Principia Moderni IV (Map Game)

Ming China, Ethiopian Empire, Hundred Years War, Western Schism.... that's right, it's finally back, 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 England and France are locked in the last gasp of the Hundred Years War. The Ming Dynasty is dominating East Asia with the largest navy in the world, comparable only with the colonial empire of Venice and the budding navy of Portugal. The Muslim world is still reeling from the invasions of Turks and Mongols, with the Caliphate resting in the collapsing Mamluke Egypt and the Ottomans on the rise in Anatolia. The Aztec and Inca Empires are on the rise in America. It's a time for old endings and new beginnings. 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. :-)

Moderators

 * Scraw
 * Edgeofnight
 * ForsakenPear
 * JoshTheRoman
 * Monster Pumpkin
 * Nathan1123
 * Reximus55
 * SkyGreen24
 * Lictor (polices and checks the mods) - CourageousLife

If you wish to be a moderator, please contact me (Scraw).

Map
For reasons unknown, the map cannot be uploaded directly to this page, but click here to see the 1400 map.

Do not edit this map if you don't have Photoshop, as it will completely destroy it. If you do, come onto chat and I can give you the PSD.

Nations
Nations in BOLD are reserved for users of both plausible and civil reputation -Nathan

Personal union: played by the same player.

Dynastic union: not played by the same player. When in dynastic union, territories can revert to the primary line if the extant line dies out.


 * For example: Berry is in dynastic union with Valois. This means that if the rulers of Berry die out, Berry will revert to Valois in a personal unions. If the player of Berry wants to give their territory to the player of Valois, they may. However, if Berry has no player, Valois cannot seize it without speaking with the mods. Auvergne is in personal union with Berry. This means it has the same ruler and therefore is also in dynastic union with Valois. The same laws apply here.


 * Dynastic union is not reversible. If the line of Valois becomes extinct, Berry cannot inherit it. It is a one way street.


 * Special note for France: if French territory not in union with the royal house (presently Valois) die out, its territories within the borders of France revert to the crown. Territories held outside France cannot be claimed by the crown except through war.

Vassals: certain vassals can be played by the higher nation while others cannot. Case by case basis.

British Isles

 * England -  SwankyJ   The Italian    Stallion   _ 20:51, July 15, 2016 (UTC)
 * Wales (in revolt against England) - AH28
 * Scotland - —Bfoxius (talk)

France

 * France (in civil conflict) -
 * Avignon (Residence of the )-
 * Brittany (In civil disarray) -
 * Duchy of Burgundy (Dynastic Union with Valois) - I am that guy (talk)
 * County of Burgundy (Personal union under the Duchy of Burgundy) - I am that guy (talk)
 * Flanders (Personal Union with Burgundy) - I am that guy (talk)
 * Orléans (Dynastic Union with Valois) -
 * Blois (Personal Union under Orléans) -
 * Dunois (Personal Union under Orléans) -
 * Parthenay (Vassal of Orléans) -
 * Périgord (Personal Union under Orléans) -
 * Valois - NicDonalds
 * Angoulême (No Ruler, governed by Valois) - NicDonalds
 * French royal lands (Ruled by Valois) - NicDonalds
 * Saluzzo (vassal of France) -
 * Navarre (dynastic union with Valois) -

Iberian Peninsula

 * Aragon (with colonies) —  T  I   M  (TSW • AH • MGW • Contribs )


 * Sicily —  T  I   M  (TSW • AH • MGW • Contribs )
 * Sardinia —  T  I   M  (TSW • AH • MGW • Contribs )
 * Castile -
 * Granada (tributary of Castile) -
 * Portugal - PortugueseFlag1385.svg João I de Portugal (King of Portugal and the Algarve)

Italy

 * Cortona (civil disorder) -
 * Ferrara -
 * Florence -
 * Genoa (civil disorder) -
 * Bosporus - Oct
 * Corsica - Oct
 * Crimea - Oct
 * Luca -
 * Mantua -
 * Milan - Rex
 * Modena -
 * Monferrat (dynastic union with the Roman Empire) -
 * Naples - Pyradox (talk)
 * Papal States  - "This is not your grave  but you are welcome in it. "
 * Ancona (civil disorder) -
 * Bologna (civil disorder) -
 * Montefeltro (civil disorder) -
 * Perugia (civil disorder) -
 * Piombino -
 * Elba -
 * Provence -
 * Savoy -
 * Sovana -
 * Venice - Person67
 * Crete -
 * Stato de Mar -

