Ninety-Five Theses (Map Game)

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The Ninety-Five Theses on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences were written by Martin Luther and posted on the door of the All Saints' Church in Wittenberg. Martin Luther's actions created a chain reaction that led to almost a century-and-a-half of fighting that weakened both the Holy Roman Empire and the Roman Catholic Church. What direction will you take in this quest? How will you face the looming, and ever growing, Protestant Reformation? How will you interpret the Ninety-Five Theses?

Rules
See also Rules (Ninety-Five Theses Map Game)

Here are the basic rules for Ninety-Five Theses:


 * Each turn is one entire year. A new "year" shall begin at 00:00 (UTC) every day.
 * Wars will be decided by the algorithm on the talk page.
 * Any player disputes will be resolved by the moderator staff.
 * A player has three plausibility strikes. First time is a warning, second time is a ban and third time you're banned from the game.
 * Players may not create new sciences or technologies on their own but must instead approach the Moderator Team with the technology and provide explanations why they should discover the advancement; it will then be announced in the Mod Events section of the turn. Requests to advance are on the talk page.

Moderators

 * Saturn1257 - (Moderator-in-Chief)
 * PitaKang - (Algorithim Moderator)
 * Feudalplague - (Event/Plausibilty Mod)
 * Edgeofnight - (Neutral Mod)
 * Reximus55 - (Event/Plausibilty Mod)
 * CrimsonAssassin - (Event/Plausibily Mod)
 * Daxus Inferno - (Event/Plasibilty Mod)
 * Krasnoyarsk - (Event/Plausibily Mod)

Western Europe

 * Flag Portugal (1495).svg Portuguese Empire - FP ( Now 10% edgier!!!  )


 * (Portuguese overseas posessions: Portuguese India, Azores & Madeira, Cueta, Cape Verde, Puerta Dourada, Mozambique, Zanzibar, Brazil, Papua, Malacca, Banda Islands, Fernando Pó, St. Tomé, Ormuz, Lakshawdeep and Macau)
 * Flag of Cross of Burgundy.svg Spain - Scarlet Outlaw
 * Hispaniola (Colony) - Scarlet Outlaw
 * Cuba (Colony) - Scarlet Outlaw
 * Bahamas (Colony) - Scarlet Outlaw
 * Jamaica (Colony) - Scarlet Outlaw
 * Puerto Rico (Colony) - Scarlet Outlaw
 * New Spain (Colony) - Scarlet Outlaw
 * Canary Islands (Colony) - Scarlet Outlaw
 * Bermuda (Colony) - Scarlet Outlaw
 * Florida (Colony) - Scarlet Outlaw
 * Kingdom of Naples: Scarlet Outlaw
 * Kingdom of Sicily: Scarlet Outlaw
 * Kingdom of Sardinia - Scarlet Outlaw
 * Bandera de Reino de Navarra.svg.png Navarre -
 * Pavillon royal de la France.svg France - Flag_of_South_Korea.png PitaKang- (Talk to me | Kill count: 8)
 * Flag of England.svg England -
 * Calais (Port) - Scraw
 * Lionrampant.svg Scotland - StarEagle.png Nicktc StarEagle.png
 * Prinsenvlag.svg Netherlands - Prinsenvlag.svg  Hail Sean!   (Get a free potato here)

Scandinavia

 * Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark (Kalmar Union) -Redbaran45 (talk)
 * Norway -Redbaran45 (talk)
 * Sweden - Redbaran45 (talk)
 * Iceland (Colony)Redbaran45 (talk)
 * Faroe Islands (Colony)Redbaran45 (talk)

Central Europe and Holy Roman Empire
Swiss Confederacy- Crim de la Crème 19:36, February 14, 2016 (UTC)
 * Flag of Austria.svg Austria - Triumph is at hand (talk) (http://prntscr.com/a8pol2 http://prntscr.com/a8pqzn http://prntscr.com/a8r6ng mod's approval )
 * Flag of Bohemia.svg Bohemia - Great showing. B23 (talk)
 * Wappen Mark Brandenburg.png Brandenburg - Nkbeeching
 * Flag of Bavaria (striped).svg Bavaria -  The Empire shall rise, and all will kneel at our...  foot... stubs...
 * Flag of Electoral Saxony.svg Saxony -
 * DEU_Goettingen_COA.svgwick-Göttingen (Saxon Vassal) -
 * Coat of arms of Hesse.svg Hesse (Dynastic Union) -
 * Flag of The Electoral Palatinate (1604).svg Pfalz
 * Black St George's Cross.svg Archbishopric of Cologne
 * LuikVlag.svg Liege
 * County Palatine of the Rhine
 * Duchy of Holstein
 * Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen
 * Three Leagues- Crim de la Crème 19:36, February 14, 2016 (UTC)
 * Valais- Crim de la Crème 19:36, February 14, 2016 (UTC)


 * Prince-Bishopric of Basel


 * Savoie flag.svg Savoy - Through Stars We Rise. (Welcome to the Universe).
 * Saluzzo
 * March of Montferrat -
 * Flag of Genoa.svg Genoa - KawaiiKame
 * Chios
 * Corsica
 * Flag of Milan.svg Duchy of Milan - Tomw1864
 * Margravate of Mantua -
 * Pontremali
 * Republic of Lucca -
 * Florence - Flippedlion.png NicDonalds, Beginning Editor  Talk Lionsymbol.png


 * Elba
 * Piombino
 * Siena - Cbj12
 * County of Tyrol -
 * Wuerttemberg Banner.svg Kingdom of Württemberg -  The  Tim   Man  (TSW • AH • MGW • Contribs )
 * Prince Bishopric of Munster -
 * Bishopric of Würzburg - IronChaos
 * Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg - I am that guy (talk)
 * Duchy of Lorraine -belial
 * Duchy of Mecklenburg - Tao64
 * Coat_of_arms_of_Pomerania.svg of Pomerania - Toby.....I think
 * Bishopric of Trent
 * Flag_of_Most_Serene_Republic_of_Venice.svge -
 * Stato de Mar - *See Me*
 * Sardina- *See Me*
 * Domini di Terraferma- Oct
 * Flag of the Papal States (pre 1808).svg Papal States - Sat (Talk to me!)


 * Camerino - Sat (Talk to me!)
 * Ancona - Sat (Talk to me!)

Eastern Europe

 * Chorągiew królewska króla Zygmunta III Wazy.svg Poland-Lithuania -
 * Insignia Germany Order Teutonic.svg Teutonic Knights -  Constantinus Byzantinus Maximus Talk At Me
 * Baltic coat of arms.svgnd - (Now Pomerania's vassal - removed from power)
 * Livonian Order - (Now Pomerania's vassal - removed from power)
 * Tsardom of Russia -
 * Principality of Zhytomyr:
 * Principality of Minsk:
 * Astrakhan -
 * Nogai - Privelige Check!

