extaordinary period, is dying next year. Burgundy, Iberia, Britain, Papal States, and Cologne vote on the page. '''
 * Um can Saxony get a Cardinal or ArchBishop? I’m asking because I’ve constructed a Cathedral 8 years ago and i still haven’t gotten any clergy to staff it so. Maine Nationalist (talk) 13:25, May 31, 2017 (UTC)
 * 1) Yes, you can have a Cardinal, 2) You are a Catholic European nation, you have plenty of bishops and priests of your own, your cathedral is not lacking in clergy, 3) Do not comment under mod events. ~Cal
 * 1) Thank you 2) Okay 3) Sorry -Brick


 * Rashidun Caliphate: After nine months of interregnum, the longest period of no Caliph in the history of Islam, the Ulema finally elect Yahya Al-Yunan as Caliph to succeed the infamous female Caliph of last year. The first act of Caliph Yunan determines that the source of the Caliphate's decline in the last few decades is rooted in their proximity to the Jaffarid clan in Syria. In order to remedy this problem, the Caliphate packed up every piece of the goverment: the Ulema, Caliph, officers, councilers, servants, the Seal and Mantle of Muhammad, the three Treasures of Egypt, and the portrait gallary of Al-Rahim. They took all of these items back to the old Caliphate capital of Cairo, leaving the Jaffarid Sultanate to rule in Damascus. The population has now reached almost 84 million. Meanwhile, the Amharic Aliyah reaches its climax, consolidating millions of Coptic and Amharic people back in Ethiopia and Sudan. The Solomonic Dynasty, still living in Beit Dawud since the Arab-Ethiopian War, organized a full royal court to administrate over this surge of population. In addition, the massive decentralization of the Caliphate in recent years enabled the Solomonic Dynasty to consolidate more de-facto rule over the exarchate of Amharics and Copts. The Sultan agrees to trade and technological exchange with Karnad if and only if they convert back to Islam. 
 * ​Unofficial Diplomacy: A renegade Immaculata priest and a disgraced Roman nobleman visit the Caliph and suggest reviving the Norwegian Caliphate, offering a sum of gold (their private funds) to help pay for the scheme. The two consider the infidel Caliphate better than the heretical Scandinavians.
 * Malaya: A few radical Buddhists declare their allegiance to Pol Pot of Lan Xan, calling themselves "Potists". As recommended by the Lan Xang God King, all radical Makanists are excommunicated. A scholar at the University of Malaya devises a method of elimination from algebraic equations. Catching up with Leibnizian calculus, notable progress is made in mathematical study. In a move endorsed by the Queen herself, the University of Malaya begins intake of female students. Although restricted to the upper classes, several conservative Christians and Muslims speak out against this. Shadow theater becomes more popular, with traditional Balinese-style puppetry mixed with modern elements. The Prince expresses his interest in shadow puppetry, and enters an apprenticeship with a famous shadow puppet theater. A strange trend has developed in urban Johor, with the fusion of coffee and laksa into something surprisingly edible.
 * Cologne: Archbishop Wulfrich apologises for his dormancy and expresses his full commitment to the court of equals advocated for by now all the German HRE states. All the preparations started in 1683 are wound up, with the Saxon-aligned states assumed to have attended to provide their knowledge after Saxony and Bohemia became part of the court proper. Wulfrich collates this information and reiterates the need for equality and checks and balances on any potential imperial-esque powers, so he begins to pen a founding document of this HRE court based on all contributions put forward thus far and reiterates his willingness to listen to other HRE states’ opinions. It is predicted that the writing of this document will be ready in a year or so. The books about a German understanding of justice are collated and added to the library in the University of Cologne, especially in the legal/justice section visited frequently by the emerging law school in the University of Cologne. Archbishop Wulfrich founds a Head Librarian position which involves, in addition to normal librarian duties, an obligation to constantly seek new understandings of justice updated from the writings of the HRE court, and constantly publish these understandings publicly on the long-running and now highly-regarded German Paper. This whole time, additionally, people in the Northern German states have been continually (and monetarily, through scholarships) encouraged to make their own decisions about what is right and not blindly accept old Protestant Preachers coming from Scandinavia. Given the slow success of the new court, some inspiration is spread throughout German lands. Meanwhile in Cologne itself, the same old militia-maintaining and trade-mobilising techniques continue.
