Merveilles du Monde (Map Game)

After a long trek through Asia spanning two decades, Venetian explorer Marco Polo published the compiled journal of his travels in 1295. He described in great detail the Near East, with its many castles and fortresses held by many mighty empires. He entered the Gate of Iron, through which Alexander crossed into the east millennia ago. He toured the eight kingdoms of Persia and witnessed scores of miracles and wonders, many of which he dared not publish for he felt his audiences would not believe what he wrote. He described in great detail the exploits of the great Kublai Khan, the intrigue in the Emperor's court, the sprawling landscape of Yuan China, and the massive battles that took place during his stay.

Marco Polo named his work Livre des Merveilles du Monde - Book of the Marvels of the World. In publishing these journals, he brought knowledge of the eastern world back to Europe and vice versa. Just like that, the world got a little bit smaller. The Holy Roman Empire - locked in a state of interregnum with no end in sight - became aware of the wars of Kublai Khan. The faltering Byzantine Empire and its breakaway state of Trebizond became the subject of discussion from Lisbon to Kathmandu. The wealthy Abu Bakr II of Mali would seek to follow in Polo's footsteps, paving the way for the rise of Mansa Musa. The Kamakura Shogunate of Japan defeated wave after wave of Mongol forces while, an ocean over, Mesoamerica was still reeling from the fall of the Toltec Empire.

Merveilles du Monde is a spiritual successor to the Principia Moderni franchise. It sets the clock back to the year 1295, in the Late Middle Ages - in other words, an era of great change and great suffering - an era in which nations rose and fell - an era in which power was cemented ...

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• Greed: Crim (talk)
• Pride: Nathan1123 (talk)
• Wrath: Feudy McPlagueface (talk)
• Gluttony: Tullin (talk)
• Sloth: Solace (talk)
• Envy: Dren (talk)
• Lust: Topaz (talk)

Important Pages

• Rules and Algorithm (Merveilles du Monde Map Game)
• Religion (Merveilles du Monde Map Game)
• Holy Roman Empire (Merveilles du Monde Map Game)
• College of Cardinals (Merveilles du Monde Map Game)
• Nations (Merveilles du Monde Map Game)
• Flags (Merveilles du Monde Map Game)
• Treaties (Merveilles du Monde Map Game)
• Wars (Merveilles du Monde Map Game)
• List of monarchs (Merveilles du Monde Map Game)

The Game

1530

Emperor Babur al-Mo'h leads what would be his final campaign in India at Gondwana, suppressing the Gondi people and sieging Nagpur. After the dust settled however, his alcoholism got the best of him, much like it did his idol, and he died due to alcohol poisoning in May of this year. His death would shake the Empire, with his only son being assassinated the day after his fathers death at the age of nine. With Babur's uncle being elderly and living in the homeland, the military generals and companions of Babur al-Mo'h divide up the Empire that he founded.

In Southern Hindustan, the Gurkani dynasty is deposed in favor of a native Islamic dynasty known as the Javed Dynasty. They flee to Persia following their Deposition.

As a result of contact farther north, The Inca Empire suffers immensely from Smallpox and their population falls drastically. Many believe the end of the world is here and the death of the Sapa Inca leaves only his young son not yet able to govern sitting upon the throne.

As more and more territory is taken by Spain in Central America, some issues come up in terms of administering some of the taken lands prompting the Conquistadores to come up with a way to manage the territory they have taken while still trying to push through the region.

Duke Aymon II of Savoy (1462-1530) dies of natural causes. He is succeeded as Duke by his son, Edward II (b. 1500).