Southern Europe and Balkans

 * Hungary - Lieutenant113
 * Ottoman Empire - I would like to thank Feud for making Borealia possible
 * Crimean Khanate - I would like to thank Feud for making Borealia possible
 * Wallachia - I would like to thank Feud for making Borealia possible  00:27, February 25, 2016 (UTC)
 * Moldavia - Alexander of Volzhsky (talk)
 * Georgia - Cookiedamage (talk) 01:36, February 14, 2016 (UTC)
 * Tunisia - [Sine sign here]

East Asia

 * Ming Dynasty - Love you, Everyone&#39;s favorite Girl, Kaori!
 * Joseon - There was a candy,   and it said,  "Bruh, I'm coming for you, bruh. Oi, g'day mate you wanna mate?" ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Japanese Archipelago

 * Japan (Ashikaga)
 * Matsumae
 * Mutsu -
 * Dewa
 * Echigo
 * Aizu
 * Shimotzuke
 * Hitachi
 * Shimosa
 * Kasuza
 * Satomi Awa
 * Sagami
 * Suruga
 * Musashi
 * Etchu
 * Noto
 * Inaba
 * Mikawa
 * Ise
 * Owari - Vatonica (talk) 23:41, February 19, 2016 (UTC)
 * Yamashiro
 * Omi
 * Harima
 * Kwatchi
 * Hosokawa Awa
 * Iyo
 * Izumo
 * Aki
 * Suo
 * Tsushima
 * Chikuzen
 * Bungo
 * Hyuga
 * Higo
 * Hizen
 * Chikugo
 * Satsuma
 * Ryukyu -

Southeast Asia

 * Dai Viet -  Claus the Mighty (talk) 21:31, February 16, 2016 (UTC)
 * Khmer Empire - Daeseunglim (talk)
 * Ayutthaya - Mr. Lello (talk)
 * Pegu
 * Lan Xang (Laos)
 * Ava
 * Shan Tribes
 * Toungoo
 * Cheingmai
 * Assam
 * Mrohaung

Asian Islands

 * Majapahit-
 * Pajajaran-
 * Johore Sultanate
 * Aceh Sultanate
 * Padir
 * Pasai
 * Perlak
 * Aru
 * Jambi
 * Palembang
 * Demak Sulatanate
 * Gresik
 * Bali
 * Sumbawa
 * Bimi
 * Sambas
 * Sulu
 * Sukada
 * Sampit
 * Banjarmasin
 * Pasir
 * Kutei
 * Berau
 * Makassar
 * Luwu
 * Butung
 * Laiwu
 * Bungku
 * Buol
 * Banggai
 * Gorotnalo
 * Jailolo
 * Tidore
 * Bacan
 * Magindanau
 * Brunei
 * Ternate

Central Asia

 * Tibet - Shikata ga nai!
 * Oirat Khanate -
 * Kashmir -
 * Turfan (Eastern Chagatai Khanate) -
 * Kashgar (Western Chagatai Khanate) - Captainjohnrex (talk)
 * Khiva -
 * Bukhara - Bozistanball
 * Mughal Empire - Simmy1993
 * Khazakh Khanate - Zamarak500 (talk)
 * Khanate of Sibir
 * Mongolia - I will win!

Indian Sub-continent

 * Bengal - Roman-spqr-flag.png Consul Ioshua has returned.  (Talk) SPQR_EMBLEM.jpg
 * Delhi - Flag of Tasmania.svg HawkAussie (Talk) Flag of Australia.svg 21:27, February 21, 2016 (UTC)
 * Vijayanagara - AH28
 * Jaffna kingdom-
 * Kingdom of Kotte-
 * Kingdom of Kandy-
 * Multan -
 * Sindh -
 * Gujarat -
 * Malwa -
 * Kandesh -
 * Ahmadnagar -
 * Bijapur -
 * Bahmani -
 * Berar -
 * Gajapatis -
 * Bikaner
 * Jalsalmeer
 * Marwar
 * Mewar
 * Mandia
 * Garha
 * Deogarh
 * Patan
 * Koch
 * Maldives- Jbwncster   (Talk)  RustySilverGear.png 16:01, February 15, 2016 (UTC)

Middle East

 * Persia -
 * Sistan -
 * Baluchi tribes -
 * Tahiride Yemen -
 * Nabhani Sultanate - Daxus the Harbinger of Lameness (talk)

Oceania
Papauan Angu tribe  -  SkyGreen24

Northern Coast

 * Hasfid -
 * Wattassid -
 * Tlemcen -

West Africa

 * Songhai - User:Person67
 * Wolof
 * Benin - Flag of the Xanian Empire.svg Vivaporius: "I don't need a slogan"


 * Futa Toro
 * Wagadugu
 * Gurma
 * Kenkodogo
 * Mamprussi
 * Gonja
 * Dagomba
 * Bono
 * Heman
 * Allada
 * Agona
 * Oyo
 * Ife
 * Warri
 * Brass
 * Bonny
 * Bamoun
 * Kebbi
 * Yauri
 * Zamfara
 * Gobir
 * Biram
 * Zaria
 * Kano
 * Daura
 * Katsina
 * Daniski
 * Hadejia
 * Empire of Bornu
 * Mandera
 * Bagirmi
 * Wadai

​Southern Africa

 * Kongo -
 * Ndongo
 * Lunda
 * Rwanda
 * Nkore
 * Karagwe
 * Bunyoro
 * Buganda
 * Rozwi
 * Great Zimbabwe

Horn of Africa

 * Ethiopia - DCUnited13
 * Adal
 * Funj
 * Mogadishu -
 * Shilluk Kingdom

Mexican Valley

 * Aztec - Erizium (talk)
 * Xoconochco
 * Michoacan
 * Culican
 * Chametlan
 * Astatlan
 * Tonallan
 * Coinan
 * Poncitlan
 * Cuitzeo
 * Ayutitlan
 * Azmola
 * Colimotl
 * Xilotan
 * Huextla
 * Metztitlan
 * Hueyacocotlan
 * Tlaxcalans
 * Huetzcotzingo
 * Cholula
 * Yopitzingo
 * Tototopec
 * Nuuntoo
 * Coatlicamac
 * Guaspaltepec
 * Xaltepec
 * Ualtepec
 * Coatzacualco
 * Yahualulco

​Yucatan

 * Potonchan
 * Chilapa
 * Xicallanco
 * Chanputun
 * Ahcanul
 * Chakan
 * Cehpech
 * Ahkinchel
 * Chauaca
 * Cupul
 * Hocaba
 * Susuta
 * Tutulxiu
 * Ecab
 * Cohcuah
 * Huaymil
 * Mazanahau
 * Tayasal
 * Chiapen
 * Chicomuceltec
 * Comitan
 * Cupanahuastla
 * Uatlan
 * Chiya
 * Iximiche
 * Cuscatlan

Miscellaneous Tribes

 * Cherokee - Nlenhardt (talk)

South America

 * Inca - Kostdanila (talk)
 * Guayaqil

1530
'''With plague essentially burning out hopes of ending the conflict between Ostland and Poland decisively, and nearly every army in the region gutted, the various forces are forced to return home, bringing the plague with them. This whole situation leaves Poland and Ostland absolutely demolished with massive amounts of manpower and civilian population having been killed by war and plague in the past few years. This also de-facto leaves Danzig and West Prussia back under Polish Control'''

'''Not denying the logic behind this, and it is shameful we don't have any other active mods, but isn't Feud modding for his own region? -Nate'''

'''I'm active, and this has widespread mod-team approval. -Rex'''

'''Yeah, my bad/ Regardless, definitely shouldn't be modding my own area, but since someone got mad we didn't say anything last turn. I think this was needed. -Feud'''

'''Religious discontent begins to ravage the Catholic regions of the Holy Roman Empire as the clear contradiction between the Evangelical-leaning Emperor and the office as established by the Pope becomes apparent. Protests and riots break out in some areas, and conflict appears inevitable. '''

Flooding strikes the city of Rome and parts of the Netherlands.


