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.

The Map
1572 AD

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
All users currently on the wiki may play unless otherwise noted.

Banned Users
A ban from plausibility strikes lasts thirty days, after which the third strike is repealed and the banned player is unbanned. However, the newly unbanned player rejoins the game with two strikes, as a form of probation.

Banned forever

 * Vivaporius (1490-forever)

Plausibility Strikes
'''Three strikes and you're out! Each strike resets after 30 years of the most recent strike.'''


 * Warrior - I (1553)

Moderator Strikes
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.
 * 2) If I, Scraw, give them a strike.
 * 3) If a majority of all mods (ie more than half of the total number of mods, excluding that moderator) vote to give a moderator a strike.
 * 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.



1590
''' The French begin taking people across the Atlantic to work in their colonies. Anyone who agrees to work for 10 years will be given land at the end of their servitude. This proves immensely popular. Some colonial venturers decide to extend this practice by recruiting Africans, but with 15 years of servitude instead. '''

''' Tsar Dmitri's wife returns to her native land of France to escape the war with her children. They are hosted in the court of her brother-in-law, the Duke of Berry. '''

''' Boyars are hanged in the streets. '''


 * Kingdom of Burgundy: Guyana expands 50px west, Cape Charles, Avelskamp, and Nova Belgica expand 50px each. In India, dissent continues to be stirred amongst the Hindu population of the Bahmanid sultanate. Christian missionaries continue their work in Aceh. Construction continues of new facilities in Singapore, and is becoming the site of one of the largest shipyards outside the Netherlands. Recruitment into the Colonial Guard begins climbing, for the West India Company it mostly comes from Europeans looking for adventure in the new world, while in India and the East Indies, from Ceylonese and Malays. An offer is sent to the Prince of Borneo, as one of the few Gunterist states, offering its protection from nearby expansionist Muslim kingdoms. (Mod response please)