• Papal States: Pope Lucius IV continues to support the Counter-Reformation and reinforce the Inquisition. The Tridentine Catechism, the works of Johann von Eck, the book of Thomas More and the book of Joseph of Iona are extensively printed by the Pontifical Roman Press and spread to the Catholic nations. The pope continues giving support to the missionary works in the colonies of Catholic nations.  Michelangelo finishes the tomb of Pope Lucius IV and returns to work painting the frescos of the Gregorian Chapel. The Basilica of Saint Peter continues to be rebuilt. The artist Galeazzo Rado continues painting the ceiling of the Cathedral of Saint Peter in Monte San Giovanni Campano. The military and navy of the Papal States continues to be modernized and the walls of Rome continue to be fortified. Both the Aurelian and Servian Walls are improved with it towers, crenellations, gates and other structures being repaired and modernized. Rooms to store weapons are built inside both walls, this way the soldiers will have easy access to weapons during sieges. A student of Natural Theology from Saint Augustine’s University named Severino Vecera writes to the ruler of  Mali asking for a visit in this nation to see the plants and animals living there. [Mali response needed, please]. The Jesuits continue to preach and to do acts of charity. The Servants of Jesus also continue doing missionary work and charitable works. The Servines also continue to teach children the Catechism. Margaret Habsburg Della Rovere writes to King Elvin of Spain asking to establish a convent of the Servants of Jesus in Spain and to teach the Catechism there. [Spain response needed, please]. The Jesuit Deodato Piacentino writes to the ruler of Austria asking to establish the Society of Jesus in this nation to help protect the Catholic faith against the Protestantism. [MOD response needed, please]. Another member of the Society of Jesus named Xavier Oñate writes to the Swiss Confederacy asking to establish his Order there. [MOD response needed, please]. The convent of the Capuchin Poor Clares in Rome is organized and named as the Convent of Santa Maria in Gerasalamme. The nuns also open a hospital to take care of prostitutes in the city. The Habsburg Della Rovere Family continues to rise as one of the most important families in the Papal States. Along with the Lordships of Poggio Miterto, Monte San Giovanni Campano and Viterbo the family have control over several properties, a Mercenary Company and investments in trade companies. After years living in the Papal States and building their power in the Italian Peninsula, the family sees Austria as a distant part of their past and their future is in the Peninsula. The people across the Papal States call them as the Asburgo and the members of family, considering themselves more Italian than Austrians at this point adopt it. This way the Family becomes Asburgo Della Rovere and their properties and titles are named as the Asburgo possessions. Philip Asburgo Della Rovere and Anna von Lenzburg have a son named Filippo. Other births happen in the Asburgo Della Rovere Family: Joana and Giovan Battista Savelli have a daughter named Eleonora, Maximilian and Mary Boleyn have a son named Massimiliano. This year Laura Orsini dies and a mass is celebrated by her uncle Cardinal Alessandro Farnese in the Cathedral of Saint Peter in Monte San Giovanni Campano.
  • Republic of Ancona: The modernization of the Republic’s navy continues. The Jesuits continue preaching in the Republic. Henry Asburgo Della Rovere continues to invest in the trade companies of the Republic. Due to the prestige of his family, he soon becomes one of the Elders of Ancona.
• Tsardom of Russia: Aleksei's successful raids into the lands of the Tatars raise eyebrows Kiev as Dimitry II while angered by the independent action of his governor of Kazan has also grown restless with the desire to fully stomp out the independent khans that remain in the remnants of the Golden horde to truly become the master of the steppes. Using the continued existence of a steppe slave trade centred around Astrakhan and Sarai as justification for the the campaign, He orders the mustering of 75,000 troops from the levies made up of freeholders, Boyars, and Rus' Cossacks from the frontier region. Dimitry's veteran cavalry and heavy infantry make up the core fighting force numbering some 50,000. An invitation is sent to the Greek and Moldavian Cossacks to join in the campaign if they desire and share in the plunder (mod response), and Konstantin sends a letter to his brother-in-law in Georgia inviting him to partake in the subjegation of the Steppes. Dimitry II decides to split his army in two with the main force of 45,000 men under Dimitry's direct control moving along the Volga to assume command of the invasion from Aleksei, while his son Konstantin is given his first battle command alongside the Greek Boyar Nestoras Manikis (savage leader) leading the other 30,000 mainly made up of cavalry to invade the Tatar lands in the Don River region. Siege weaponry is also ordered to be brought forward. Upon Dimitry's arrival in Kazan Aleksei is privately reprimanded for his independent action for which Kniaz Aleksei apologizes for his insubordination. The matter is left at that as Aleksei is Dimitry's right hand on the steppes and he is soon afterward congratulated for the successful raids. With 48,000 troops the army advances south along the Volga toward Sarai in a steady fashion with Aleksei commanding the cavalry and Cossacks who, if successful, will carry out a flanking maneuver while Dimitry leads the main army made up of his veteran Varyag and Streltsy (pike and shot formations) advance in formation along the river in case of a steppe attack employing war wagons and river boats as a means of protecting the supply lines. armored river barges based on Greek designs from the Great Rus' Civil war are also employed to act as artillery from the river side and to fire upon any possible steppe nomads who think about a river approach. (Algo needed). Konstantin and Nestoras lead the second army in an attempt to push into the Tatar lands held in the Don River region pushing along the river toward the stretch where the Volga and Don come close to each other, with Nestoras leading the forces and Konstantin learning from the experienced battlefield commander. Nestoras Manikis outfits a small group of his cavalry with wheellocks being equipped to skirmishers while he employs lancers and Cossacks to break the enemy lines. (algo needed). Fur trapping and Mining continue to grow in the Uralic region as new outposts are set up. Nikolay Turgenev is left in charge of overseeing the Russian state for the duration of the conflict as co-regent along with the Tsarina Sohpia.
  • Roman Response: Strategos Tagaris, a cousin of Despot Theodore Tagaris of Cappadocia, is tasked with raising a small army of Kozakos and raiding to aid the Russians. In total a theme's worth of imperial lancers, 6,000 men are raised from the Themata around Constantinople and in Taurica. To supplement them 12,000 Kozakos are raised on the promise of gold and glory.
  • Moldavian Response: 5,000 Cossacks are enticed by the offer of glory and wealth and set out to join the Russian military adventure.
• Abbasid Caliphate: Caliph al-Abdūkʿrāhman, after re-stablizing the Caliphate and its territory, begins looking toward fulfillment in God's eyes. Inspired by the works of the House of Wisdom and the Abbasid Golden Age, translators are coalesced into the Great Library in an effort to translate works across all walks of life. The Mamlūk Knights being policing the Zaidiyyah Shi'ites. Roads throughout the Arabian peninsula begin being built, allowing for an era of centralization within Arabia, with expansion toward Al Qurayyat and Ithrah. The territories of Oman are annexed into the Caliphate, with many of the Ibadi scholars relocating to Cairo, which allows for further discussion on theological developments within Islam. Caliph al-Abdūkʿrāhman returns to Cairo, stationing a garisson in the region, and later that year, his heir, Ibrahim bin Mehmud, would be born. The total occupation of much of the Arabian peninsula would foster trade inward with the desert merchants, allowing for expansion within the peninsula at a small rate, although much of this expansion wouldn't be realized until late in Caliph al-Abdūkʿrāhman's reign.