 * Netherlands: Ships sail for the Cape, establishing a colony there. All the stuff mentioned last turn continues (I can't make a detailed turn due to conditions.)
 * Württemberger diplomacy: We request passage for the Rheinsstreitkräfte down the Dutch parts of the Rhine so that we are able to access the North Sea. We wish to participate in the exploration of the world, and thereafter the colonisation of new lands. We are willing to pay 50,000 Thalers for free passage for a period of 10 years, and sharing 15% of all new resources and other such materials we find on our voyages for the same time period.
 * Duchy of Lorraine: Evangelicism continues spreading through the region with Catholics becoming a minority. The regent Count Nicholas attends the erfurt meeting in the stead of the duke.The country agrees to join the league and urges it's ally wüttermberg to join as well. Trade continues as usual with a steady rate of income. The country also allows the churches to teach common folk how to read and write. In attempt to unify the country the duchy makes its official language German and attempts to alienate its people from their French roots. The duchy - seeing Luxembourg's decline to join the Netherlands republic - offers a deal to attack the country and split the spoils between them plus other benefits. Seeing the danger that pose the country the country begins massive conscripiton. As the young duke nears the age of marriage the duchy sends diplomats to evangelical countries in the HRE in attempt to find a wife
 * Archduchy of Austria Diplomacy: We inform the Duchy of Lorraine that the Duchy of Luxemburg is our vassal, attacking them would mean war with as too.
 * Lorraine Ooc: Oops! thought the duchy was allowed independence with the Netherlands. Ignore it, sorry.
 * Oman continues expanding the military, with the navy now standing at 95 ships and 20,000 soldiers in total, though a sizeable minority of them are slave-soldiers. Expansion continues 35 px along both Gulf and Ocean coasts. The beaurocracy is also expanded to help deal with these areas. Dubai and Muscat begin to boom even more significantly due to the increase in trade accompanied by Oman's new possessions and infrastructural development. The Balochs are basically fully integrated into Omani society with the exception that many are still Shiites, however Ibadiism continues to grow in both Balochistan and throughout the nascent empire. Subsequently, Baloch culture begins to have an effect on Omani culture at large, with the adoption of their extravegent dresses becoming more common place throughout Oman, and the adoption of Persian as a language of poetry.
 * Socotra continues civil development and grows in population. Wealth continues to flow into the islands as one of the benefits of being encorporated into Oman.
 * The Xahuun colony expands by 10 px and continues to grow in wealth, infrastructure, and population. Due to racist causes and administrations the natives continue to be systematically expelled, though converts to Ibadism are integrated into the colony if they wish to keep their lands, and any resisting tribes have all their men sold into slavery and all their women forcefully converted and integrated into the majority-male colony. Subsequently, the demographics of the colony are odd by East African standards, with over half the population being of Arab or Balochi descent.
 * Mogadishu is now almost fully rebuilt and even upgraded by the new infrastructure. Many Balochs and Arabs move into the city, but it still remains majority black as the Africans are the established merchant class. Tri-lingual Ibadi Madrasses continue to be built and the Omani strain of Islam continues to overtake the previous forms. Explorers often use this city as a launch pad for expeditions, and a cartographer even returns with the maps of a large southern island and the southern cape of Africa. The district expands by 5 px. 
 * Cherokee: While some people still have small pox, the amount of people that have died was much lower. only 200 died. leaving 28,800 tribe members. There is a population boom from large yields of our domesticated rice, deer, cattle, and corn. We can expect to see a population increase never before seen on the north american continent. 8% per year due to us recovering and the new ammount of yield. We send explorers to attempt to map the Mississippi Valley.
 * Cherokee Diplomacy: We ask Spain if we can study their government systems and their form of writing. We also ask for help with translating our language into Spanish.
 * Swiss Confederacy: The economy of Switzerland continues to swell with new trade routes after the Treaty of Turin. Refugees flock to Switzerland due to the various troubles around Europe. The standing armies in many lieus expand this year. Cannons are produced this year. A trade deal with Spain is proposed, wishing to trade horses for lumber. Switzerland experiments with introducing muskets into their military, with good degrees of success in most lieus. In the meantime, Evangelicalism continues to spread in Zürich, though it has stopped spreading to the other lieus and allies of Switzerland. The Zorort of 1530 takes place in Bern this year, Switzerland offers an alliance to France, inviting their king to Bern for the negotiations, along with a generous sum of money should the French accept. They also request military alliances with Württemberg and Bohemia. The Dutch offer is accepted.
 * Württemberger Diplomacy: We agree to this military alliance and hope for a fruitful friendship.
 * Kazakh Khanate: Burat Khan, although willing to stop any possible war with Russia, decide that he will not just stand there waiting for Russia to encircle his country. He order so Baqaqs to go with their Clans to settles steppes to the east of Kazakhstan, his “settlers” entering western Kazakhstan. Burat Khan try little to hide his ambition to one day have his lands be vast enough to touch Mongolia. But for now, his real objective is to get to the Oirat before Russia. Other than the territorial expansion, the Khan pass most of his year focusing on his army. With guns arriving from the Ottoman Empire, he lost no time to ask help from the Ottoman workers send with them, hoping they could teach the Kazakh how to learn this new military technology. A small recruitment also took place during the year, with 5000 new horsemen joining his armies, making it a total of 55,000 soldiers ready to protect the Khanate.
 * Uzbek Dip: We would like to trade and sent veterans from the Persian war to help train and help your economy. We ask for an alliance
 * Hungary: As certain European nations continue to expand mainly in the New World, we create a new act for our nation. This act states that we, instead of sending ships to the New World, build ourselfs up as a power. We first fortify our borders and put strict laws on travel and immigration to prevent exposure to the Plague. We start to build up our military, economy, and infrastructure.
 * Hungarian Diplomacy: We ask Austria if they are currently infected with any of the Plague or any other deadly plague, disease or virus.
 * Joseon: Korea continues adopting an expansionist foreign policy and asserts its status as a regional power, breaking off any unnecessary ties with China. The government continues to promote obedience to the state through Neo-Confucianism, which is the state’s official ideology. Korean Buddhism is heavily discouraged and its supporters are occasionally persecuted. In addition to this, the government continues to promote academic achievement, innovation, artistry and Korean nationalism and patriotism to bind the nation together. To guard Korean interests in Japan and Manchuria, the planned construction ships annually continues, however, production is doubled to 40 ships a year with 120 already made. Korea continues to see a rapid increase in the production of gunpowder weapons. In order to support and supplement Korea’s growing military capabilities, the rapid construction of two labor-intensive industrial complexes in Incheon and Ulsan continues. In order to further boost economic catch-up with China, Korea continues to follow successful Song Chinese industrial practices; a half dozen of blast-furnaces powered by waterwheels are further built in Incheon and Ulsan each, melting weak and inferior wrought and cast iron together to form the stronger steel. Each of these blast-furnaces are capable if producing several tons of steel within a day. The steel is used to create efficient tools and components to common items. It is hoped that by 1540, there will be a hundred such blast-furnaces in Ulsan and Incheon each, producing a total of 36,525 tonnes of steel per annum. Large-scale mining operations continue in the mineral-rich North Korea while largely untapped, small deposits of iron ore and low-grade anthracite coal are mined in South Korea. The mined material is shipped to industrial complexes in Incheon and Ulsan for processing. More canals are constructed to link Incheon and Ulsan to major population centres and to make trade and commerce easier. Slash-and-burn agriculture continues to be prevalent as the need for arable land grows. Restrictions on the production of paper bills is lifted as inflation is controlled. External trade continues to increase, though Korea is protectionist as heavy tariffs are placed on imports to render them uncompetitive with domestically produced products. Education is encouraged. In an effort to pool "higher" knowledge to a smaller group, only nobles, the relatives of politicians and politicians themselves as well as a few exceptions are allowed to receive tertiary education. Hundreds of Korean scholars are sent to China to study Chinese technology, sending monthly reports to government officials in order to catch up with China technologically. Hangul is continued to be taught to more people whilst Hanja is continued to be heavily discouraged, especially in formal situations. To allow the creation of more written text, more printing presses are built. Writing is encouraged as long as the content does not encourage/spark anti-government sentiment. Korea expands 100 px into Manchuria through the Yalu River, and in an effort to prevent full Chinese hegemony over the Western Pacific, increases its maritime patrols and increases production of military items.
 * Württemberg: With the end of the war, our troops are ordered to remain in Memelland until the plague passes, so that the disease does not spread to Württemberg proper. Medical aid is sent to Memelland to help the sick. Groups of soldiers are screened carefully for signs of the disease by physicians; those cleared after multiple checks are allowed to go home. Meanwhile, we offer our protection to Burgundy. We are also proud to announce that Princess Anna is now pregnant with her first child! We propose a marriage to secure friendly relations between us and Brandenburg by wedding Electoral Prince Christoph to Brandenburg's Princess Maria Anna.
 * Great Uzbek Empire: Economy and military improves in the Bukhara Empire, Mercantile trade and caravan travelers transverse across the state, as well as exporting and importing many commodities to many distant lands. We begin to work on urbanizing Bukhara by have spending artists and other important people to the city. Bukhara begins to work on urbanizing by making roads and major cities across the state and sending people to Major cities across the land. We begin to fertilize our land and begin farming. We also begin to do this in Persia. In light of the Muslim persecution in the Maldive all trade is suspended from the Maldives.  Men between 18-37 are forced into the army and are trained for war. With us in the middle of Chinese Ottoman trade we begin to trade with traders from both countries due to this (the city) Bukhara is becoming a rest stop for traders in Central Asia. We begin to make roads to help traders and people get across the Empire. The current standing army is 14,000. Madrasas are built across the state along with more mosques and kids are sent there to learn on Saturdays and Sundays (5-17), while they go to military training (13-17) from Monday to Thursday as Friday is a free day. Kochkunju and his wife have a child. Kochkun likes the idea of firearms and begins to buy them for himself and his armies but in small amounts due to the cost. Sunni Islam is now the official religion. Traders are sent to China and some military units are equipped with guns. Missiles are made with the new fireworks and gunpowder. In Khiva We begin to fertilize our land and begin farming across the Khanate and are sold in markets or sent to the state. We begin to build roads to help people get across the Khanate. We begin to work to urbanize by making roads and major cities across the state and sending people to major cities across the land. 30,000 troops are housed across the Khanate. We begin to work on a navy where criminals are put to work on the boat. Madrasas are built across the state along with more mosques and kids are sent there to learn on Saturdays and Sundays (5-17), while they go to military training (13-17) from Monday to Thursday as Friday is a free day. We build boats and now have a navy of 400 ships.
 * Khanate of Persia: We begin to fertilize our land and begin farming across the Khanate and are sold in markets or sent to the state. We begin to build roads to help people get across the Khanate. En masse Shia Muslims begin to be deported to Persia and are replaced by Sunni Muslims. We begin to work on urbanizing by making roads and major cities across the state and sending people to Major cities across the land. Nishabur is the capital of the Khanate. Madrasas are built across the state along with more mosques and kids are sent there to learn on Saturdays and Sundays (5-17), while they go to military training (13-17) from Monday to Thursday as Friday is a free day.
 * Bohemia: Economy and military is continuing to expand in our nation. Whilst we can claim the title on Margraviate of Moravia, which should be our best option, as Prussia is not possible because Brandenburg denies it. Although, we don't hope that this nation comes from the plague, but the fears may come in for the nation that plague could be a possible collapse situation. There isn't much disgrace about it, but it may well come out good. We continue to recruit more Bohemian troops in our army and continue to build more cities.
 * Poland-Lithuania continues to recover from the war, and begins trying to find a way to deal with the plague.
 * Ottoman Empire:  Economy and military improves in the Turkish Empire, with a total population of 12 million. The city of Rhodes is incorporated into the Empire, forcing all the foreign military to leave but appropriating all the ships. A millet is set up there for the Catholic population, as Lutheranism is outlawed. Mercantile trade and caravan travelers transverse across the empire, as well as exporting and importing many commodities to many distant lands. Trade networks across the Sahara is set up with Songhai, Ethiopia and Bornu. Up across the Caucasus mountains, overland trade pours in from the Turko-Mongol Khanates as far as Bukhara. With this new trade from China, the Silk Road once again emerges as silk and ivory start begin pouring in to the empire through the northern Khanates, including new forms of firearms. The navy is greatly strengthened, building on the impressive navy of Bayezid II years earlier. Trade continues in the Indian Ocean, including the Sultanates of Oman, Bengal, Aceh, and Demak. Admirals Aydin Reis and Iskandar Asha command the two main navies operating in eastern Mediterranean near Syria. The navies of Oruc Reis and Hayreddin Barbarossa are stationed further west, protecting the Ottoman possessions in Algeria and Tunisia. Two additional fleets remain in ports in the Aegean Sea. Yazid IV continues to preside of the universal House of Islam from Medina, who reappoints the Council of the Ulema to guide him. The forts and fortifications in eastern Europe are continuously improved to deter invasion from Hungary. A system of universal education continues to expand across Anatolia, teaching young men the latest knowledge of science, mathematics, and literature.  The General Mahmood Riza sends a military expedition of 1500 men into the Nogai Khanate, hoping to tip the balance of the civil unrest in favor of the confederates.  Seeing the success of the liberal millet system in Cyprus and Crete, much more independence and prestige is given to the Orthodox communities of Eastern Europe, declaring  Patriarch Theophrastus I  as "Guardian of the People". The Turkish settlers in Eastern Europe are required to learn Greek. Egypt expands into Cyrencia 240 px, subjugating the local tribes and reestablishing the ancient Pentapolis. Continuing to establish control over the Red Sea, Egypt begins reconstructing the massive Fatha al-Farun (Canal of the Pharaohs). This project is expected to take ten years to complete. The House of Wisdom in Baghdad and the Library of Alexandria are reconstructed. The crown Prince Selim is sent palace education at this time.  Pargali Ibrahim Pasha continues to lead 80,000 troops in the Hungarian War, besieging both Belgrade and Mohacs. 12 ships continue to blockade the Danube River. The Sultan requests that all of their Romanian vassals (particularly Moldavia) particpates in the war.