 * Essen: Abbess Anniken is both excited and dismayed to hear that “feminists” have popped up in France and are being particularly vocal. As the leader of the Adelphinian Canonesses, who have been a proud all-female order and led by a woman since their founding in 1533 (and the Essen Abbey for even longer), Abbess Anniken is very interested in the “feminists” and their particular beliefs, but fully supports His Holiness’s encyclical on the more religious matters. Sensing a feminine connection to the “feminists”, Abbess Anniken invites the “feminists” of France to Essen Abbey (Mod response for the “feminists” please - what do they have to say? what can they contribute to the University?) to see the approach women have taken in the church for hundreds of years and the way they have achieved their own female-centric accomplishments. Abbess Anniken would be honoured to have “feminists” join the ranks of Adelphinian Canonesses or otherwise contribute to the scholarly discussion at the University of Essen. The Abbess-General (Anniken) would, as per usual, continue to look out for heresy, but is trying to extend the olive branch very far to these fellow intelligent women, on principle. The idea of "feminine studies" is thrown around, but does not gain much traction yet. Meanwhile, the canonesses in Tondo continue to expand along with the actual Tondoese people, integrating themselves further into the culture and picking up more and more local techniques, especially given that German canonesses have essentially all but disappeared from the order in Tondo. (They are all very old if they still exist.) Meanwhile in New Essen and Burgundian and Hospitaller Arcadia, the education system is finally beginning to work after a solid decade of canonesses negotiating their way through heightened racial tensions. Even still, it is difficult. Not much gets done. Several canonesses are frustrated, but the Abbess of New Essen emphasises that these canonesses should speak to the new Seminole canonesses and work together to look towards the best options for the future.


 * Great Iberia: King Pedro continues centralizing the realm under the House of Braganza, consolidating the core territory of Portugal and promoting the Portuguese language and culture throughout the mainland and Mediterranean holdings. These policies are especially effective in Granada, which, after a century of Portuguese influence, is now solidly "Portuguese" in all aspects. Granada is fully integrated into Greater Portugal this year. The Pope's verdict on Feminism is welcomed and enforced. On the colonial side, Iberia continues to assert its dominion over São Atto, building new settlements in the area. Nova Asturias greatly expands up the Rio Grande into OTL Texas and New Mexico. Settlers, missionaries, and soldiers begin moving into the colony. The Califórnias continue expansion down the coast. New settlements are built around Indian Bay. Baixa Califórnia expands up the peninsula. Mêcicipi expands upriver. Maranhão expands inland slightly. Montserrat and Santo Jacó receive more settlers. High taxes continue to be levied on Belkan traffic in the Strait of Gibraltar. (More to come)
 * Lan Xang: Pol Pot continues his revolt, destroying some towns, and pushing for an ideology of "Self Reliance." His armies is mostly composed of animists, and he has backstabbed the radical buddhists, pushing the buddhists to the Makanists. Pol Pot has an even greater hatred of catholics, slaughters when he sees them. Fortuataly, the Pol Pot revolt has only been popular in rural areas, and the situation in the naiton is still improving. Line infantry was introduced to the army, using Korean firearms. They use these to fight the Potist rebels. Infrastructure is improving. New unity is rising from the Potist insurrection.
 * Russia: Tuvov is expanded 5px along the Southern Novorossiyan Coast and 3px west by the Mikhail Channel (OTL Gompertz Channel). Novoaleutia is expanded 5px up the Aleut Peninsula. Karbainov Petrovich returns to Cinigrad after the 4 year mapping expedition, he brings back a map detailing an archipelago to the Southeast and a inlet for a possible new settlement. In the West the Tsar send 20,000 Professional Russian soldiers to Pontus armed with our best rifles and heavy artillery. 5 galleons and 15 frigates of the Russian Black Sea Fleet are sent to gather in Pontic Waters.