• Kingdom of Portugal: Crown Prince Sebastian arrives at the royal palace in Lisboa where the royal council agrees to the queen's decision making him be the heir apparent. In accordance with this, he begins the royal school where he will learn all the necessary skills for a future ruler. Meanwhile, the queen and her husband go on a royal tour to all of Portugal's colonies now together. In Mauritius, the white dodo population has taken over a small part of the dodo community there. The queen issues a royal decree which makes this year's funding go toward modernizing and rebuilding the bad quarters of Porto and Lisboa so that both cities are up to Portuguese standards.
• Kingdom of Lotharingia: "Were Di": In Skylge a Northern Frisian island the Russians immigrants and mostly begin to show their influence as the first small orthodox church is established. A Russian type alcohol which looks similar to water but has very high amounts of alcohol Vodka having her first brewery "Шульгская пивоварня", the Skylge Brewery. The Drink being very popular amongst both the peasants and sailors of Skylge and the higher ups such as Juliaen De Kremer and the king, even when the drink is not that know and beer is prefer due to price and general taste of the drink. This drink being taken by some merchants to Athens as these merchants have been told that this Russian water has special healing power, the merchants planning on a special expedition to the new Muslim Caliphate. Thus a Merchant named Bart Degroot delivering the special healing water to Caliph al-Abdūkʿrāhman, he gives this Russian water together with some Lotharingian Cloth and couple of sprouts and a pet dog called Kippie whom is a Malinois. (Caliphate Response). Gifts also being given to the Tribes of both the herdersvlaktes, Broekzand and Kebeck, these gifts often being a form of greeting and a sign of good intention towards the populations they come across. In Lotharingia the peace has for the moment settled as Juliaens soldiers readying combined with the removal of Catholicism as the official state religion. This temporarily calms down many of the moderate protestants as the Groot Belgische raad is willing to talk to various religious groups to keep the peace.
  • Caliphate Diplomacy: Caliph al-Abdūkʿrāhman, noticing the putrid and sour smell of haram miles away, declines the offer of "holy water", knowing it to be false and forbidden. Before putting the men to death by stoning due to their perceived hatred in believing the Caliph to be weak, his wife argues them to be mere merchants and not a formalized diplomatic insult. So, he accepts the tribute of Kippie and Lotharingian clothes, appreciating its vibrant hue while the Sultana presents Kippie to their first child. In response, he leaves the merchant Bart Degroot with translated Arabian classics, Ibn Khaldun's "The Introduction", and a fine selection of Arabian royal garments.
• Kingdom of Hungary: Trade along the Danube River is prospering due to goods being brought into our nation to help rebuild our nation. The university continues the growth of people being eager to get in and learn from the best. Trade increases with people importing bulk technology and ideas from other nations. While our agriculture sector exports a ton of crops all over Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. The military academy continues to expand in size. The economy is booming throughout the nation feeling healthy. Population is growing a lot these past few years. The mass production of printing presses have increased. Publication has increased a lot with books and papers all throughout the nation. Education by the increase in books has increased tremendously. Our banks are flourishing from all the money we are getting from people putting all their money into their accounts from all the trade. The mines are doing well with the finding of more minerals to make our currency and other expensive items. The construction of a canal system made for irrigation to farm lands from the Danube River is continuing to help increase the number of crops to help the economy. We continue and increase the production of ships for our navy this year with the caravel, the carrack and the galleon ships being pumped out as fast as we can in mass numbers. With all the new guns being brought into our nation our technology as been modernizing rapidly making our army more stronger and importantly positioned.
  • Banate of Bosnia: Within this territory everything is doing fine. We feed off Hungary itself by prospering with trade and the economy. Our industries are doing what we can to help Hungary out.
  • Banate of Severin: The territory experiences prosperity from Hungary. Trade is going well and the economy is as well. Other sectors of the nation also do well helping Hungary out.
• Majapahit Empire: As the capitulation of Bandar Lampung news came to the Trag, him being delighted by this fact is good, the army will resupply and stock up their supplies and sack the capital, an attempt to Strom the palace of the Lampung King is made by the soldiers, in an attempt to subjugate him under Buddhist Majapahit rule. [RNG needed if succeeded or failed, please]. Meanwhile, we send a white horse as a tribute to the Chinese emperor asking to open up an extensive rice silk trade and porcelain lumber trade and also expecting a twice value gift. [Tian response, please]. With the matter of new flocking Muslims who arrive and started to grow in Java started to worry the Trag, as a first act to suppress this expansion in an very unaggressive way, 300,000 Majapahit Buddhist settlers will resettle In Demak as they are promised with better life in the area. More 50,000 settlers from Bali Island shall be relocated also to Demak to retain the Buddhist population there as a majority to suppress any potential revolt and to establish a direct and strong stronghold as a Hindu-Buddhist ruler. The Dai viet soldiers are treated very well in the frontier as they are treated as equal seen as brothers in arms and in culture. With most of Lampung troops being totally annihilated from the region, after resupplying and taking rest 10,000 soldiers (additional from a support of 5,000 soldiers from Timor) and another 5,000 soldiers from Sunda lands in eastern Java mounting up an army of 20,000 strong leaving an estimated number of ~4,000 soldiers to guard Bandar Lampung and serve as a Garrison. The 20,000 strong will go to subjugate the town of Metro to cut off Lampung from its supply lines and force them into surrender, Giam Hapkan will also lead the army with now seige wepons being built after the capitulation of Bandar Lampung with Captured light infrastructure. [Algorithm needed, please].
  • Mahayarda of Sebuirto archipelago: The population reaches 31,000. More huts appear in each island. Trade appears to be more common with the Europeans. The annual tribute is given as promised with portion of taxes being given as well.
  • Mahayarda of Timor: The population reaches 271,300. Urbanization process begins with Pambri reaching 30,300 residents. The annual tribute is given as promised with portion of taxes being given as well. The trade with the Portuguese becomes more intensive. 5,000 soldiers are sent to Majapahit for it military campaign, hoping for a reward if did.
  • Powu: the population reaches 4,000, Adji Supandi finances the construction of the port that enters the sixth year of construction. trade with the indigenous people started to appear more intensive.
  • Mahayarda of Yamaha archipelago: Tha population reaches 6,500. The archipelago is doing fine.
  • Tian Response: The Emperor accepts the gift and responds with a generous gift of his own, a set of very fine robes and silks for the Majapahit Royals. He also agrees to establish Chinese mercantile relations with the Majapahit and sends traders to establish Han merchant communities within Majapahit. 

