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A ban from plausibility strikes lasts thirty days, after which the third strike is repealed and the banned player is unbanned.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.



1580

 * Kingdom of Burgundy: Burgundy celebrates the heroic role the royal troops played on the liberation of Austria, and the expulsion of foreign influence form the HRE. The war with Iberia however, continues in only a minor capacity, with Iberian ports blocked. With Burgundian home waters largely at peace, Dutch shipwrights begin designing a new ship type, after experiences with the Raid on Medway and other costal battles. Galleon sized, but with only twenty-two guns, it is under-armed for its size, but its 50-pound (as opposed to the largely standard 30-pounders) guns are mounted on special carriages at angles of around 45 degrees, and designed specifically to fire hot shot and shells. With these weapons, the ships, called bombardment galleons, are designed to anchor at ranges of up to 3500 yards and fire shells and hot shot at enemy shore fortifications, destroying them from beyond effective return fire. Meanwhile, in the East Indies, having been snubbed by Aceh, the Burgundian East India Company sends another envoy to Aceh, this time accompanied by five of the Company's 58-gun galleon, and escorted by several frigates. As they near Kutaraja, the ships fire off both broadsides in a European-style salute, but the ships allow time for the echo of the previous salute to die before the next one, with the galleons saluting last. The envoys bring the Sultan gold, and goods from all over the Burgundian empire, from India, Africa, Europe, even from Acadia and Lauwentia, with another offer of protection. It's hoped the show of Burgundian wealth, as well as the Company's strength, will sway them to accepting. (Mod response please)
 * ​Aceh says no thanks. -scraw


 * Japan: With a naval focus, The Japanese navy stands at 1591 ships. In retaliation to the Korean hiring of the Wokhou pirates who ravaged our shores, The Japanese navy sees an opportunity to go on the offensive and seizes it. With this, the Japanese navy incorporates the recently built Burgundian based ships, which are bombardment galleons, including the flagship, the Imperial Chrysanthemum, and advances from Tsushima Island to the southern coast of Korea, and imposes a major blockade upon the ports of southern coasts of Gyeongsang and Jeolla, and with a primary concentration of blockading Busan and secondary concentration of blockading Geojedo, which deprives Korea of maritime trade. In total, the blockading fleet numbers 1000 ships and the only way for Korea to lift this blockade is to attack our ships. We declare to Korea that the only way to for us to lift this naval blockade is to restore trading with Japan. On land, a plan is drawn up to invade Korea with the army should negotiations go sour. Meanwhile, religiously, it is declared that God is the creator of the Universe and ☀Amaterasu is the embodiment of creation and thus is the Universe.


 * Korea: Knowing an invasion of Korea by Giapan will most likely end in failure, Kim Do denies participating in the negotiations and dismisses the envoys after they perform the humiliating ritual of godu (or bowing) to the Emperor. However, he indeed sends a letter to the Japanese court demanding either the ceding of the Cheondo islands or the monetary compensation in the form of silver and other precious metals (in exchange Korea will recognise the annexation). In response to the naval blockade, fifty thousand conscripts (armed with highly sophisticated firearms and gunpowder weapons, including wheel-lock rifles and rudimentary flamethrowers) are sent to fortify the province of Gyeongsang. Meanwhile, foreign affairs are now administered in Incheon; the second-largest port. Three smaller infantry units are dispatched to the ports of Mokpo, Ulsan, and Sinsado. Knowing of Japanese naval superiority, royal naval vessels are instructed to play a defensive-oriented role, but are nevertheless armed with advanced naval artillery that Japanese ships lack. High-quality armoured geobukseon, along with auxiliary panokseon are dispatched to intimidate the inferior ships. An influx of Korean settlers pours into the northern dominions of Manchuria and Nivkhgu, exacerbating the assimilation process. Many Manchu aristocrats become bilingual in both Korean and Manchu, and start adopting Korean culture to gain the favour of the government. Hwataedo continues to be settled with many colonists, displacing all local settlements. Ilbonshi is consolidated as a major regional trading port (as the island's only true city), with ten thousand residents.
 * Japanese Diplomacy: The letter is rejected for the Cheondo Islands where rightfully ours after China illegally gave them to Korea thus we owe Korea nothing. With the outright refusal to participate in trading negotiations in the midst of a giant blockade on their southern coasts we have no other choice but to declare war upon Korea and go on the offensive, attacking the small Korean navy of about 381 ships with our giant navy of 1000, which includes Burgundian based bombardment galleons, with the most prominent one being the flagship, the Imperial Chrysanthemum. The Admiral of the main forces is Akuma Hoshiko. The main naval battle takes place on the coast of Busan. Along with these naval invasion are 100,000 Japanese soldiers, with the Shogun Oda Nobunaga leading as well as Hideyoshi and Ieyeasu, ready to advance upon Busan if the naval invasion succeeds. Simultaneously Korean Haedo is invaded with 100 ships and 1000 soldiers. Meanwhile, attempts are made to incite Manchurian and Nivkhian revolts, and we fund groups who are seeking independence from Korea.
 * Prussia-Bohemia-Luxembourg: With the victory over Elizabeth's hungarians, Wilhelm marches into Vienna at the head of a victorious army. His forces restore the Austrian Archduchy to Otto von Hapsburg, and the emperor in an attempt to avoid angering the Southern German states keeps his army from carrying out widespread looting instead opting to pay them handsomely from the Imperial, and Prussian coffers.  Wilhelm sends word to the other princes that a time for reforms is upon the HRE and it is time to stand against foreign influences that have shaken the empire for centuries given the massive wealth the empire possesses. With this said Wilhelm invites all the princes to Prag for an imperial Diet to discuss reforms his ancestors tried to pass with no avail. The diet will be held upon the finalization of the Austrian succession war. The Agenda being set to passing new Tax reforms inthe empire to allow the emperor the capacity to properly maintain the integrity of the Empire without indebting the personal coffers of his own domains. The establishment of an Imperial Army in times of war, with each Imperial Circle supplying a levy of troops while the Emperor would provide the bulk of the forces, the establishment of a stadardized currency value throughout the empire, and to pass the legislative reforms to standardizing and mainstream Imperial legislation and ending feuds between princes through the Ewiger Landfriede.  These sweeping reforms are all proposed to further the project of imperial unity, and territorial integrity. Wilhelm's Army moves to secure the border with Hungary in order to prevent any Hungaro-Bulgaro invasions. In a secret envoy Emperor Wilhelm extends an invitation to the Bulgarian Emperor to attend a private peace talk between the two emperors to resolve the matter of the Austrian War of Succession in Prag, Vienna or another venue should the Emperor desire it.  Wilhelm sends an envoy to Berlin and to Rome issuing his sincerist regrets that the pope has passed away, given the fact that the election of another Northerner might antagoize the Latin brothers within the confines of the church, WIlhelm in secret offers Patriarch Roncali the Northern vote in exchange for the Wilhelm being proclaimed Protector of the Catholic Church, to recognize the House of Brandenburg as the formal patrons of the Berlin Mission Society, and for the Papacy to allow for the long planned secularization of the Prince Bishoprics within the empire over a steady transition period. In his envoy to Berlin, for the establishment of the Society  Wilhelm in secret tells Patriarch Brewer to hold off the Northerner vote until news reaches of the Pope's answer.  Given the unprecedented success of the arqubusier units larger quantities of of them are produced to serve as the main projetiles of the Prussian forces, mainly focusing on creating larger numbers of snaplocks which proved far superior to the simpler matchlock, though a more streamlined design the OTL snaphaunce is developed and a prototype will be tested in the coming years. The elite Royal Guard is expanded greatly. The new unit is open to members of the lower nobility and to members of the growing merchant class throughout the empire to serve the Emperor. training of the new unit begins to develop a highly mobile dragoon force that can operate on horse and on foot as regular units. Greater numbers of cannons are also produced as the importance of artillery is greatly noted following an in depth analysis of both Imperial and Bulgarian forces throughout the war. Dragoon and light cavalry units will be built in larger numbers to counter the high dangers posed by heavy cavalry having viewed the devastation caused by Bulgarian Heavy units during their campaigns in Bohemia and Austria. The line formations of the arqubusiers are further developed (OTL pre-line infantry formations), to maximize the firepower of the units. production of firearms, cannons, and metal products in general are centered in Luxembourg, Nanzig, Breslau, and Prag with the outlying areas providing the minerals needed for the expanding activites of the blacksmithes, gunsmithies and metal workers in general. Bohemian expertise in mechanical arts (OTL engineering and other sciences) is greatly valued within the growing economy of Prussia and the University of Prag is granted Royal subsudies like the rest of the Universities that dot Wilhelm's domains. reconstruction of the city of Prague continues. Berlin continues to grow as the political, and cultural centre of a growing Prussia, and as the centre of Imperial ceremony. The city now boosting a population of 100,000. The economy of Prussia and remains for the most part diversified and well balanced with high levels of argricultural production occuring in the Provinces of Brandenburg, Silesia, and Prussia, while mining and industry remain centred around the areas of Bohemia, Silesia, and the Duchy of Luxembourg, and trade and commerce being handled largely in the North, Berlin and Luxembourg.  Wilhelm extends his gratitude to Cologne for their financial support and in secret extends an offer to the Archbishop that would turn the Nordhein circle into the duchy of Westfalen with the Archbishop a securlarized Duke or should he desire to retain his office the duchy would be placed under the titular rule of the Emperor while the Archbishop rules as his regent.  Stories of the heroics of imperial forces grow and novels of the great clashes and struggles to protect the empire are made taken tones very similar to Germanic Heroic age Ballads. Much of this adds to the growing perception of Prussia being the leader of not only the Empire but of the Germans as a whole and their sworn protector. Cultural development continues as philosophy and art grow in popularity particularly taken on the new trend displaying the war. the Triumphant march into Vienna is immortalized by Prussian Painter Joseph Heinrich. Members of the aristocracy are further consolidated under Wilhelm's influence by expanding the State-General based largely on the Burgundian model and through the consolidation of regal authority over all familial disputes.  Wilhelm proclaims the edict of inheritance which makes the eldest son of each noble family within his domains the sole heir of all estates, this legalizes the already common trend of familial successions in Prussia, and pushes most of the younger nobles to either become military officers, administrators, or go to the universities to pursue a career in other areas. Standardization of the currencies used throughout the domains of the Emperor continue with the weight of the Reichsthaler being set at the OTL 1/9 silver value. Naval expansion begins again to replace lost ships and those that are outdated. Burguindian ship builders are requested to help Prussia develop a more standardized fleet.


 * Hansa: 'Hansa ships continue to explore the coasts of Africa and Laurentia trading with native groups. The Hansa Company formally purchase the Wrangel company and in an extended negotations with Berlin form the North German Stock Exchange with its headquaters in Hamburg. The Hansa adopt the Reichsthaler as their currecy. 25 pixels along the mouth of the New Rhine are claimed for fort Wilhelmburg (OTL Buenos Aires). Meanwhile more outposts are set up further north in an attempt to start bringing in Brazilwood for dyes in the Hansa markets.
 * Latin Patriarchal Diplomacy: Roncallli agrees to the deal, saying he will grant the Emperor the hereditary title of "Imperial Defender of the Faith", allow gradual secularisation of the bishoprics in the HRE (so long as the bishops retain a certain level of power and respect of their ancient rights, and so long as Church property is respected, and would be glad to give the House of Brandenburg patronage over the Society, which is in desperate need of funds.
 * WIlhelm: Wilhelm agrees to all terms, and after convincing the Northern Patriarch Gunther and the Bishop of Prague to vote for the latin patriarch, wilhelm sends in secret a gift of fine furs, a golden scepter made by Luxembourgish metal smithies and five talented youths for the Papal choir.
 * Nk Please for the love of god shorten your turns. -Feud
 * You know its bad when feud says its too long lol -Nate
 * ​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. 
 * Aryavarta: A different department for the advancement and research of war tactics and weaponry for the army is set up. We purchase cannons and bombards from the Gurkani Sultanate. We also seek to establish better trading relations with Burgundy and England, also stressing on cultural exchange. 
 * Abbasid Caliphate  The colonies continue to expand in the East Indies, as the former Majapihut administration is cleared out and replaced with Islamic feudalism among the native people. A local Ayatollah is appointed over the mosques of each island, while a Kazir is appointed over each individual community. Back in the Middle East, the novel Return to Lamakan is spread throughout the Caliphate. In it, it depicts slavery as an institution of Christianity to show their dominance over Hamito-Semetic peoples. In Damascus, tragedy falls late in the year as Caliph Al-Rahim dies of fever at a young age. As no successor had been named, the Ulema took some time to vote among themselves until they decided to elect one of Al-Rahim's uncles as the next Caliph. Named Malik Hussein Al-Abbas, he takes on the name Al-Mutawakkil IV. Economic support is sent to Korea in their war against Japan. In Aden, a new school of scholars begin to study the religion of Buddhism from the Korean merchants, attempting to see any parallels with Islam. Across East Africa, the Coptic religion begins to make a slow resurgence among the Amharic people as they spread throughout Arabic lands.
 * 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.)
 * Milan: Technological and tactical advances of the army continues.The Merchant class of the nation also experiences an uptick, as Milan solidifies itself as a trade hub within its region. Work continues on the architecture, of which there is a resurgant trend of gothic style, as well as infrastructure of the nation. The art and scientific sectors of the nation are given special attention and funding, wishing to impress those nations around them, as well as set a precedent in the Italian kingdoms. We accept Prussias offer of the hand of Wilhelmine of the house of Luxembourg for Gonzaga Sforza.
 * 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 limited as we try to move people into the former Burgundian colonies. 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. Trade passes through Swahili and Mogadishu on the way to Asia further east and we start to introduce their effective four field crop rotation system. While this is not adopted in England it is acknowledged as a better system. 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 King keeps working upon an ambitious project to construct a canal from Gloucester to Lechlade upon the Thames linking the Thames and the Severn with the canal being 4.7m wide and the locks 2.35m wide only allowing narrow boats through with towpaths constructed next to this new canal. This new canal is hoped to facilitate inland trade and helping develop a national market. With the canal being a bit over 30 miles it should take roughly five years to complete as hundreds of now landless peasants due to the Enclosure acts work on the canal. 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 3.5 million. The road system is maintained by the Crown.
 * Papal States: Habemus Papam: After a conclave characterised by back-room deals, the Latin Patriarch Guglielmo Roncalli is elected Pope, taking the name Innocent VIII. His first act is to appoint a successor to the Latin Patriarchate, whose own first act is to issue a Patriarchal Bull requesting the Pope's assistance in administering the Latin Rite "until otherwise provided for by the Patriarch", following Decree 3.1 of the Council of Cologne on Church Governance. The Mission to Peru continues (MODS respond as to effectiveness please). Missions in Japan, Korea, and Angola continue, with the latter focusing a lot on doing good works for the local population.
 * Knights Hospitaller- We have a population of around 22,000 due to refugees and have a navy of ten ships. In New Rhodes, we begin building up our industry by offering grants for skilled colonists. We have built the University of New Rhodes in order to encourage scientific advancement. We build up the dockyards in order to have more trade. We also declare ourselves a free port (though no slavers) in order to encourage commerce and we encourage European ships to come to dock and refit. We also build a theological school in order to recruit missionaries and educate them on how to convert the native populace. With the wars and unrest in the Old World we agree to take in new colonists and offer to take in as many refugees as we can or 3000-4000 a year while the rate of immigration is increasing due to advertising. The colony of Maryland is small with around 1750 people settling there though many more are coming we expand by 15 px (40 px total). We build a medical school in Maryland in order to combat new diseases while we also build a shipyard to help with trading. 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. The main exports so far are exotic goods such as cotton, sugar, and tobacco and we use a strategy in which we send goods to Europe and take back poor refugees. We make contact with the natives and offer their chiefs great gifts (relatively) such as iron axe heads, glass beads, and jewellery. We send missionaries to convert the natives. We send the Fleet to the Bahamas to set up a colony on Andros island called New Crete in order to colonise the archipelago. It has a population of 1250 and are using it to settle we expand by 15 px (40 px).  We build a dockyard in order to help accommodate expansion throughout the rest of the archipelago while we also build fisheries ton exploit rich fishing stocks near the island. We begin implementing the plantation system in our colonies for sugar, tobacco, and citrus while we adopt the four-field rotation system recognising it as a more efficient system. We begin liquidating our holdings in the region of the war in Europe and sell them in order to solidify our hold on the New World. We plan a new colony but have yet to choose between settling in (OTL Georgia) or in Laurentia.
 * Russia: Czar Vladimir contuse to age. His "last glorious battle" is against tribal's in Siberia. Prince Dmitri accompanied him on the campaign to liberate the slaughter town of Lesoibirsk. Expansion continues in Siberia 50px with 15px expansion northwards. The campaign against the tribe's was also the first time soldiers who had been trained in Iberian tactics fought against them showing great effectiveness with artillery and guns. We send diplomats to Korea in order to start construction of an eastern portion of the Trans-Siberian Road (player response). We send a diplomat of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Abbasid Empire to negotiate a deal to move the Christian populations to Russia and the Muslim populations around the Georgian border and near the city of Kasan to the Caliphate.
 * The Abbasid Caliphate agrees to this deal to a reasonable quota, and works to improve closer relations with Russia in light of their alliance against the Gurkani ears earlier.
 * Holy Bulgarian Empire: With the betrayal of the ceasefire the Tsar himself marches alongside General Bogdan towards the Hungarian Border and the full might of the Empire behind him. The Empire marshalls nearly 82,000 troops (which includes the Serbian force and a withdrawn Polish Garrison) and reinforces a badly battered Hungarian force bringing total fighting strength to 122,000 against the arrayed Prussian and HRE forces. Rather than attack and restart a massive invasion of te Holy Roman Empire, Tsar Aleksandar and his Grandson now of age propose a peace deal with the Prussians. They withdraw behind their borders, Slovenia (with trieste attached) is released as a Bulgarian protectorate and the Release of Venice as well. Both these territories are to be removed from the HRE and will act as buffers between the Bulgarian empire, and the Hungarian kingdom. The Bulgarian Tsar vehemently supports Elizabeth on the throne of Hungary and while he is unwilling the march through a desolate austria again he will however remain a staunch friend to the Elizabethan habsburgs. The Bulgar economy continues to do rather well despite potential reignition of hostilities and the expansion of the usable resource bases of the empires provinces causes great expansion of the markets in the empire. The effective build up of much of the empires infrastructure and its marketing system has also allowed it to better weather economic crises and also allows for swift movements of goods, troops, people among many other things. This expansion of road systems continues into moldavia and the remainder of greece as the migration of population continues.
 * Tsardom of Poland: Much of the same policies continue specifically autonomy, some appeasement, and pay offs of more uppity nobles
 * Principality of Serbia: The Principality of Serbia forced to go to war again delays its plan to invade and annex Bosnia but promises are extricated that when the armies return the Invasion and annexation of Bosnia is assured.