 * Kingdom of Mzerka and Wiyot:We aren't stopping with Mining gold and Iron Near Diltwa Wintuye so that we can pay of Artists and Sciencetists to make first of all modern Sinkyone Art (these are paintings based on Sinkyone ideas of how early history was) .We Also ask if there are anny Iberian Mussians willing to work us for money to create our first songs in a style that is typical Sinkyone and also to write down some european songs so that we can sing european anthems and royal songs and we Also ask Iberian Clothing makers to make a Suits for Kingd Amadeus Diltwa and for his son.(Iberia Response).We also Ask Iberia If we can Buy 5 Iberian boats and get sailors from Iberia Teach how my men can become Sailors so that we can explore the Coast in their name and give the information to them.We also Keep sending setlers to the "Collonies".We Also Make Mzer the Official Naval Capital of our country.While Diltwa Wintuye will become the Seat of Goverment.
 * Tsardom of Belka: Tsar Petar continues working in tandem with Grand Prince Tzapos of the new Grand Principality of Ionia helps crush a rather small revolt of a few of the more powerful other Princes who being rather unwanting to be part of this new principality attempt to maintain their independence only to come out for the worse. With a quick and short engagement and a major betrayal by the prince of Nicaea who betrayed for a noble title in Belka and his own estate outside of Sparta. The new Grand Principality now facing little to no threats outside of Rum begins to consolidate with Tsar Petars help and solidifies itself into a similar government with Grand Prince Tzapos reigning as an absolute monarch, fielding nearly 20,000 of his own troops armed and supplied by Belkas massive domestic arms production. The force immediately begins to be trained as a Professional force with great emphasis on combatting the tactics of the Sultanate of Rum and fighting an unconventional war. Belka itself still continues on the rebuilding of the damaged areas of Vlach with infrastructure and cities being repaired and rebuilt in the new modern Belkan style, emulating Belgrad in many ways. Karasi and Saruhan are once again preassured into joining the new Principality of Ionia as they are too small to survive on their own against Rum or other aggressors. (mod). Their quick and prompt response puts them on good footing with both Tsar Petar and Grand Prince Tzapos who immediately welcome both states with open arms. Ionia in particular takes out a rather large loan from the Belkan banks in order to finance the centralization and development of the new Principality. While this is going on the Tsar himself seeing that a heavier hand is needed to maintain peace in Asia minor draws back his direct forces to 15,000 but the remaining troops are a status of forces to prevent invasion of the region and generally keep the Principality stable as it begins its development. The Tsar openly proclaims his support for the new Leader of the Italian league and sends gifts to him and his family. The Economy has now mostly recovered from the war. However the Succession war has triggered a new phenomena of frontier settlement to fill in the empty land left by the dead and refugees in Moldavia dn Northern Vlach as well as around Belgrad and Sarajevo with multiple new farming hamlets a few estates and some towns and villages springing up
 * Grand Principality of Ionia: With the revolt crushed and the pretenders all scattered to the winds or killed, the new Grand Prince of Ionia sets about restoring the region, he takes loans from Belka heavily to finance the re-development of the shattered region which still hasnt fully recovered from the Great Turkish war nearly 50 years ago. The Grand Prince Tzapos marries himself into a line of a noble from Belka and immediately announces the continuance of his Lineage. He proclaims Smyrna his capital and being one of the largest remaining cities that wasnt absolutely demolished or obliterated by the fallout of the Great Turkish war, the Grand Prince also makes it his main port city. The nations old broken, but still standing cities are assessed and he deems it necessary that many cities must be rebuilt in their old Byzantine Splendor and the years of Turkish rule must be forever erased from the region. Grand Prince Tzapos in that regard makes the site of Tsar Vasili-Kaloyan the Impalers landing in Anatolia during the driving of the Turks from Europe the site of a great fanfare and a town known as Vasilianople is established celebrating the event which is known as a source of pride for the Belkans just across the way. While many greeks are rather resentful of the repopulation of European greece with the Slavic Belkans, this resentment is somewhat changing due to the major point that the only reason the greek people have their independence back is due to the Belkans zealous fighting in asia minor to drive back the Infidels. With a state of nearly 1.2 million Greeks under his control, and the potential to become a valuable ally to one of Europes most powerful land empires, Grand Prince Tzapos models much of his country and its structure on Belka.