• Kingdom of Dagon (formerly Ayutthaya-Toungoo): Rama Mingyi Nyo has passed on leaving Tabinschwenti as his only son and sole heir to the vast Ayutthaya-Toungoo Kingdom that had been assembled over the course of decades. Tabinschwenti begins to move quickly to secure his authority over the bureaucracy and nobility through a combined effort with between the Temenggung and the Krasuang Kalahom with an operation to remove nobles and officials who had proven themselves less than loyal to the Kingdom as a show of force for his authority. He also moves to declare the city of Dagon as his new capital due to its more central position between Toungoo and Ayutthaya allowing for a more central position from which to govern as well as a usable seaport. Architects, engineers, and officials are brought in from across the Kingdom to plan out and build up the city to serve as the central hub for governance and administration alongside a palace for the Rama. The island, henceforth known as Prelean, at the center of the mouth of the Bago River is subject to a construction project for a fort, port, and coastal defenses to prevent attempts to threaten the new capital. Officials, officers, and advisors are tasked with altering the institution connecting the kingdom to Ayutthaya towards Dagon including the reassignment of a portion the Capital Defense Corps at Ayutthaya to the city to safeguard its construction and provide oversight from the military perspective. Though Dagon will be the new capital, Ayutthaya's cultural and historical significance makes it so the decision is made to house the royal archives and other matters pertaining to culture in the city. Until the new capital is completed, Tabinschwenti governs the Kingdom from Ayutthaya and holds court due to the incomplete nature of the new capital. Those that had served as a part of childhood staff are awarded with titles with Tabinschwenti marrying their daughters: Khin Hpone Soe and Khin Myat. His childhood friend of Ye Htut as well as others are placed into positions of confidantes for the new Rama but the core advisors retain their position and authority from their time under Mingyi Nyo unless their loyalties were to come into question. Despite the defensive arrangement made between Ayutthaya-Toungoo and the Confederation of Shan States, doubts remain among the court in regards to the actions of the Confederation due to the rumors of looting of Buddhist Pagodas and the killing of monks make their way into the Kingdom alongside a large influx of refugees fleeing the chaos. The refugees are welcomed into the Kingdom of Dagon with their numbers being resettled across the entire kingdom to ensure that their assimilation is easier and their manpower contributed to regions in need of them. The policy of the fortification of defenses along the eastern border with Dai Viet and the Khmer remains under the same commitment as with previous rulers due to the rivalry between the two regions. The Bendahara is ordered to reorganized the bureaucracy to ensure that administrators and officials for regions are not located from it to break up any efforts by regional governors to break away and form their own homogeneous states. The navy continues to operate in the capacity assigned to it such as defending trade routes and power projection with the new ship design being put into service continuing to be phased in due to their value and ability to hold up to foreign ships. Remembering the recent rebellion of the Malay Peninsula, oversight and security for the region remains an utmost priority to prevent future dissent in the economically vital and strategic region. The Temmengung is ordered to focus the efforts of his spy networks in the region and assist the local garrisons in removing rebellious elements ruthlessly as a sign of the Kingdom's now wavering feelings of tolerance to the troublesome region.
• Roman Empire: Running out of time and with no Georgian response, Andronikos weds Anna of Cappadocia to cement relations with the Despot there. He then joined Strategos Tagaris in Taurica, bringing with him the 6,000 Imperial Lancers. Domestically, the optics industry in Constantinople thrives as merchants in need of reading glasses support a large and advanced sector. A second major naval arsenal begins construction in Thessaloniki this year to supplement the Constantinople Arsenal and take over some of the shipbuilding needs of the empire. The Nicaean Arsenal, also strained by the weight of the expanded Theme System is ordered to prepare plans to build a second major arsenal at Adrianople. Otherwise, trade continues well, especially in Russia as the revenue of the furs trade reaches banks in Constantinople. A great deal of Russian wealth flows into these banks who invest in projects throughout the empire and beyond. Neo-Euergetism flourishes in coastal Asia Minor, as well as the interior cities of Caesarea and Iconium. In Hellas proper it spreads throughout the Peloponnese and into Epirus. Churches, baths, libraries, aqueducts, and even roads are all built by these donations to society. The civil impact of Neo-Euergetism also spreads rapidly in Dobruja where the wealthy will voluntarily construct grand communal polders for distribution to the poor. The appeal and prestige brought by this pulls the local Vlachian and Bulgarian nobility into Greek society as a means of maintaining status, and thus begins the process of regional grecification in earnest.
• Empire of Dai Viet-Lan Xang: The news of the death of Mingyi Nyo has reached the ears of Emperor Phothisarath who sent envoys to attend his funeral to show condolences for the late king. (Siam Response) The envoys also deliver words from the Emperor to the new Siam king wishing to improve relations and stating that this hostility between Siam and Dai Viet is unnecessary. Trade flourishes with Lotharingia and Portugal as more weaponry imported, to equip them to the Dai Viet-Lan Xang army. Many Lao troops are given naval military training programs due to the maritime borders of Dai Viet. Geographers are sent to draw the maps of the new territories gained and Chiang Hung to make additions to the Hồng Đức atlas drawn during the reign of Emperor Lê Thánh Tông. The elephantry unit of the Dai Viet-Lan Xang army gets upgraded with armor equipments applied to the elephant with the elephant riders practicing bomb-throwing. As elephant has always been a national symbol of Lan Xang, and the elephant also has a history tied to Dai Viet as well with the Trưng sisters and Lady Triệu riding elephants in battle against the Chinese, the Emperor will preserve elephants as a national symbol of Dai Viet-Lan Xang (OOC: RIP, Mrs. Elephant. May your and your baby’s souls rest in peace.) With that, the image of Elephants under a White Parasol is made into his Imperial Banner. Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm is promoted to become the head of the Privy Council whose job is to give advices to the Emperor. The Ministry of Revenue is effortly trying to improve the irrigration system, the construction of leeves in the Cửu Long Delta, with Dai Viet now gaining official control of the delta. As Dai Viet has gained control of the output of the Mekong River, trade through the Mekong gives Dai Viet wealth through taxes collected from ships passing through there. 
  • Dagon Diplomacy: The envoys of Dai Viet-Lan Xang are received with their condolences being a welcome surprise for Tabinschwenti and the court.