1581
''' The famous "Mud Haiku" is composed in Japan, metaphorically depicting the relationship of Korea and Japan. '''

''' An outbreak of plague threatens the whole population of Seville. '''

''' Due to the presence of Christianity in east Asia, a Buddhist monk in Korea proposes that Christ, being the incaration of God, was actually a reincarnation since God had manifested myriads of time in history. Some copies of the Buddhist Book are amended to include a copy of these writings. '''

''' A minor famine spreads across the Russian colonies in Siberia, causing many people to seek the Russian Orthodox Church for guidence. '''

''' Near Maryland, natives begin dying of smallpox. The people blame their leaders for shunning the incoming Europeans and believe that they can only survive through cooperation with the Europeans. '''

''' France sends explorers to the Incas in the name of God with the intention to annex or vassalize them. '''

''' Hitler and the Black Eagles enter contract with Lombardy. '''

''' The Prince of Kiev dies, meaning his nephew succeeds him. '''

''' Kenneth IV of Scotland hires some Burgundian explorers to do some exploring of Laurentia for him. '''

''' Two extremely popular works come out both written by Germans. One chronicaling the War of Austrian Succession surprisingly from both sides known as "Empire", and another book known as "The Lion of the East" which proves to be an insightful look into Bulgarian society and customs. This comes almost directly after the shockingly successful invasion of the HRE a few years previous. '''


 * Kingdom of Burgundy: with peace returning after the re-enthronement of Otto of Austria, and King Henri's successful naval campaigns in European waters, Guyana continues its expansion westward to the recognized boundary between it and New Lusitania. The Cape Charles colony also expands 50px. With the East India Company's growing presence in China, a request is sent to the Kingdom of Tali to allow the Company to rent Macau as a trading post under Talian sovereignty (mod response please).
 * ​Macau is controlled by the Kingdom of Tali
 * fixed -Guy


 * 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. Crowds of people look at the Sultan at the time of death of the Caliph saying "oh Sultan our leader lead us ". We send a Muslim missionaries to Angola. Costal cities are made into trading post in the Desert to help rise the pop.  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).
 * "Crowds of people look at the Sultan at the time of death of the Caliph saying 'oh Sultan our leader lead us'." stop copy pasting the same thing every year. -scraw


 * Korea: With Giapan foolishly choosing to pursue war, a hundred and eighty thousand conscripts (armed with highly sophisticated firearms and gunpowder weapons, including wheel-lock rifles and rudimentary flamethrowers) are mobilized to counter the Japanese naval invasion. Distinguished Generals Yi Shin-rip and Yi Il are sent by the Emperor to Gyeongsang to lead battalions facing the Japanese, while junior officer Yi Sun-sin is promoted for his merit and subsequently sent south to lead fleets guarding the west Jeolla and Chungcheong provinces. In response to the threat, self-proclaimed "righteous armies" begin helping evacuation efforts and the orchestrators of the movement are awarded titles by the Emperor for their service. About five thousand additional conscripts are sent to Hwataedo from the Nivkhgu to fortify the Korean colony. Highly armoured geobukseon and auxillary panokseon are dispatched to engage with the inferior ships of Giapan. To better allocate resources to the home front, Urup is declared a financial whirlpool and all thousand colonists and sailors withdraw from the island onwards to Hwataedo. Aware of the Japanese attempting to fund non-existent secessionist movements, the Nivkh and Manchu monarchs (as Korea is in a dynastic union with the two) declare pledge loyalty to Korea to their respective courts, and ward off any envoys arriving from Giapan.


 * Knights Hospitaller: We have a population of around 26,000 due to refugees and have a navy of ten ships. In New Rhodes, we begin building up our industry by offering grants for skilled colonists. We have built the University of New Rhodes in order to encourage scientific advancement. We build up the dockyards in order to have more trade. We also declare ourselves a free port (though no slavers) in order to encourage commerce and we encourage European ships to come to dock and refit. With the wars and unrest in the Old World we agree to take in new colonists and offer to take in as many refugees as we can or 3000-4000 a year while the rate of immigration is increasing due to advertising. The colony of Maryland is small with around 2250 people settling there though many more are coming we expand by 15 px (55 px total). We build a medical school in Maryland in order to combat new diseases while we also build a shipyard to help with trading. 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. The main exports so far are exotic goods such as cotton, sugar, and tobacco and we use a strategy in which we send goods to Europe and take back poor refugees. We send the Fleet to the Bahamas to set up a colony on Andros island called New Crete in order to colonise the archipelago. It has a population of 1750 and are using it to settle we expand by 15 px (55 px). We build a dockyard in order to help accommodate expansion throughout the rest of the archipelago while we also build fisheries ton exploit rich fishing stocks near the island. We begin implementing the plantation system in our colonies for sugar, tobacco, and citrus while we adopt the four-field rotation system recognising it as a more efficient system. We begin liquidating our holdings in the region of the war in Europe and sell them in order to solidify our hold on the New World. We decide to plan a future colonisation of OTL Georgia though a colony in Laurentia is still viable. With the outbreak of smallpox in Maryland we renew our offer to the natives to convert to Christianity while we also to look to find a strong chief to unite the tribes (Mod response). We plan on quickly sending aid to the natives shipping medical supplies to the colony. We also plan on creating a state with the converted natives (if they convert) and planning on merging our colony with the state and we check if the natives are receptive to the idea (more details next turn) (Mod response).
 * ​Many natives convert, but rather than uniting, most of them migrate out and offer to sell the land to the Knights. 
 * Aryavarta: Hindi becomes the Koine (lingua franca) of the Empire, not being successfully replaced by Prakrit while Sanskrit remains the official language. The state funds the digging of wells especially in areas with poor water resources. A proper state register is created for the collection of revenues. A regular system of state judicial administration is re established irrespective of religion. War is declared on Bengal, Pegu is also in the war. The principle of the equality of law for all subjects is upheld by the council. A proper police system is established also consisting of the secret police which works jointly with the military spies. The army had been secretly preparing for another war with Bengal and had demonstrated in the war with Gujarat. The Arthashastra is adopted by the council as a guiding book. Village assemblies are incorporated into the administrative system. Serais are rebuilt and the Grand Trunk road is upgraded. Construction of dams and bridges is started alongwith the state funding of free kitchens.
 * Abbasid Dip: Seriously, stop making war in India as you promised in the Treaty of Agra. Why do you keep lying. If you don't stand back, the Caliphate will this time invade Aryavarta itself with the help of the Arab-India Company.


 * 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 refuse Oman's offer of selling the island of Mayotte.