 * Holy Bulgarian Empire: Under Tsar Vasili, the empire undergoes a drastic and notable transition. While a heavily practical and brutal man he shows a relatively peace loving side as he hopes to bring down the Tensions in Europe. He officially announces the release of Poland from the PU under his freshly unveiled sons. Born years back to back, Tsar Vasili's first son Kaloyan will claim the title of Holy Tsar of all Bulgaria and the Balkans while his second son Constantine will take the throne in Poland bringing with it the reborn title of Tsar in Poland. This is carried out immediately in poland and the Tsars closest childhood friend Mikhail Alekov who is to rule as Regent of Poland until the young Tsar of Poland reaches age. The Rationale behind the split is to prevent imperial overextention, as well as create a closer ally out of the remainder of Poland through the previous claim through marriage of the Jaigellion family. Tsar Vasili offers his utmost support to his Russian ally but requests a year to fully mobilize and prepare for the extensive campaigning in Russia. Bulgarian population stands at roughly 6.86 million and growing.
 * Kingdom of England and Ireland: The rate of enclosure continues to remain high leading to people choosing to move abroad to the colonies in Arcadia. With the war over novels start to appear about the naval war. The navy is worked on improving as it failed to meet expectations with it's size increased to 350 ships. Work is made on changing the navy with sailors now trained to acts as better ship to ship fighters. As the speed of the ships is criticised the new ships being built are smaller and more focus on speed and agility. Colonial expansion is restarted with New Gwynedd expanding 50px to the south and the New Netherlands expanding 50px to the south. Oxford and Cambridge continue competition over who has more students and better teachers with the universities high pay and low costs as subsided by the Crown. We maintain trade with our colonies and Asia as we start trading goods with Asia and moving slaves from Africa to Arcadia and bringing back tobacco largely. Avalon keeps working as whaling, fishing and fur trade continue to be the profit of the colony. The colony starts to grow outside of population migration as the number of births in the colony grows with more established farming. The plantation system in New Gwynedd and Western Arcadia is growing very effective. The colony of New Netherlands make it's money from fur trading and farming. The four field crop rotation system starts to be adopted largely in England. The mouldboard plough is introduced to England and it begins to be used. The Parliament of England in it's yearly meetings passes another enclosure act meaning that much formerly common land is enclosed to with hedging upsetting many farmers but on a small scale so not leading to any serious acts of rebellion. The canal from Runcorn to Manchester is completed and work on extending the canal to Worsley is started. Another plan to link the Severn to the Ouse river linking the north and south of the country This new canal will be much the same parameters as the previous one between the Severn and the Thames with the canals taking a common pattern. Plantations which grow tobacco and other crops such as cotton which are taken back to England for resale while these colonies are largely populated by a few English townsmen and yeomen farmers ruling over these areas employing Welsh and Irish convicts to run black slaves. Most of the farms are large plantations owned by merchants in England with most of the labour carried about by black slaves and convicts who spend their sentence working on farms and after four to seven years normally they are released and can be free like the small population freemen who moved for a better life. The English colony on William's isle maintain itself as does the fort with the settlers expanding inland to gain land for farming. The Kingdom of England and Ireland has a population of 3.9 million. The road system is maintained by the Crown. Merchants passing through on their way to Asia pass a small uninhabited island a number of times. The St Georges and St Johns Islands colonies maintain them self with their small population farming and acting as supply posts for travel to Africa and India. The St Goerge colony ends up being a transit hub for slaves while most ships pass St Johns Island on the way to India
 * Sultanate of the Maghreb: The Sultan Hamid ibn Musa Al-Abbas begins to work on modernizing the army by requesting men from 17-36 to train in the army, as the navy is improved on to reach the new world and to defend trading ships. Urban centers begin to grow as trading centers and means of living begin to spread mostly in cities on the coast. We send a Muslim missionaries to Angola. Costal cities are made into trading post in the Desert to help rise the pop. The Navy is worked on as Rabat is made a center of naval action, as Rabat is were most sailors are trained making a Rabat Naval school, that holds harsh rules.The work on the army is worked on as people begin to be trained with fire arms. We send a trade envoys, along with sending Imams to spread Islam. The Sultanate begin to expand into the Atlantic coast line by 15px. The city Algiers is made the capital of the Sultanate as its population grows.The Sultan begins to works on cities by opening markets and trading centers mostly at Algiers. we begin to shadow the Caliphate trading ships following them to trade with other nations. We send an envoy to the king of Zaire (Kongo) if he would he open up mosques in Muslim areas in Zairi as we send our high Imam to tell him about Islamic Unity. The spread of Islam in Zairi is less about shoving it down people belief but more of gaining trust of people by giving out food and things like that, after gaining trust of people we begin to spread Islam into Ziyri (Kongo).
 * Maiam: Trade experiences a boom as Maian foods and goods begin to reach the wider European market, and demand increases. With Portuguese aid, the nation begins to rebuild and repopulate. A minor population boom begins in the native Mayan and Aztec populations, as well as the Portuguese settlers. In some cases, intermarriage results in what are known as Mextizo children. Expansion continues along the southern border, focusing on the coast. Work continues to renovate and update existing buildings and roads, and to create plans for future upkeep and renovations. There is some internal turmoil as the dominant Mayans impose their laws and culture on the conquered Mexica. Former Mexican royalty is forced to marry into Mayan lines. Small rebellions are put down. (Note: Mayan and Mexican refer to the cultural groups, Maian refers to the nation as a whole and its government.)


 * Abbasid Caliphate: In this year, the Ulema under the new Grand Vizier fully assumed temporal and spiritual power over the Caliphate. The larger military force is divided in two parts, one to administrate in Africa and one to administrate in the Middle East. The Caliph himself, being still only nine years old, has no ability to contradict this move. In fact, as the Caliph has been too adolescent to sire any children, the imperial Harem fell largely into obscurity, with many of the royal concubines assumed by the Ottoman Empire. More Arabs migrate into East Africa to intermix with the Amharic people. The colonies of Lakhadswheep and Chittabong also see more Arabs, but to a lesser degree. Trade across the Indian Ocean and East Asia continues, helping to support the economies and government of primarily Bahamani and Korea.
 * Can it be made clear that the max army size of the Abbasids is 400,000 due to the 1% of a 40 mil population. (MOD RESPONSE PLEASE) - Dev