• Kingdom of Arles-Burgundy: During this year King Lucas II began actively seeking appropriate partners for his son and daughter, Louis II (born 1514) and Mary (born 1520) respectively). He would also offer an alliance to fellow Catholic defender Habsburg (player response needed), and Étienne Grozelier, Count of Beaune, brother-in-law of the King, was dispatched to serve as an envoy to Habsburg during this mission. The Parliament of Aix-en-Provence is created this year, as a provincial parlement (a type of appellate court that is different from a parliament). An admiral named Michel Riccio attempts to hunt down a pirate operating out of the barbary coast, and he proceeds to raid northern Africa near Algiers, potentially creating a scandal with the Abbasid Caliphate.

• Empire of Japan: The development and expansion into Siberia comes to a light half as the lands are taken stock off and in the southern regions areas are evaluated for future villages or settlement. The Highway running through the former Manchu khanate continues its development making slow progress through the northern Manzhu region in part due to its funding comming mostly from the local government. However this year there is a large lump sum sent to help spur on the growth and help the roadway grow more quickly. The newest Carradjong rulls out of the shipyards of Osaka bringing the Imperial navies total to 4 with plans to add it to the Java sea fleet based jointly based out of Kuching with the South China sea fleet. The Japanese population after the latest census reaches 13.4 million which shocks many bringing the growth rate to a number yet unheard of. It is noted that the vast prosperity of the home provinces local economy as well as prosperity abroad (barring the few years of wokou trade disruption). Much of the growth seems to have been centered on the cities of Aimoi, Nahodki, Kyoto, Osaka, Fukuoka, Sendai, Niigata, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and Sapporo all of which have seen their urban populations continues to explode. Rural population has also notably increased. The development of the Palabag settlement continues as it is noted roughly 300 permanent residents are in the small town of Inoshin while a loose amount of farmers are outside the settlement. Due to its prominent stopping point the area relies heavily on sailors stopping in for defense if needed, however many of the natives seem more than happy to live and let live. The Alaskan settlements continue to expand. Sugi itself grows to about 100 people while Kenenaitzu officially becomes the largest settlement in the region (not that its much to brag about) with roughly 400 permanent residence, currently running many of the extent outposts and fur ranging claims along the Arasakuran coast.
• Kingdom of England: The English Parliament continues to fund ecclesial clinics, though the plague outbreaks in England appears to be starting to wind down. Domestic trade and the overall economy remain down because of the outbreak, though late in the year the levels of trade start to increase again. The English clergy and religious order continue to try to aid plague victims and perform other acts of charity in this time of crisis. Shipbuilding for the royal navy continues at the dry docks of Bristol and Portsmouth. Thinking that the risk from the plague is decreasing and not wanting to waste too much time to strike while the enemy is impaired, King Henry VIII of England continues the military preparations from the previous year and starts having soldiers move west from London as part of his plan to retake Cornwall. Oxford and Portsmouth, previously used as military bases during the civil war, see military use again as King Henry VIII's army moves west in the direction of Cornwall, gathering more soldiers along the same. Some of the English nobility, particularly amongst those who were on the Lancastrian side in the recent internal conflicts, do not agree with King Henry VIII's plan, but the major Lancastrian leaders such as Edward Beaufort, 5th Duke of Somerset and Edmund Courtenay, 1st Duke of Warwick respect the Hemel Hempstead agreement and allow the army organised by King Henry VIII to pass through their territories unhindered. Some Lancastrians even contribute troops to the army, and the originally Scottish mercenary company led by Alexander Anderson also participates in this endeavour. By the end of the year, the troops are moving through and gathering in Somerset and Devon in the southwest of England. The large army's movements so soon after the plague outbreak put some economic pressure on these regions, but the ongoing increase in maritime trade for England helps alleviate this, especially in the coastal regions. King Henry VIII's son Edward of York, 2nd Duke of Clarence, still disgruntled by his father's choice to disinherit him from the throne at Hemel Hampstead, does not travel with the army but instead remains behind in London. Thomas Grey, 2nd Marquess of Dorset (1477-1530) dies from a disease (unrelated to the plague outbreak) after briefly travelling with King Henry VIII's army, and his eldest son William (b. 1497) becomes the 3rd Marquess of Dorset. William's younger Robert Grey also comes into the national eye when, after Archbishop of York Thomas Wolsey dies of natural causes, Grey is selected to become his replacement. Some bishops feel Grey is too young and inexperienced for the position, but his experience with the Order of Divine Mercy, for which he had recently become the head administrator of the Bluefriars priory in Wells in Somerset, is cited in Grey's favour. King Henry VIII writes to Pope Lucius IV, asking him to create Grey as cardinal to replace Wolsey. (Papal response). George Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland (b. 1503) marries Katherine Beaufort (b. 1507), daughter of William Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter. Philippa Grey and Henry Stafford, 4th Duke of Buckingham have their second child, a daughter named Alice (b. 1530); and Edward Stafford, 3rd Earl of Wiltshire and Ursula Pole have their second child, a son named John (b. 1530). In Rome, Konrad von Lenzburg and Eleanor Asburgo-della Rovere have their second child, a son named Hermann (b. 1530).
• Jungist Räterepublic of Thuringia: During this time there were numerous interactions during this time between the Starkists and the “Orthodox” Anabaptists; this term was largely an oxymoron and purported by the most popular Anabaptist movement of Thuringia, but there existed no uniform or orthodox anabaptist doctrine in actuality. In practice there were several movements across Germany, with Thuringia having perhaps the largest concentration of groups and the largest number of adherents, that were only loosely united in their belief regarding baptism. In truth, the Anabaptist movement in Thuringia chiefly had no unifying name, although it was commonly, and perhaps erroneously, referred to as Thinwhitedukism due to its association with that political ideology, of which there was a large degree of religious overlap. To rectify this problem, Nietzche would work with Karl Schopenhauer, Peter Meise II, and various others in the hopes of establishing on paper the Anabaptist doctrine, and unite the various radical fringes centered in the region. Overall not all the theologians could agree; there was a major division between the “Inspirationalists”, who believed they had received direct revelation from the Spirit, and the “Rationalists”, who more plainly rejected traditional Christian doctrine, in some cases even trinitarianism. Around the same time the debate had begun of what doctrine Thuringia technically adhered to. On paper it was a “Jungist Räterepublic”, but as the Jungist movement split into various categories, both Anabaptist and not, it was unclear what this referred to specifically. The result was the Synod of Jena, in which many of the greatest theologians of the day were called to form their arguments. This included the Anabaptist writers, mainstream Jungists like Freud and Michael Kierkegaard, Martin Breuer of the “Grand Synod”, and even Starkists from the Hansa. Ultimately all could readily agree that Catholicism ought to be be banned. The Anabaptist movement, although distinct and quite contradictory to Jungism, recognized Jungism as “the branch in its family tree”, and the synod recognized Jungism as the state religion, when it was made clear that Jungism the movement could refer to any of the Protestant sects born out of it, not just mainstream Jungism. Effectively this recommended to the Supreme Rätia, with theologian backing, that partial religious toleration be enacted for all those who were at least a form of Protestant.
• The Spanish Empire: The fall of Tenochtitlan, an event that will be a fateful moment for the Mexican people and a new beginning for Spanish America. The news reached Elvin, the father of Cynthia with the King spitting out his coffee. The epic written in diary finally reached his majesty and he was left speechless over his daughter's ability to command. The siege lasted 6 months where 45,000 men in the city of canals fought to the bitter end. After failure and success and starvation, the city was all theirs. The city is proclaimed on this day after the execution of the elites as Nueva Roma which Cynthia convinced the natives to mean New Beginning. She had with her allies and men sleign her enemies and the leadership. Quickly appointing her allies amongst the locals to positions of authority and now quickly accelerating movements of men to the land to have children with new converts as monks work vigorously to spread the true faith. Many men are needed for reconstruction and recovery of the region but in the meanwhile, the allies who had pledged allegiance had been entitled to the encomienda, a gift of land and labor from those who they had rightfully conquered. The amount of gold the land had to offer was immense, more than the Empire at home had to offer. The Viceroy of New Spain is declared with Cynthia stepping into position of authority as her allies are absorbed seeing their weakened state and accepting her as the mother of the Mexica with much resistance being crushed. Meanwhile Carlos Maria de Española settles Cartagena along the coast of Colombia. Meanwhile new settlers arrive around the Isthmus and continue to settle. Tumaco and Buenaventura are settled as well by Danielo Castelo and Jose Buenaventura bringing along with them 80 slaves an 260 settlers.