 
 * Abbasid Caliphate: The reign of Al-Mutawakkil IV began with an air of suspicion and paranoia. The Caliph had an armed guard around him at all times, and utilized the Kilab Al-Rub to spy on members of the Ulema to satisfy his suspicion. In the summer, these fears were vindicated as several regions of the Nejd and Hejaz emirates revolted against the Caliph, killing the Emirs appointed by Al-Rahim II. Al-Mutawakkil quickly crushed this rebellion, but in response began ordering a purge to root out all possible dissenters within the Ulema. The Grand Vizier quickly took the forefront of this purge, using it to remove some of his political enemies, including the ambitious Abdullah Hassan. Hassan managed to escape Damascus and fled into the Ottoman Empire. The Amharic people continue to migrate north into Egypt, while more Arabs migrate to live in the colonies of Darfur. Trade in the East Indies continues to expand.The Caliphate calls Jihad against Aryavarta, after they blatently broke the treaty of Agra by invading Bengal. We ask Persia to allow the Caliph's armies to pass through against India (MOD RESPONSE). We ask Bahamani (bonus mod response), Swahili, and Oman to aid the Caliph in this holy war. The Abbasids send 180,000 troops to meet the remaining Hindu defenses at the city of Multan, and an additional 180,000 troops against the city of Lahore. The Persian branch of the Abbasid family rallies 120,000 for each of these battles as well, plus reinforcements. The strategy being to first push the Hindus out of their defensive positions of the two cities, then meet the total forces for one final battle at the River Ravi in the Indus Valley, occupying the region. The military is led by the most modern firearms in the form of muskets, Great Bombards, and elite sipahi cavalry with dragoons.
 * ​Persia accepts. -scraw
 * Prussia-Luxembourg-Bohemia: Wilhelm realizing that he will only get this far with the Prussian and Imperial finances strained as it is, agrees to Bulgarian terms aslong as Gorizia and Carniola remain a part of Austria and the Bulgarian forces are demobolized. He offers to host peace talks in Präg. With this action Emperor Wilhelm demobilizes the HRE forces and releases the mercs with decent pay and with the right to seek new fortunes abroad should they desire particularly in Laurentia. The Prussian forces are called back to Bohemia and Prussia and with rotating down time so that the veterans can rest. Burgundian forces are released to Burgundian control to do as they see fit. more to be added later. 
 * Scandinavian Diplomacy: We accept the peace offer
 * 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. 
 * In the Principality of Kiev, Prince Pavel Kuznetsov dies and is succeeded by his nephew, Ivan Kuznetsov. Ivan begins to work with the Georgian government to promote bilateral relations, as Ivan was educated in the Georgrian royal court. The Prince also seeks to improve relations with his fellow Orthodox League states of Bulgaria and Russia. Finally, improvements are made to the port at Odessa and the city of Lviv, which was recently conquered from the Poles.
 * Kingdom of Sicily: Prince-General Philip continues investing in the businesses of merchants within the big cities of the kingdom. His investments continue to help the economy expand and grow, helping Sicily prosper. The translated version of the Bible into the Neapolitan vernacular is now in use in the majority of churches across the realm, and the majority of households, especially within the large cities and towns, have a copy. Philip decides now to start the construction of his grand church in Naples, following the plans of the architect he had hired. Funds are taken from the kingdom's treasury as well as from Philip's coffers. He wishes for the church to be a beautiful sight to behold, and hopes that Roman Catholic pilgrims will come to see it. The Prince-General also diverts some money from the treasury in order to fund the University of Naples.
 * Great Iberia:
 * Portugal: The leading crown of Great Iberia - Portugal - has kept Iberia intact through a series of personal unions since the conclusion of the Iberial Civil War in 1539. Sancho of House Braganza, the third of his name, has ruled since 1566. In his time as the King of Portugal, he has worked on the 'migration' of Portuguese culture to the rest of Iberia, in addition to building up the infrastructure of Portugal and Her colonies. He also led Iberia to victory against Burgundy and reclaimed the Azores in the name of Portugal. His heir Henry is in good health, with the House of Braganza currently in little danger of a succession crisis. The kingdom of Portugal directly controls a large stretch of land, from Gibraltar to Galicia. Its population is currently 13 million souls, with a population boom seeing the nation continuing to swell with people. The population of Great Iberia is expected to reach 15 million by 1600. While Iberia has suffered calamity due to civil war, hardship generally yields increased reproductive rates. The most prominent cities in the union are Lisbon, Madrid, and Valencia, with Lisbon being the capital of both Portugal and Great Iberia. Portugal has an alliance with France and Scotland and retains good relations with England. Portugal hopes to ally with England in time. With the end of the Iberian Civil War, the nation begins working on making Portuguese a more dominent culture in the union. Town criers all over the union are expected to speak Portuguese in addition to their regional languages. In addition, schools in Iberia teach students Portuguese. Festivals celebrating Portuguese culture become fairly common in towns, with the Portuguese crown paying for many of these festivals. The Spaniards are treated as partners in the union, not underlings, though Portuguese culture is clearly intended to become the dominant culture in Iberia in the years to come. The same treatment, unfortunately, is not given to those of different religious backgrounds. Since the 15th century, as a result of the Inquisitions, there has been a legal and societal distinction between Old Christians and New Christians. Jews and Muslims who converted to Christianity - New Christians - are currently forbidden from marrying Old Christians. This law extends to their ancestors. Many nobles and clergy believe in the 'purity of blood,' i.e. the lack of heresy in their bloodline. However, the Perdão da ignorância act (Forgiveness of ignorance), which was passed in 1551, essentially dissolves the marriage boundaries between the natives and settlers. With Christians New and Old allowed to wed in the colonies, the populations may recover from the smallpox crisis. The economy of Portugal is a powerhouse, both in Europe and in the New World. The military, as a result, operates with state-of-the-art arms. The navy of Portugal is a vast expanse of ships, with several being built this year. Old ships are scrapped, many of their parts being used in the construction of new ships. The outbreak of the plague is blamed on the Muslim and Jewish populations of Seville. A quarantine is issued along with a curfew. This curfew is intended to prevent Muslims from congregating in secret, though it does restrict the flow of the plague by preventing its transmission for half of a day. It also allows those already infected to die in their homes or recover rather than spreading the plague until death. During and after the plague, entire families are decimated by being trapped in their homes with the infected. By the time the curfew is lifted in September, the plague has run its course, though it has devastated poorer areas. Due to the Inquisition and Portuguese city planning, the casualties are disproportionately high among Jews and Muslims.
 * Amazonia: Several ships full of colonists arrive in Amazonia, though the growth of the colony is fairly delayed due to the lack of arable soil. However, the primary export of Amazonia is wood. The expanding empire of Portugal is ever in need of timber. The Amazonian Royal Timber Company has been providing wood to Portugal and the rest of Iberia since 1548. The plague in Seville and the Inquisition's response leads many Jews and Muslims to travel to Amazonia this year. The militia of Amazonia is roughly 300. Its population is a little over 3100.
 * Mêcicipi: Relations with the local natives continues to be profitable, trade pouring through the capital of the colony - Nova Galicia. In the meantime, expansion along the coast towards Maiam's northern coast continues, frontiersmen and settlers arriving in droves due to the discounted land prices. Many Jews and Muslims travel to this colony to escape the plague and the Inquisition. The militia is roughly 250 strong, the population being 2700.
 * Nova Lusitânia: Several ships full of colonists arrive in Nova Lusitânia. The church of São Pedro is finally completed, the Immaculata having learned Portuguese by this time and worked closely with the settlers of the colony. Many colonists of Balboa Rocha have relocated to the area near the church of São Pedro, with a rather sizable gap of space in between the settlements existing as of this year. This separation causes a delay in the growth of Balboa Rocha, though the area São Pedro becomes increasingly profitable. The people near the Church of São Pedro request a charter to create the city of São Pedro so as to differentiate between Balboa Rocha and the area around São Pedro. An answer arrives late this year approving this request. Many Christians from Seville, angered by the curfew or afraid of the non-Christian population, travel to this colony.
 * Milan: Duke Giovanni Szofra orders the construction of a new library, named the library of Milan, in an effort to improve Milan's status as a beacon of knowledge. Giovanni's son, Gonzaga,takes an interest in this, especially in the classic tales and history of Rome. Investment in the Milanese military continues as well. The population of the city of Milan reaches 190,000. Much effort is placed into this years festival season, in order to boost the nations reputation.
 * Cologne: Archbishop Aldrich begins sponsoring the Nordrhein Road system, nicknamed the Nordrhein Highway, and more roads into Cologne are built. Funds continue to come into Cologne from royalties on the printing press and trade generally along the Rhine and Ruhr. Meanwhile, he ensures that the Cologne and Essen university libraries both gain a copy of the two popular new texts written by Germans. He offers to present a Stelzner Prize for Innovation to both German authors, acknowledging them for their insight and observance in a time of crisis. Meanwhile, Archbishop Aldrich receives Wilhelm of Prussia’s offer in secret and replies, in secret, that he is more favourable towards the second option at this point if Wilhelm is willing to provide special protections for the religious administrations of both Cologne and Essen, and a protection for the highly-prolific Order of St Adelphina, allowing them to run their respective nations in the manner of a vassal of the Prussian / Holy Roman Empire. However, Aldrich understands that the infrastructure for such a secularisation plan will require time and patience, and prays that Wilhelm will be generous in both. He offers (publicly) to coordinate the establishment of a HRE-wide judicial system, with Wilhelm’s blessing. Furthermore, he (publicly) wants to know if Prussia would sponsor the building of a HRE-wide road network. (Nk, please reply)
 * Essen: The Adelphinian Canonesses in Tondo are overjoyed at the completion of a second cathedral/large church for the people of Tondo, and continue to emphasise unity with the King of Tondo (despite the King’s lack of reply). Meanwhile, Abbess Hadwig notes the many refugees escaping the Old World wars in favour of the New World and deliberately sends further Adelphinian Canonesses to the New World assist the Knights Hospitaller, in the hope that their medical knowledge will help both with the many Europeans who need to be taken care of, and help cure the natives of smallpox. All lives are sacred, and all lives matter. By now, one of every ten new canonesses (at least) coming through Essen has become a missionary. Abbess Hadwig marvels at this achievement. Meanwhile, the Prussian canoness working on a novel releases her work at the end of the year in response to both “Empire” and “The Lion of the East”. It is quickly printed in the original Stelzner printing press, and is called “Lioness” in honour of her depiction of the lives of both devout and ordinary women during the recent war. It speaks of women’s important role, their intellect and their peacemaking capacity in these situations. It highlights the consequences of a war like this, and the many generous women who dedicate their lives to taking care of refugees, or those wounded at war. Upon its release, Abbess Hadwig sheds a single tear.
 * 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 limited as we try to move people into the former Burgundian colonies. 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. Trade passes through Swahili and Mogadishu on the way to Asia further east and we start to introduce their effective four field crop rotation system. While this is not adopted in England it is acknowledged as a better system. 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. With work on the Severn to Thames canal now finished and it successfully opened the King commissions a new canal to be constructed in the north to connect Runcorn to Manchester allowing the growing town to be connected to the sea. This new canal will be much the same parameters as the previous one between the Severn and the Thames. 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 3.5 million. The road system is maintained by the Crown.
 * '''Japan: Last year, the Grand Japanese Army of 100,000 troops under the leadership of Shogun Oda Nobunaga successfully defeated the Korean forces of 50,000 troops at the coast of Busan. Meanwhile Japanese forces successfully occupied Haedo This year, the Korean forces, with 180,000 soldiers launched a counteroffensive against the 90,000 remaining forces of the Grand Japanese Army, and in a heroic defense we are successful, with 9000 Japanese casualties while the Korean Army faced 27,000 casulties, three times the amount of ours. With this victory, we are able to hold our position at the coast of Busan, where we remain. So far, however, 19,000 Japanese troops have died in the Battle of Busan compared to the 34,500 Korean troops that have died in Busan. The Invasion and Defense of Busan are immortalized and Shogun Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideysohi, and Tokugawa Ieyesu are all revered as heroes and victory is celebrated in Busan. In order to replenish the Japanese forces in Busan, 19,000 reinforcements are sent to Busan.  The Shogun makes a speech "Two times we have fought the Koreans here in their most major port-Busan, and two times we have been victorious, once on the offensive, and once on the defensive, I thank you all for the successful offensive and defensive, and may those who sacrificed their lives for Japan shall forever be in Heaven. Now with 19,000 reinforcements arriving from Japan, our Grand Japanese Army is 100,000 strong. We must hold our position and remain on the defensive for the coming 2nd Korean counteroffensive, and we must give our lives to defend our area of Busan, for the Shogun, for the Emperor, for Amaterasu, for God, for Japan and our people!"  Meanwhile, we barely defend against the Korean counterinvasion of Haedo, thus we maintain the territory. With the Korean colony of Urop abandoned, we send colonists and a few troops to occupy Urop for Japan. In Japan, more plans for the Flower War are made. Meanwhile, in Kyoto, with the Shogun and the local daiymo out to war against Korea in Busan, the Emperor transfers power to civilian adminstrators and beaucrats to run and manage the provinces of Japan, and continues with the centralization process. Rice production, infrastructure and military buildup, and tax collection all continue. The Chrysanthemum Emperor hears of the Korean Buddhist belief that Jesus is the reincarnation of God and declares that he and all other Emperors/Empresses of the House Yamato are human reincarnations of God, that all Emperors of House Yamato are descended from Amaterasu, the embodiment of God's creation and the Universe herself, and is mandated by God to rule Japan and eventually the entire Earth. '''
 * Mongolia: Jakha Khan launches a coup and takes the throne as the Khagan. Karakorum is ordered to be rebuilt by him, however, he seeks foreign help in strengthening his long weakened nation. (We offer to accept Christian Priests from Japan in exchange for Japanese help in rebuilding Karakorum, as well as the Japanese copies of the Gurkani firearms. (Player Response) Jakha focuses on internal stability, putting strong emphasis on that, with many new poems being written in Mongolia, as Jakha seeks to increase the literacy of his newly independent nation. He sees repairing ties with the Chinese as a lost cause, as they were being deceptive scum who annexed his land, and colonized the land of his ancestors. Jakha is also very interested in converting to Japanese Christianity.
 * Japanese Diplomacy: We are surprised yet delighted by Mongolia's sudden offer and accept the deal. We offer for Mongolia to be a Japanese protectorate. We shall provide protection from hostile forces in return for tribute.
 * Mongol Diplomacy: We agree to become a protectorate. Meanwhile, Jakha Khan would like to be baptized by Japanese priests. However, he makes it clear Mongolia will stick to it's religiously tolerate past like under Genghis Khan.
 * Japanese diplomacy: Japanese priests who where recently baptized by the Papal Nuncio in Nagasaki set sail to Mongolia and arrive on their coast. The journey inland is made to Kakakorum with a small shipment of Gurkani firearms and building tools. Jakha Khan is then baptised in the Imperial Court of Karakorum. Afterwards, the city of Karakorum is blessed, and the effort to rebuild Karakorum begins. During the rebuildment, we politely request for Jakha Khan to join in our war against Korea.
 * Mongol Diplomacy: We agree. However, we are afraid that Korea might try to annex Mongolia should we lose.
 * Papal States: The Missionaries in the Inca Empire are glad for the help that the French will bring, and work even harder on their missionary efforts (Mod, please). The Angola mission also continues, with the missionaries taking pains to do everything better than their pathetic Moselem counterparts. The Papal Nuncio to Japan is glad to hear of the news from Mongolia, and appoints an envoy to Mongolia represent him (and through him, the Pope). In Rome, new Pope Innocent VIII gets to work. He patronises the Immaculata, appointing their members to various important positions, and giving the Order aid wherever it is needed. Rome's art scene, long neglected under Innocent's austere, Northern-Rite predecessor, begins to flourish once more, with an explosion of very ornate and overblown artwork being produced for the Church and the local nobility. Essen is permitted to send Adelphinian canonesses to Maryland, and Innocent signs a decree giving them joint spiritual guardianship over the colony (along with the Hospitaller chaplains, of course).
 * Russia: We expand another 50px in Siberia. Food is shipped out to many starving in the colonies out east. Several Orthodox Churches are set up in major cities and towns. We send missionaries into the Khanate and Mongolia to spread Orthodoxy to the neighboring lands. Many of the Christians brought in from the caliphate are offered large tracts of land in Siberia. War with the Siberian tribes continues with stunning victories over the technologically inferior savages. Our fleet is upgraded with its first galleons. A personal ship for the future Czar is planned out. Rear Admiral Anastas Livov approaches the head of the navy with plans for a future Russian overseas empire. However it is quickly dismissed as unrealistic for now. Many believe after the conquest of Siberia, the empire will spread to places like Africa and the New World.
 * Oman: The Barijaal colony continues expansion southward along the coast. Bandar Qasim and Majiratayn are created as vassal states of Oman, with the latter governed primarily by Majerteen chiefs and clansmen that have sworn fealty to King Abdulla. Ibadi missionary work continues in Aceh, Java, Malacca, and Sumatra. A large amount of Javans are converted, with the religion gaining momentum because of the government's acceptance. With Java's conversion to Ibadism, Oman proclaims it will defend Java's independence against any foreign threats.

1582
''' A French explorer sails up the OTL Chesapeake bay, and finds the place pristine and devoid of life. He thereby names the region "Terre de Fleurs" (land of flowers). '''

''' Tali offers to lease Macau to Burgundy for 20 years in exchange for arms to help them defend from possible attack from China. '''


 * Kingdom of Burgundy: Guyana expands 50px west, the Cape Charles colony expands 50px. The offer from Tali is accepted, and the first shipment of arms arrives prior to the establishment of the Burgundian trading post in Macau. In secret, the Burgundian East India Company offers Aryavarta assistance, in both land and naval forces, with modern European weaponry, if Aryavarta agrees to allow the Company to establish a protectorate over Burma (player response, please). Meanwhile, the Burgundian West India Company establishes a new colony in Patagonië at OTL Comodoro Rivadavia, calling it Bonapaart, in honor of the great explorer.
 * Japan: We request naval support in our war with Korea in the Battle of Busan.
 * Burgundian Dip: the East India Company dispatches 50 ships to support the Japanese.