 * Oman: Missionaries continue to spread the Ibadi faith in Java, Sumatra, Sunda, and Aceh, particularly in the Banten region of Sunda.
 * Knights Hospitaller-We have a population of around 46,000 (Colonists and 1% growth) and have a navy of ten ships. In New Rhodes, we begin building up our industry by offering grants for skilled colonists. We slow down immigration to around 500 a year. Due to the recent attacks, we begin focusing on our army while we also halt expansion and consolidate. Due to our small size our population can only provide 460 soldiers though we make sure that they are highly trained. We have finished the restructuring and rearming of the military into a modern army trained in Iberian tactics. Due to the immense wave of immigration, New Rhodes is over-populated and crowded and so we begin a resettlement program, shifting colonists from New Rhodes to the other colonies. With expanded Papal funding and Burgundian investment we begin to restart expansion soon after the reorganisation of the military. According to our old plans, we send a fleet to Northern Laurentia to scout out area for a colony and we decide to place a possible colony in OTL Alabama in OTL Mobile county. We have hoarded supplies and money for several years, such as the investments from Burgundy and the Papal States, and we are using this money to prepare for this colonisation. Seeing the success of the French land offers we offer these same deals to people who wish to move to our colonies.
 * Maryland-The colony of Maryland is small with around 10,000 colonists and 6000 native converts. We build a medical school in Maryland in order to combat new diseases while we also build a ship yard to help with trading. We resume expansion at a rate of 25 px. We begin building infrastructure in the colonies such as roads and schools while we are also planning to build important industry such as iron, and gun powder. ​We attempt to help modernize the natives and we provide schools and churches to teach them our main language (French) while we also build roads. The road has been finished leading to easier trading and communication. We build the city of St. John to establish a clear capital for the region, while also providing a chance for the native workers to learn new skills. Due to the roads St John is beginning to become a trade hub, with Europeans exchanging goods with natives. We apprentice young natives to teach them modern skills while we also teach the natives modern agriculture such as the four field system. We begin to encourage marriages between natives and the colonists in order to help assimilate them and to help improve relations. Finally we send experts to help rebuild their villages up to modern standards. Plantations are built for crops such as tobacco and sugar cane, while native plants such as maize, sweet potatoes, and beans are being adopted by our farmers. We send missionaries north hoping to convert more of the natives while we also attempt to convert native leaders. The natives are slowly beginning to be assimilated.
 * New Crete-It has a population of 4250, Andros Island is fully colonized though we halt expansion and consolidate.
 * Neues Deutschland- We settle in Otl Alabama in Otl Mobile county with a population of 150 colonists who are majority German. We start at a small size of  10 px and begin preparing the land for basic colonisation and expansion (7 years). We send an expedition of soldiers and missionaries to make peaceful contact with the natives and help convert the natives.
 * ​Malaya: We send another message to Kedah, asking for a merger and hope for a response [Kedah Response Needed] More undeveloped land is being utilized for agriculture. Construction begins in state capitals, aiming for the same results as in Kuala Lumpur. We upgrade our ports and nearby infrastructure to cope with being a prominent trading area. Spices and other localities are also taxed, and the trade generates a good income for us. More ports are constructed along the West Coast States, to ease traffic in the Strait of Malacca. With the West being focused on trade, the Eastern States are focused on agriculture.


 * Swahili: We continue our agriculture policies. The royal guards continue capturing slaves. In the heartland of Mogadishu, the Bank of Mogadishu begin cooperation with landlords to construct hydraulic devices such as canals and irrigation projects to boost food production. Areas interior to Mobassa and Malindi is colonized. We also send out conquistadors to expand northwards into more northern Somalia. We continue development of Madagascar. With Sofala becoming our vassal, we begin investing in Sofala as well as sending Swahili citizens into Sofala. We send some food to the Abbasids to help them in their famine. We declare war upon the Somalian State and invade it.


