Emancipation (Map Game)

In the year 1861, Tsar Alexander II of Russia issued the Manifest ob Otmene Krepostnogo Prava of 1861. The Emancipation Manifesto, as it came to be known, proclaimed the freedom of all Russian peasants from serfdom and virtual slavery to their aristocratic masters. Halfway across the world, the opposite transpired when seven American states seceded and thereafter united to form the Confederate States of America — a federation committed to the protection of slavery — sparking the American Civil War just two months later.

You now sit at the helm of one of the world's numerous nation-states or colonies, and it is up to you to decide the fate of your country. How will you face the impending slave crisis? How will you deal with freedom of the peasantry? How will you respond to the great Emancipation?

Sign-ups
''If two flags are present beside each sign-up's name, this indicates that the country is part of a colonial empire or otherwise superior body, which is shown by the flag on the left. These upper bodies are as follows:'' Italics indicates a country that is not internationally recognised.
 * British Empire
 * Dutch Empire
 * French Empire
 * German Confederation
 * Portuguese Empire
 * Spanish Empire

Europe

 * Principality of Andorra
 * Duchy of Anhalt-Bernburg
 * Duchy of Anhalt-Dessau
 * Austrian Empire
 * Grand Duchy of Baden
 * Kingdom of Bavaria
 * Kingdom of Belgium
 * Free City of Bremen
 * Duchy of Brunswick
 * Couto Misto
 * Kingdom of Denmark
 * Second French Empire
 * Free City of Frankfurt
 * Kingdom of Greece
 * Free City of Hamburg
 * Kingdom of Hanover
 * Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine (Hesse-Darmstadt)
 * Landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg
 * Electorate of Hesse (Hesse-Kassel)
 * Duchy of Holstein
 * Kingdom of Italy
 * Principality of Liechtenstein
 * Duchy of Limburg
 * Principality of Lippe
 * Free City of Lübeck
 * Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
 * Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
 * Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
 * Principality of Monaco
 * Principality of Montenegro
 * Duchy of Nassau
 * Kingdom of the Netherlands
 * Grand Duchy of Oldenburg
 * States of the Church (Papal States)
 * Kingdom of Portugal
 * Kingdom of Prussia
 * Principality of Reuss-Greiz
 * Principality of Reuss-Gera
 * Russian Empire
 * Most Serene Republic of San Marino
 * Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg
 * Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
 * Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg
 * Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen
 * Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
 * Kingdom of Saxony
 * Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe
 * Duchy of Schleswig
 * Principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
 * Principality of Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen
 * Principality of Serbia
 * Kingdom of Spain
 * United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway
 * Swiss Confederation
 * United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
 * Principality of Waldeck-Pyrmont
 * Kingdom of Württemberg

Asia

 * Emirate of Afghanistan
 * Empire of Annam
 * Kingdom of Bhutan
 * Sultanate of Brunei
 * Emirate of Bukhara
 * Kingdom of Burma
 * Kingdom of Cambodia
 * Great Qing Empire (China)
 * Emirate of Ha'il
 * Japanese Empire (Tokugawa Shogunate)
 * Sultanate of Johor
 * Kingdom of Kabul (Kabulistan)
 * Khanate of Khiva
 * Khanate of Kokand
 * Kingdom of Joseon (Korea)
 * Sultanate of Maguindanao
 * Sultanate of Maldives
 * Kingdom of Manipur
 * Sultanate of Muscat and Oman
 * Negeri Sembilan
 * Kingdom of Nepal
 * Ottoman Empire
 * Sultanate of Pahang
 * Sultanate of Perak
 * Persian Empire
 * Ryūkyū Kingdom
 * Kingdom of Sarawak
 * Sultanate of Selangor
 * Kingdom of Siam
 * Chogyalate of Sikkim
 * Sultanate of Sulu
 * Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace (Taiping)

North America

 * Confederate States of America
 * Republic of Costa Rica
 * Republic of Guatemala
 * Republic of Haiti
 * Republic of Honduras
 * Republic of Mexico
 * United States of America

South America

 * Argentine Confederation
 * Bolivian Republic
 * Empire of Brazil
 * Republic of Chile
 * Republic of Ecuador
 * El Salvador
 * Granadine Confederation
 * Republic of Guatemala
 * Republic of Honduras
 * Republic of Nicaragua
 * Republic of Paraguay
 * Peruvian Republic
 * Eastern Republic of Uruguay
 * Republic of Venezuela