 * Khanate of Crimea: Ruled by Mehmed Giray, the Khanate continues to increase its overland trade. Fortifications are built up to protect them from Muscovy. The port of Sevastapol is built up to create an independent navy. Many of the Mongol princes from the Kazan Khanate come to live in Crimea to follow their natural leader. The military is greatly strengthened to protect against attack from Russia.
 * Colony of Adal: Being the Ottomans' first sub-saharan colony, the Sultan subjugates the Somali people there and topples the original rulers of Adal. The ports at the strait of Djibouti are built up, to control trade in the Red Sea. With control over the strait of Djibouti, Ottoman ships fill the Indian Ocean much faster, increasing trade with Oman and their colonies. The colony expands south into Somalia.
 * Principality of Wallachia: Vasilov III continues to rule as king, stablizing the nation after the Livonian plague came through last year. The economy and infrastructure continues to improve, with a standing army of 22,000. 12,000 troops are sent to aid the Ottomans in Hungary.
 * Ostland: We give the Ottomans the best gifts we can afford to give them to improve relationships, with the plague devastating our lands, while we ask them for supplies in our war against Poland, helping us they would harm Russian efforts of keeping Poland intact. (Feud while i dont agree with your event, even though the war is ongoing cause my nation didn't officially agreed to peace, after i asked some other mods they said they would answer me after they think about it and since you are modding an area that you have interests on, i will regard that event about the war like it didn't happend, until a get a (neutral's) or other mod's responce, i asked Rex he will answer me shortly, if they think this event is ok, then i will delete this/cross this out and agree the war is over, also you know that i could keep the war going even with idk 100 soldiers, since Poland has forces of the same size...)
 * The Ottomans send many stores of food and medicine to Ostland, allong with a diplomatic envoy
 * Archduchy of Austria Diplomacy: We ask the Ottoman Empire for a non-aggresion pact for 10 years in order to split Hungary between our two great nations.
 * The Ottomans accept this deal
 * Spain: Our few ports in Bissagos, Morocco and Namibia areas continue expand inwards about 75 px. Trading with the native Africans continues to go well. The arts thrive more than the sciences do this year in our nation, due to the King funding the arts more. More jobs open up, since we need more people to help rebuild the nation from our recent devastation in the war that was lost. The military hires more people. Ships are continuing to be built. Charles' second child is born. This time it is a girl. He names her Carmen. The economy tries to fix itself, buy selling many resources taken from our colonies to our allies. Trade goes fine with our allies. Since the King feels sad, confused, and angry he thinks about converting to another Christian religion, since the Catholic religion is not helping him out. Ships with maps of the world are sent out to Asia, so we can trade and colonize the Asian lands.
 * Hispaniola: On the island, we continue to explore the inland forests. Along the coast of the island port cities are still developing. More ships are being built, so that we can send all the resources found on the island can be used by people in our home nation. Our troops try to work with the natives by trading with them to show that they are not taking advantage of the natives helping the colonists. Farms are beginning to get bigger with each year of planting. Monasteries are continuing to be built to convert the natives of the land to Christianity.
 * Cuba: On the island, we continue to explore the inland forests. Along the coast of the island port cities are still developing. More ships are being built, so that we can send all the resources found on the island can be used by people in our home nation. Our troops try to work with the natives by trading with them to show that they are not taking advantage of the natives helping the colonists. Farms are beginning to get bigger with each year of planting. Monasteries are continuing to be built to convert the natives of the land to Christianity.
 * Bahamas: Along the coast of the island port cities are still developing. More ships are being built, so that we can send all the resources found on the island can be used by people in our home nation. Our troops try to work with the natives by trading with them to show that they are not taking advantage of the natives helping the colonists. Farms are beginning to get bigger with each year of planting. Monasteries are continuing to be built to convert the natives of the land to Christianity.
 * Jamaica: Along the coast of the island port cities are still developing. More ships are being built, so that we can send all the resources found on the island can be used by people in our home nation. Our troops try to work with the natives by trading with them to show that they are not taking advantage of the natives helping the colonists. Farms are beginning to get bigger with each year of planting. Monasteries are continuing to be built to convert the natives of the land to Christianity.
 * Puerto Rico: Along the coast of the island port cities are still developing. More ships are being built, so that we can send all the resources found on the island can be used by people in our home nation. Our troops try to work with the natives by trading with them to show that they are not taking advantage of the natives helping the colonists. Farms are beginning to get bigger with each year of planting. Monasteries are continuing to be built to convert the natives of the land to Christianity.
 * New Spain: Exploration of the newly lands are still continuing. Small port villages are being made for trade purposes. We allow the natives to stay on our land but, they would have to help us build up the land and assimilate with us colonists. Churches pop up in many areas so we can convert the natives. We expand our colony both 100 px north and south.
 * Bermuda: Along the coast of the island port cities are still developing. More ships are being built, so that we can send all the resources found on the island can be used by people in our home nation. Our troops try to work with the natives by trading with them to show that they are not taking advantage of the natives helping the colonists. Farms are beginning to get bigger with each year of planting. Monasteries are continuing to be built to convert the natives of the land to Christianity.
 * Canary Islands: Along the coast of the island port cities are still developing. More ships are being built, so that we can send all the resources found on the island can be used by people in our home nation. Our troops try to work with the natives by trading with them to show that they are not taking advantage of the natives helping the colonists. Farms are beginning to get bigger with each year of planting. Monasteries are continuing to be built to convert the natives of the land to Christianity.
 * Florida: Exploration of the newly lands are still continuing. Small port villages are being made for trade purposes. We allow the natives to stay on our land but, they would have to help us build up the land and assimilate with us colonists. Churches pop up in many areas so we can convert the natives. We expand our colony both 100 px north.
 * Ostland: Even through the war against Poland has not officially ended, most of the fighting its over, King Walter I decides to support the growing movement of the People's Vengeance, to stay in power, boosted by Ottoman support and supplies, the King provides every able ethnic German citizen with weapons (swords, knifes, rifles) and armor and incites a massacre against everyone non-German in the country, seeking revenge against their acts against the Germans during the rebellion. In Riga and Reval and other urban areas, which have enough German population the massacre ends with the Germans killing everyone non-German, while the German millitias and mobs now attack against the non-Germans in the rural areas. Kings guard and the King are helping the mods and the militias kill non-German people. We do everything in our power to stop the plague from spreading to areas that are populated by 20% or more Germans in our Kingdom, we quarantined/isolate areas those areas, we also make a curfew, making fortifications to block traffic and trading with the areas which are not quarantined/isolated. The guards make regular patrols, being assisted by physicians, which are tasked to keep non-German people and the infected people, infected Germans too, out of the quarantined areas. Our physicians check the people in the quarantined areas, with the infected ones being expelled from the quarantined areas. Riga, Reval (nowdays Tallinn) and Danzig and the rest of the German populated main cities are heavily quarantined. We feeling indifferent, to say at least, after those people commited genocide against us, the Livonian, Lithuanian and Estonian people, which justifies our actions against them. King Walter, doesn't wish for his whole army to die from the plague so he withdraws his army from Posen, leaving the infected ones behind, with a task, to make their fatherland proud, by spilling our enemies blood, while we promise them that we will take care of their families, shall they die honorably holding the Polish from taking their homeland and killing their families. Polish infected soldiers are also promised the same thing, while an awareness is given to what horrific things will the Polish forces do against their families, thinking them as traitors, shall they win. Rumors are spread terrifying the Polish infected soldier, which all of them are left behind to fight, from changing sides. Around 10.000 troops, which are not infected, return to Danzig, while King Walter I waits behind the safety of his walls for this plague to devestate more the Polish forces. He makes Danzig provisional capital of the country, in order to be able to focus on his campaign against the Polish and in order to not neglect his duties for the time being. A clique is established by some German nobles, namely Count Maximilian Wrangel and Duke Frederick Nikolayevich Ungern being the most influential amongst this new clinque, dedicated to the worship of the old Slavic death god Chernobog, who believe the plague is his work and aim to help the plague to exterminate the non-Germans inside Ostland, wanting to avenge their own (people-relatives) sons and daughters which died in vain from the rebels genocide, while also believing they are doing gods work. They become known as the People's Vengeance "Menschen Rache". They quickly gain many support and members and reform into a society. Rumors start to reach the ears of King Walter I, he find's himself disgusted at the mere thought of this idea, so they slander him, that he was unaffected by the plague and he doesn't care for his fellow compatriots and that he is has a Livonian mistrees, thus he is eager to betray his country. The reformed Livonian order, fighted fiercely against Poland-Lithuania during the previous war, thus receives many honorary awards from King Walter I. Livonian Order is reorganized as vassal of the Kingdom of Ostland, while some consider them a mercenary company now. Infrastructure is repaired and improved throughout the nation. The Ostland army is around 1.000 men strong and the navy about 40 ships. We continue researching new cannons, muskets and other modern weapons, while also trying to improve gunpowder. Martin Luther's Evangelical interpretations and rejection of Catholic excesses gains momentum amongst the people of Ostland, while many Livonian order knights and nobles start supporting Martin Luther's Ninety-Five Theses. However, due to our agreement with the most holy Pope Leo X we denounce Martin Luther's Ninety-Five Theses as heretical, while a law is made imprisoning anyone that possesses Martin Luther's heretical theses or preaches favoring them. However, that law is not applied on basis, being mostly used exemplary. Ostsiedlung/German eastward expansion continues, as we encourage Germans, Dutch, Flemish, Danes, Swedes, Norse to settle in our realm in order to promote the development of the less populated portions of their realm, so we provide them an incentive to immigrate giving them huge privileges. Due to the plague immigration to Ostland is none. We also try to assimilate them into the local German culture, seeking to strengthen our country, by enacting many measures to reduce the use of their mother tongue, while trying to not be too oppressive. Our merchant fleets trade with most of Europe. We focus on our military, thus administrative matters become secondary priority, while offensive becomes a priority.
 * Ostland Diplomacy: Due to our nation being decimated we ask Pomerania, which we have married our heir Klaus, with one of the duke's daughter's, have an alliance and good relationship with them, to become their vassal, swearing allegiance to them. (Mod Responce/RNG required)
 * The Duke of Pomerania (MOD) accepts Ostland's offer and sends a force of 10,000 men to enforce its dominion over Ostland after hearing of the ethnic cleansing.
 * Maldives: We expand further into the island we discovered and set up a fort there and we appoint a governor general in charge of the fort. We continue to expand our agriculture and our military. The King asks Delhi again for an alliance or non aggression pact. 