Scandinavia

 * Kalmar Union (Not playable) -
 * Denmark - KawaiiKame  ( talk)
 * Iceland -KawaiiKame (talk)
 * Greenland-KawaiiKame
 * Holstein (Vassal of Denmark)-KawaiiKame (talk)
 * Norway -Belial
 * Sweden - ~AM

Russia

 * Novgorod - Oliver Crimwell - Lord Protector of the Wiki
 * Pskov - Supergamer1
 * Livonia (Teutonic Order) - EiplecOco

Holy Roman Empire
(Underline indicates Prince-Electors)

Alpine

 * Old Swiss Confederacy - Patriot40

Bohemia

 * Bohemia - Blocky858 (talk)

Low Countries

 * Brabant:Tullin
 * Friesland (Lack of Central Authority)
 * Lorraine

German

 * Brandenburg (Personal Union under Moravia)  With Blood and Iron (talk)
 * Luxembourg (Personal Union under Moravia)  With Blood and Iron (talk)
 * Moravia (Dynastic Union with Bohemia) - With Blood and Iron (talk)
 * Cologne (Archbishopric)  -  NonsensicalJourney  ( talk )


 * Essen - NonsensicalJourney (talk)
 * Hamburg-Redbaran45 (talk)
 * Hesse
 * Jülich - Willster22 (User talk:Willster22)
 * Geldern (Disorganized, Personal Union under Jülich) - Willster22 (User talk:Willster22)
 * Berg (Dynastic Union with Jülich)
 * Pfalz (Dynastic Union with Bavaria) (Fragmented)


 * Hainaut (Dynastic Union with Bavaria)-
 * Holland (Personal Union under Hainaut) - Scarlet Outlaw
 * Bavaria (Dynastic Union with Pfalz)
 * Saxony
 * Trier (Prince-Bishopric)
 * (Arch)Duchy of Austria-Lx (leave me a message)Azarath Flag.png
 * County of Gorizia (Vassal of Austria)-Lx (leave me a message)Azarath Flag.png

Balkans

 * Achaea (to Navarre) -
 * Athens (to Venice) - lord of all of the falcon, not just one.
 * Roman Empire - Epic (I hope this is ok because it has been round 4 for 5 days)
 * Lemnos - Epic
 * Peloponnese - Epic
 * Chios (to Roman Empire) - Epic
 * Corfu (to Venice) -
 * Epirus (to Roman Empire) - Epic
 * Ionia (to Venice) -
 * Naxos (interal disorder) -
 * Ottoman Empire - Bozistanball
 * Rhodes - Callumthered (talk)
 * Serbia (Ottoman vassal) -
 * Wallachia (Ottoman vassal) -
 * Zeta

Eastern Europe

 * Hungary - I don't have a template
 * Croatia (personal union with Hungary) -
 * Cilli (Vassal of Hungary)
 * Republic of Ragusa/Dubrovnik (loose vassal/tributary of Hungary) - SkyGreen24 19:38, July 15, 2016 (UTC)
 * Poland -  Sat   (Talk to me!)


 * Lithuania (Personal Union with Poland) - Indiana Bones
 * Moldavia (Vassal of Poland) - Sat (Talk to me!)

Middle East

 * Cyprus -
 * Dulkadir -
 * Eretna -
 * Georgia -
 * Oman - FP Now 10% edgier!!!
 * Ramasan -
 * Timurid Empire -
 * Trebizond -
 * Yemen -

North and East Africa

 * Alwah -
 * Mamluks (anarchy) - Oh, I didn't mean to push that button! † Oh, well leave a message I guess
 * Ethiopia - Tharpe
 * Ifat -
 * Mogadishu -Fallacyman (talk)
 * Morocco - Daxus the Harbinger of Lameness (talk)
 * Tlemeen -
 * Tripoli -
 * Tunis -  SPQR Emblem Transparent.png Consul Ioshua   #Beware!  TSPTF_Badge.svg

West Africa

 * Bamoun -
 * Benin - Flag of the Xanian Empire.svg Flag of Xyon.svg Vivaporius: "I don't need a slogan"
 * Biram -
 * Bornu -
 * Daura -
 * Gobir -
 * Gurma -
 * Ife -
 * Kano -
 * Katsina -
 * Mali - Th3Shad0wSlayer
 * Wagadugu -
 * Wolof -
 * Zamfara -
 * Zaria -