1531

The removal of Catholicism as the state religion of Lotharingia prompts unrest among the most devout Catholics of the nation and many among the nobility. A group of nobles in the north form the League of Deventer and make a petition demanding that the king rescind the religious policy. However, this turns bloody when Lord William the Silent of Utrecht takes matters into his own hands and attacks a Jungist militia forming near Tiel. The nation becomes split largely between the Catholic north and the Protestant south, while a handful of coastal cities (Antwerp, Rotterdam, Amsterdam) abstain from either side and instead seek to promote their own autonomy from the crown. These cities ask for aid from England (as do the Catholics) and France, while the Protestants primarily seek the aid of neighboring German states.

Only a year after the death of the Dark Emperor Babur al-Mo'h, and the Indian subcontinent continues to collapse into revolt. In the south, a number of Islamic factions left over from the former Gurkani Empire rise in jihad against the southern Nyaka, while the Bengal Sultanate begins it's invasion of the Delhi Sultanate, sieging down the city of Patna until nothing but bones and rubble remained. In the Mohebid Sultanate, the second Emperor and uncle of Babur, Davar ibn Kalan, establishes the "Northern Alliance", or simply Bactria, allowing for a tripartite pact to be set up between the Empire, the Indus Kingdom, and the Punjabi Sultanate.

In Hungary the over-ambitious ship-building campaign grinds to a halt when a modest storm sinks four of the five largest ships completed by the Ragusan Shipyards. Having sunk a large portion of the treasury into these ships the nobility is furious to hear of their loss and demands that shipbuilding scale back and focus on smaller merchant ships.

In Lisbon, Portugal an earthquake strikes the city damaging infrastructure and causing thousands of deaths. The city is left paralyzed for much of this year as the Royal government seeks to catalogue and attempt to alleviate some of the damage.

The Kõpu Lighthouse is completed on Hiiumaa.

As the enormous drought in Henan province continues, coupled with a gigantic swarm of locusts in the summer, many in destitute agricultural communities to turn to cannibalism instead of dying by starvation.

The University of Sarajevo is founded by Gazi Husrev-beg.

The Papal Inquisition causes a controversy when four cardinals are arrested: Giovanni Pietro Carafa, Cristoforo Spiriti, Pietro Accolti, and Giovanni Salviati. The cardinals are accused of being in violation of Papal decrees or in violation of the list of prohibited works, while Carafa is linked to a growing population of Waldensians in Calabria.