Africa

 * Kingdom of Ankole
 * Anziku Kingdom
 * Aro Confederacy
 * Asante Union
 * Kingdom of Baguirmi
 * Kingdom of Baol
 * Kingdom of Basutoland
 * Benin Empire
 * Bornu Empire
 * Kingdom of Buganda
 * Kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara
 * Kingdom of Burundi
 * Kingdom of Cayor
 * Kingdom of Dahomey
 * Ethiopian Empire
 * Imamate of Futa Jallon
 * Imamate of Futa Toro
 * Kingdom of Garo
 * Kingdom of Gera
 * Kingdom of Gomma
 * Kingdom of Gumma
 * Kingdom of Janjero
 * Kingdom of Jimma
 * Jolof Kingdom
 * Kingdom of Kaabu
 * Kingdom of Kaffa
 * Kénédougou Kingdom
 * Kingdom of Khasso
 * Kong Empire
 * Kingdom of Kongo
 * Kingdom of Koya
 * Republic of Liberia
 * Kingdom of Loango
 * Luba Empire
 * Lunda Empire
 * Massina Empire
 * Matabele Kingdom
 * Sultanate of Morocco
 * Ouaddai Empire
 * Oyo Empire
 * Kingdom of Rwanda
 * Sokoto Caliphate
 * Toro Kingdom
 * Toucouleur Empire
 * Kingdom of Welayta
 * Yeke Kingdom
 * Kingdom of the Zulus

Oceania

 * Kingdom of Bora Bora
 * Fiji
 * Kingdom of Hawaii
 * Kingdom of Huahine
 * Crown Colony of New South Wales
 * Crown Colony of Queensland
 * Kingdom of Raiatea
 * Kingdom of Rapa Nui
 * Kingdom of Rarotonga
 * Kingdom of Samoa
 * Crown Colony of South Australia
 * Kingdom of Tahiti
 * Crown Colony of Tasmania
 * Tu'i Tonga
 * Crown Colony of Victoria
 * Crown Colony of Western Australia

Note on Mod Events
Mod Events will be organised into War, Political , Social , Economic and Miscellaneous categories. They will also be listed chronologically; events with no certain dates will be placed at the bottom of the mod events section.

1861
'''The self-proclaimed Republics of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia secede from the United States in defiance of the election of Abraham Lincoln to the Presidency. Starting of February 4, the rebelling states join the newly-established Confederate States of America, which enshrines slavery in its constitution, in contrast to Lincoln's election platform of anti-slavery and slave emancipation. A Confederate attack on the US Fort Sumter on April 12 begins the American Civil War.'''

'''Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias Tsar Alexander II Romanov issues the Emancipation Manifesto on March 3, proclaiming the abolition of serfdom throughout the Empire. He grants former serfs the full rights of free citizens. Peasants are now able to purchase land from their former landlords. However, a two-year transition period means that the peasant is obligated as before to the old land-owner; large parts of common land are passed to the major land-owners as otrezki ("cut of lands"), making many forests, roads and rivers accessible only for a fee. The peasants must also pay the landowner for their allocation of land in a series of redemption payments, which are used to compensate the landowners with bonds.'''

The Bamana Empire is conquered by the Toucouleur Empire.

The Kingdom of Italy is founded on March 17.

The First Taranaki War ends in New Zealand on March 18.

The Free Cities of Menton and Roquebrune, after a plebiscite, is annexed to France.

'''The Nian Rebellion, which began in 1851 as a response from northern Chinese rebels to the Qing government's failure to render aid to northern China after two floods, continues. It causes immense economic devastation and loss of life on both sides. Meanwhile, the Miao Rebellion which started in 1854 ravages the Guizhou province in response to an increase in taxes due to the also ongoing Taiping Rebellion.'''

'''The Herzegovina Uprising, which began in 1852 as a response from Herzegovinian tribes to the Ottoman general Omar Pasha's order to disarm the Herzegovinians, continues. General Pasha continues to find ways to end the uprising, but is unsuccessful.'''

'''The Cochinchina Campaign which began in 1858 continues between the armies of France and Spain, and those of Dai Nam. A French war of conquest, the French and Spanish make great gains in southern Vietnam and France creates the Cochinchina colony.'''

The Federal War between Venezuelan Federalists and Centralists continues.

The Colombian Civil War between the Granadine Confederation and the rebelling Federal State of Cauca continues.

A series of Chilean military campaigns known as the Occupation of Araucanía continues.

LET THE GAMES BEGIN!