Sub-Saharan Africa

 * Buganda -
 * Kongo -
 * Rwanda -
 * Zanzibar -
 * Zimbabwe - Nlenhardt

South Asia

 * Andhra -
 * Bahmanis - The Guardian of Forever (talk)
 * Bengal - Scraw
 * Delhi Sultanate -
 * Jaunpur -
 * Kalinga -
 * Kashmir -
 * Khandesh -
 * Mithila -
 * Nepal -
 * Sindh -
 * Vijayanagar -
 * Warangal -

Southeast Asia

 * Assam -
 * Ava -
 * Ayuthia -
 * Champa -
 * Chieng Mai -
 * Kedah -
 * Khmer Empire - FOR THE GLORY OF THE PARTY!
 * Lan Xang -
 * Pegu -
 * Sukhothai -
 * Toungoo -
 * Vietnam -

Asian Islands

 * Banggai -
 * Becan -
 * Berau -
 * Brunei -
 * Bungku -
 * Buol -
 * Jailolo -
 * Kutei -
 * Laiwu -
 * Majapahit Empire -
 * Sulu -
 * Ternate -
 * Tidore -

East and Central Asia

 * China (Ming dynasty) - Her Majesty,    Empress of China and Japan,  Queen of Burma and Malaya,   Sora  
 * Japan (Ashikaga shogunate) - Feudalplague (talk)
 * Korea (Yi dynasty)
 * Tibet - Claus the Mighty (talk)
 * Oirot Khanate -
 * Mongol Empire (not a playable entity)
 * Playable polities:
 * Mongolia - Triumph is at hand ( talk )
 * Chagatai Khanate -
 * Golden Horde - Emperor Romanus
 * Moscow - Tao64 (can I?)
 * Chernigov -
 * Rostov
 * Ryazan
 * Rzhev
 * Suzdel
 * Tver -
 * Yaroslav
 * Sakha - Shikata ga nai!

South America

 * Chimu (disorganized) -
 * Qosqo - Revolution 9
 * Aymara (disorganized) -
 * Wanka -
 * Chancay -
 * Sican -
 * Nazca -
 * Chiribaya -
 * Mapuche (disorganized) -

Mexican valley

 * Tlacopan (Triple Alliance) - 
 * Texcoco (Triple Alliance) -
 * Tenochtitlan (Triple Alliance) - THIS... IS...  TENOCHTITLAN!
 * Alotepec -
 * Astatlan  -
 * Ayutitlan  -
 * Azmola  -
 * Chalca  -
 * Chametian  -
 * Cholula  -
 * Coaiztlahuacan  -
 * Coatzacualco  -
 * Coinan  -
 * Colimotl  -
 * Cuitzeo  -
 * Culican  -
 * Guaspaltepec  -
 * Huaxyacac  -
 * Huetzcotzingo  -
 * Huextla  -
 * Hueyacocotlan  -
 * Icpatepec  -
 * Itzyocan  -
 * Matlatzinco  -
 * Mazahuacan  -
 * Metztitlan  -
 * Miahuatlan  -
 * Michoacan  -
 * Mixtlan  -
 * Nuuntoo  -
 * Oztoman  -
 * Quetzalapan  -
 * Quetzaltepec  -
 * Teloloapan  -
 * Tlaollan  -
 * Tlaxcalan  -
 * Tochpan  -
 * Tollan  -
 * Tollantzinco  -
 * Tolocan  -
 * Tonallan  -
 * Tototepec  -
 * Ualtepec  -
 * Xaltepec  -
 * Xilotan  -
 * Xiuhcoac  -
 * Xiuhtepec  -
 * Xiquipilco  -
 * Zapotec -

Yucatan peninsula

 * Mayapan League - Cour *talk*
 * Acalan
 * Chactemal
 * Chiapan
 * Chilapa
 * Chicomuceltec
 * Chiya
 * Comitan
 * Copanahuastla
 * Cuscatlan
 * Iximche
 * Mapachtepec
 * Mazanahau
 * Potonchan
 * Tayasal
 * Totoncalco
 * Uatlan
 * Yahualulco
 * Xicallanco

Oceania

 * There are no urbanised civilisations in Oceania. You can add any tribal nation you want to play.

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1400
''' And so we begin! Here is the lay of the land of the world in 1400, as we begin the fourth adventure through the modern era... '''

''' The Epiphany Uprising is crushed in England and its leaders are executed. The deposed Richard II, the cause of the revolt, dies soon after under questionable circumstances. '''

''' English forces occupy Edinburgh but fail to take its castle. '''

Owain Glyndŵr is proclaimed Prince of Wales and launches a revolt against the English crown.

