Principia Moderni (Map Game)

Principia Moderni, or "The Beginning of the Modern" in Late Latin, is a map game beginning in the final days of the Middle Ages in Europe, and the early days of the Ming dynasty in China--1420 C. E...The House of Hohenzollern have become the Electorates of Brandenburg--though most of the power in the Holy Roman Empire still lies with the Habsburgs, Joan of Arc has defeated the English at Orleans, the city of Tenochtitlan is founded by the Aztecs, the Timurid Empire has united Central and West Asia, and the Yongle Emperor sends out Zheng He to voyage westwards. It is a turbulent era, in other words, an era of change, and an era in which power is cemented.

Rules

 * Main article: Rules (Principia Moderni)

Moderators

 * Detectivekenny (moderator-in-chief, mapmaker)


 * Cosman246 (creator, assistant moderator, mapmaker)


 * Roguejedi (moderator, inactive)


 * PitaKang (moderator)
 * CrimsonAssassin 14:44, March 2, 2011 (UTC)

Europe

 * England-- Roguejedi
 * Scotland--Alexanders 00:30, March 20, 2011 (UTC)
 * Wales--
 * France--
 * Burgundy-- SSS
 * Aragon--
 * Swiss Confederacy-- -Sunkist-
 * Navarre--
 * Portugal--
 * Castille-- Woogers
 * Ireland--
 * Genoa--Cloudslayer
 * Papal States--
 * Naples--
 * Venice-- Chicagoan
 * Teutonic Knights--
 * Hungary--Collie Kaltenbrunner
 * Wallachia--
 * Moldavia--
 * Poland-Lithuania--
 * Muscovy--
 * Novgorod--

Kalmar Union (Principa Moderni)

 * Norway-- Destroyanator*
 * Sweden-- BoredMatt
 * Denmark-- Baconton

The Holy Roman Empire

 * Florence--
 * Bohemia--
 * Austria--
 * Brandenburg--Zagoria 05:00, March 24, 2011 (UTC)

The Islamic World

 * Granada--
 * Ottoman Empire-- StarkBlack
 * Golden Horde--
 * Mamluk Sultanate--BlackSkyEmpire
 * Il-Khan--
 * Timurid Empire-- Thant*
 * Mali--
 * Chagatai Khanate--
 * Oman--
 * Oirats Khanate--
 * Delhi Sultanate--

The Far East

 * Vijayanagar Empire--
 * China-- CrimsonAssassin
 * Japan-- Cosman246
 * Joseon-- PitaKang
 * Vietnam-- Yank
 * Hanthawaddy-- Detectivekenny

Americas

 * Aztecs-- Devil_Warrior*
 * Maya-- Fedelede
 * Inca-- VENEZUELA*
 * Tsalagi - Mumby 12:13, February 28, 2011 (UTC)

Austrailia

 * Kulin-- Herblover*

*Inactive

1420-1449
Archives: 1420-1449

1450-1479
Archives: 1450-1479

1480

 * Be sure to update the external possessions page.
 * The Maya's colonies expand by 2*576 km each.
 * Hanthawaddy and Bengal continue to clash ferociously along the border. Bengal updates its economy, making the use of the Mon Awettha standard. Bengal expands both of its colonies by 1*576 km.
 * March 10th Yorkist King Edward IV after two weeks of battle of Reading narrowly defeats Lancaster/ Scottish Colation.King James responds by moving to East Anglia and pillaging the country side.
 * Japan expands each of it's colonies by 2*576 sq km
 * Under Caly Cummohgan the Welish drive out remaning English Lords, supporting King James. Ireland fratcures into native lord ships. The Peace of Northumerland is aggred at the end of the year in London. The U.K will cease to exists. Edward IV will reconigze a unified Keltic State that streches from Cornwall to Scotland, Northeumbland and the most notably the City of York is given to the Keltic Kingdom, by accepting such terms Edward IV will remain King and the Lancastrs will marry into the Royal Line, therefore ending the English Civil War. In the Treaty Ireland is noted part of the Keltic Kingdom but at the present is engulfed by small time turf struggles.
 * The Venetian-Hungarian War ends.Venice loses Dalmatia and Venetian Albania.
 * The explorer returns to Tsalagi from Mesoamerica, and Queen Umpahasi looks to establish relations with the Aztecs and Mayans. The Queen falls ill, and the two major factions at court begin to compete to fulfil their particular goals.
 * The Vietnamese expand their colonies by 2*576 km each. They also start a colony in Madagascar, which is put under the control of the East Africa colony.