 * In the Principality of Kiev, Prince Ivan sends a contingent of troops, mostly Cossacks, to aid our Russian ally, the Czar. We send other troops to secure our recently-extended border with Russia to prevent spillover. Our cities continue to develop.
 * Georgia: We develop the port of Tskhumi to become the main port in Georgia, in order to sell gold, silver and iron. Ottoman goods are shipped through Tskhumi towards Vladimirgrad, Vasiligrad, Trebizond and other western ports. Trade with the Gurkani, Ottomans and the Caliphate is increased. The heir, Prince George, is being taught the art of ruling.
 * Russia: The Czar begins to make massive gains against the Boyars. The last major peasant offensive is a failure. The Boyar faction is reduced to warlords.

1591
''' The daimyo and allied forces win the bloody battle of Kyoto. '''

''' The Borneo instead signs a pact with France due to French access in the Spice Islands. '''

''' In France, King Philip's reign is challenged by the Duke of Berry, who is the son in law of the old king but also a more distant cousin. '''

''' The Black Eagles enter contract with the new Polish monarchs to offer them extra security. '''

''' Pirates attack the Iberian colony in OTL Louisiana. '''

Trapezuntine Emperor dies and is succeeded by his chosen heir, the heir to the Georgia.


 * Kingdom of Burgundy: Guyana expands 50px west, Cape Charles, Avelskamp, and Nova Belgica expand by 50px each. With word of the fate Seabirds fate having had time to spread, a cartographer in the service of the West India Company maps the site of the Seabirds discovery, as well as other recorded ship disappearances, and finds that many of them occur in an area whose boundaries are marked from the coast of Maryland, to Puerto Rico, to New Rhodes. Due to the presence of the Knights Hospitallar in the area, he dubs it "The Knights Triangle". Dissent continues to be stirred amongst the Hindu population of the Bahmanid Sultanate. Support is given to Malayas modernization efforts, and investments continue to be put into the Knights.


 * Prussia-Bohemia-Luxembourg (posting for Nk): Emperor Wilhelm continues his reign. Bohemia is further integrated along Prussias legal system, while their government retains devolved powers. The intra-Empire road system continues to be invested in. Wilhelmsburg expands by 50px, and exploration of the Neu Rhine continues.


 * Korea: The Emperor continues his modernization program, with scholars sent to China annually to study their technology and practices, eventually being tasked with implementing them domestically. Acknowledging their importance, the merchant sang-in caste and commerce are granted a heightened role. Whilst this contrasts with traditional views on mercantile activity, the heterodoxy introduced by the Emperor eventually brings forth a more accommodating attitude to the court and the aristocracy. As a result, merchant guilds are founded. With a remonetized economy brought by the mass-adoption of copper-based coinage and bullion, there is a revival in commerce. Production of lucrative goods such as silk, porcelain, tea, and gunpowder surges, while the metallurgical and salt industries are monopolized and placed under a single state-owned firm. Hwataedo is further colonized, with Nivkhgu and Manchuria also receiving thousands of Korean settlers. Korean is promoted as a prestige language among their respective aristocrats, as well as a lingua franca between Korea and its subordinate dominions. Christianity, mostly the Nestorian branch, continues to disseminate among the populace.