 * Abbasid Caliphate: Al-Muttawakkil IV continues his paranoidal purge of dissenters. After the prisons of Damascus became too full, he began sentencing suspected traitors to be drafted in the war against India. In exile, Abdullah Hassan gathers more support among the Ottoman Empire, which had been growing in its military and infrastructure while this drama unfolds in the Calipahte. The Ulema, in addition, sends a draft of a Treaty to Aryavartiya to bring an end to the conflict once they are fully defeated. 
 * Aryavarta Diplomacy: The Abbasids severely underestimated the strength of our army. As a result there was a stalemate.
 * Oman Diplomacy: Oman refuses to be involved in the Caliphate's holy wars (different religion).
 * Knights Hospitaller: We have a population of around 30,000 due to refugees and have a navy of ten ships. In New Rhodes, we begin building up our industry by offering grants for skilled colonists. With the wars and unrest in the Old World we agree to take in new colonists and offer to take in as many refugees as we can or 3000-4000 a year while the rate of immigration is increasing due to advertising. We set up a new colony in Georgia in OTL Glynn County called New Germany in recognition of the majority German refugees. We also send a fleet to northern Laurentia (Brazil) in order to scout a location for a new colony. It has a population of 500 and expands by 25 px. ​There are also plans to set up a colony near Maryland in order to help aid colonisation. ​We request to the Papal States to help endorse our colonies and advertise it in order to aid our progress especially in light of the conversion of many of the natives. (Player response) ​We thank Essen for its aid.
 * Maryland:The colony of Maryland is small with around 3000 people settling there though many more are coming we expand by 25 px. We build a medical school in Maryland in order to combat new diseases while we also build a shipyard to help with trading. 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. The main exports so far are exotic goods such as cotton, sugar, and tobacco and we use a strategy in which we send goods to Europe and take back poor refugees. ​We have succeeded in converting many of the natives and despite many of them leaving 6000 of the natives stay and join the colony. We agree to purchase the lands of the natives leading to us taking over Otl Monroe and Miami-Dade counties.​ ​We attempt to help modernise the natives and we provide schools and churches to teach them our main language (French) while we also build roads. Plans are put on a road system to connect settlements with a messenger system to allow quick messages (five years). We build the city of St. John to establish a clear capital for the region, while also providing a chances for the native workers to learn new skills. We apprentice young natives to teach them modern skills while we also teach the natives modern agriculture such as the four field system. 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.
 * New Crete- It has a population of 2250 and are using it to settle we expand by 25 px (80 px). We build a dockyard in order to help accommodate expansion throughout the rest of the archipelago while we also build fisheries ton exploit rich fishing stocks near the island. We also begin to experience a boom in fishing due to the rich stocks. We are also building plantations for sugar and tobacco while we also produce native crops such as sweet potato. As we advance through the island we attempt to integrate the natives and convert them peacefully, while we offer the natives equal rights if they convert and assimilate. Andros island is nearly colonised and we are ready to spread through out the archipelago. ​
 * No more expansion for you, slow down heavily, you're a barely functioning knights, not an empire with a base to make all these colonies out of -Feud
 * OOC England/ Person: I have a colony in Georgia which you're building on.
 * Sorry. Will fix. Can I purchase the colony, or else I will just go to Texas or Laurentia.
 * Aryavarta: After the battle of Khansar it was clear that the invasion had failed. After the battle of Drug in 1582 the Arab forces were routed back to the Gurkani Sultanate with a stalemate being maintained on the Gurkani border since Gurkani is not involved in the war. Aryavartiya forces move into Bengal. The Aryavartiya fleet patrols the Bay of Bengal and the coast of Gujarat. The siege of Gaur begins. Spies are sent to Bengal to infiltrate the army camps and their cities and incite the Hindus to revolt. (MOD RESPONSE). Forces are mobilized. War Elephants are sent to the Gurkani border alongwith supplies of muskets, cannons and bombards. Military instruction manuals and pamphlets are printed and are supplied to the army. The military department is reorganized. A different department for firearms, artillery and war elephants as well as supply is set up. Tobacco begins being cultivated. The Aryavartiya forces are welcomed in Bengal by the Hindus (the majority) as Muslims convert quickly or retreat further back with the Bengali forces. Guru Arjan Dev starts the Khalsa in Multan. He raises 1000 guerilla warriors against the Muslim invaders. The war ends in late 1582 with the signing of the treaty of Baghdad due to a stalemate between the forces of the Caliphate and Aryavarta.
 * Mongolia: Currently, the only measures being taken against Korea is encouraging their Manchu warriors to defect to Jakha Khan's army. It is announced that the action will stop if first option, Japan and Korea agree to a ceasefire, or second option, the Korean Emperor acknowledges our Khagan as his equal. Fearing a Korean invasion, Jahka amassing a 50,000 large horde on the Korean Manchuria border to deter a Korean invasion. Meanwhile, reconstruction of Karakorum continues. Christianity continues to be promoted, however religious tolerance continues, with many Buddhists are Tengrists serving in the army. The firearms given to us from Japan (which was in turn gotten from Gurkani) are used, and in Karakorum Gunsmiths are opened up, to produce advanced firearms for our horde. 20,000 Japanese Troops are requested to defend us from Korea (PLAYER REPONSE).  Mongol classics are translated into Japanese, as well as Mongol legends, and Japanese poems are translated into Mongolian. Mongolia offers to mediate peace between Japan and Korea, and when the peace is reached, they will stop asking Manchu warriors to defect to the Khan. Jakha declares that the Buddhists and the Tengriists shouldn't be mistreated, they should be tolerated, and the Christians should fight side by side with them, as you must love your enemies. Christianity, Tengriism, and Buddhism begin to fuse. Most Christians learn about the bible orally, and pray outside of Church, although there are many Churches opening up in Karakorum. The Literacy campaign hopes to reverse this, as the bible continues to be translated into Mongolian script. Jakha requests diplomatic relations begin with the Chagatai Khanate (MOD REPONSE)
 * ​The Great Khan says ok. -scraw
 * You only have 10k troops, no one in Japan cares about Mongol legends and vice versa, and you have no resources whatsoever for guns. ~Wolves
 * Japan gave a limited supply of Gurkani firearms to Mongolia last turn -Kame
 * 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.)
 * Great Iberia:
 * Portugal: The leading crown of Great Iberia - Portugal - has kept Iberia intact through a series of personal unions since the conclusion of the Iberial Civil War in 1539. Sancho of House Braganza, the third of his name, has ruled since 1566. In his time as the King of Portugal, he has worked on the 'migration' of Portuguese culture to the rest of Iberia, in addition to building up the infrastructure of Portugal and Her colonies. He also led Iberia to victory against Burgundy and reclaimed the Azores in the name of Portugal. His heir Henry is in good health, with the House of Braganza currently in little danger of a succession crisis. The kingdom of Portugal directly controls a large stretch of land, from Gibraltar to Galicia. Its population is currently 13 million souls, with a population boom seeing the nation continuing to swell with people. The population of Great Iberia is expected to reach 15 million by 1600. While Iberia has suffered calamity due to civil war, hardship generally yields increased reproductive rates. The most prominent cities in the union are Lisbon, Madrid, and Valencia, with Lisbon being the capital of both Portugal and Great Iberia. Portugal has an alliance with France and Scotland and retains good relations with England. Portugal hopes to ally with England in time. With the end of the Iberian Civil War, the nation begins working on making Portuguese a more dominent culture in the union. Town criers all over the union are expected to speak Portuguese in addition to their regional languages. In addition, schools in Iberia teach students Portuguese. Festivals celebrating Portuguese culture become fairly common in towns, with the Portuguese crown paying for many of these festivals. The Spaniards are treated as partners in the union, not underlings, though Portuguese culture is clearly intended to become the dominant culture in Iberia in the years to come. The same treatment, unfortunately, is not given to those of different religious backgrounds. Since the 15th century, as a result of the Inquisitions, there has been a legal and societal distinction between Old Christians and New Christians. Jews and Muslims who converted to Christianity - New Christians - are currently forbidden from marrying Old Christians. This law extends to their ancestors. Many nobles and clergy believe in the 'purity of blood,' i.e. the lack of heresy in their bloodline. However, the Perdão da ignorância act (Forgiveness of ignorance), which was passed in 1551, essentially dissolves the marriage boundaries between the natives and settlers. With Christians New and Old allowed to wed in the colonies, the populations may recover from the smallpox crisis. The economy of Portugal is a powerhouse, both in Europe and in the New World. The military, as a result, operates with state-of-the-art arms. The navy of Portugal is a vast expanse of ships, with several being built this year. Old ships are scrapped, many of their parts being used in the construction of new ships. After last year's plague, Seville sees a rapid depopulation due to the curfews set upon the city. This includes people in the formerly-Spanish countrysides who do not wish to live under direct Portuguese rule. These refugees are largely traveling to the New World. In July, Portugal sends several emissaries to Japan bearing gifts to the Emperor. They offer a trade deal with Japan. They also offer to act as a middle-man between Japan and Bulgaria for trade. A number of traders also travel to Tondo to offer it trading relations, along with the Indonesian states (Mod response requested). Iberia informs the Knights Hospitaller of its claim to the OTL Texas area. In the meantime, a settlement is established in OTL Cameroon named Wakanda. Its capital, Santa Elizabeth, is intended to act as a slave export center of Africa. Lastly, several Peruvian states are approached. Portugal offers these states protection in exchange for their swearing fealty to Iberia. (Mod response requested.)
 * Amazonia: Several ships full of colonists arrive in Amazonia, though the growth of the colony is fairly delayed due to the lack of arable soil. However, the primary export of Amazonia is wood. The expanding empire of Portugal is ever in need of timber. The Amazonian Royal Timber Company has been providing wood to Portugal and the rest of Iberia since 1548. The plague in Seville and the Inquisition's response leads many Jews and Muslims to travel to Amazonia this year. The militia of Amazonia is roughly 300. Its population is a little over 3200.
 * Mêcicipi: Relations with the local natives continues to be profitable, trade pouring through the capital of the colony - Nova Galicia. In the meantime, expansion along the coast towards Maiam's northern coast continues, frontiersmen and settlers arriving in droves due to the discounted land prices. Many Jews and Muslims travel to this colony to escape the plague and the Inquisition. The militia is roughly 250 strong, the population being 2800.
 * Nova Lusitânia: Several ships full of colonists arrive in Nova Lusitânia. The church of São Pedro is finally completed, the Immaculata having learned Portuguese by this time and worked closely with the settlers of the colony. Many colonists of Balboa Rocha have relocated to the area near the church of São Pedro, with a rather sizable gap of space in between the settlements existing as of this year. This separation causes a delay in the growth of Balboa Rocha, though the area São Pedro becomes increasingly profitable. The people near the Church of São Pedro request a charter to create the city of São Pedro so as to differentiate between Balboa Rocha and the area around São Pedro. An answer arrives late this year approving this request. Many Christians from Seville, angered by the curfew or afraid of the non-Christian population, travel to this colony. The militia is roughly 1,200 strong, the populaion of this colony a little under 40,000.
 * Japanese diplomacy: The Portuguese emissaries are received in the Imperial Chrysanthemum Court and the Emperor thanks the envoys for the gifts and accepts their trade request. While this diplomatic mission occurs, the Emperor gives a detailed oral account of the relationship between Japan and Korea. The Emperor requests Portugual to give naval support for Japan in the Battle of Busan in return for a trading port near Nagasaki.
 * Iberian diplomacy: We accept and offer the aid of 50 ships.
 * Japanese diplomacy: We thank Iberia for the 50 ships and we receive them as they join the Japanese and Burgundian fleets in Busan
 * Holy Bulgarian Empire: With the end of the war with a peace somewhat favorable to the Empire inclduding the overlordship of a new principality, The Tsar embarks on a foreign policy plan more oriented towards Western europe extending hands of diplomacy and friendship to both Venice and Great Ibera. Venice as a result of Bulgarian machination becomming free, Tsar Aleksandar request that Venice allow for bulgarian investment and friendship into rebuilding a strong and allied Venetian state.  (mod, please). The Tsar Aleksandar abdicates citing extremely old age and the need for the precedent to remain allow his Grandson Tsar Vasili II to come to the throne in Bulgaria. Surprisingly he is met with great fanfare as it has become well known of his education on the battlefields of Poland and Germany has made him a strongly practical and well liked ruler rather than arbitrary and misunderstanding. The New Tsar is coronated in Vasiligrad early in the year and in a dual ceremony marries the 16 year old daughter of the Serbian prince also elevating Serbia to a Grand Principality as it prepares to invade and annex Bosnia and increase its territory worthy of a Grand Principality.  The population of the Empire stands at 6.75 million and growing specifically due to some immigration increase from Hungary, Poland, and even some German families. A single Bulgarian legion arrives in Slovenia establishing the Principality of Slovenia under Prince Alexei Michova. The Tsar heavily begins to invest in modernizing various infrastructures. A new concept begins to rise as the "White Kingdom" idea begins to propogate within the Empire. The Architectual and aesthetic styles of much of the empires heavily influenced or settled cities makes much of the Empires cities look brightly and stand out as white which has given rise to this name and concept.
 * Tsardom of Poland: Much of the same policies continue specifically autonomy, some appeasement, and pay offs of more uppity nobles
 * Grand Principality of Serbia: The Principality of Serbia forced to go to war again delays its plan to invade and annex Bosnia but promises are extricated that when the armies return the Invasion and annexation of Bosnia is assured.
 * Principality of Slovenia: The Slovene principality is established with its capital in Ljubljana with Prince Michova taking control with the help of a Bulgarian legion. With a population of roughly 300,000 the Slovene principality maintains its highest amounts of density in the capital as well as Trieste.
 * 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. 
 * 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 limited as we try to move people into the former Burgundian colonies. 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. Trade passes through Swahili and Mogadishu on the way to Asia further east and we start to introduce their effective four field crop rotation system. While this is not adopted in England it is acknowledged as a better system. 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. With work on the Severn to Thames canal now finished and it successfully opened the King commissions a new canal to be constructed in the north to connect Runcorn to Manchester allowing the growing town to be connected to the sea. This new canal will be much the same parameters as the previous one between the Severn and the Thames. 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 3.5 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. After receiving permission from the crown one merchant coerces some 100 white people and 300 black slaves into colonising St Georges Island (Sao Tome).
 * Russia: We start to expand Northeast heavily, expanding 50px into the Northeast while only 25px eastward. Cossacks who have done an excellent job scouting the found the villages of Igarka and Norilsk. These villages encounter some tribal raiding but nothing the fearsome Cossack cavalry can handle. Some of the planned Galleons are constructed. The Autonomous Province of Yamalia is set up in the north between our territory and the Kara Sea.
 * Taiwan: We construct our infrastructure further, building many more wharfs in our capital of taipai. We request a larger garrison from Japan as we do not feel safe from ming China (player response).
 * 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 cente of naval action. 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).
 * Japan: With Korea dismissing the Chrysthemum Emperor's claim to be the reincarnation of God to be utter garbage, the Emperor is furious with Korea, and with Burgundy's naval support the offensive is renewed upon Busan, and declares "All of Korea shall know of my divinity! Not through my mercy, neigh, but through my divine wrath! All of Korea shall be burned and replanted in a field of Chrysthemum."  With this, the Emperor sends 260 Japanese ships with 50 Burgundian ships and 50 Iberian and 20,000  additional troops to Busan now there are 1,250 ships in Busan and 120,000 troops in total in Busan and thus Shogun Oda Nobunaga goes on the offensive in Busan. Meanwhile, 200 ships and 20,000 troops are sent to invade the neighboring city of Ulsan.
 * Korea: Many Koreans reject the claim that the House of Yamato are reincarnations of God, discarding the statemate as foolish garbage. With the now-called "flower war" (referencing the mugunghwa hibiscus and the chrysanthemum, the two floral symbols of Korea and Japan respectively) being a largely inconclusive stalemate, with the Japanese bogged down in Busan, there are talks within the court of ceasing the war and pursuing rapprochement with Japan. However, the Emperor is firm with his decision, believing submitting to Japan would mean a blow to his prestige. With Giapan controlling half of Busan, the remaining troops are moved to its outskirts and are accompanied by reinforcements (bringing the total number of active conscripts in the area to a hundred ninety thousand). However, the conscripts (which are armed with highly sophisticated firearms and gunpowder weapons, including wheel-lock rifles and rudimentary flamethrowers) are told to play a defensive role and instead lure hostile attackers in a war of attrition. With Mongolia accepting subjugation as a protectorate of Japan, an envoy is sent to Mongolia stating that interfering with the conflict will mean in a total decimation of the country and the annexation of its eastern portions to the Orho dominion. Distinguished Generals Yi Shin-rip and Yi Il are sent by the Emperor to Gyeongsang to lead battalions in the outskirts of Busan, while officer Yi Sun-sin leads is directed to the province from Jeolla and Chungcheong to engage with the Japanese fleets. The fleets of the Kim royal navy are composed of highly armoured geobukseon and auxillary panokseon, but some donated merchant-vessels are sent to replace casualties.


 * Papal States: Missionaries in the Inca Empire are glad for the help that the French will bring, and work even harder on their missionary efforts (Mod, please). The Angola mission also continues, focusing on good works amongst the population to increase converts. Pope Innocent consults with the Japanese government on whether establishing a permanent diocesan structure would be considered appropriate given the flourishing of the Church in Giapan.
 * Japanese diplomacy: Shogun Oda Nobunaga, the Defender of the Faith in Japan, requests for prayer and military aid during the Third Battle of Busan, as the Grand Japanese Army is going on the offensive. The Papal request is accepted with the Diocese to be opened in Nagasaki. 

1583
''' French adventeror Henri Courtois invades the empire of Ruqorro in Peru, capturing the Emperor alive. He is released conditional to him accepting Christianity. (This essentially brings France in control of this area of Peru.) '''

''' Venice signs a trade agreement with Bulgaria to improve relations. '''

''' Sporatic native massacres haults Hospitaller expansion. '''

''' Korean Buddhism begins to splinter into sects of separate regions, each with an amended copy of the Buddhist Book. One such teaches, as a side note in their doctrines, that the Yi dynasty were not the rightful rulers of Joseon. '''

 An outbreak of wild dogs causes confusion in London (Mutt event) 

''' The various rulers in Indonesia who have adopted Islam begin spreading the religion among their people and invite Abbasid and Omani missionaries to their respective nations. '''

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 * Kingdom of Burgundy: Guyana expands 50px west, Cape Charles expands 50px. More settlers arrives at Bonapaart in Patagonië, and a fort is built before the colony begins expansion. In India, the East India Company begins to stir unrest among the Hindu population, in particular along the Coromandel coast. Meanwhile, Christian missionaries begin working in Aceh and Borneo, working to convert the population.


 * Abbasid Caliphate: At the height of the terror, a great plague of cholera breaks out in Baghdad, and spreads across the road system to various cities as far as Jerusalem, Antioch, and Tabriz. At the height of the plague, as much as 300 people were dying a day in Jerusalem alone, while many in Antioch began spreading that this was a sign of God's disfavor with the house of Abbas. Meanwhile, the war with India reached a stalemate, as very few nations leased any troops for the campaign, and the conditions for the soldiers on the front lines were reported as a living hell. Al-Mutawakkil, at long last, was assassinated by one of his servents, who was sentenced to be stoned but the order was never carried out. The Ulema elected his brother to succeed him, who took on the name Al-Muta'did III. Immediately, Abdullah returned from his exile triumphantly, receiving the support and backing of the Ottoman Sultan as Grand Vizier of the Caliphate. The Ottoman elite ensured that the Ulema was filled with supporters of Abduallah, and in turn the new Grand Vizier gave much broader political powers to the Ottoman Sultan. Abduallah also ensured to complete the Treaty of Baghdad to end the War in India.   As a new fleet in Sumatra and Sunda are developed to protect the Indonesian Archipeligo, the Islands of OTL Lakhadshweep are claimed as colonies of the Caliphate.  The Ulema asks Aryavarta to allow them to purchase the Chittagong region in order to preserve the Muslim population there.  Many more Coptic and Amharic people become more educated in the universities in Egypt and East Africa.