The Majapahit Empire experiences a period of religious and political unrest as Bali's Buddhists and Demak's Muslims clash in the political realm of the empire. Several small revolts in both territories sap the strength of the Majapahit military and cause many to question such expansion.

In Germany, Edward de la Marck, Count of Wasaborg (1453-1531) dies of natural causes, and is succeeded as Count by his son Peter Edward (b. 1493).
In Arles, Aline of Anjou-Lenzburg (1461-1531), the mother of King Lucas II of Arles who had previously been co-monarch, dies of a disease.

• Tsardom of Russia: Following the successful campaign season of 1530 Dimitry II and Kniaz Aleksei make their way down to the point where the Don and Volga create a choke point where their forces converge with those of Konstantin and Nestoras just north of the city of Sarai. WIth their armies now combined A camp is set up by around the place of otl Volgagrad (stalingrad) where a large wooden fort reinforced with earthworks is quickly assembled by sappers to act as a base from which Tsar Dimitry II will direct the Siege of Sarai as well as a supply depot with supplies coming from Kazan along the Volga River. Using the full control of central part of the river Dimitry also opens up a new supply line from Tana in Moldavian territory to shorten the supply lines setting up a garrison on the Don near the new wooden fort. From his new position Dimitry II's 67,372 strong army begins the Siege Sarai ordering Kniaz Nestoras Manikis to oversee the sappers and infantry setting up earthworks from which Russian artillery will bear down on the walls of Sarai the old capital of the Mongol Heathens while Aleksei and Konstantin are put in charge of of the cavalry who carry out raids into Tatar lands and carry out a blockade of the supply and trade routes to Sarai. The Streltsy and Varyag use the earthwroks and war wagons to protect themselves as the siege of the city starts. Artillery outfitted and armored barges are employted on the walls from the river side as well with some other armored barges being filled with stretlsy to protect them from any would be raiders. (Algo Needed). Dimitry II sends word to Nikolay back in Kiev via river messengers to outfit another Cossack host. Nikolay complies raising a further 15,000 cossacks along with 5,000 Qasim light cavalry to act as auxiliary who are then sent to reinforce Dimitry's position north of Sarai.  Iron Mining on the finnic coastline and around Moscow picks up as demand for steel for armor, and weapons increases. Production of Gunpowder also increases as more matchlocks are produced. Fishing and agriculture continue to grow in the Kazan region flax is introduced as a new crop to the area. Cattle and horse breeding continue to grow rapidly as demand grows for both export and for the war effort. Salted beef and horse meat become common food in the region. Trapping in the Eastern Frontier continues to grow, with many a trapper generating a good income from selling good pelts which many in turn use to buy a plot of land or to invest in further adventures to the interior. Hide tanning begins growing a lot of in towns like Kazan. The port city of Neva continues to grow as an economic hub as Hansa merchants purchase large quantities of pelts, and timber there and Baltic goods are brought in to sell in domestic markets. Luxury goods from the Silk Road flow upstream to the Neva through the growing trade networks in Russia taking advantage of the cheaper river trade then overland through Poland. Many of the Russian cities begin to economicly recover in part because this trade and a return of peace to the core regions. The cties of Kiev and Novgorod continue to grow wealthy as the boyars and merchants of these cities in particular profit greatly off the growing trade. The Printing industry in Russia continues to grow being overwhelmingly dominated by either Novgorod or Kiev. A close friend of the Patriarch Boris Gagarin Kniaz Ivan Stroganov the head of the wealthy Stroganov merchant family in Novgorod enters into communications with Nikolay Turgenev as their interest in becoming a partner in the growing fur trade, though any final decision of further cooperation would need the permission of Dimitry or Konstantin as the executors of the Crown monopoly. 
• Mali Empire: In the old age of Mustafa II, the eastern regions of the Mali Empire gradually descended further into instability. De-facto power of the empire rested with control of his cousin Ayyob Sefawa, who assumed control over the advisory council since the absence of Yahya Mamamoo. Prince Ayyob, motivated to secure more power for his paternal relatives in Kanem, organized the eastern territory into a police state under the Morikanda, with direct military occupation of Gao, Daura and Agadez with a mixture of Manding and Fulani mercenaries. The Gbara is believed to have disapproved of his actions, but the Maghan princes were largely powerless to stop what was essentially Ayyob's private army. The princes of the western territories, still enjoying prosperity at this time, held disdain for this barbarity. In Timbuktu, Ibn Khalil was recently retired from being chief director of the Arbory, but was noted at this time to be the host for the visit of Severino Vecera from Rome. Vecera was shown the Arbory, the exquisite menagerie and greenhouse embedded within the massive University of Timbuktu, where every kind of plant, bird and small animal was represented from across the plains of the Sahel, and Nigeria as well. Khalil and the chief director Boro Mboob demonstrated to Vecera their theory of "Mirath Al-Ruh", or literally "inheritance of spirit", that was the popular theory of basic genetics at this time. Mboob also offered Vecera to be given a baby giraffe as a gift for his good will. This is often used by historians as evidence against the theory that the arbory was already in decline this early on. In the far west, Abd Al-Muttalib leads his last campaign in the inland parts of Meridia, attempting to conquer the Ceata people with a force of 950 troops (algo request, please. I used the google form already). At this point, the colonies of Jearda and Kambina are both small but vastly diverse, immediately causing a clash of cultures between the unintelligible languages of the African people, even in their limited population of 3,000 people. A central council of Babani and Manding settlers came up with a basic compact, that would act as an unofficial constitution for the Meridian colony from then on. The compact stipulated each class of society was distinguished by their languages, analogous to the discrimination of the Gbara by clans. It was at this point that Jalut Kujabi set out on his own expedition further south along the coast of Meridia, exploring the coast of OTL Brazil as far as the Lotharingian colony of Bergen. He was desperately trying to find some passage or opening in the southern continent, trying to reach further west to either the East Indies or the Empire of Abu Bakr, which he was convinced was on the opposite coast of the continent. In Germany, Arnold the Almost Omnivorous continued at gathering intelligence on the background of the referees in the football game, and he related any information he gathered back to Khalil's sister Maha. Mamamoo, however, hearing of the critical condition of Mustafa II was compelled to take his leave of absence from Europe and return to Africa.
