Martinsburg (Chaos)

In the year 1460, the ambitious duke of -Lüneburg, who had inherited most lands of the Welfs, decided to enter the colonial race (with the help of the  cities  and ), sent a ship to. After his captain had been evicted from several places taken by other nations, he founded a colony at the site of OTL Philadelphia, called Martinsburg (named after Saint Martin).

While the city was overshadowed in trade and population for centuries by other colonial cities like,  and  , the city found a niche for itself by building ships for the other nations in its dockyards.

Martinsburg took an upswing when -Braunschweig united the colonies of the and  under its rule, and even more when after the  northern  fell to it in the peace of Amsterdam.

In the sea November 1689, the Danish fleet was destroyed by English and Italians.

When Denmark-Braunschweig ws defeated and subsequently dismembered in the, in 1795 the "" (Mayors' Uprising - yes, "Schulze" is an old German term for "Bürgermeister" / Mayor) happened in. They declared themselves independent, formed a confederation similar to. Martinsburg became the new capital.