 * Bavaria: After getting help from Württemberg, the first ship of the Donaustreitkräfte (the equivalent of Rheinstreitkräfte, except with the Danube), the Herzog, is launched in the Danube River, and another two (the München and the Landshut) are commissioned to be built by 1535. The first shipment of cannons is sent in return, containing 5 of the promised weapons. With the beginning of riots in Catholic areas, we understand that Austria will soon be involved, so we secretly position 20,000 soldiers and 15 cannons by our border with them in hopes it could allow the rest of the League of Erfurt time to rally behind us (see also: 300). We also begin expanding musket use in the army, starting with arming 5,000 of the soldiers sent to the Austrian border with them, to allow us to more easily defend fortified positions. We also begin moving troops to our borders with other Catholic states, moving a combined total of 15,000 infantry, 1,000 cavalry, and 10 cannons to the border with Burgau, Oettingen, and Burggrafschaft.
 * Pomerania: With the submission of Ostland, expendable military forces are sent to keep the peace and stop the genocide. Known aggrivators are tried and killed publically, and reparations are made to effected families. Because of the plague, Pomeranian millitary officials begin to seperate and quarantine those with the plague from healthy citizens, taking percaution to not catch it themselves, and placing a policy of death for those who show symptoms. To prevent the spread back to Pomerania, no shipments of troops or goods are allowed out of Ostland, and temporary barracks for stationed troops are built. The banning of The 95 Theses is overruled. All Ostland/Livonian troops are ordered immediately back from Poland, and those with plague are killed. Ostland and Livonian governments are merged into the Kingdom of Livonia, with the Ostland ruling family placed at the throne. However, the real power is held by the military officials. Back in Pomerania, the border with Poland is heavilly fortified, with any Polish/Baltic refugees turned back at the threat of death. Evangelical churches begin to spring up, especially in rural areas, and are supported by Duke Barnim XI.
 * Songhai Empire: We expand 200 px to the south east of our nation. We keep building trans- Saharan trade routes with gold and salt being sent across the desert in part to trade for in part for tribute to the Ottomans. We keep selling newly gathered slaves to the European colonial powers for their colonies. This allows our nation to become quite economically prosperous. While at the same time all this new riches goes into investment in the infrastructure of the nation with our new roads between the larger towns completed and much of the irrigation work moving almost as quickly as we massively expand. Our army undergoes further reformation with better training given to cavalry and our officers to make them more discipline and useful. We start the construction of forts up and down the Niger river to defend it from enemy attacks. The construction mainly consists of earthen ramparts and embedded stakes. In our capital our industrial works are becoming very strong with the capability to produce large amounts of weapons in good times as well as meaning we are not that reliant on Europeans for industrial goods. We send men north to discover the ways of North Africa and to a lesser extent Europe.
 * Portuguese Empire  continues the settlement of Brazil, with the existing brazilwood camps and sugar plantations being bolstered and expanded by the arrival of hundreds more slaves, trade from Benin. The colony also expands 50 px south and north, encompassing more areas for brazilwood exploitation. More missionaries and scribes are sent to Benin and Porta Dourada to assist the speed of Catholicism in the region. In response to growing tensions in Europe, King Manuel I orders the land army to be more rigorously trained, as his trust for other nations is wearing thin, seeing the feuding in the rest of the continent. Further fortifications on existing feitorias in Ormuz, Goa and Zanzibar are constructed, to help secure and expand trade from those posts. With the purchase of land from Benin complete, a plethora of traders, merchants, nobles and craftsmen are sent on ships to Porta Dourada, in an attempt to set up a thriving hub of European trade and culture in Africa. King Manuel hopes that such a concentration of European culture, so close to Benin, will assist the Oba's desires to create a modern state. The construction of both the customs house and the cathedral continues. The Papua colony grows further, through an influx of slaves from Africa, with sugar plantations being set up all along the coast. Macau grows further, and trade with the Chinese begins in earnest through Macau. Construction of the trade centre in Macau continues. Samples of mace and nutmeg from Banda continue to be sent with ships around the empire and Europe, to try to promote the trade of these commodities in the courts of the continent. Production of the spices continue as usual on the island, with distribution set to improve, with improved shipping resources being constructed on the island. Trade with Angu tribes on Papua continues, with several merchants attempting to learn the complex Angu tongue, but to no avail. A new warship, the largest ever constructed, is built in Lisbon. It is named Botafogo, the 'Spitfire'.
 * Bradenburg: Joachim Assumes II Hektor assumes full control over Bradenburg but retains the regency as advisors. Having learned a lot about statehood and realizing his own lack of experience. Joachim is heavily interested in the ideas of Luther but keeps this a secret due to the unstable situation in the hre at the present. Military improvements continue as military reforms and expansion by hiring mercs continues. The Aristocracy starts to gain importance as many of the officers are drawn from their ranks. the courts of The country become a place of learning as engineers, artists and philosophers meet and discuss matters mainly on society and science. Efforts to improve relations with Ostland begin and a royal marriage is requested if Ostland hasa female. Ties with the Teutons and Bohemia are also expanded.
 * Württemberger Diplomacy: We wish to strengthen our ties with a marriage between our Electoral Prince Christoph and your Princess Anna Maria.
 * Denmark (Kalmar Union): With no new cases of the plague it is declared over as the last infected people either die off or recover. The quarantine is declared over and the king and his court return to the city of Copenhagen. With the plague continuing in the East the king is reluctant to reopen Baltic trade and instead looks to expand trade relations in the North Sea. He also looks to reform the problems of the Kalmar Union and truly forge a powerful, unified state. A meeting is called in the castle of Kalmar between the king and all the nobles of the Union. After many months of heated negotiations, many meaningful reforms are agreed upon along with a plan for official unification in a few years. Under this Kalmar Declaration each kingdom would retain their council of nobles which would rule over their respective kingdoms on behalf of the king and would provide him with taxes and soldiers. Three times a year all these councils would meet together to advise the king on issues facing the Union. A high Chancellor would be elected from the Swedish council and will serve the king for a period of 10 years. Copenhagen is declared the main capital while Stockholm will be the secondary capital. Having achieved many reforms the king returns home. The army and navy are improved and trained in the latest tactics and weapons. With the kings official conversion to evangelicalism many nobles and people rush to convert to the new religion.
 * Sweden: Gustav Vasa is elected as the first high Chancellor. The iron mines are expanded. Expansion continues 50 px into the northern part of the country and 50 px in Finland. With the Bible being translated into Swedish many people and nobles begin to convert to Evangelicalism. Soldiers are raised and trained for the unions army.
 * Norway: The country begins to develop its cities. The fishing Industry is expanded. the country is also developed militarily. Many of the nobles begin to intermarry with the Danish nobility. The country celebrates the translation of the New Testament into Norwegian.
 * Iceland: The colony is combined with the colony of the Faroe Islands in order to better administrate both colonies. Settlers are encourage to come to the colony from the mainland. A port is built for use by the Danish navy.
 * Württemberger Diplomacy: With our newly established presence in the Baltic, we request the opening of trade negotiations between us and the Kalmar Union, in the hopes of creating a friendly dialogue.
 * Delhi: We accept the alliance with the Maldives as we try to sign a treaty with the Timurid Kabulistan on the war. We continue to try to develop our cities. We also continue to develop our agriculture and our infrastructure from the war that is devastated our country at the moment. We also try to restock our army with the plan being to defend our territory in case of another attack from our neighbors.
 * Diet_of_the_Holy_Roman_Empire_(95T).jpg the Electorate of Saxony, Emperor John unveils the new Palace of the Diet, or Palast der Reichstag, in Dresden. It is widely hailed as an architectural masterpiece. It is decided by John that the Reichskammergericht, or Imperial Chamber Court, shall relocate from Magdeburg to Dresden, and the Emperor shall also have a court within the Gothic-style palace of government. With the new system ready to become operative, John summons delegates from throughout the Holy Roman Empire to be sent and comprise the first Standing Imperial Diet. The first issue to be addressed is the Catholic-Evangelical feud. During the Diet's convening address, Emperor John make a startling announcement, stating that the Emperor does not rely upon the Pope for authority and severs all ties between the Empire as a whole with the Papal States. With the new Holy Evangelical Church of Germany having replaced the Catholic Church, the remaining Catholics either quietly convert or practice their faith in private. Vassalization efforts continue in Nürnberg. In Hesse, a large urban renovation in Kassel occurs as Saxon trade pours into the new realm. In Brunswick-Göttingen, the status quo is preserved as the popularity of the new arrangement increases.
 * Tsardom of Russia: Realizing the effect the disease is having on many people in Ostland and Poland as well as some Russian troops, many troops are checked out as best they can by physicians and many of the men are unable to return to Russia proper, stuck on the Border. While many of the men cannot return home, the Army is however repurposed from its initial putting down of the rebellion in Ostland, and instead is tasked with containing the plague from moving further into Russia, Minsk or Zhytomyr. The Russian army particularly stands almost directly on the border and establishes a series of forts and patrol routes containing Ostland. Tsar Vasili himself in co-ordination with his viceroys suspends any and all civilian travel to Ostland, Minsk, or Zhytomyr as he calls upon his viceroys to raise significant armies to prevent further spread of the Disease digging directly into the Tsars Coffers to pay for these armies. While many noblemen are skeptical after a high level Noble from Neva contracts the disease and dies, the nobility falls in line almost immediately contributing heavily realizing the threat of this plague. The Tsar while leaving the nearly 42,000 men on the border creates a secondary line of forts to be spaced evenly from Neva around Novgorod, down towards Minsk and into Zhytomyr and finally looping around to cut Moldavia off as well preventing any plague from migrating from Wallachia. The Tsar himself deploys nearly 100,000 troops and with noble help is able to raise them well and man the Russian parts of the wall and commands his viceroys to do the same, he also orders than should anyone try to break this blockade or the forts, that they are to be killed, and any other violators are to be killed on sight as well. While there is trouble in the West, the East once again sees a resurgence as Ekatinburg sees most of the immigration this year that was initiall going to flood into Minsk and Zhytomyr. Ektarinburg in general sees is population expand from 12,000 to 15,000 as the city itself sees a pretty solid natural growth on top of nearly 4000 people settling in smaller villages around Ektarinburg which begins to push the fur trapping industry and further south the Agriculture of the area.  The Tsar continues to develop his new bereaucratic system heavily and establishes a mandated exam system to promote the bereuacracy. The Russian population continues to grow pretty greatly and eastern expansion continues with Cossacks pushing into the east. (500 px) The military reforms of the Tsar finish with many Western tactics and arms leveraged and adapted towards fighting in the Vast Eastern Plains. The cossacks in Zhytomyr and the newly annexed Russian Ukraine begin to cross between the Crimean khanate and make links with the cossacks in Crimea which begin to cause problems for the Crimean khanate particularly with some minor and medium scale Raids. Russian cossacks on the border begin to openly support the pro-Russian khan aiding him. Russia reaches a population of 10.2 million and growing as a population boom begins to set in from increased agricultural production