 * ​Karasi and Saruhan join. ~Wolvesmod (based on RNG). 
 * Scandinavian Empire: Development happens around the capital Riksdale, as well as in Oslo, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Oldenburg and Visby. The ports of Vindov and Libov (Windau and Libau) in Couronia are being promoted. Colonial endeavours around Olafsdale (Labrador settlements) and New Blekinge (Hudson Bay settlements) continue. We move inland in our colonies, in order to expand our land mass, also moving in the direction of the great river towards the inland (OTL St. Lawrence). Protestant preachers are sent to Oldenburg and the Hebrides and Catholic power is undermined in the region, and more money is sent to the Protestant groups within the Hansa. We plan a colonisation trip to Africa. Queen Catherine introduces tea as a popular drink in the higher echelons of Scandinavian society. The military is being reformed and a refurbishing of forts, particularely at the Karelian chokepoint, the Prussian-Scandinavian border and on the Sudreyar. King Kettil dies of a disease, and Prince Nils is crowned Emperor of Scandinavia at Riksdale Cathedral, with the Archbishop of Copenhagen putting the crown on his head. It is said that a storm raging outside stopped the moment the crown was put on his head. The 16-year old Emperor is helped to rule by his mother, Dowager Queen Catherine of Aragon. He proclaims support for Poland and Saxony, our allies, and proposes to marry a member of the Saxon family to continue the alliance. 
 * Prussia-Bohemia: In Berlin noise is made about the growth in the anti brandeburger alliance developing in Scandinavia, Poland, and Saxony, amd a military build up focused more at home starts particularly along the border with Saxony an in HOlstein. In secret an envoy is sent to Warsaw, and to Stolkholm to try and negotiate with the nations about a possible descreasing in tensions, meanwhile Berlin takes a much more direct approach to Saxony, telling them to respect imperial authority and back down from their antagonistic approach towards the Burgundian-prussian monarchy. expansion and modernization of the Prussian and bohemian forces begin, having learned from previous errors and from the changing landscape in european military doctrine. Development of a more professional standing army conitunes, and efforts to expand the usage of artillery also begins. economic expansion continues particularly in Bohemia, silesia, and in the Hansa cities. As more protestants grow in northern germany the powers in Berlin and members of the royal family make efforts to come to terms with the growth. Philosophy and politics continue to be discussed in the great univeristies of Prussia. Despite the efforts to keep peace with the Poles and Scandinavians, Many in berlin desire a return of the lost west prussia, this is made clear by the envoy to Poland. An envoy is also sent to Paris, and to London, to try and improve relations that have been strained for time. Merchant activities in the North sea and in the Baltic start expanding as Hansa merchants increase in their acitivites. An effort to get rid of the expensive New Rhine settlement begins as Merchants in Hansa grow tired of sustaining an unprofitable venture, looking to burgundy or to england to sell the colony.  more to be added later
 * Burgundian dip: the Burgundian West India Company offers to buy the New Rhine settlement.
 * France offers to buy the settlement.
 * Polish Diplomat: We agree to begin to develop positive relations.