Geoffry Chaucer, one of the most well known English authors up to this point, dies.

''' Wenceslaus is deposed as King of the Romans by his fellow German princes. Rupert of the Palatinate is voted to succeed him as King and candidate for Holy Roman Emperor. '''

''' The Medici family begins to accumulate power and wealth in the city of Florence, rapidly becoming one of the more influencial families present. '''

''' Manuel II becomes the first Roman (Byzantine) Emperor to visit England during his travels to find support against the Ottomans. '''

''' Wallachia resists an incusion by the Ottomans. '''

''' Timur captures the city of Damascus and sacks it. His army puts most of the population to the sword. '''

''' Timur also defeats the Black Sheep Turks and forces their leaders to flee into Ottoman lands for protection. '''

''' King Jeonjong of Korea abdicates and is succeeded by his brother Taejong. '''

''' The Maori are believed to have eaten or killed all the Moa and Haast's Eagle in the OTL New Zealand islands by this time. '''

''' The Mississippian Culture begins to enter a period of decline. '''

'''As an advisory note before we begin, please be aware of edit conflicts. In order to best prevent these damages, please copy your posts before you submit them, so that way you don't have to type the entire essay all over again. '''
 * Kalmar Union
 * Norway: Under the Queen Margaret we begin to prosper with trade increasing with many countries. The Norse Nobility begin to see a need for more lands to use to sustain our people and to discover more about our surroundings so we sponsor an atlantic Expedition. For the first couple months the Expedition finds minor islands until winter forces them to return to a port on Iceland and settle there sending back word of their exploration and findings. At home to open our trade and to get money in our pockets we produce 15 ships. We also create 25 merchant ships for trade. Inside of Norway Infrastructure is expanded. Oslo is growing with 15,000 people in it. We begin to promote trade with the Hanseatic league. With Novogorod being the Easternmost point of the Hanseatic League we propose a trade deal with them, similar trade deals are offered to other members of the Hanseatic League Mod Response and Hamburg. Knowing that the Norse People's biggest strength is their Naval past we begin to set up fishing ports and on southern points trade ports to enrich us.
 * Mod Response, 1-5 is no, 6-10 is yes, 10, the other cities say yes. -MP
 * Hamburg Diplomacy: We accept the trade agreement and ask permission to build a Hanse in the city of Oslo. 
 * Norwegian Diplomacy: We are willing to do so and allow a Hanse to be built in oslo
 * Danish Diplomacy: We offer the city of Hamburg membership into the Kalmar Union. As a Kalmar Union member Hamburg will remain an autonomous city with its own government. If Hamburg decides to become a KU member we guarantee Hamburg's protection in the event of a foreign invasion and Hamburg will also enjoy the expansive and lucrative trade of the Kalmar Union, as well access to its trade network. We will also try to elevate Hamburg to an magriavate.
 * Novgorodian Diplomacy: We accept the deal.
 * Hamburg Diplomacy: After much debate we decide to accept the Danish offer and offically join the Kalmar Union. 
 * The Teutonic Order: At the beginning of the 15th century, the State of the Teutonic Order stands at the height of its power under Hochmeister Konrad von Jungingen. The Teutonic navy rules the immediate Baltic Sea from bases in Prussia and Gotland, and the Prussian cities provided tax revenues sufficient to maintain a significant standing force composed of Teutonic Knights proper, their retinues, Prussian peasant levies, and German mercenaries. Maritime trade with Eastern and Western Europe provides enough to fill Teutonic coffers, with cities like Marienburg having a monopoly in Teutonic grain export, Konigsburg having a monopoly in amber exports, etc. The efficiency of Teutonic trade is mainly due to standing agreements with Hanse traders, as well as the organized nature of the Orders hierarchy. This hierarchy has a specific posts for "chief sales and buying officers" called Großschäffers. These officers are also in charge of the considerable commerce, import, export, crediting, real estate investment etc., which the Order carries out, using networks of bailiwicks and agencies spread over much of Central, Western and Southern Europe. As the Teutonic Knights take vows of chastity, they cannot procreate. For this reason, recruiters are common in many parts of Europe, especially Central Europe, trying to convince specifically young German nobles to take vows for the Order. And additional detachment of knights and their retinues are dispatched to the Teutonic province of Samogitien due to persistent fears of native pagan backlash over the recent Order takeover of their lands.
 * Danish Diplomacy: We offer a trade agreement with The Teutonic Order. 
 * Moscow:We start a buildup of military might and develop Moscow. We start meeting with Yuan diplomats . We try to improve relations with Novogorod and begin the process of breaking away from the Golden Horde.
 * Nope, too far away. -MP
 * Empire of Japan: Ashikaga Yoshimitsu now technically retired as the Shogun in favor if his son Yoshimochi (who is young currently) Yoshimitsu is not entirely retired. He has just recently united the two courts of Japan from the north and south ending a years long civil war, and had rebuilt Japan into a golden era of the Ashikaga Shogunate. While a few small revolts are under way, the Shogun under the watchful eye of a mostly powerless Emperor. In an bid to keep the rising power of the Daimyo in check expands the court life in kyoto which requires these Daimyo, still considered provincial governors at this point to spend every other year in Kyoto. While this is done mostly for the Shogun to keep a much more watchful eye on these Samurai Lords, it also allows Yoshimitsu to more effectively calculate which one is becomming the largest threat at any given point. While technically weak, the Ashikaga family maintained a large amount of prestige and good-will with many of his friends and other Daimyo and in this year managed to extend his personal holdings particularly with multiple key marriages with certain clans and some promises of investment from the royal court in Kyoto into the lands of these Daimyo. His son Yoshimochi is promised to the daughter of one of the more powerful Daimyo in Japan in an attempt to solidify an alliance as well as secure a much more powerful base for Yoshimochi to rule from and prevent the Daimyo from acting much more unruly. Paired with this Yoshimitsu raises a unified army of roughly 25,000 to move on Mutsu expecting to take roungly 2-3 years to fully put down this rebellion. The Shogun himself sends pretigious former Shogun Yoshimitsu to China to discuss opening further relations between Japan and China. With the settlement of Hokkaido also underway, the further expansion of outposts in Hokkaido pushes the frontiers further bringing in a few hundred settlers and merchants as Japanese control over Hokkaido expands. Japan begins to expand its trade in Korea as well as China. The Shogun begins to spur forth the expansion of the Steel and Iron development in Japan as well mostly in an attempt to begin developing the Shoguns personal military forces.