 * Principality of Minsk: With the Tsar of Russia openly containing the expansion of the plague from Ostland, the Principality meets its first real task as a Russian state. nearly 50,000 troops are raised with a further 20,000 in reserve who help build, man and maintain the forts the Tsar of Russia has ordered constructed. With a major issue of where to build them, the decision is made to build them miles from Minsk to give some sort of buffer but also not to place the forts directly into territory already affected by the plague. The Forts maintain the same system as the Russian system and with evenly spaced forts, and regular patrol routes under effect its beleived the plague will be unable to penetrate deep into Minsk. In the case of the plague breaking the blockade and infecting many, the Principality begins to stockpile foodstuffs in order to weather the plague just in case, and orders many cities to begin shoring up as well. The Principalities Viceroy openly praises the Tsar for his quick and decisive action. Russian population in Minsk grows moderately as the local population of Russians numbers roughly 20,000 and growing partly from settlement, and partly from natural growth.
 * Principality of Zhytomyr: The Principality of Zhytomyr follows the same example of Minsk and Russia fully developing the fort system and raising 50,000 of its own troops as well as 30,000 in reserve just in case to prevent plague outbreak. With Many of the forts being built and manned the same precautions for patrols are taken. Zhytomyr in particular begins to see major population growth of Russians as new villages spring up, and existing ones see Russian majority. Assimilation also continues as many of the illiterate begin pushing for their children to learn Russian, and many are able to adopt Russian themselves developing their native slavic tongue almost into a Russian Dialect rather than a seperate language. The Principalities agricultural capacity does not take a hit as much of the farmland is located far away from the plague but foodstuffs are stockpiled nontheless to prepare for possible blockade breaches and a subsequent plague outbreak. The Russian population of Zhytomyr is estimated as nearly 50,000 and growing.