 * Abbasid Caliphate: Great strategy befalls this year as the young Caliph Al-Najm III, being only 11 years old, died under unusual circumstances, and was entombed with his ancestors in Damascus. His uncle assumed the new title of Caliph, taking on the name Al-Mansur II. The Ulema continues, as it has for many years, send missionaries to the east Indies, southeast Asia and southern China, putting these nations under the centralized ecclesiatical heirarchy from the Caliph established by Al-Mutadid II. Al-Mansur, meanwhile, quickly decides to undo the mistakes of the previous several caliphs, which allowed the nation to fall into disrepair and chaos, and submitted his plan for the nation before the Ulema. The Pope of Alexandria, concerned for the future, begins to organize more of a centralized authority from the Holy See of Africa.
 * Malaya: We send another message to Kedah to discuss proposals of a merger. [Mod Response Needed] We upgrade infrastructure and trading ports.
 * Knights Hospitaller-We have a population of around 47,110 (Colonists and 1% growth) and have a navy of ten ships. In New Rhodes, we begin building up our industry by offering grants for skilled colonists. Immigration speeds up to 750 a year due to land grants. Due to our small size our population can only provide 470 soldiers though we make sure that they are highly trained. We have finished the restructuring and rearming of the military into a modern army trained in Iberian tactics. Due to the immense wave of immigration, New Rhodes is over-populated and crowded and so we begin a resettlement program, shifting colonists from New Rhodes to the other colonies. We send 380 knights and 8 ships to assault and attack the base of the pirates who are attacking the Iberians in order to conquer their lands, and to defend the faithful from harm(Mod response on success). With expanded Papal funding and Burgundian investment we begin to restart expansion soon after the reorganisation of the military.  Seeing the success of the French land offers we offer these same deals to people who wish to move to our colonies.
 * Maryland-The colony of Maryland is small with around 12,500 colonists and 6000 native converts. We build a medical school in Maryland in order to combat new diseases while we also build a ship yard to help with trading. We resume expansion at a rate of 25 px (50px overall) which means we have colonised Otl Collier county. We begin building infrastructure in the colonies such as roads and schools while we are also planning to build important industry such as iron, and gun powder. ​We attempt to help modernize the natives and we provide schools and churches to teach them our main language (French) while we also build roads. The road has been finished leading to easier trading and communication. We build the city of St. John to establish a clear capital for the region, while also providing a chance for the native workers to learn new skills. Due to the roads St John is beginning to become a trade hub, with Europeans exchanging goods with natives. We apprentice young natives to teach them modern skills while we also teach the natives modern agriculture such as the four field system. We begin to encourage marriages between natives and the colonists in order to help assimilate them and to help improve relations. Finally we send experts to help rebuild their villages up to modern standards. Plantations are built for crops such as tobacco and sugar cane, while native plants such as maize, sweet potatoes, and beans are being adopted by our farmers. We send missionaries north hoping to convert more of the natives while we also attempt to convert native leaders. The natives are slowly beginning to be assimilated.
 * New Crete-It has a population of 4250, Andros Island is fully colonized though we halt expansion and consolidate.
 * Neues Deutschland- We settle in Otl Alabama in Otl Mobile county with a population of 750 colonists who are majority German. We start at a small size of  10 px and begin preparing the land for basic colonisation and expansion (7 years). We send an expedition of soldiers and missionaries to make peaceful contact with the natives and help convert the natives. We begin to try to make peaceful relations with the natives and prevent further conflict.
 * The pirates flee rather than face battle from the superiorly armed Knights. Meanwhile, many people accept the Hospitaller servitude arrangement. -scraw