 * Northern Yuan Dip: We offer a trade agreement to Japan.
 * Benin: The Oba of Benin, Orobiru, declares his son Prince Ogun heir to his throne, believing him to be more sound of mind and body than his brother, Uwaifaikon. Ogun is sent to handle trade with the Mali Empire, whom the Oba seeks to attain additional riches for his treasury. Growth of the nation's steel production capabilities is made a priority by the Oba, who wishes to expand the number of goods his people trade with the northern kingdoms. The Oba orders a tally of all fighting age men belonging to the ighele (all men between 30 and 50), to see how many troops he could realistically call upon during a conflict. Excluding the 12,000 troops of the Royal Regiment, the Iyase of Benin informs the Oba that the empire has a total of 180,000 warriors capable of fighting with sword, shield, and bow. Pleased with this information, the military forces of Benin are ordered to train themselves for the planned military parades Oba Orobiru plans to hold in the future. Economic growth under the Oba's new edicts are spurred on by the prospects of new trading agreements with the neighboring lands. With nothing but free time on his hands, Prince Uwaifaikon seeks the Oba's permission to leave the empire for a time to explore the neighboring lands to find new treasures and kingdoms to trade with, permission which he receive. The expedition is planned for the next year, during which time Uwaifaikon shall assemble the needed war canoes, volunteers, food and weapons for the trip. The Uzama doubt the expedition will provide anything of particular use for the empire, though the Oba overrules them, believing that there may be something of worth in looking beyond the lands of Benin and West Africa for once. Also, he believes that it will keep his son busy and his mind off of the issues of state passed on to his more capable brother. Elsewhere, after hearing of the difficulties of trade between Edo and the city of Enugu during the rainy season, the Oba orders his stonemasons to lay down stones to see if that will help the merchants travelling between the cities.
 * Cologne: Friedrich III von Saarwerden, archbishop of Cologne, is responsible for paying off a majority of Cologne’s debt from previous archbishops and has already significantly paid this off using personal connections. Nevertheless, Cologne is conveniently located on the Rhine river and begins to strengthen its trade routes along the Rhine in an attempt to bolster the economy. Further, Friedrich III worries that he may not retain the lucrative cities of Cologne and spends the latter half of the year consulting with his Chapter about how he can remedy his predecessors’ mistakes and placate the population’s dissatisfaction with the regime in order to make the 15thcentury particularly prosperous and unified for Cologne. The Chapter do not yet come to a conclusion about what Friedrich III should do, and in the meantime the archbishop makes a speech reiterating Cologne’s support for the Roman Pope.
 * Essen: Princess-Abbess Elisabeth III of Nassau insists that 12 unique silver coins be minted to commemorate the first century in which the princess-abbesses have had mining rights. The people of Essen do not appreciate this gesture and the rift between the city and abbey widens. Near the end of the year, however, Elisabeth III falls ill and is advised that she should resign and allow a new abbess to be elected.
 * Hungary: We build up our military and develop more of our economy and infrastructure. We also begin to deploy soldiers at the Hungarian-Ottoman border at fortified, strategic positions to prepare for attack. The same is done at the Hungarian-Venetian border and the Polish border. We also send diplomats to the Ottoman Empire with the goal of discussing trade.
 * France (Valois): At the turn of century, with Charles’s paranoid schizophrenia continuing to become more of a problem, a regency council is established by lords and nobles close to the king, gathering some support from counts and dukes. Selected to be part of the regency council are two individuals: Queen Consort Isabeau and Bishop Nicolas du Bosc (also Généralité, President of Court of Finances, Keeper of the Seals of France). Nicolas is also a former marmouset and close friend to Charles’s father. The regency also gains support from most of the Estates-General and is recognized and blessed by Pope Boniface IX. The power of the regency is still not firmly cemented, and the regents focus on gaining more support. As power struggle and rivalry continues between Duke of Orleans, Louis and Duke of Burgundy, Philip continues the regents try to gain their support and reconcile the two parties. Charles still holds the title, King of France, but mainly acts as an advisor to the regents. The regents also encourage unity among the French people against foreign influences and aggressors. The antipope continues to have low support among the French peoples, and the marshal's brother, Geoffrey Boucicaut, continues to run a quasi military campaign in Avignon, with siege of the (anti-)papal palace. As England runs a quasi-war in Scotland, Frances continues to maintain the alliance and sends supplies and ships under the Scottish flag. With struggles and tensions continuing even in peace of the recent wars with the English, the regents begin to established a small and maintained standing army of dedicated knights (alongside the large feudal French army). In terms of foreign relations, a formal alliance is maintained with Scotland. France requests a betrothal between Dauphin and heir to the French throne, Louis (3 Years Old) and Maria, the newborn daughter of King Henry III of Spain. This would cement a royal alliance, as France helped Spain before in the Portuguese Interregnum War. John V of Brittany and Joan of France get married (as they did OTL), causing more peace and stability in Brittany. OOC: I may continue to edit this later.