 * Mughal Empire: The Mughal Prince delivers victory in Gujurat, the princes and ports surrendering themselves to the will of the Emperor in Agra. The region is swiftly brought into the new administrative system and religious minorities are assigned their freedoms. Unlike other provinces, many prominent aristocrats attempt to attack the commissioners of the Emperor as they march into the city. Though easily subdued many murmur that the Emperor in his old age has become soft, when word reaches Babur in Agra he is thrown into a rage not seen for some time. Following his frightening display he was brought the three Princes, thrown before him. Babur sentences them to be left in the sun for the birds to devour without the release of death. This show of extreme force for those who many saw as opressors improved Babur's image in the eyes of the farm tillers, but damaged his reputation amongst the elite. Oman is granted two trade posts in Gujurat to assist in the distribution of Mughal trade. The Emperor grants this great privilege at the expense of their loyalty within the borders of the sub-continent. Humayun, Shahzade and heir to the Mughal throne took in bethrothal a princess of Bengal, to be wed after Humayun's first wife has been negoatiated.
 * Archduchy of Austria: Archduke Ferdinand I, decides to deal with current rebellions in our realm, to do that he recruits more soldiers in the army, the army is now composed out of 60.000 men which they are send to deal with the rebellions throughout the realm. Archduke Ferdinand I knows that this action alone isn't enough, so he also decides to decrese taxes to unburden the working class and the serfs, while he also decides to stop persecuting evangelical followers/supporters and allow the free practise of Evangelicalism, aiming to increase the support of his people for his reign, seeing the momentum that evangelicalism has gained, while also hoping to please the Emperor and avoid a direct confrontation with the Holy Roman Emperor John the Steadfast. A census shows the population is about 2 million but over 1.6 million are serfs. Infrastructure is improved. Evangelicalism gains momentum due to Swiss preachers now being able to come to the Archduchy of Austria and spread Evangelicalism throughout the realm.  We attack the rebels at Burgundy, with the full might of our forces. We back out of Burgundy as asked by the Holy Roman Emperor, while we do not relinquish our claims for Burgundy. We attack Hungary with the full might of our forces, cause we seek to extand our territory, while we also see that they are vulnerable, having lost the war against Venice and being at war with the Ottomans.
 * Duchy of Burgundy: Religious freedom is promised to Evangelical supporters followers following Archduke Ferdinand I decision to enforce it on the Archduchy of Austria. The full might of Austrian forces attack and try to reassert order in the Duchy of Burgundy. Anyone who wishes to cooperate with the Austrian authorities against the rebels is handsomely rewarded, while anyone that wishes to stand down and surrender, due to the rebellion having to reason to exist, now that we allowed freely and full religious freedom to Evangelicalism followers/supporters, is promised inpunity. Taxes are reduced to unburden the working class and the serfs.
 * You don't control Burgundy. It is independent. -Rex
 * They have decleared independence and you have guaranteed their independence, but i should propably have still control of some areas there, while there is a difference from declearing independence to achieving independence. ~Wrto12
 * Anyways my bad, it wasn't thouroughly explained last turn, i misinterpreted this wholse situation, so i just have a claim there right?... ~Wrto12
 * Duchy of Luxemburg: Infrastructure is improved. Religious freedom is promised to Evangelical supporters followers following Archduke Ferdinand I decision to enforce it on the Archduchy of Austria. Taxes are reduced to unburden the working class and the serfs. In attempt to unify the country the duchy makes its official language German and attempts to alienate its people from their french roots.
 * Archduchy of Austria Diplomacy: We ask Henry von Sundgau, the Burgundian rebellion's leader to stand down and swear allegiance to Archduke Ferdinand I since we have make legal practicing Evangelicalism in the Archduchy of Austria and we do not persecute Evangelicalist followers/supporters anymore, while we promise him and any rebels impunity from any crimes commited during the rebellion. (Mod Responce/RNG required) We ask Saxony for an alliance, shall they renounce support for independent Burgundy, since we now allow free practise of Evangelicalism, as well as Pomerania and the Swiss Confederacy shall they renounce their claims/stop vassalizing in Tyrol.
 * Burgundian (MOD) Diplomacy: The sovereign state of Burgundy refuses, but they are willing to open diplomacy/friendly relations with Austria, should Austria peacefully let them go.
 * Emperor John of Saxony respectfully declines the alliance with Austria and reasserts its protection for Burgundy.
 * Württemberger diplomacy: We politely remind Austria that Tyrol is under our military protection and is an independent County.
 * Archduchy of Austria Diplomacy: (Crim told me its still mine) We inform Württemberg that Tyrol part of our Archduchy, not independent, (was never free to be vassalized) there was a rebellion going on but are dealing with it, we ask Württemberg to renounce all claims in Tyrol.
 * Württemberger diplomacy: (Oh, apologies. The map of the HRE is quite confusing.) Not wishing to risk conflict with the significantly more powerful Archduchy, we reluctantly withdraw our forces from Tyrol. We hope that this has not caused any damaging in relations between us.