 * United Kingdom of Great Britain: As crop failures of oats affect Scotland and famine threatens to set in the Scottish Parliament request assistance which is denied by the British Parliament until the King again offers the same compromise he did to the Irish. With some bribery to the important Scotsmen and the promise of relief of their food crisis the Scottish agree to the Treaty of Union 1692 establishing the United Kingdom of Great Britain which creates a single Parliament and unification of a taxation system. With Scotland now a part of the main Kingdom the new British Parliament passes the Oats Relief Act 1692 subsiding the import of food into Scotland to resolve a crisis. England has 6.2 million people and inside of that London has a population of 0.6 million, Wales has 0.6 million Ireland has 1.4 million people and Scotland 0.9 million people. The construction of roads and canals continues but the link between Glasgow and Lancaster is finished. The Army of Islamic India maintains itself while construction of defences at Guddu and Modasa is nearly completed while trade flourishes with states in India bringing in Asian wealth. Education in England is dominated by free grammar schools in towns and the universities of Oxford and Cambridge with both of the making a greater move to mathematics from previous subjects. There is an expansion of libraries at the universities in a move to push forwards science. The agricultural revolution continues with labour saving techniques such as new ploughs while London grows as a city centre with new constructions in areas like Mayfair of newer brick houses while some of the interior slums are removed due to fire concerns and general uncleanliness. England's non- Arcadian colonies continue to receive a steady settlement. The army remains small with 3,000 men in Ireland, 2,000 men in Scotland and 1,000 in Wales and England each although militia acts allow the mass raising of a new army reasonably quickly and an additional 9,000 troops are overseas with 6,000 in Arcadia, 1,000 in Haiti as well as 500 in St George, St Helena, New Canterbury and Bay of Kost. The fleet is divided with 150 ships stationed in Portsmouth and 150 ships stationed in Bristol. Privateer continues and trade with colonies in a triangular trade going through Africa.
 * English Arcadia: We expand largely into OTL Georgia around 30px pushing in establishing new plantations and clearing the region growing cash crops such as sugar, tobacco, cotton and fruit mainly and bringing in a variety of workers from India, Africa and Europe on contracts. The colony has a population of 1.45 million.
 * France: colonies continue to expand. Centralization in the realm continues. Spice Trade Monopoly continues to help the French East india company. French Zaire continues to expand around Loibtio and Namibie.
 * Poland: Major changes happen inside our alliance. Saxony is kicked out, and begin friendly relations with Prussia, we look foreword to them joining in the future. A new nation has also joined, Scandinavia.
 * Papal States: Pope Cornelius is very, very exhausted from all his work, and falls gravely ill. Cardinals already begin coming to Rome, with Cornelius, in one of his lucid moments, calling them 'circling vultures'. Missions continue.
 * Cambodia: Lan Xang's Pol Pot gains a big following from the Animist tribes in the mountains. They have not done much yet, however they are to be closely watched by the Government for any sign of trouble. Meanwhile, Stung Treng Province descends into a series of riots and massacres bordering on civil war, and King Bonaphum had to send 5,000 troops to control these rebellions and prevent all-out civil war. After this incident, all radical Buddhists are "excommunicated", and some of the more dangerous ones are exiled to the many offshore islands and left to fend for themselves. The police force is also increased twofold, and Stung Treng is put under indefinite martial law. We request aid from Lan Xang and Malaya. Influenced by Malaya's egalitarian society, King Bonaphum officially decrees, "All people of Cambodia, whether they be man or woman, Makanist or Buddhist, Khmer or Malay, will be equal in this country." We continue building relations with all our allies, as well as our overlord Korea-China.


 * Swahili: We continue our agriculture policies. The army continues convincing contracted servants. Areas interior to Mombasa and Malindi is colonized. We also send out conquistadors to expand northwards into more northern Somalia. We continue colonial expansion. We adapt more plants to the Swahili climate. Mineral processing is developed. Agriculture advancements continues. Watermelons take a place in Swahili diet as it becomes widespread fruit. Potato reaches Swahili and begins to be trial planted. Maize, beans, squash, pumpkins, and gourds are planted in Swahili.
 * Sultanate of Qamar: Qamar is slowly joining the Swahili Cultural Sphere due to the widespread trade and use of Standard Swahili.
 * Lakshadweep: The island of Lakshadweep is further developed.
 * Swahili Diplomacy: We wish for military cooperation with European States and offer many of our ship plans.