 * Sakha: Thousands of Vajryana Buddhist monks have lost the patronage of the Yuan rulers which they previously enjoyed; although they could return to Tibet, the centre of their branch of Buddhism, they prefer to try to spread their religion by influencing new states. Several dozen monks, led by one Wei Touliuni, travel north into Siberia, eventually encountering the chiefdom of Sakha, ruled by Oyus, a Yakut chieftain, who is eager to expand his power and particularly seeks to emulate Genghis Khan (although his ambitions extend no farther than uniting the Yakuts). Seeing in these monks an opportunity to acquire the wealth and power of southern rulers, he offers them official patronage and support in return for their aid to expand his rule. They willingly agree; soon the chiefdom is deluged with monks, who found several new monasteries at Oyus’ capital (a small village and stockade) of Cohuskay and along the Lena. Although Yakut shamans are initially angered by this influx, most are readily coopted by the new religion when they see the much greater wealth and power religious figures enjoy under the new doctrines; Oyus brokers an agreement whereby shamans will be admitted as monks and help spread the new religion to the Sakha people, although a hardline minority refuses. The people of Sakha, who generally have fairly little interest in religion, accept the new status quo readily, particularly as the translation of Buddhist principles into Yakut involves the substitution of the names of Yakut religious ideas for analogous Buddhist concepts; in their view, little changes, except that the new monks bring valuable medicinal skills and technologies. Oyus uses the skills of several monks with knowledge of masonry to begin constructing new curtain walls of stone for his capital; he also starts construction on several such forts in more far-flung areas. Meanwhile, Sakha expands the maximum amount eastwards down the Lena River, toward the coast.
 * Northern Yuan Dip: We made contact with Sakha offering them a trade agreement and to help them to unite the Yakut people if they agree to become our vassal.