 * Angu: The Angan rendition of the Latin script is finished due to the trade with the Portuguese. Namton A'fao Koito is still working on an original script for the Angu peoples, whilst also learning the tongue of the Portuguese. The trade does many good things for the Angan peoples as they are now the most developed tribe in the region, which allows them to incorporate the Zia tribe and its four clans into the Angan Tribal Conglomerate.
 * Nogai Confederation: After years of civil war, the pro-confederation rebels finally manage to defeat the Muscovy backed khan(and the weaker ruling khan). Unrest continues, however, as many want to return to being a horde. As a confederation, we begin to set up devolved areas of government in different regions. A new role of "Grand Khan" is established, who is supportive of the Ottoman Empire and is the head of state of the nation. We begin to set up a defensive line on the border with the Kazakhs
 * Benin: The construction of Mahin continues as planned, with the construction of the city walls now underway. The port of Mahin is partially completed, as the desire to work on constructing another shipwright has resulted in for the dock being siphoned away for the shipbuilders. The slave trade continues as planned, with thousands of African natives captured and sold away by Benin. Benin expands by 200 px as the Olukore takes over the responsibilities of expanding the borders of Benin for the military. The Oba orders a census of the nation, and his palace officials report a total population 10,750,000, mostly from the new births and female slaves captured in the new territories, along with the normal growth rate of Benin. The transformation of Benin into a modern state continues, with more Edo subjects literate, thanks to the efforts of the Portuguese and Genoese living in Benin. The printing presses are now everywhere in Benin, with newspapers delivering knowledge on subjects of all topics, educating the Edo on local and world events. The education of the Edo too continues with much success, as many Edo children are sent to new schools built in the major cities of the empire, teaching them basic skills such as math, reading, writing, and theology. The goal is to educate the next generation as best as possible to ensure that it will be able to compete to some degree with the Europeans. The merchant fleet of Benin continues to grow under the supervision of the Portuguese merchants residing in their new enclave outside of Eko. New goods from Europe continue to pour into the trade city and circulate throughout the nation as the roads constructed years prior make trade and the spread of ideas easier than ever before. The Oba convenes his War Council for a planned invasion of Oyo. For years, the nation has been an obstacle to Benin's growth, and more importantly, a deep fervor to spread the word of Jesus and the Church have dominated the discussions of many war chiefs in Benin. They seek to convert their Yoruba cousins and bring them into the light of the Catholic Church. The Oba agrees to the plan, and with the permission of the Bishop of Edo, declares a holy crusade again Oyo. Benin mobilizes its 180,000 troops for war, and begins its invasion of Oyo seeking to take its capital city of Ile-Ife. The war will put to the test the Edo and Eko metropolitan regiments armed with European weaponry and cannon, as well as the many district regiments which enter into battle with European-style armor and swords given them over the last decade and a half.
 * Owari:  We thank China for signing the Treaty of Kiyosu, but remain skeptical and somewhat guarded against Korea. With the United Front useless, at least until another war should arise, we dissolve the United front, but try to keep our good ties with states like Izumo. We continue to influence Miwaki (Turn Two of Seven), and try to integrate Ise into Owari as much as possible.
 * Hungary: As war escalates, we fortify our borders and send more men to ambush hostiles outside of our fortified nation. From estimations, Hungary is greatly fortified and the probability of invasion is significantly low. Our nation continues to build up and becomes greater as a power. We offer a truce to all our enemies.