 * Aryavarta- Old age homes (Vridhashrams), Danashalas (Charity halls), Orphanages (Anathalays) and provisions for the blind are constructed and maintained in the cities personally by the members of the court. The government constructs bandhs or embankments in the flood prone areas. A plan is made for the construction and upgradation of 10 cities to house 10 million citizens. These are Delhi, Pushkalavati, Saptgram, Paradvip, Patliputra, Udaipur, Gaya, Lahore, Kannauj, Soanrgaon and Kanpur.
 * Sultanate of the Maghreb: The Sultan Hamid ibn Musa Al-Abbas begins to work on modernizing the army by requesting men from 17-36 to train in the army, as the navy is improved on to reach the new world and to defend trading ships. Urban centers begin to grow as trading centers and means of living begin to spread mostly in cities on the coast. We send Muslims missionaries to Angola. Costal cities are made into trading post in the Desert to help rise the pop. The Navy is worked on as Rabat is made a center of naval action, as Rabat is were most sailors are trained making a Rabat Naval school, that holds harsh rules, as Ali al Akbar is picked as the naval officer and begins to work on reaching the new world .The work on the army is worked on as people begin to be trained with fire arms. We send a trade envoys, along with sending Imams to spread Islam. The Sultanate begin to expand into the Atlantic coast line by 15px. The city Algiers is made the capital of the Sultanate as its population grows.The Sultan begins to works on cities by opening markets and trading centers mostly at Algiers. we begin to shadow the Caliphate trading ships following them to trade with other nations. We send an envoy to the king of Zaire (Kongo) if he would he open up mosques in Muslim areas in Zaire as we send our high Imam to tell him about Islamic Unity. The spread of Islam in Zaire is less about shoving it down people belief but more of gaining trust of people by giving out food and things like that, after gaining trust of people we begin to spread Islam into Ziyi (Kongo).
 * Georgia: We develop the port of Tskhumi to become the main port in Georgia, in order to sell gold, silver and iron. Ottoman goods are shipped through Tskhumi towards Vladimirgrad, Vasiligrad, Trebizond and other western ports. King David dies to the hands of unknown assassins and the young Prince George inherits thus both his father's and grandfather's realm. He doesn't take a regency. 
 * Papal States: Pope Innocent sets up a commission to produce a standardised Latin Rite version of the Missal. The commission, using the Roman use as its starting point, gets straight to work. The Missions continue their missionary mission.
 * Kingdom of England and Ireland: The rate of enclosure continues to remain high leading to people choosing to move abroad to the colonies in Arcadia. With the war over novels start to appear about the naval war. The navy is worked on improving as it failed to meet expectations with it's size increased to 350 ships. Work is made on changing the navy with sailors now trained to acts as better ship to ship fighters. As the speed of the ships is criticised the new ships being built are smaller and more focus on speed and agility. Colonial expansion is restarted with New Gwynedd expanding 50px to the south and the New Netherlands expanding 50px to the south. Oxford and Cambridge continue competition over who has more students and better teachers with the universities high pay and low costs as subsided by the Crown. We maintain trade with our colonies and Asia as we start trading goods with Asia and moving slaves from Africa to Arcadia and bringing back tobacco largely. Avalon keeps working as whaling, fishing and fur trade continue to be the profit of the colony. The colony starts to grow outside of population migration as the number of births in the colony grows with more established farming. The plantation system in New Gwynedd and Western Arcadia is growing very effective. The colony of New Netherlands make it's money from fur trading and farming. The four field crop rotation system starts to be adopted largely in England. The mouldboard plough is increasingly commonly used in England. The Parliament of England in it's yearly meetings passes another enclosure act meaning that much formerly common land is enclosed to with hedging upsetting many farmers but on a small scale so not leading to any serious acts of rebellion.As the two canals previously being worked on to link Worsley mines to the sea and for the Ouse to be connected to the Severn are completed a period of increased canal building starts with privately run but supported by state finance. These canals work to link some of countries rivers together as well as the start of coal, iron, lead, copper and tin mines which also start to grow as financing comes into place Plantations which grow tobacco and other crops such as cotton which are taken back to England for resale while these colonies are largely populated by a few English townsmen and yeomen farmers ruling over these areas employing Welsh and Irish convicts to run black slaves. Most of the farms are large plantations owned by merchants in England with most of the labour carried about by black slaves and convicts who spend their sentence working on farms and after four to seven years normally they are released and can be free like the small population freemen who moved for a better life. The English colony on William's isle maintain itself as does the fort with the settlers expanding inland to gain land for farming. The Kingdom of England has a population of 3.9 million and Ireland 1 million people. The road system is maintained by the Crown. Merchants passing through on their way to Asia pass a small uninhabited island a number of times. The St Georges and St Johns Islands colonies maintain them self with their small population farming and acting as supply posts for travel to Africa and India. The St Goerge colony ends up being a transit hub for slaves while most ships pass St Johns Island on the way to India.


 * Swahili: We continue our agriculture policies. The royal guards continue capturing slaves. In the heartland of Mogadishu, the Bank of Mogadishu begin cooperation with landlords to construct hydraulic devices such as canals and irrigation projects to boost food production. Areas interior to Mobassa and Malindi is colonized. We also send out conquistadors to expand northwards into more northern Somalia. We continue development of Madagascar. With Sofala becoming our vassal, we begin investing in Sofala as well as sending Swahili citizens into Sofala. We push into Somalia and defeated their army in Bargal, and is sieging their capital..