 * Yi Bang-won is crowned as the King of the Yi Dynasty, succeeding Yi Bang-gwa (as they are not dead their posthumous names shall not be used). The new King hopes to foster closer ties with China and lead Korea into an age of prosperity and power. Yi Jeonju initiates some key reforms; establishing a more flexible social order which allows people of lower castes to enter higher ones and perform as civil servants. He also establishes Neo–Confucianism as the official state religion at the cost of Buddhism and Korean shamanism; this begins the entrenchment of neo–Confucian ideals and work ethic into Korean culture. Yi Jeonju, dissatisfied with the gap between Chinese and Korean economic development, initiates a modernisation program that aims to catch-up with China within a period of thirty to fifty years. Korea adopts more modern Chinese agricultural policies to heighten agricultural productivity and to encourage population growth. Bituminous coke is adopted in place of charcoal, and large-scale mining activities begin in mineral-rich North Korea. He orders the construction of hydraulically-powered blast furnaces that will melt wrought and cast iron together to create steel, with the construction of these blast furnaces being concentrated in Hanseong, Busan, Pyeongyang, and Ulsan, which are set to become Korea's main industrial centres. This steel will be used for construction and to reinforce weaponry. Accompanying this is some urbanisation, and the construction of paved roads and canals to ease the flow of commerce. Thinking that the Koreans lack knowledge required for such program, he sends a hundred scholars (regardless of caste) to China to study Chinese ways, then when they come back, they shall be appointed as the minister of a subject they majored in. To facilitate education for the yangban, he begins the construction of academies, universities, and schools while promoting literacy through the creation of more text and movable types. Lastly, fearing an attack from the Northern Jurchens and Japanese pirates, the construction of three arsenals (in Hanseong, Busan, and Pyeongyang) begin. The production of turtleships, gunpowder weapons such as hand cannons, Korean cannons, hwacha, fire arrows, mortars, arquebuses, and muskets, accelerates.
 * They are not that advanced yet. Wait a bit. -MP
 * Northern Yuan Dip: We offer a trade agreement to Korea.
 * Korea agrees to the offer.
 * You cannot have blast furnaces or printing presses yet. They'll be coming later, and will be part of a technology algorithim. Next turn, run any technology ideas by a couple of moderators, or you'll end up on probation. -Rexmod
 * Sorry for the misunderstanding, what I meant by a printing press is a movable type. And as for the blast-furnace, Korean adoption of blast-furnaces from China is not really that far-fetched.
 * Ottoman Empire: With the lost to the Timurids, we give up our vassals in Anatolia to Timur, this causes some of the Sultan sons to see him as a seller of Ottoman lands. The army begins to work on reciting people into the army mostly by getting peasants to join.
 * Serbia (Ottoman vassal) -The sultan begins to create more mosques mostly in the South.
 * Wallachia (Ottoman vassal) -The sultan begins to create more mosques mostly in the South, and reciting peasants for the army. 
 * Naples:  Throughout the late 14th and early 15th century in the Kingdom of Naples, two members of the Angevin dynasty  battled and contested  each other's control of the Neapolitan crown: Ladislaus, the son of the previous king Charles III, and Louis II, the Duke of Anjou and the Count of Provence. By 1400, Ladislaus has regained a majority of control over the Neapolitan-controlled peninsula that was previously controlled by Louis and only has to deal with little more than scattered rebellion across the country as of this point. In this year in particular, Ladislaus begins to subdue the rebellious count of Fondi, Onorato Caetani, and sends out his best generals to destroy the last rebellions occuring in the provinces of Abruzzo and Apulia. In order to further quell any chance for future rebellion across his nation, Ladislaus decides to  cut taxes on basic food supplies such as grain and fish in his personal domain and highly encourages his vassals to do the same in their lands.  In terms of foreign relations, we propose multiple trade agreements with Castile, Portugal, Milan, and Genoa. We also propose to arrange a marriage between King Ladislaus of Naples and Valentina Visconti, the daughter of the Duke of Milan.  We propose a marriage between King Ladislaus of Naples and Battista Malatesta, the daughter of the Duke of Urbino. The ambitious Neapolitan king dreams of conquering or vassalizing the entirety of the Italian peninsula under the banner of Naples, and wishes to begin his relationship with Italy by starting with Milan.