 * Korea: Envoys are sent to the Abbasids informing that their Mosque has been demolished by Japanese invaders, and request for intervention on the behalf of Korea (as Burgundy and Portugal had also intervened).
 * Sorry but im retconning intervention by all three of these powers. Not a chance in all hell they can send anything meaningful to your area of asia. A Few ships is pretty much all i can think of that would even arrive and maybe arms and supplies. No mass troop concentrations or ship complements could be sent -Feud
 * 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.)
 * Knights Hospitaller-We have a population of around 34,000 due to refugees and have a navy of ten ships. In New Rhodes, we begin building up our industry by offering grants for skilled colonists. With the wars and unrest in the Old World we agree to take in new colonists and offer to take in as many refugees as we can or 3000-4000 a year while the rate of immigration is increasing due to advertising. We send a fleet not to expand but to explore and make contact with the distant Maiam and set up relations in order to send misssionaries, while we also indicate that we want to hire a cheap work force to help us colonise in return for also sending supplies and aid to help you rebuild. (Player response).We thank Essen for its aid. 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 340 soldiers though we make sure that they are highly trained. We send experts to Iberia to learn the newer and more modern Iberian tactics in order to shape our knights into a more modern force while we also ask Iberia to send us military trainers in exchange for helping them provide security in their colonies if they wish as well as money for the trainers (Player response). In order to prepare for this shift, we begin building armouries and manufactories to build weapons, armour and cannon, this rearmament and restructuring of our military is expected to take five years. In order to ensure the safety of our settlements we begin an initiative called the “Strategic Settlement Program” where we concentrate our population in a system of heavily defended towns with ditches and palisades to defend the towns from attack as well as watch towers to help alert the garrison to incoming natives as well as signal other towns for help. In order to help defend, every settlement is required to have a militia which is meant to be regularly trained. We seek to hire a mercenary company to help us pacify the natives and offer to bring their families over to help settle our lands (Mod response for quality).
 * Merc Dip: All available mercenary companies decline the contract citing lack of infrastructure and potential of payment in such a far off land. -Feudmod
 * Maryland-The colony of Maryland is small with around 3500 colonists and 6000 native converts settling there though many more are coming we expand by 25 px. We build a medical school in Maryland in order to combat new diseases while we also build a shipyard to help with trading. 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. The main exports so far are exotic goods such as cotton, sugar, and tobacco and we use a strategy in which we send goods to Europe and take back poor refugees. We agree to purchase the lands of the natives leading to us taking over Otl Monroe and Miami-Dade counties.​ ​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. Plans are put on a road system to connect settlements with a messenger system to allow quick messages (four years). 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. We apprentice young natives to teach them modern skills while we also teach the natives modern agriculture such as the four field system. 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.
 * New Crete-It has a population of 3000. Andros Island is fully colonized though we halt expansion and consolidate. We build a dockyard in order to help accommodate expansion throughout the rest of the archipelago while we also build fisheries ton exploit rich fishing stocks near the island. We also begin to experience a boom in fishing due to the rich stocks. We are also building plantations for sugar and tobacco while we also produce native crops such as sweet potato. As we advance through the island we attempt to integrate the natives and convert them peacefully, while we offer the natives equal rights if they convert and assimilate.
 * OOC (Hospitaller)- I accept the English claim on Georgia, as well as the Iberian claim on Texas and Louisiana (there's a colony on the map), though can you please let me expand at least into Alabama and Mississippi some time in the future.
 * Japan: By some miracle the Japanese Gyeongsang offensive front is barely won by the Grand Army of Japan lead by Shogun Oda Nobunaga. "We have achieved a glorious victory over the Koreans, not only where we on the offensive, but also had a smaller number of troops, and I thank you all for fighting for Japan against Korea, surely God and Heaven must be on our side, for even I thought we were doomed, but in the end we are victorious. Although we won on this offensive, it is in prudent and unwise to go on another offensive this yeae. Rather, we shall once again go on the defensive. Rest, regroup, and fortifying your positions. Do not engage with the Koreans unless they attack us, for we shall be ready to defend Japanese Busan with our lives, and obtain another glorious victory for Japan!" With the Shogun's announcement, the GJA goes on the defensive, preparing for a Korean counter invasion. TBC.
 * Mongolia: The Khagan announces to Korea he will stop interfering in Manchuria. Karakorum continues reconstruction. The standing army is at 10,000 professional elite warriors. Mongolian literature increases. The Silver Tree of Karakorum is restored. Mongolian pride increases. Christianity in Mongolia begins to get Shamanistic elements, as well as having a Buddhist inspired meditation practice. (I am combining elements of Tengriisims and Buddhism into the Christianity. Seeing as the resources aren't available to purchase our own firearms, the Khagan seeks them from the East Asian Nations (China, Korea, Japan). The Khagan requests restored diplomatic relations with Korea. (PLAYER REPONSE) Jakha Khan offers offers Mongolian horses in return for trade relations with China (MOD REPONSE)
 * ​China agrees. ~Wolvesmod
 * Also, Mongolia would NEVER BE Japanese tributary. Ever. It's asb and not canon. ~Wolvesmod
 * Korea: We already have formal relations...
 * 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. 
 * Satake Daiymo: With the Shogun Oda Nobunaga in Korea, Satake Yoshinobu the daiymō of the clan begins plotting the overthrow of the Christian tyrant who disrepects the imperial family, the Satake themselves being an indirect descendant from Amaterasu through the Minamoto and the seizure of their Fief of Hitachi has led them to have many woes with the Shoguns. They begin calling upon the shinto Daiymō to rebel with them to install one of their one on the shogun throne (KK response). Efforts to block christian missIonaries in their fief at Akita and at Kai. The Satake secretly begin building up samurais to battle the Shogun with.


 * The Northern Shinto daiymo (west and north of Edo/Kanto) are eager to join the cause against of the tyranical Shogun who has done nothing but try to subjucate them under his rule by force with the massive Grand Japanese Army. The Southern Shinto daiymo, however, are under the command of the Shogun and the Emperor and are fighting in Korea so the knews is unknown to them. The various heir apparents, however, who remain in their provinces receive the request. The heir apparent's response is mixed, some who are ambitious take up arms, others are more relucant, for the Shogun is extremely powerful.


 * Satake: The combined arms of the Northern and Southern Brethren rise up and march towards Kyoto arriving outside the gates in summer time after the Sakuras have welted and they arrive outside of the gates they send a message to the most illustrious emperor who sits upon the chrysanthemum throne stating that they wish nothing more to restore him to his rightfully position in the heavens and throughout the land of Nippon. The army of 50,000 men march to kyoto demanding the emperor reassumes his position among the gods and no longer falter to the weak treachorous shogun.
 * Imperial diplomacy: Although the Chrysanthemum Emperor privately supports Shogun Oda Nobunaga for sparing House Yamato and defending Kyoto against the Anti-Kyoto forces in the Siege of Kyoto so long ago, the Emperor does not have the manpower to quell fight this rebellion, even if he wanted to, which he is unsure of. Thus, the Chryanthemum Emperor publically declares his position among Ashimeteru and Heaven and proclaims "I shall no longer be under the Shogun, for I am the divine, I am the Emperor of all Japan, and all shall bow before me!" The Emperor offers the Satake, members of the Minamato, to be restored to the Imperial Court and be full time high ranking officials if they agree to work with a civilian Council of Ministers in the Flower Court and Imperial Court and will let civilian adminstrators and beaucrats run the government of their provinces during their absence. The Emperor proclaims the Daiymo Satake Yoshinobu as Shogun and thus Yoshinobu ascends to the Sakura court.
 * Satake: The mainline Kai-Kabuto branch members do not surrender their lands to the emperor in order to maintain the rights of their ancestors, but some members of the Iwasaki Branches do. With the Proclaiming of Satake Yoshinobu as shogun he ascends to the the Sakura Throne and declares the Minamoto Shogunate promising better rights to the Daimyos and such.
 * I have no idea where any of this is comming from, but from what im understanding the Daimyo got roughly hurt and would be in no position to revolt right now. also it would take alot longer for you to build up support for even the most remote thing you have claimed here. Jesus lord take your time. -Feud
 * The northern Daiymo never completely came under the Shogun's control but you are right the Satake will have to rebuild and garner support before revolting and advancing upon Kyoto. -Kame
 * As KK said the northern daimyo were left untouched by the Shogun, and KK has been encroaching on the rights of Daimyos has made many of them very angry, not to mention the Shogun is disrespecting the Emperor and Japanese culture with his christian conversion and denying the emperor's divinity. The Daimyos would be very angry at minority rule. -Belial
 * The northern daiymo were not left untouched by the Shogun for the Shogun launched an offensive on the border of the Kanto-Tōhoku region, so the border daiymos would have to rebuild. However, the region was not put under the complete subjugation of the Shogun and took up the call to arms by the Emperor against Korea, thus giving temporary peace between the Shogunate and the northern daiymos. 
 * 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 limited as we try to move people into the former Burgundian colonies. 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. Trade passes through Swahili and Mogadishu on the way to Asia further east and we start to introduce their effective four field crop rotation system. While this is not adopted in England it is acknowledged as a better system. 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. With work on the Severn to Thames canal now finished and it successfully opened the King commissions a new canal to be constructed in the north to connect Runcorn to Manchester allowing the growing town to be connected to the sea. This new canal will be much the same parameters as the previous one between the Severn and the Thames. 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 3.5 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 Island maintains itself.
 * Papal States: The Church leadership in Japan is thrilled by the news of the Giapanois victory, and say that their masses for victory were clearly effective. In Rome, Pope Innocent VIII promulgates a decree establishing the Diocese of Nagasaki, the first full diocese in the new ecclesiastical province of Giapan, which also includes Korea. The remainder of the province remains the missionary 'Apostolic Vicariate of Giapan and Korea'. The decree is sent to Giapan with the next trade ship. Pope Innocent's patronage of the arts continues, with many more great works being commissioned. In Laurentia, the Immaculata Mission to the Inca asks France for permission to intensify their missionary activities in the Inca territories. Mission in Angola continues, and it's much better, so much better, than the Muslim one. It's yuge.
 * Holy Bulgarian Empire: The new Tsar Vasili Dracultesti-Asen makes it an imperative to prove his rule almost immediately mobilizing nearly 30,000 troops to augment 15,000 Serbian troops marching into the Principality of Bosnia. Bulgarian envoys claim older serbian claims within Bosnias borders and if defeated in battle are promised their existing autonomy in Serbia to be maintained by a Bulgarian Gurantee. The army of 45,000 marches immediately on Sarajevo looking to meet the much Smaller Bosnian force in the middle somewhere. The war mostly takes a backseat as many of the high nobles and influential peoples of the imperial aristocracy already have a healthy and fearing respect for their Tsar. This comes from his personal participation in the War of Austrian succession proving himself to be not only a very capable soldiers and knight, but also an extremely capable commander. It is revealed that the Bulgarian general behind many of the empires victories can be attributed to the New Tsar. Of the battles involved in the Tsar used General Velitchkov almost as a proxy issuing commands soldiers might not readily take from a young boy. However his true opening command against Austria convincingly solidified the Tsars ability to command. General Velitchkov is remade as a Field Marshall. Tsar Aleksandar openly moves towards Bosnia with his forces. The imperial population grows to 6.76 million. The Economy also prospers but remains sluggish due to the load of many loans and other economic strains caused from the War. It is expected to be alleviated by the end of the decade.
 * Grand Principality of Poland: Tsar Aleksandar of the Empire officially puts the Polish "Tsar" title into disuse as a showcase of Polands downgrade in royal power and prestige. The Polish economy continues to recover following the issues comming from the "Deluge" which saw much of Poland Empire crumble. The Polish state finally stabilizes as much of the unrest from the post war years has died down as the Polish forces start to crack down on the instanbility.
 * Grand Principality of Serbia: the Grand prince and the Bulgarian Tsar invade Bosnia.
 * Principality of Slovenia: The Slovene state begins to stabilize as its organization in Ljubljana Trieste finally bring economic growth to the area.
 * Russia: Expansion in the Northeast continues with 40px. We expand 10px east in Siberia. Naval expansion continues with the last of the planned Galleons getting completed. At the end of the year, the Tsar falls ill. For modern medicine and faith cannot heal him.
 * 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 aretrained making a Rabat Naval school, that holds harsh rules. 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).

1584
''' From their puppet state in Runorqo, the French expand further into Peru, gaining total control over the northern states in Peru. The profitability of gold coming through the area immediately has caught the interest of French benefactors, who supply a force of 1500 to reinforce the French explorers in Peru. The leader of the expeditionary force, Phillip' De-Gaulle, plans to take his force plus a native auxilary force of nearly 30,000 down into the further reaches of Peru. '''

''' The Japanese Shogun after gaining much needed battle experience against the Koreans has notably become more versed in military strategy and tactics which he now able to employ expertly. Oda Nobunaga is now a GG. '''

''' The royal lines of Trebizond run dry as the current despot of Trebizond loses his only son to a fatal disease. His heir is his daughter, who is married to the Georgian monarch. He decides to proclaim his grandson, the heir to Georgia, as heir to Trebizond also. '''

''' In Russia an uneasy situation between the Peasants and the Boyars over their ability to move east to setlle or move in between areas of the Russian Tsardom disrupts economic activity. The Russian economy slows and settlement of Siberia may be forced to be put on hold due to lack of capital. '''


 * Kingdom of Burgundy: Guyana expands 50px west, Cape Charles expands 50px. In the East Indies, a Burgundian settlement is establish on Borneo at the site of OTL Sandakan, calling it New Apeldoorn. In southern India, the East India Company continues to stir up Hindus and separatists against the Bahmani sultanate. Christian missionaries continue to spread amongst Aceh and Borneo. Meanwhile, in the former Scandinavian colonies, the provisional military governors are replaced as the colonies are formally transferred to the Massachusetts Bay subsidiary company of the Burgundian West India Company. The colony in OTL Newfoundland is renamed Aveskamp, after the leader of the attack that seized the colony, and the colony in OTL Nova Scotia is renamed Nova Belgica.
 * Knights Hospitaller-We have a population of around 40,000 (I added the native converts)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. We send a fleet not to expand but to explore and make contact with the distant Maiam and set up relations in order to send missionaries, while we also indicate that we want to hire a cheap work force to help us colonise in return for also sending supplies and aid to help you rebuild. (Player response).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 340 soldiers along with 60 native auxiliaries though we make sure that they are highly trained. Our experts have come back from Iberia and have hired some Iberian trainers and are beginning to reorganise the military. In order to prepare for this shift, we begin building armouries and manufactories to build weapons, armour and cannon, this rearmament and restructuring of our military is expected to take four years until completion. In order to ensure the safety of our settlements we begin an initiative called the “Strategic Settlement Program” where we concentrate our population in a system of heavily defended towns with ditches and palisades to defend the towns from attack as well as watch towers to help alert the garrison to incoming natives as well as signal other towns for help. In order to help defend, every settlement is required to have a militia which is meant to be regularly trained. 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 ask for investment from preferably France and Iberia (if England wants to then ok) in order to build infrastructure and offer tributary status (Player or Mod response if nation is NPC).
 * Maryland-The colony of Maryland is small with around 4250 colonists and 6000 native converts. We build a medical school in Maryland in order to combat new diseases while we also build a shipyard to help with trading. 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. The main exports so far are exotic goods such as cotton, sugar, and tobacco and we use a strategy in which we send goods to Europe and take back poor refugees. ​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. Plans are put on a road system to connect settlements with a messenger system to allow quick messages (three years). 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. We apprentice young natives to teach them modern skills while we also teach the natives modern agriculture such as the four field system. 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.
 * New Crete-It has a population of 3500, Andros Island is fully colonized though we halt expansion and consolidate. We build a dockyard in order to help accommodate expansion throughout the rest of the archipelago while we also build fisheries ton exploit rich fishing stocks near the island. We also begin to experience a boom in fishing due to the rich stocks. We are also building plantations for sugar and tobacco while we also produce native crops such as sweet potato. As we advance through the island we attempt to integrate the natives and convert them peacefully, while we offer the natives equal rights if they convert and assimilate. We send missionaries to convert the natives, educate them, and help assimilate them.
 * Burgundian dip: the Knights are asked if the Kingdom of Burgundy would be allowed to accept the offer.
 * Knight Hospitaller dip- We tell them that if they are willing to invest, and provide infrastructure, then they can accept the offer.
 * Burgundian dip: then the offer is accepted.
 * Abbasid Caliphate: Caliph Al-Mu'tadid began acting very strangely upon receiving the holy office. He detested the color sapphire, and did everything to rid that from the capital. Every painting he could find in the royal gallery that had saphire on it he ordered repainted to be black or grey. The Qaseer Al-Rahim, being decorated in stunning saphire, he ordered to be entirely covered over in purple. Al-Mu'tadid also had a fondness for nautilus shells. He kept one by his side instead of a sabar at all times, and often put it to his ear hoping to hear the words of the Prophet Muhammad. The Caliph ordered the military to patrol the coast, hoping to keep people from disturbing the host of nautilus shells there. Abdullah Hassan, the Grand Vizier, struggled to keep the nation afloat in spite of these ridiculous rants, but somehow Al-Mu'tadid remained an air of charisma with his insanity. Meanwhile, the Ottoman Empire grew in its influence over the house of Islam, paying off many people in the Ulema to give special privileges to Ottoman emirs and their associates. Colonization of Lakhadshweep continues, as does trade with Korea and China. The Ulema sends a personal envoy to Korea to help rebuild the Mosque after the war with Japan concludes. The Caliphate asks to purchase Chittabong from Aryavarta.
 * Russia: There is a great deal of mourning, for Tsar Vladimir Rurik has died. His heir and successor, Prince Dimitri, age 36 is coroneted becoming the new Tsar. Taking his side is one of the house of Valois of France, his wife Maria. His first move is to deal with the incoming economic crisis. He assures the rights of the peasants as citizens still free within the Tsardom, and that their business will not be infringed upon by the leadership of the nation. Meanwhile he assures the will of the boyars that their rights of power wouldn't be infringed upon and that they should pick one of their children to rule the colonies and Duchies to the east. It would later be said the only thing keeping the economy going was the goods pumped into Russia through Georgia. We send a diplomat to the leader of the Chagatai offering peace between Russia and the Khanate and the beginning of Trade relations with as what some boyars on the border duchies are calling the Northern Silk Road (Mod Response plz). Minor port facilities are constructed in Mariupol and construction on a road from Azov to Mariupol and Donetsk begins.
 * Chagatai accepts -Nate
 * Japan: The Grand Japanese Army, now totalling 127,000 troops in the Gyeongsang front has spent the entire year resting, regrouping, and preparing as there have been no Korean counter offensives in 1583 qnd the Emperor sends 230 ships to the Gyseonsang Front making the total ships 1,200 (101 ships remian)Throughout the campaign, Shogun Oda Nobunaga has gained the military prowess of tacticts and strategy and ascends to become the Great General of Japan, thus the Shogun addresses the Grand Japanese Army "My soldiers! I have gained mastery over my craft, the Art of War! Surely the blessings of God and Heaven is upon us! With the Koreans on the defensive we are well rested and ready to fight, thus we must renew the offensive upon the Korean Army and conquer Busan once and for all! To many Japanese soldiers have died to capture this city. There deaths shall not be in vain, for we shall be victorious! For Japan and her people, charge!" With this, the Grand Japanese Army, 127,000 troops and 1,200 ships in number, relaunches the Japanese Gyeonsang Offensive Front, prayinig to God for victory against the Koreans.The first Gyseonsang Front Offensive is successful and now we have 316.43% control over the city of Busan over the course of the entire Battle of Busan. With 1/3 of Busan under our control we build a Catholic Cathedral upon the ruins of the Muslim Mosque, and plant chrystnhemum gardens. The populace in Japanese Busan are treated well, and the government is set up in Japanese Busan, headed by the Shogun. Shogun Oda Nobunaga goes on the offensive once again this year with 120,650 Japanese soldiers and 1140 ships in order to quickly conquer Busan before Korean reinforcements arrive, thus commencing Stage II of the Gyseonsang Front .Meanwhile, in Japan, the Emperor continues to centralize his power and implements domestic reforms.
 * Papal States: Pope Innocent sends the Hospitallers a significant amount of money to help the fledgling colony of Maryland. The Pope sees the Knights and their protection of the colony as a surefire way to ensure a Latin Catholic stronghold in Arcadia. The Apostolic Nuncio in Giapan receives the decree from last year, and announces the promulgation of the Diocese of Nagasaki, with the previous Vicar Apostolic being the first Bishop of Nagasaki. It is hoped that within a decade or so, one of the native Giapanois priests will be raised to the episcopate. The mission in Angola expands, proselytizing in the neighbouring regions. In Peru the Immaculata continue spreading the Faith. In Rome, the Pope continues funding lavish artworks.
 * 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. 