1693
''' A couple of feminist authors visit and are respectful to the Abbey of Essen, but expresses their concern of compelled celibacy as a means of control over women. '''

''' Immaculata are killed in Lan Xang during Pol Pot's purge of political and religious enemies. '''

''' The Duke of Argyll raises an army protesting the dominion of the British Parliament over Scotland and calls for the devolution of a Scottish Parliament once more or there will be war. He raises 5,000 men and other nobles are considering joining him too. The Duke also begins stockpiling food supplies and buying from overseas in order to weaken the English stranglehold. '''

''' Savoy revolts from France, for less important reasons. '''

''' Pontus attempted to use the Russian support to build up its military to be professional. However, the military became professional so fast that the Georgian military leaders decided they want to overthrow the government. Although the coup is unsuccessful and quickly crushed, Rum takes the advantage to invade as a pre-emptive strike. '''

''' Tzapos is struck by lightning. Seeing this as an act of God, and Rum distracted with a presumably fatal war with Russia, the Greek population revolts across Asia. The revolution spreads from Nicea, through Smyrna and Aydin to remove the slavs from Ionia. '''


 * Rashidun Caliphate: With the Caliphate having relocated its capital to Cairo, the Ulema work to establish their defacto rule over Egypt and East Africa outside of the Jaffarids influence. The Viceroyalities established in the Abbasid Dynasty are removed to more ceremonial titles, and instead a system of Beyliks are established to hold feudal administration over the Egyptian lands. The Kilab Al-Rub, personally controlled by the Caliph, is expanded to form an entire military of its own to protect the borders of Egypt. Baroque culture and technology is kept by special orders from the Caliph over Egypt. A ruling from the Ulema declares that no art or literature may advnace further than the Baroque, as it is the highest expression of Islam. The Jaffarid Sultanate takes a very different approach in the Middle East, however. There, the economy and military is kept fully up to date with Europe. Technological and scientific advantages towards agriculture and industry are imported by the Jaffarids and applied to the development of cotton, gold, and other resources from the Middle East. Military are expanded under the Amir Al-Jaesh, with a rigid military heiarchy down to the regiments in block formation. Further south, the Coptic people centralize around the urban centers in Ethiopia and the Blue Nile. The Coptic Pope, Mark V, moves to Beit Dawud for the purpose of crowning the head of the Solomic Dynasty as Emperor of Ethiopia. Meanwhile, The Caliph secretly sends mercenaries into Norway, on the expense of the anonymous benefactors of last year, in an attempt to re-establish the lost military expedition of previous years.
 * Malaya: The Potist insurrection arrives in Malaya, with anti-monarchist factions pushing for a new government. The Royal Guard is immediately deployed to counter the insurgents. Batik style art becomes more popular in urban areas, becoming a distinct element of Malayan culture. Undeveloped land in the eastern states are converted into farmland. Agricultural education becomes an official subject in the University of Malaya, focusing on breeding better crops. Fish farming becomes a legitimate industry. Expeditions to Central Borneo are held, while advancement into the Bornean rainforest for territory continues.
 * Karnad Diplomacy: We request for a trading pact and would like to import bananas, rubber and tin from your country. We would like to have greater economic and cultural cooperation with your country.
 * Malay Diplomacy: We accept the offer.