 * ​She's been married for eleven years now. -MP
 * Hamburg: The city continues to prosper as trade in the North Sea and Baltic continues to expand. Recongnizing the importance of this trade to the city the Senate orders the navy, which stands at 20 ships, to patrol the trade routes and hunt down smugglers and pirates.  They also enforce a small toll on all river traffic on the Elbe. This toll is used to construct 10 new warships and improve the defenses of the city.  Stone walls are built around the city and the city guard is expanded to 1,000 men.  The city also begins to look for new nations to trade with.


 * Northern Yuan: Gün Temür Khan makes major reforms, aimed to strengthen the state and keep it on par with its neighbours, he attempts to gradually solidify his rule and increase his control over Mongolia. Population stands at 500.000 people. Tengriism remains the official religion although we enforce religious tolerance, like our Great ancestor Genghis Khan did. We start rebuilding our two decimated former capitals of Karakorum and Shangdu. We focus on expanding towards the East and the North, settling/subjugating vast areas. Tensions start to increase with the Oirot Khaganate. Field guns and hand cannons are constructed by our small industry to be used by the army, but due to our small capabilities production is limited. We create a standing army consisted by 10.000 Mongolian troops. We made contact with Sakha offering them a trade agreement and to help them to unite the Yakut people if they agree to become our vassal. Trade agreements are send into the Ming China, Japan and Korea as the treasury is very depleted. We also try to increase our relationship with China, Japan and Korea. We secretly offer to China to become a tributary state and to renounce the (Northern) Yuan claims on China, if they shall assist us with rebuilding the cities and lands they decimated, that is Karakorum and Shangdu and many others, recognize Gün Temür Khan as Emperor of Mongolia, as well as station some troops in our lands to keep control and deal with unhappy mobs and nobles that will resist this deal and supply our army with field guns and hand cannons as well as other weapons needed.
 * Ming Diplomacy: The Emperor agrees to recognize Khan as the Emperor of Mongolia, we send troops into the Northern Yuan and help rebuild the cities. Muskets are sent to the Mongolians.


 * Holland: The Friso-Hallandic wars go like they did on OTL. (Friso-Hollandic Wars) Count Albert builds 25 ships for trade with other nations around the area. The military of the nation builds another 25 ships for war. Around the capital city a brick wall is being build to stop intruders. About a thousand guards watch the city for safty reasons. The troop count is now standing at 8,000 troops. Agriculture goes well in our nation with many farms going into surplus this year. On all major rivers have a toll stop at each city.
 * Danish Diplomacy: We offer a trade agreement with Holland. 
 * Holland Dip: We accept the agreement
 * Novgorod Republic:  Settlers move east in the hopes of capturing the untamed wealth of the area. The economy, which thrives on furs, salt, and meats from both land and sea, sees marked improvement. Trade routes through Karelia to Swedish-controlled Finland are established, siphoning wealth from the newfound Kalmar Union into the Republic. Relations with Muscovy are improved. As there is a mutual wish for higher relations, Novgorod offers a 25-year Non-Agression pact to Muscovy. They send covert diplomats to converse with Muskovian leaders regarding Muscovian independence from the Golden Horde. Novgorod hopes to break Mongolian influence on not only Moscow, but all of the Russian areas. They begin vassalization attempts on Great Perm, establishing new trade routes and promises of protection from its neighbors. In addition, alliance offers are sent to Perm. To the west, Novgorod wishes to improve relations with both the Teutonic Order and Poland-Lithuania. While military assistance from either state would be greatly appreciated, Novgorod's military is a mighty powerhouse, with many men being trained this year. Orders from forges across Novgorod are placed en masse, bolstering the Novgorodian supplies. Lastly, trade deals are sent to Pskov, in addition to a 25-year non-aggression pact.


 * Danish Diplomacy: We offer Novgorod expanded mutual trade along our ports in the Baltic Sea and we intend to foster positive diplomatic relations between our two nations.


 * Ming Dynasty:  The Emperor initiates a 5 step military and naval improvement project, involving the further implementation of riflemen into the ranks of the Great Ming Army. Scientists are to further study the uses of gunpowder and develop new weapons from any material possible. With the Northern Yuan now a tributary state of the Ming, the Emperor requests a tribute of 50 girls and 30 boys every 2 years. The Imperial Navy begins training exercises in the East Sea (OTL Sea of Japan). Soldiers begin training in Manchuria and Western China due to the large, flat areas that are great for training. Blast furnaces are introduced to Korea.