 * Korea: With the Japanese controlling Busan and now having a foothold in Gyeongsang, envoys are hastily sent to the Chinese court requesting aid in exchange for Korea's assumption as a Chinese protectorate. Under the deal, Korea will retain autonomy, but the Chinese will receive extraterritorial rights as China enjoyed prior to the late Ming dynasty ( MOD RESPONSE ). This will include no tariffs, and ability to station troops in Korea. Reinforcements are quickly sent to Busan to repel further advancements by Giapan, but a war of attrition continues to be waged upon. Arsenals in Daegu and Gwangju are refilled under preemptive measures, while a state of martial law is declared with the Nivkh and Manchu Kings temporarily renouncing their de facto powers to the Emperor until the crisis is over. Meanwhile, the revival of Buddhism begins to be a scapegoat to the losses dealt by Giapan, similar to what occurred during the early half of the dynasty. However, instead of converting back to Confucianism, many convert into Christianity.
 * China agrees. ~Wolvesmod
 * Korea: A tribute of a hundred voluntary concubines and eunuchs are sent to the capital to thank the Emperor.
 * Papal OOC: If you read my post, you'll find that it was only Japanese Catholics who had masses for Japanese victory. No doubt the Korean Catholics had masses for their own victory.
 * Korea OOC: Removed it, thanks for clarification.


 * Mongolia: The re-construction of Karakorum continues. Jahka Khan continues to spread Christianity. Christianity, Tengriism, Shamanism, and Buddhism begin to fuse. Jahka Khan is considering re-asserting Mongolia's claim on the mandate of heaven, however, China is much too strong for him to be able to successfully pull off a conquest. Many Mongolian Christians begin to pray for China to fragment so that their conquests may be granted.
 * Holy Bulgarian Empire: Tsar Vasili marches back from Bosnia triumphantly as the Bulgarian and Serbian forces quickly and decisively defeated the Bosnian forces outside of Sarajevo swiftly occupying the small principality and as per the agreement between the Grand Prince of Serbia and the Bulgarian Tsar, the Serbians are given all of Bosnia as part of Serbia in exchange for their more direct and meaningful integration into the Empire. While somewhat resistance on both sides the close relation between many Bulgars, Serbians, and mixed peoples on the border has facilitated a much closer embracing of the two nation unexpectedly. This is coupled with the spread of Serbo-Bulgarian which has developed as a result of the nearly 300 years of culture mixing in the area. The Serbo-Bulgarian instead of being rejected is taken in as a legitimate language in the empire as the scholars and linguists begin compiling the languages together. This is done particularly to better catalogue history and other significant documents and records, it has the dual promise of bringing all of the Balkan langauges together in a way in which they can be codified as a singular "Slavic Language". The beginnings of this unified Slavic language show promise as the various words which are shared or extremely similar are numerous. The Empire's population grows to 6.78 million. The urbanization of the Empire has continued with in recent years better farming practice standing much outside the feudal system and more on a buisiness practice/footing has made food much more readily available and the movements of freemen who worked the lands (and even some of the remaining serfs) to head towards the cities. Vasiligrad is known to boast a population of nearly 350,000 with the city having spread well outside the Theodosian walls into surrounding lands. Tarnovo and Sofiys have become two of the largest cities in the empire with both showing nearly 150,000 people and growing. Bucharest and Plovdiv are next with 85,000 and 70,000 people respectively. Many of the other cities have shown noticeable growth as well. Settlement in Moldavia and Greece continues. The Majority of the native Vlach's now consider themselves Bulgarians as well as Vlachs bringing the assimilation of the Vlach-Bulgars to a critical step.
 * Grand Principality of Poland: Continues to recover from the war and stabilize. Economy grows
 * Grand Principality of Serbia: Annexes Bosnia with Bulgar help, closer ties with the Imperial center
 * Principality of Slovenia: Becomes more trade oriented as the principality begins to show noticeable economic improvement from the influx of influential merchants at the import city of Trieste
 * 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. Trade passes through Swahili and Mogadishu on the way to Asia further east and we start to introduce their effective four field crop rotation system. While this is not adopted in England it is acknowledged as a better system. 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. With work on the Severn to Thames canal now finished and it successfully opened the King commissions a new canal to be constructed in the north to connect Runcorn to Manchester allowing the growing town to be connected to the sea. This new canal will be much the same parameters as the previous one between the Severn and the Thames. 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 3.5 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 Island maintains itself with another 50 english people and 100 black slaves moving there.
 * Satake Daimyō: Despite the war with Korea going strong, the recent joining of china into war has been a turn for the worse for the shogunate, however secretly Satake Yoshinobu the Daimyo of Kai, and Sataboku has seen a possible gain from this event despite himself being a fighter in the Korean war, this could be an assumption of weakness from the Shogun, who has constantly trampled over their rights and annexed parts of the Demesne. Secretly wishing to restore their ancestors the Minamoto to the Sakura throne and proclaim their rightful place. Satake Yoshinobu begins to secretly plot among the Northern daimyōs to start a rebellion for a new shogun one that won't trample over their rights, and one that accepts the divine emperor in his rightful position, he mostly keeps this to his close personal friends for the time being but wishes for more ears to hear it eventually. Well back at home measures of strengthening Shintoism against Christianity begins.

1585
''' France expands its control in the Peruvian region. '''

''' The King of Kongo declares a holy Islamic war to enforce Islam in Angola. '''

''' In Russia, a man emerges from the Cossack region claiming to be Dmitri Vladimirovich. This Dmitri begins spreading that the current Tsar is an imposter, having taken the real Dmitri's identity after he was lost in Siberia from the bear attack years ago. Since he returned to civilization, the "real" Dmitri had remained in hiding until the instability of the Boyars could back his claim. Indeed, he is greeted as much more popular among the peasents and nobility, and even the widow of Vladimir claims to "recognize" her son. However, Dmitri's wife is certain that this is not her husband and suggests that his hands are too small, and if his hands are too small then something else must also be too small. False Dmitri insists that there's no problem there but this remains to be seen. '''

''' A new cult emerges in Greece, mixing the rites of Orthodoxy with the mysteries of Neo-Platonism. They remain mostly in secret, but the most prominent supporter is the philosopher Alexios Tovaric. '''

''' At the same time, the cult of Wicca starts to slowly emerge in Aragon, shroweded in even more mystery for fear of the Catholic church. '''


 * Kingdom of Burgundy: Guyana expands 50px west, the Cape Charles colony expands by 50px, Nova Belgica and Avelskamp expand by 50px each. The Navy commissions several new galleons and lighter ships this year, and finishes refitting ships captured during the war, replacing losses sustained during that conflict. A squadron of bombardment ships is also commissioned. Settlers also continue to arrive at Bonapaart in Patagonië. In Singapore, the facilities damaged during the revolt have finished repairs, and now Dutch immigrants make up a large portion of of the local population, thanks in no small part to the civilian casualties incurred during the territory's recapture. In India, the Burgundian East India Company continues to stir up dissent against the Bahmanid sultanate, particularly amongst the Hindus. Meanwhile, in domestic news, King Henri, after negotiations with the States-General, begins implementing what would come to be known as the Henrian Reforms, in which the States-General is strengthened along the lines of the English Magna Carta. Naval support and weapons are sent to aid the Angolan christians.