 * Karnad: The Dakshini language is renamed to Dravidian. The Dravidian language continues to rise in popularity and usage and people have little problem conversing in it also due to simplicity of the language and script. All government records and major publications have been translated into Dravidian. This time under government supervision, gold and silver reserves, although small are turned into mines. The export of high quality steel and iron takes place through the Masulipatnam port as does the export of the widely popular Muslin and other printed textiles. The debt starts to be paid off. To aid in paying off the debt, the diamond mining activities in Kollur are placed under government supervision. A Secretariat and a building for the Treasury is constructed adjacent to the palace complex. The court decides to divide Karnad into 5 provinces, each placed under a Governor appointed by the King. The provinces are subdivided into Counties. Another county level post is created that of the Provincial Police Chief who is also directly appointed by the King and is not subordinate to the Governor. Land clearance continues. Landless farmers/tenants are given land in the newly cleared areas. As the amount of labor goes down, feudal houses start using their land for less labour intensive activities. Many feudal houses pioneer the use of the Swahili plough in their respective regions, other promote activities such as dairy and poultry farming using the large amount of freed up livestock. This results in a decline in absentee landlordism as a larger number of landlords get actively involved, they now have a genuine desire to improve their land holdings. They press for irrigation projects and the construction of roads. At the same time the major irrigation projects on the major rivers that were started earlier had proved useful in the security in the production of crops as well as helped in drought mitigation. Seeing the large number of landlords flooding the court, asking for more canals and irrigation and the benefits that come with it, the King creates a new Ministerial post, that of the Minister of Agriculture. The Agricultural Ministry building is constructed in the Palace complex in Mysore. The Minister of Agriculture is charged with the clearance of land, inventory of cash crops and wage crops, starting irrigation and drainage projects and their supervision and other aspects related to agriculture and related activities. Rama Rao a distant cousin of the King, an experienced bureaucrat becomes the first Minister of Agriculture. He increases the use of manure in farms which is produced in larger number due to an increase in animal husbandry activities. A naval base is constructed in Kollam with an integrated naval academy with dockyard facilities. The naval dockyards have been completed and produce 6 8-gun ships, 4 16-gun ships and 2 32-gun ships every year. The naval dockyard in Kollam is assigned construction of a 64-gun ship which will be completed in 2 years. The shipbuilding industry makes efficient use of the large amounts of timber produced in the clearing of land. Instead of importing horses from Iran, horses are imported from Meluhha instead. Many people from Meluhha start settling in the western coastal cities as traders and merchants. Many Balochi people are given offers by feudal houses to settle in Karnad and engage in animal husbandry which is on the rise in Karnad.
 * Meluhha|Balochistan: Meluakam is renamed to Meluhha. The agricultural development project continues. More land becomes available for cultivation. Landless farmers from Karnad are provided free land and money to resettle in Meluhha. The Brahui-speaking (A Dravidian language) Balochi people (~100,000) get well integrated with the people from Karnad due to the similarity of languages. Kalat starts developing as the second major town in Meluhha after the capital, Uttaranagar. A written exam is conducted every year to recruit officer for the services in Meluhha. All people in Meluhha are allowed to participate. The 20,000 strong 1st Meluhha Army starts training. It mainly consists of cavalry. Foundries and Manufactories are established in Meluhha to make use of the copper and iron mined in Meluhha.


 * Great Union of Korea and China: The Emperor moves the capital from Hanseong to Dalian (Dalyeon in Korean pronounciation), which is designated as a "jointly-administered special city". As Tondo is a tributary, Korea–China does not intervene in its current conquest of southern Vietnam. Emissaries are sent to Tondo however, encouraging to instead spend their energy in colonizing the southern lands to form a buffer against potential European adversaries. After failing to domesticate tigers (though some individuals have been found to be friendly, but only to their owners or other close individuals), former ranches in Gangwon are converted into reservations to preserve the local population. A law is made forbidding the purposeful killing of a tiger, with those breaking the law being heavily fined. Nobility criticize French feminist publications, believing that the enforcement of gender roles are integral to achieving social stability. However, they do acknowledge the equal importance of either gender and if one regardless of gender has merit in a specific field, they should pursue it. However, these doctrines are merely what are stated in Confucianist classics and do not reflect any French influences whatsoever.
 * Lan Xang: The God King requests his Khmer counterpart to deal with the unrest with "caution" He further says that radical buddhists can only be shunned by other buddhists, not by the Makanist. However, he sends in 1000 advisors to make sure that the situation doesnt get out of hand, and to prevent the Potist movement from spreading to far into Cambodia. Pol Pot continues his rampage, being fought by the God King, killing "subhumans," such as catholics and others. However, they are beginning to lose the war.