1481

 * Bengal manages to capture Chittagong, after a destructive battle. Tensions begin to ease up, but severe antipathy towards Mons occurs in Hanthawaddy. The government of Krungthep defects to Bengal as well. Katimon is expanded by 3*576px as a penal colony for prisoners of war, as well as for Bengali refugees.
 * Hungary starts to build new ships in Ragusa and Zeng.
 * A Malmulk colony apears in OTL Virginia and Florida, although peaceful terms with the Indians are kept at where they are.
 * China's colony continues to mount up its forces. A commonly accepted theory as to why they are doing this is that they want to exterminate certain tribes. However, the most prominent tribe is the Aztec Empire!
 * King James invades Ireland to restore order, he is welcomed by the pesants as a hero aganist warring lords and the conquest is peaceful
 * Japanese scientists seek to describe the basics of classical physics and astronomy. There are debates between major schools of thought (corresponding with OTL Cartesian, Newtonian and Leibnizian) as models of mechanics are built (Yes, I know that in OTL this happens about 100 years later, but they could have happened now had there not been religious conflict in Europe)
 * Joseon expands their colony in the Phillipines by 2*526 km.
 * The Vietnamese expand their colonies by 2*576 km each. The island of Sumatra is put under the control of the Indonesian colony.

1482

 * The Bengal Mons attack the Dimasa Kingdom, in hopes of cutting Hanthawaddy off from the Ahom's homeland. Jamaica Mon is expanded by 1*576 sq km.
 * Doitsuchihou is expanded by 3*576 sq km, so it controls much of East Prussia. The Shogun claims the throne of the Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach, merging it under the throne of Japan and renaming it so it is now the Shogunate of Doitsuchihou (Tenjikuminato and Nuretachihou are already merged under the throne)
 * You can't take over countries like that unless it's part of your 3-pixel expansion.
 * It is--perhaps I should clarify that this is a claim, not really complete control yet.

Brandenburg offers Kalmar Union a military alliance
 * Ireland is incorperated into the Keltic union
 * More ships are built in Hungarian ports.
 * Joseon expands Hawaii by 3 pixels.
 * Umpahasi dies due to her illness. Leaving no heirs, the Ehkas Dynasty comes to an end. Under these monarchs, a kingdom was born. Forged in war under Ehkasgahi and born as a united, prosperous nation under Umpahasi, Tsalagi descends into a civil war. This war is waged between the bellicose warlike aspects of society consisting of the Marcher Lords, many affluent generals and the more traditional chieftains, and the more peaceful aspects consisting of the Royal Court, the priests, the poorer military men, and the merchant class. The civil war is relatively low key, fought mostly through spys and intrigue. On the outside, the Council rules Tsalagi while it awaits a new King to arise. Concerns arise in the slave markets over the lack of slaves coming into the country.
 * The Vietnamese expand their colonies by 2*576 km each.

1483

 * Bengal succeeds in capturing the south part of Dimasa, while the Ahoms in Hanthawaddy claim the northern part. The Ahoms federate Tingri and Drakchi, giving them status as provinces.
 * As the Margraviate of Brandenburg is still existent, it declares war with Japan and its claims to the Mark. Japan sends troops to expand into Brandenburg and hope to control it in a decade. As Brandenburg is still a small, weak state at this point, few think that it will win.
 * King James rebuilds Edinburgh and make it his captial
 * Joseon expands their Hawaii colony by 3*576 km, believing that later, Hawaii would be a valuable asset in the future. They continue to expand their navy and army.
 * Hungary continues to build ships, and asks for a alliance with the Ottoman Empire again.
 * The Ottoman Empire agrees to an alliance with Hungary.
 * The Vietnamese expand their colinies by 2*576 km each. They offer to mediate negotiations to bring the Bengal-Hanthawaddy conflict to an end.

1484

 * King James claims to have found the Holy Grail, great celeberations commence, he is dubbed as "Arthur's heir to the Brittians, Lord of all only second to the Christ All Mighty, may it yet that the Saxons leave our shores forever, at last the slaves are free!?
 * Taking advantage of Nepal's temporary weakness due to its division into three kingdoms two years earlier, Bengal quickly annexes the three kingdoms, declaring itself an empire, while King Dhammazedi declares himself Emperor of Bengal. In Hanthawaddy, the Ahoms begin to face crisis as family members pose a threat in a scramble for government. They call upon Vietnam to recognize them as the legitimate rulers of Hanthawaddy and Singburi, rather than the Wareru Mons, who rule from Bengal.
 * The Vietnamese expand their colonies by 2*576 km each. The Vietnamese Emperor recognizes the Ahoms as the legitimate leaders of Hanthawaddy and offer military and economic support to Hanthawaddy.
 * Outraged, the Wareru Mons cut off relations and halt trade through Krungthep. It also begins attacking the border with Singburi, and Mons within Singburi begin rioting at having lost power and status.
 * Brandenburg offers the Kalmar Union an alliance: Brandenburg will support Kalmar in its foreign policy in exchange for use of ports on the North Sea.
 * User:Baconton, User:Destroyanator and User:BoredMatt should probably be contacted if you want an alliance, although they've all been inactive. Destroyanator is effectively dead, though.