 * Abbasid Caliphate:  The last days of brief reign of Caliph Al-Mut'adid III were as bizzare as the first days. After another session of conversing with his pet nautilus shell, the Caliph decided that all dogs were enemies of Islam, and ordered an all out war against dogs. Hundreds of canines around Damascus were rounded up and slaughtered in the "genocide". One such dog, a Persian Greyhound which Al-Mut'adid declared to be the leader of the rebels, he ordered to be publically hanged. After the Harb Al-Kilab  (The Dog War) was complete, Al-Mu'tadid mysteriously fell out of the Damascus citidel and died. After the cholera plague had finished sweeping over the nation, the only candidate for the Holy Office left was a five-year-old grandson of Al-Mutawakkil, who took on the Caliph name of Al-Najm III. The Ottoman Empire continued to exert more control over the Ulema. In Africa, the demographics start to become more Arabic as more Arabs mirgate out of the chaotic Middle East into the African colonies. At the same time, however, the Amharic and Coptic peoples become more educated and rise to higher levels of elite. In Baghdad, a new book is published, Deen Al-Sind wa Al-Hind,  decsribing an assessment of the Buddhist faith from contact with Korean merchants. According to the text, the virtues and morals of Buddhism are something to be admired, and indeed Buddha may have been a minor prophet contemproary to Dhul Al-Kifl. However, the Buddhist religion as it is now is plagued with idolotry and magians, generally asserting created focres as associated with the Creator. Diplomacy continues to increase with Georgia and Trebizond, hoping to facilitate better relations with the Christian Kingdoms in Asia.
 * Korea: As a sign of gratitude towards China, a hundred concubines and entertainers, and a chest of jewelries are presented as tribute. Envoys are personally sent by the Emperor to perform the act of kneeling before him. With the entirety of the Gyeongsang province threatened by Giapan, a counteroffensive (breaking the pursued policy of war of attrition) is launched using a hundred thousand and eighty troops on Busan and the adjacent area. Envoys are sent to China asking for a hundred thousand troops to intervene ( MOD RESPONSE ) Arsenals in Daegu and Gwangju are refilled and any high-ranking yangban in the Gyeongsang and the southern Jeolla provinces are relocated to Chungcheong to avoid capture by Japanese authorities (and the extortion of valuable knowledge). Meanwhile, as Korean Buddhism begins to fragment into different branches, the Bulgyochaek too becomes different volumes. This fragmentation proves detrimental to its original popularity, with many yangban pointing out the coincidence that whenever Korea adopts Buddhism it quickly faces a threat to its existence afterwards. Facilitated by the Emperor's patronization of the faith's, Nestorianism continues to spread as the largest sect of Christianity. All barriers against Catholicism are abolished, but in-light of recent events, all missionaries arriving from Giapan are deported.
 * China sends 100k troops to help a fellow tributary. ~Wolvesmod
 * Knights Hospitaller-We have a population of around 40,900 (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. We send a fleet not to expand but to explore and make contact with the distant Maiam and set up relations in order to send missionaries, while we also indicate that we want to hire a cheap work force to help us colonise in return for also sending supplies and aid to help you rebuild. (Player response).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 409 soldiers though we make sure that they are highly trained. Our experts have come back from Iberia and have hired some Iberian trainers and are beginning to reorganise the military. In order to prepare for this shift, we begin building armouries and manufactories to build weapons, armour and cannon, this rearmament and restructuring of our military is expected to take three years until completion. In order to ensure the safety of our settlements we begin an initiative called the “Strategic Settlement Program” where we concentrate our population in a system of heavily defended towns with ditches and palisades to defend the towns from attack as well as watch towers to help alert the garrison to incoming natives as well as signal other towns for help. In order to help defend, every settlement is required to have a militia which is meant to be regularly trained. 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. We also ask Burgundy to send supplies and resources to help build our infrastructure (Player response). According to our old plans, we send a fleet to Northern Laurentia to scout out area for a colony.
 * Maryland-The colony of Maryland is small with around 5000 colonists and 6000 native converts. We build a medical school in Maryland in order to combat new diseases while we also build a shipyard to help with trading. 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. The main exports so far are exotic goods such as cotton, sugar, and tobacco and we use a strategy in which we send goods to Europe and take back poor refugees. ​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. Plans are put on a road system to connect settlements with a messenger system to allow quick messages (two years). 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. We apprentice young natives to teach them modern skills while we also teach the natives modern agriculture such as the four field system. 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.
 * New Crete-It has a population of 4250, Andros Island is fully colonized though we halt expansion and consolidate. We build a dockyard in order to help accommodate expansion throughout the rest of the archipelago while we also build fisheries ton exploit rich fishing stocks near the island. We also begin to experience a boom in fishing due to the rich stocks. We are also building plantations for sugar and tobacco while we also produce native crops such as sweet potato. As we advance through the island we attempt to integrate the natives and convert them peacefully, while we offer the natives equal rights if they convert and assimilate.Seeing the lack of productivity of the colony we dictate that we should stop expansion to focus on another colony until we are ready to invest more in the future. We send missionaries to convert the natives, educate them, and help assimilate them.
 * 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.)
 * Florence: The Cathedral of St.John in Pisa finishes. THe Duke improves infrastructure of the major cities for modernization.
 * Aryavarta: Chttagong is sold out the Abbasids. Burgundy can repost their offer(player response). The aryavarta Bengal war ends with Aryavarta vicytory. Bengal and Chhutiya is annexed while Arakan and ava is merged with Pegu. (for the map maker).
 * Burgundian dip: the Burgundian East India Company requests that Aryavarta allow it to establish a protectorate in the majority Buddhist Burmese territories.
 * Holy Bulgarian Empire: Under the quickly rising Tsar Vasili the Empire has once again seen great success in its conflicts as the Bosnian campaign formally ends against military force. However, the Bosnian population however mounts full resistance in Banka Luka. However commanding the army Tsar Vasili in his most imposing visage, a Super thick Fur cloak, steel armor akin to an old norse king, brings the army to surround the city and sets up his artillery around the city. with the city of 45,000 surrounded the Tsar orders the raising of the city to the ground and the artillery barrage begins lasting for several weeks before the Tsars army personally marches into the city and wipes out the population. The Army then withdraws following the destruction and orders the Grand Prince of Serbia to "Build a new city on the foundations of the old and allow Bulgarians to settle there alongside the Serbians". The Bulgarian population continues to grow as it reaches 6.8 million. The settlement of various frontier and countryside areas of the empire continues. The codification of the languages continues as more similarities between Serbian and Bulgarian are discovered. These begin to be studied more heavily. It takes great interest of the Bereaucrats who wish to use it to more thoroughly integrate Serbians into the empire, as well as make communication with that area of the empire easier. Tsar Vasili privately begins to consider the practical split off of Poland from the Empire as he looks to father multiple sons and grant them the title of Tsar of Poland remaining an ally to Bulgaria. (Split off of Poland will come in the future)
 * 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.
 * Great Iberia:
 * Portugal: The leading crown of Great Iberia - Portugal - has kept Iberia intact through a series of personal unions since the conclusion of the Iberial Civil War in 1539. Sancho of House Braganza, the third of his name, has ruled since 1566. In his time as the King of Portugal, he has worked on the 'migration' of Portuguese culture to the rest of Iberia, in addition to building up the infrastructure of Portugal and Her colonies. He also led Iberia to victory against Burgundy and reclaimed the Azores in the name of Portugal. His heir Henry is in good health, with the House of Braganza currently in little danger of a succession crisis. The kingdom of Portugal directly controls a large stretch of land, from Gibraltar to Galicia. Its population is currently 13 million souls, with a population boom seeing the nation continuing to swell with people. The population of Great Iberia is expected to reach 15 million by 1600. While Iberia has suffered calamity due to civil war, hardship generally yields increased reproductive rates. The most prominent cities in the union are Lisbon, Madrid, and Valencia, with Lisbon being the capital of both Portugal and Great Iberia. Portugal has an alliance with France and Scotland and retains good relations with England. Portugal hopes to ally with England in time. With the end of the Iberian Civil War, the nation begins working on making Portuguese a more dominent culture in the union. Town criers all over the union are expected to speak Portuguese in addition to their regional languages. In addition, schools in Iberia teach students Portuguese. Festivals celebrating Portuguese culture become fairly common in towns, with the Portuguese crown paying for many of these festivals. The Spaniards are treated as partners in the union, not underlings, though Portuguese culture is clearly intended to become the dominant culture in Iberia in the years to come. The same treatment, unfortunately, is not given to those of different religious backgrounds. Since the 15th century, as a result of the Inquisitions, there has been a legal and societal distinction between Old Christians and New Christians. Jews and Muslims who converted to Christianity - New Christians - are currently forbidden from marrying Old Christians. This law extends to their ancestors. Many nobles and clergy believe in the 'purity of blood,' i.e. the lack of heresy in their bloodline. However, the Perdão da ignorância act (Forgiveness of ignorance), which was passed in 1551, essentially dissolves the marriage boundaries between the natives and settlers. With Christians New and Old allowed to wed in the colonies, the populations may recover from the smallpox crisis. The economy of Portugal is a powerhouse, both in Europe and in the New World. The military, as a result, operates with state-of-the-art arms. The navy of Portugal is a vast expanse of ships, with several being built this year. Old ships are scrapped, many of their parts being used in the construction of new ships. In February, King Sancho III passes away due to a heart attack. His posthumous title becomes King Sancho III the Victorious. His son Henry Braganza assumes the throne as Henry II.
 * Amazonia: Several ships full of colonists arrive in Amazonia, though the growth of the colony is fairly delayed due to the lack of arable soil. However, the primary export of Amazonia is wood. The expanding empire of Portugal is ever in need of timber. The Amazonian Royal Timber Company has been providing wood to Portugal and the rest of Iberia since 1548. The plague in Seville and the Inquisition's response leads many Jews and Muslims to travel to Amazonia this year. The militia of Amazonia is roughly 300. Its population is a little over 4000.
 * Mêcicipi: Relations with the local natives continues to be profitable, trade pouring through the capital of the colony - Nova Galicia. In the meantime, expansion along the coast towards Maiam's northern coast continues, frontiersmen and settlers arriving in droves due to the discounted land prices. Many Jews and Muslims travel to this colony to escape the plague and the Inquisition. The militia is roughly 250 strong, the population being 3200.
 * Nova Lusitânia: Several ships full of colonists arrive in Nova Lusitânia. The church of São Pedro is finally completed, the Immaculata having learned Portuguese by this time and worked closely with the settlers of the colony. Many colonists of Balboa Rocha have relocated to the area near the church of São Pedro, with a rather sizable gap of space in between the settlements existing as of this year. This separation causes a delay in the growth of Balboa Rocha, though the area São Pedro becomes increasingly profitable. The people near the Church of São Pedro request a charter to create the city of São Pedro so as to differentiate between Balboa Rocha and the area around São Pedro. An answer arrives late this year approving this request. Many Christians from Seville, angered by the curfew or afraid of the non-Christian population, travel to this colony. The militia is roughly 1,200 strong, the populaion of this colony a little under 41,000.
 * Wakanda: The population of Wakanda remains low, though these few original settlers will soon become among the richest in Iberia. The slave trade is about to be underway, with Iberia poised to ship slaves around the Atlantic Ocean. The population of Wakanda is roughly 800, with 80 men ready to defend the colony, should it come under attack. A military fort named Forte Sancho in honor of the late king.
 * Papal States: Pope Innocent VII sends an Inquisitor to Aragon to do some fact-finding after rumours reach Rome of a renewal of paganism [out of nowhere, and apropos of nothing]. Burgundy and Iberia are asked to help the Mission in Angola from the attacks of the Moselems. New non-Giapanois Missionaries are sent to Korea, and relations are set up with the Nestorians there, with the missionaries putting out feelers for whether they might be interested in rejoining communion with Rome as a sui iuris Church.
 * 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 four field crop rotation system starts to be adopted largely 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. 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 3.5 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 Island maintains itself. As the St George colony works at well for working as base to operate from traders take an island out in the Doldrums and establish it as a fort and farm (St Helena) which they name St John with the island only containing some 100 people.
 * Russia: The Great Eternal chaos has caused many political factions to be drawn up. The Cossacks themselves are split between the 3 major factions. The first is the "Falsers" who are following the false Dimitri. The "Truthers" who are following the real Dimitri. And the ones who are minorly supporting the Truthers are the Peasants Army. Meanwhile the Boyars are at odds with some of the nobility mainly with the Boyars backing the current Dimitri. The Truthers and Peasants ask for George, Kiev, and Bulgaria to intervene on their side in the Russian Civil War. Already many groups have declared their independence for conditions were so bad. Notable examples are some of the Muslims left in the county. Others include peasant farmers who frankly hate both sides.
 * Japan: Shogun Oda Nobunaga and his Grand Japanese Army is decisively victorious against the Koreans in the 2nd Counterinvasion of Busan, and we finally conquer the city of Busan, after 6 long years of the Battle of Busan. With our siege of Busan victorious, we wipe out 180,000 Korean forces, and in turn, we wipe out the entire Korean Army (300,000+ Korean soldiers died in the algos while Korea can only raise 280,000 troops.) With Busan conquered and the entire Korean Army killed, we march upon the Korean capital of  Hanseong and conquer it with minimal resistance and force the Korean court to surrender to Japan. It is here where we make our last stand on the defensive against the incoming Chinese troops.
 * 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 aretrained making a Rabat Naval school, that holds harsh rules. 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). With the War in the Kongo, 20,000 armed men are sent to back up the Islamic state along with Naval ships from Rabat, A enboy is sent to Kongo asking to give Biyha to the Maghrib in return for more troops (MOD)

1586
''' The Papal Inquisitors discover evidence of witchcraft being used to curse people in various towns of rural Aragon. '''

''' Japan's economy is greatly strained by the war against Korea, but most of those involved don't notice due to the charisma of Odo Nobunga. '''

''' Alexios Tovoric begins to give lectures on Neo-Platonic philosophy in Vasiligrad, and secretly calling young students to practice divination mixed with Orthodox imagery. '''

''' FalseDmitri is discredited because it is proven his penis is smaller than that of the actual Dmitri, a known philander. However, while the Tsar is away, the Boyars stage a palace coup, seizing control of the palace, holding the Tsar's wife and children hostage. They demand that the Tsar create a body for the Boyars to participate in government. However, the peasants who are angry at the Boyars rejecting the True Dimitri have been agitated and are all gathered in one place and armed. They decide to do something with all their free time and weapons and start an uprising in the capital, laying siege to the palace. They demand that Boyars powers are reduced for their treachery and peasants rights to be improved. They rally around a man named Fyodor Saltykov. '''

''' In China, the war creates a financial burden. This combined with a famine creates great displeasure with the emperor. '''

''' In England, a bunch of dudes plot to kill the king and place the German Edward on the throne. They are caught. '''

''' Sebastian Bonapaart, a grandson of the famous explorer, moves to France to make his own life away from his overbearing father, uncle, and older brothers. He changes his name to the more French Sebastien Bonaparte. '''

''' The French continue to seize Peru. '''


 * Kingdom of Burgundy: Guyana expands 50px west, Avelskamp, Nova Belgica, and Cape Charles expand by 50px each. Missionary work in Aceh continues. Dissent amongst the Hindu population of the Bahmanid sultanate also continues to be sown. Naval expansion progesses, with several squadrons of frigates sent to the East Indies and the Tainoan Sea (as the Caribbean is called on Burgundian maps) as safeguards against piracy.


 * Abbasid Caliphate: The Middle East begins to stabalize somewhat after the fall of Al-Mutawakkil. The new Caliph is carefully cloistered in the palace of Damascus, while the Ulema under Abdullah works to fix all the logistical nightmares caused by the previous two administrations. A small faction of the Ulema, in light of Levelism from Persia many years ago and taking opportunity from the power vaccuum, advocates for partial wealth redistribution from the resourcse more available. Although opposed by the strongest supporters of Hassan, the Ulema eventually concurs to implement some experimental economic reforms over the nation. Lakhadshweep and Chittabong are now made colonies of the Caliphate, while Sumatra and Sunda are vassals in the East Indies. The navy constructed at Malacca and Aceh are mostly complete, and thus the new navy across the Indian Ocean mostly dominates trade in the hemisphere, with cooporation from Oman and Swahili.
 * Again, Malacca is under the protection of Burgundy and Aceh is independent, so I don't see how you can construct a navy in either of these countries. -General
 * Knights Hospitaller-We have a population of around 41,809 (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 our need for funding we begin to send out diplomats and missionaries to Europe to convince nobles and rulers to help our holy cause by giving funds while also sending the poor as colonists(Mod response). We send diplomats to ask the Fuggers for colonisation funds in exchange for a share of revenue and some mineral rights (Mod Response). 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 418 soldiers though we make sure that they are highly trained. Our experts have come back from Iberia and have hired some Iberian trainers and are beginning to reorganise the military. In order to prepare for this shift, we begin building armouries and manufactories to build weapons, armour and cannon, this rearmament and restructuring of our military is expected to take two years until completion. In order to ensure the safety of our settlements we begin an initiative called the “Strategic Settlement Program” where we concentrate our population in a system of heavily defended towns with ditches and palisades to defend the towns from attack as well as watch towers to help alert the garrison to incoming natives as well as signal other towns for help. In order to help defend, every settlement is required to have a militia which is meant to be regularly trained. 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 Venezuela.
 * Maryland-The colony of Maryland is small with around 6250 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 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. The main exports so far are exotic goods such as cotton, sugar, and tobacco and we use a strategy in which we send goods to Europe and take back poor refugees. ​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. Plans are put on a road system to connect settlements with a messenger system to allow quick messages (one years). 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. We apprentice young natives to teach them modern skills while we also teach the natives modern agriculture such as the four field system. 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.
 * New Crete-It has a population of 4250, Andros Island is fully colonized though we halt expansion and consolidate. We build a dockyard in order to help accommodate expansion throughout the rest of the archipelago while we also build fisheries ton exploit rich fishing stocks near the island. We also begin to experience a boom in fishing due to the rich stocks. We are also building plantations for sugar and tobacco while we also produce native crops such as sweet potato. As we advance through the island we attempt to integrate the natives and convert them peacefully, while we offer the natives equal rights if they convert and assimilate.We send missionaries to convert the natives, educate them, and help assimilate them.
 * Aryavarta:The 2nd Aryavarta Bengal war ends. Arakan and Ava have been merged with Pegu to form Iravati and the rest of Bengal has been annexed and Chittagong sold to the Caliphate. The population rises to 80 million while the population of Iravati is 10 million. Iravati is maintained as a vassal. Mass conversions take place in Bengal and Iravati. Many muslims convert to Vedic Hinduism while many start following Arjan Dev. Arjan Dev's followers now form the majority in the Arakan region. Pegu remains the capital of Iravati. Ships are maintained and upgraded. 5 ships of St1 tech are being built and will be completed in 2 years.
 * Oman: The Barijal colony expands south along the coast of the Horn of Africa. A mosque is built in Mahajanga. The Majzarat Singhafura is added to the Library of Muscat.
 * Japan: In the aftermath of the Battle of Busan, Emperor Chrysanthemum writes "Korea shall be Japan's and China shall be destroyed for their unjust intervention." With this, the Emperor dies, and is succeeded by Emperor Go-Yozei. With the death of the Emperor, the Imperial Court discusses the course of the war and with Chinese intervention in Korea and the economic downturn our forces are being defeated in Busan, and thus the Imperial Court proposes peace with Korea. We shall withdraw from Busan if our claim to the Cheondynls are recognized and trade resumes between Korea and Japan, with Busan as a special trade zone. We are also willing to enter a formal peace agreement, as this is an unofficial reentry to diplomacy. The Treaty of Busan is drawn. 
 * Korea: The Korean court agrees as long as the territorial integrity of Korea is also respected, and that Fukuoka becomes a special trading zone (and a sister city of Busan) as well. Korea proposes a trade agreement in which Japan shall import precious metals to address its current fiscal crisis.
 * Japan: We agree to the Korean requests and begin peace negotiations in Busan.
 * Russia: Tsar Dimitri creates the Legislative Consul and a position for a head of the civilian government known as the Prime Minister. Other uprising occur Siberia and in the west. A general election is held with the peasants electing Saltykov. The boyars are grumbling, many are lynched by peasants, others torchered. The Tsardom of Russia is effectively transformed into a Constitutional Monarchy with the Tsar retaining some powers.


 * Too soon.


 * Korea: Martial law is renounced, with the Manchu and Nivkh Kings regaining their royal powers. With Chinese intervention resulting in the capitulation of Japan and its defeat, Busan is once again under Korean control. However, the conflict has caused a mass-exodus of its residents, and about two-thirds of its original buildings are damaged. In response, the Emperor delegates Mokpo as the prime port for foreign merchants. To convey the gratitude of the imperial court, five hundred concubines, entertainers, eunuchs, and a chest full of gold and silver are sent as tribute to China. As per the request of Giapan, precious metals (most notably copper and gold) are sold at subsidized prices to help address its fiscal crisis and bankruptcy. With the reliance of silver seemingly causing monetary crises in both China and Giapan, the Emperor orders that Korean coinage from now on shall be partially made out of the copper (which is found in abundance) while the usage of paper money in transactions are encouraged. However, at the same time, the printing industry is placed under direct state-control (rather than a privatized chaebol firm) to limit production and to avoid hyperinflation. Meanwhile, efforts to colonize the remainder of Hwataedo continues. Attracted by the larger and cheaper tracts of land, along with monetary incentives, peasantry move to the Manchuria and Nivkhgu dominions, where they now comprise a tenth of the residents (but a plurality within cities). As Korean Buddhism continues to fragment into different branches, Nestorianism continues to assert itself as the dominant faith, with churches of said faith being found in all major cities. With restrictions against Catholicism being abolished, Catholicism sees a rush of followers.
 * Papal States: The Inquisitor to Aragon's report comes back to Rome, and Pope Innocent writes to the King of Iberia, demanding he take action against the rise of paganism. For now, the Iberian province of the Immaculata send teams of the Order's priests to preach in the effected areas. Burgundy and Iberia are again asked to help defend the Angolan Mission from the Moselem threat. Korea is sent a new Papal envoy, separate from the Nunciature in Nagasaki, and he thanks the Korean Emperor for his munificence in lifting the previous restrictions on the Catholic Faith and gives him a gift of a gold plaque from the Pope. The Mission to China also continues missioning. In Rome, Innocent strengthens the Latin presence in the Curia.
 * 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.)
 * 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.
 * 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 four field crop rotation system starts to be adopted largely 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. 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 3.5 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 themself 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. The people involved in the plot to kill the King are punished in a variery of different manners depeding on family and status. 