 * Russia: The czarist faction is taking the upper hand and has already transferred part of Ukraine to Kiev. The remaining boyar armies have been destroyed. The march South and East has begun. Meanwhile Peasant commander Leon Petrov launches a coup against Saltykov. Peasant armies meanwhile face mass desertions and join the ranks to the Czar. By winter the first guns begin to lay siege on Tsaritsyn (or Volgograd as Petrov calls it). Petrov now mad in his beleifs orders his commanders to outflank the czars forces. This fails spectacularly with his Top Officer lynched and hung by peasants. Many boyars that defected to Dimitri are not spared. Many go on trial and hung for their crimes. Many radical peasants are killed on site. While the war rages rebuilding occurs in Czarist occupied region. Many peasants that declared loyalty to the czar replace the boyars as military commanders.

1592

 * Abbasid Caliphate: This year, the Ulema were shocked to see the outragous claims of Al-Mansur in his attempt to sieze power: The Caliph demanded to remove almost all powers from the Ulema and return the Caliph to almost absolute power as it was back under Al-Najm the Great. In protest of these demands, the Grand Vizier Abdullah Salih resigns, and his brother Khalid Salih takes his place. Khalid, however, is much stronger in his resolve against the demands of Al-Mansur. Many of the Ulema, in fear of the wrath of the Caliph, wanted to push for agreeing to the treatise, or at least asking for a comprimise. In fear of this, Khalid declared an emergency to suspend voting process in the Ulema. In addition, many people in Syria and Mesopotamia rise up against the Abbasids in open rebellion. The Ottoman Empire remains neuteral in this conflict. Missionaries are sent into Southeast Asia, West Africa and southern Africa, as well as Georgia and Swahili, whose nations we continue to support.
 * Knights Hospitaller-We have a population of around 48,331(Colonists and 1% growth) and have a navy of ten ships. In New Rhodes, we begin building up our industry by offering grants for skilled colonists. Immigration speeds up to 750 a year due to land grants. Due to our small size our population can only provide 480 soldiers though we make sure that they are highly trained. We have finished the restructuring and rearming of the military into a modern army trained in Iberian tactics. Due to the immense wave of immigration, New Rhodes is over-populated and crowded and so we begin a resettlement program, shifting colonists from New Rhodes to the other colonies. The attack is a success though we begin to institute regular patrols and drills in case of raids from pirates. With expanded Papal funding and Burgundian investment we begin to restart expansion soon after the reorganisation of the military.  Seeing the success of the French land offers we offer these same deals to people who wish to move to our colonies.
 * Maryland-The colony of Maryland is small with around 15,000 colonists and 6000 native converts. We build a medical school in Maryland in order to combat new diseases while we also build a ship yard to help with trading. We resume expansion at a rate of 25 px. We begin building infrastructure in the colonies such as roads and schools while we are also planning to build important industry such as iron, and gun powder. ​We attempt to help modernize the natives and we provide schools and churches to teach them our main language (French) while we also build roads. The road has been finished leading to easier trading and communication. We build the city of St. John to establish a clear capital for the region, while also providing a chance for the native workers to learn new skills. Due to the roads St John is beginning to become a trade hub, with Europeans exchanging goods with natives. We apprentice young natives to teach them modern skills while we also teach the natives modern agriculture such as the four field system. We begin to encourage marriages between natives and the colonists in order to help assimilate them and to help improve relations. Finally we send experts to help rebuild their villages up to modern standards. Plantations are built for crops such as tobacco and sugar cane, while native plants such as maize, sweet potatoes, and beans are being adopted by our farmers. We send missionaries north hoping to convert more of the natives while we also attempt to convert native leaders, we also focus on gaining more influence with the Seminoles in the north. The natives are slowly beginning to be assimilated.
 * New Crete-It has a population of 4250, Andros Island is fully colonized though we halt expansion and consolidate.
 * Neues Deutschland- We settle in Otl Alabama in Otl Mobile county with a population of 1,250 colonists who are majority German. We start at a small size of  10 px and begin preparing the land for basic colonisation and expansion (5 years). We send an expedition of soldiers and missionaries to make peaceful contact with the natives and help convert the natives. We begin to try to make peaceful relations with the natives and prevent further conflict.