1587
''' In Russia, the peasants and boyars continue to fight each other for power and control of government, while the Tsar is unable to reconcile any of the two sides with each other or his own personal desire for a stronger monarch centric government. '''

''' Meanwhile in France, the very old King Louis XIII dies and is succeeded by his cousin Philip VII of the House of Valois-Alencon. French explorers name the OTL Bahamas the Philippines in honor of the new king. '''

''' There is a Nile River drought, causing a famine in Egypt. '''

''' In Japan, there is a daimyo rebellion. This causes peasants to counter-rebel against the daimyos. '''
 * Abbasid Caliphate: The famine caused by the Nile drought hits the Caliphate very badly. Because of the redistribution of resources left very little in store, the resulting famine leaves millions across the empire in mortal danger. The Ulema calls a state of emergency, and begins abandoning all other tasks to begin subsiding the famine. Many people begin less faith in the Abbasids on the whole, as the current 7-year old Caliph has no charisma to speak of. The itinerate preacher Ibrahim Al-Khber exclaims across Syria that the this shows God's dissfavor with the house of Abbas. The push against the treatement of slavary follows with this movement as well. The Pope of Alexandria begins to be seen as a more chaismatic figure, and even a small Amharic coup attempts to take the city of Ismail in Egypt. A rising sea captain named Abdul Hamid Al-Nasser is sent to put down this coup.
 * Knights Hospitaller-We have a population of around 42,727(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 our need for funding we begin to send out diplomats and missionaries to Europe to convince nobles and rulers to help our holy cause by giving funds while also sending the poor as colonists(Mod response). We send diplomats to ask the Fuggers for colonisation funds in exchange for a share of revenue and some mineral rights (Mod Response). 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 427 soldiers though we make sure that they are highly trained. Our experts have come back from Iberia and have hired some Iberian trainers and are beginning to reorganise the military. In order to prepare for this shift, we begin building armouries and manufactories to build weapons, armour and cannon, this rearmament and restructuring of our military is expected to take one year until completion. 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.
 * Maryland-The colony of Maryland is small with around 6250 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 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. 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. We build a dockyard in order to help accommodate expansion throughout the rest of the archipelago while we also build fisheries ton exploit rich fishing stocks near the island. We also begin to experience a boom in fishing due to the rich stocks. We are also building plantations for sugar and tobacco while we also produce native crops such as sweet potato. As we advance through the island we attempt to integrate the natives and convert them peacefully, while we offer the natives equal rights if they convert and assimilate. We send missionaries to convert the natives, educate them, and help assimilate them. We begin a missionary program sending missionaries throughout the islands to convert the natives.
 * 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 aretrained making a Rabat Naval school, that holds harsh rules. The army begins to work on military tactis and gaing new weaprony. 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). With the War in the Kongo, 20,000 armed men are sent to back up the Islamic state along with Naval ships from Rabat
 * You are not a vassal of the Hospitaller. Also there is no war in Kongo. -scraw
 * Aryavarta:Bengal has now been fully integrated. All Bengali ships have been taken and now our navy stands at 160 ships of which 10 St1, 40 St2,60 St3, 40 St4 and 10 St5. 20 St4 and the St5 ships are being upgraded to St3 standards. Another 5 St1 ships are under construction.
 * Iravati:Pegu remains the capital. Ava and Arakan have been integrated. The navy stands at 40 ships strong of which 10 St2 and 30 St3. The army stands at 100,000 strong. The army is equipped with muskets, cannons and bombards along with a war elephant component.
 * Papal States:Pope Innocent writes to the King of Iberia, demanding he take action against the rise of paganism. For now, the Iberian province of the Immaculata send teams of the Order's priests to preach in the effected areas. The Mission to China also continues missioning. In Rome, Innocent strengthens the Latin presence in the Curia, and continues to patronise artists. Many clerics, especially amongst the Immaculata and the Latin-Rite Cardinals, begin discussions about reforming the liturgy, so that the entire Latin Rite uses the same missal.
 * Kuala Lumpur: The King announces plans to expand the Royal Navy and increase military power. Reformations in infrastructure are approved and improvement of the capital begins, aiming for architecture reminiscent to Burgundian styles, with a touch of traditional structure. Overall, we begin paving the road to a more powerful Kuala Lumpur.
 * Korea: With numerous daimyo revolts, the shipments of precious metals flowing into Giapan are cut by a third as confidence on the viability trade agreement (especially in light of recent events) deteriorates. Mining operations (mining mostly silver) in Hamgyeong and Manchuria are opened to relieve a growing demand for precious metals, both within the domestic market and abroad. The transformation of coinage from silver to mostly copper continues, and usage of paper money (with its value backed by gold reserves) is encouraged. With the Duke of Nivkhgu dying under undisclosed circumstances, his fourth old son is coronated as monarch. At only seven years old, his mother Dae Min-sung (of Korean extraction) and the concubine of former Duke, ascends to regency as the Duchess Dowager. The remainder of Hwataedo continues to be colonized. Attracted by the larger and cheaper tracts of land, along with monetary incentives, peasantry move to the Manchuria and Nivkhgu dominions. Christianity (most notably Nestorianism, and within Gyeongsang, Catholicism) continues to disseminate among the populace.
 * 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.
 * 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 3.5 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
 * ​Russia (Czarist Faction): The Civil War begins. The czarist faction controls Vladimirgrad, Novgorod, and Azov.​We ask Bulgaria and Georgia to intervine on our side.  Czar Dmitri also asks to buy weapons from the Gurkani in order to bolster his loyalist forces.  Meanwhile many less radical peasants have defected from the Peasant Army which has grown increasingly radical and anti-monarchal.
 * Russia (Boyar Faction): The Boyar Grand Council in Minsk confines the boyar faction to the immediate destruction of the Czarist Faction. For now the Boyars use their wealth to hire mercs. They would like hire Hitler and his mercs.
 * Russia (Peasant Faction): The leader Fyador Saltykov begins to mobilize a large army of peasants with weapons made up from captured guns to farming equipment. The peasants request arms from the whatever country is willing to send arms.
 * Japan: With Japan being defeated against Korea in the Flower War, the Emperor dying, the economy drained, and the daiymo being replaced by civilian adminstrators and beuracrats, the daiymo rebel en masse against the Shogun, who they feel has failed them and has been autocratic against them. With the daiymo revolting, the peasants take up arms against the daiymo, who they see as oppressive. With Korea cutting off funds to Kyoto due to the internal revolts, the Imperial Court and the new Emperor back the Shogun with military and finicial support, thus the Shogun goes on a campaign to purge the dissenting daiymos by the sword, and declares his support for the peasantry against the daiymo, and the Shogun advances north to Edo once again. Meanwhile, the surviving civilian adminstrators and beuracrats are recalled to Kyoto. 

1588
''' The peasants in Russia begin hanging boyars and their relatives in the capital. Boyars begin terrorizing their peasants. '''

''' King Philip VII proclaims a new age of French explorations and contracts the explorer De Gaulle once again and commands him to circumnavigate the globe. Accompanying this voyage is young Sebastien Bonaparte. '''

''' Hitler and the Black Eagles finish their contract in Lombardy and are now seeking a new employer. '''

''' The Fuggers decide to patronize the Hospitaller and support their colonization efforts. '''


 * Kingdom of Burgundy: Guyana expands 50px west, the Cape Charles Colony, Avelskamp, and Nova Belgica expand by 50px each. The population of Bonapaart, in Patagonia, grows, but the colony doesn't expand yet. Investment is made into the improvement of the infrastructure of the Knights Hospitaller, and Kuala Lumpur is offered Burgundian assistance in architecture expansion. In light of the Russian civil war, several ships are sent to the gulf of Novgorod to protect Burgundian trade interests.


 * Prussia-Bohemia-Luxembourg (Posting for Nk): Emperor Wilhelm continues his rule over the Prussian crown. Wilhelmsburg in Lauwentia expands, and exploration of the Neu Rhine river continues.


 * Russia (Czarist): The army begins fighting Boyar forces in the north. Many great advances are made defeating boyars conscripted peasant armies unifying part of the northwest. Meanwhile other forces with sailor soldiers secure Donetsk against Saltykov's peasants. Czar Dmitri asks Kiev, Georgia, and Bulgaria to intervene in the civil war (Player responses). The Cossacks officially become part of the Czars army.
 * Russia (Boyars): Many peasants who refuse to fight are killed. Peasant conscripts are forced to fight, while terrible, they make up for numbers. However some peasants assassinate several boyars. The boyars as for the Black Eagle Mercenaries to fight for them (Mod Reponse). The peasant faction in Belarus is defeated.
 * Russia (Peasants): Peasant armies lay waste to several boyars duchies in Siberia and in the South. There is heavy fighting and casualties fighting against the Czar's Cossacks. The town of Moscow is heavily destroyed in the fighting between both sides. Saltykov officially moves the capital to Volgograd. Extreme Anti-Monarchist/Boyar Leon Petrov is put in command of the Peasant grand army which is mainly aimed in a offensive into Westcentral Russia, a heart of boyar territory. 


 * Kuala Lumpur: The nation reveals its plans for a name change and flag, making us now known as Malaya. The King encourages the populace to engage in agricultural activities, and announces the opening of quarries and mines. Iron and tin production is expected to increase, and exports of durians, rambutans and mangosteens will be made available for international trade. Ports are constructed in the provinces of Penang and Malacca.
 * Aryavarta: Ships sail to the Andaman and Nicobar islands from Pegu and claim them. A fortified port city Hemgarh is under construction in the islands. A naval academy is set up in Paradvip. Ship yards are privately owned. Two army academies are set up in Patliputra and Lahore. Quarries and mines open. Coal is mined and the large coal deposits of OTL Jharia start being exploited, so does the iron ore of OTL Bhilai and Jamshedpur. Universities and colleges are set up in Bengal. A wave of Vedic revivalism starts leading to nation wide consumption of pork and buffalo slaughter. In many areas cows are also slaughtered. Vegetarianism starts to decline rapidly leading to growing consumption of meat wgile agricultural production continues to increase as the large amount of cattle production is now being efficiently used leading to a surplus in food production.Many tribal religions are integrated. Heavy siege guns are constructed which need to be towed by 10 elephants. The army is reorganized. Port cities in Bengal reopen. Agriculture is funded in Bengal. Maize is now widely cultivated alongwith potato and tomato. The surplus in food production leads to the increasing growth rate of urbanisation and growing production of other goods. Food now begins export to the international market.
 * Burgundy has already settled the Andaman and Nicobars -Guy
 * Calm down there no way its taken that kind of hold yet. -Feud
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * Side note to everyone, Poland is no longer in a PU with Bulgaria, it was released under a familial claim and son of the Current Tsar and will remain an ally as terms of the release. -Feud
 * 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 3.8 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
 * Papal States: Realising he has made a mistake about jurisdiction, Pope Innocent writes to the King of France, demanding he take action against the rise of paganism in Aragon. For now, the Iberian and French provinces of the Immaculata send teams of the Order's priests to preach in the effected areas. The Mission to China also continues missioning. In Rome, Innocent strengthens the Latin presence in the Curia, and continues to patronise artists. Discussions on the reform of the ltirgu continue amongst the Latin-Rite clergy, and even the new Latin Patriarch is getting involved.
 * 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.)
 * Oman: Unpredictable shifts in temperature cause droughts and famine in Oman and Somalia, leading to migrations of Omani settlers into Mesopotamia, Yemen, and Madagascar, and a growing unrest in response to taxation and successive bad harvests. A notable uprising occurs in Majiratayn, staged by Somali clansmen. The fragile vassal government quickly falls to the rebels, and the "council" of governors established by Oman is slaughtered at their meeting place. A new Majerteen state is formed in its place, albeit loosely governed with a tribal society.
 * Abbasid Caliphate:  The Great Abbasid Famine begins to take a serious death toll, claiming the lives of over a million people into this year. Also this year, the Grand Vizier Abduallah Hassan died as well. According to legend, Hassan gave up all the food he had to relieve many families in Damascus, and died of disease from subsequent emaciation. The great victory over the peasents in the Battle of Ismail makes Abdul Hamid Al-Nasser a great hero among the people of Egypt. Abdullah Salih, son-in-law of Abdullah Hassan, is elected the new Grand Vizier and officiated by the Caliph. Many educated people in Bahgdad and Mosul begin to listen more to the preaching of Ibrahim Al-Khber, as they see it confirming the words of Abd Al-Rahman from years earlier. Islam continues to be spread in the East Indies, where the local rulers are substantially payed to maintain trade routes to China and Korea

1589
''' France comes to the call of the Pope to purge Aragon of the Wicca cult. After several months of inquisiting, leading to a small lynching mob in one district of Barcelona, the King of France decides to depose the current Count of Barcelona for a Duchy of the Fugger family, loosely vassalized to France. '''

''' A new atlas is made in Venice, charting the world as it is currently known by collective exploration. The most notable feature is the name "Kongo" is given as "Zayiyr" in light of Arabic merchants from Maghreb. '''

''' The Southern Daimyo in Japan, with familal ties across Kyushu and Chubu, rises up in opposition to both the Shogun and the Northern Daimyo to pursue its own domination. '''

''' In Russia, the Time of Troubles and strained trade with central Europe causes a great famine in many parts of the nation. Several boyars side with the Tsar, hoping to keep their positions if they help him put down the other two factions. '''

' The Seabird'', a Burgundy ship, is found derelict off the coast of Hispaniola, apparently in perfect condition but all 193 members of its crew gone. '''
 * 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 begin training our army as we prepare for a campaign in the North to strike the newly independent Somalian state.


 * Malaya: We begin upgrading our roads, so they now resemble cobblestone streets in Europe. This is so far only been done in the capital. Farms begin to grow potato and wheat crops, in addition to the existing paddy fields. We urbanize certain areas and create a mini capital in each state. We ask Kedah if they would like merge with us. [Mod Response Needed] 
 * In the Principality of Kiev, with chaos reigning in neighboring Russia, Prince Ivan offers to step in and intervene on behalf of the Czar in exchange for control of all Cossack lands up to the River Don. (Orwell Response) We prepare our military for potential intervention in Russia. Other than that, cities continue to see an uptick in population as overall population increases and urbanization takes place.
 * Since the Cossacks are loyal to the czar we will give you the territory of modern Ukraine.
 * 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 3.8 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
 * Papal States: The Pope sends a letter to the King of France, thanking him for dealing with the pagan menace in Aragon. The Diocese of Nagasaki and the Japan mission continue to gain adherents for the faith. In Korea the Papal envoy meets with members of the local Nestorian Church hierarchy, asking whether rejoining communion as a sui iuris church -like the Sakhan Church of the East has one- would be possible (Mod response please). Missions in China, and the New World, continue. In Rome the Latin Patriarch meets with Pope Innocent, bringing up the proposal for a new Latin-Rite missal for universal use in the Latin Rite.
 * Abbasid Caliphate: The Great Abbasid Famine begins to subside, although still up to 100,000 people die this year. As so many people had been threatened from this plague, many thousands sought shelter in the military, hoping to be fed as part of the armies of the Caliph. This greatly strengthens the military in the process. In light of public support waning away from the Caliph himself, the Ulema begins to take active control over politics and logistics of the nation itself. Several reforms of Grand Vizier Salih are put into motion that subsides the famine tremendously. Trade in east Asia continues to grow, as well as increased relations with Georgia.
 * Russia: The Boyars continue to loose on all fronts. Meanwhile Petrovs army continues its march on Novgorod. Meanwhile in return Czarist forces take the Duchies of Estonia and Riga. The Boyars only real stronghold is in the Urals.
 * Japan: Last year, the Grand Japanese Army commanded by the Shogun conquered Edo. As Japan falls into anarchy in both the north and the south, the Northern campaign is halted and Tokugawa Ieyesu occupies Edo for the Shogun has recieved word that the Southern Daiymo have conquered Kyoto from Osaka and the Emperor has proclaimed one of the Southern Daiymo, Saburou Shota Kawaguchi, as the new Shogun and thus the Shogun Oda Nobunaga and his retainer, Toyotomi Hideyoshi with the majority of the Grand Japanese Army and they surround Kyoto, thus beginning the Second Siege of Kyoto. Simalteonously, the Southern Daiymo conquer Nagasaki, who still recognize Oda Nobunaga as Shogun, rather than Saburou Shota Kawaguchi. Oda Nobunaga and the Grand Japanese has expierence on his side, however after many years of constant fighting his army is exhausted although it is also very veteran. Shogun Saburou's Army, however, is inexpierenced but they are fresh troops, meaning that they are eager to defend Kyoto. Only time can tell who wins the Siege of Kyoto.