• Kingdom of Dagon: The construction and remodeling of the new capital of Dagon enters its second year as an extensive amount of resources from across the kingdom are poured into the project at the insistence of Tabinschwenti who views the new capital as a necessity in maintaining dominion across the Kingdom especially with a sizable portion of the Phrai Luang being committed from across the Kingdom to the project speeding up its completion. Despite Dagon still being under construction, the palace and its surrounding structure have been completed to the point where Tabinschwenti views it as useable and begins to hold court in the city. To further centralize the authority within the Kingdom, the noble clans from Sukhothai, Phitsnanulok, Toungoo, Ayutthaya, Lan Na, and Malacca are encouraged to relocate to the new city of Dagon with those that refuse suffering from a loss in political influence and power as efforts are made through political channels to hemorrhage their power through increased taxes and other means. Although most noble clans consent to the new arrangement with their most most important families moving to reside in Dagon, there are some who refuse and attempt to fight the matter only to be stopped by the Capital Defense Corps troops in their cities whose loyalties were secured through the efforts of Mingyi Nyo before his death. The merchants of the Commerce Guild also begin to set up residence within Dagon due to the tax incentives put in place as well as financial loans from the government to support their move. Refugees continue to stream into the lower Burma regions under Dagon's control with the Rama's policy of resettling the refugees providing some strain on the fledgling bureaucracy but otherwise achievable. To further support Dagon's ability to build ships for commercial and military uses, the decision is made to sponsor the creation of more shipyards in ports who have the capabilities to support them. The Malay Peninsula remains under some scrutiny as the garrisons from other cities are withdrawn to lessen the financial strain on the treasury but the intelligence gathering continues and intensifies at the urging of the Temmengung who wishes to ensure that any dissidents are suppressed.
• Papal States: Pope Lucius IV continues to support the Counter-Reformation and reinforce the Inquisition. The Tridentine Catechism, the works of Johann von Eck, the book of Thomas More and the book of Joseph of Iona are extensively printed by the Pontifical Roman Press and spread to the Catholic nations. The pope continues giving support to the missionary works in the colonies of Catholic nations.  The arrest of cardinals Giovanni Pietro Carafa, Cristoforo Spiriti, Pietro Accolti and Giovanni Salviati causes great consternation to Pope Lucius IV. An investigation, led by the pope himself, is open to study the case of these cardinals. After evidences and testimonies are collected, a trial is made. The trial is presided over by Pope Lucius IV and after seeing the evidences and hearing testimonies, the cardinals are declared innocent. The investigation collected evidences that show these cardinals were only trying to make a more peaceful approach with the heretics in attempts to make them return to the Catholic faith rather than punishing them as soon as possible. Their imprisonement was a case of overzealously made by the Inquisitors. These cardinals aren’t going against the Catholic doctrine, since they are following the bull De Haeretici issued by Pope Sixtus V (1401-1405) that discourage the punishment of heretics before all attempts to win them back to the Catholic faith are made. Cardinal Carafa involvement with the Waldesians in Calabria was also due to his attempts of making them abandon the heresy with the dialogue, but it had very limited results. The orthodoxy of Cardinal Carafa was defended during the trial by Gaetano dei Conti di Thiene and several other Theatines. Gaetano and Carafa founded the Congregation of Clerics Regular of The Divine Providence together. The Cardinals that defend dialogue to bring the heretics back to the Catholic Church form a group named Spirituali. They are opposed by conservative members of the College of Cardinals that consider the dialogue impossible. This group is named as Zelanti and is formed by the cardinals: Arsaell Martino Esturlungio, Pompeo Colonna, Alessandro Farnese and Francesco Eroli. They propose that a strong Inquisition with no dialogue is the only way of stopping the Reformation. Both groups constantly argue with each other during meetings of the College of Cardinals, much to the chagrin of Pope Lucius IV. Regarding the Waldesians in Calabria, the Spirituali cardinals propose to the pope more attempts of dialogue with them, while the Zelanti cardinals propose the replacement of the Inquisitors in Calabria and that a new cleric be sent to oversee the Inquisition in Naples. Even with Pope Lucius IV being sympathetic to the ideas of the Spirituali faction, the Zelanti proposal wins, due to the influence of Cardinal Esturlungio, who is Cardinal-Secretary of the pope. Then new Inquisitors are sent to Calabria and Cardinal Francesco Eroli, a Zelanti, becomes the new Grand-Inquisitor of Naples. Cardinal Eroli and the Inquisitors have orders from the pope to work with the secular authorities to completely crush the Waldesians in Naples. Pope Lucius IV commissions to Michelangelo the painting of a fresco based in the Last Judgment to cover the whole altar wall of the Gregorian Chapel. Michelangelo starts to work in it. The Basilica of Saint Peter continues to be rebuilt. The artist Galeazzo Rado continue painting the ceiling of the Cathedral of Saint Peter in Monte San Giovanni Campano. The Gregorian Tower for studies of astronomy, full of the more modern equipment, attract several scholars of Saint Augustine’s University seeking to implement their understanding of the cosmos. The military and navy of the Papal States continues to be modernized and the walls of Rome continue to be fortified. Maximilian Absburgo Della Rovere and Mary Boleyn have a daughter named Margherita. Joana Asburgo Della Rovere and Giovan Battista Savelli have a daughter named Lucrezia. The Holy Father creates as cardinal Robert Grey (England). Pope Lucius IV writes to the Patriarch of Novgorod and for the Tsar, seeking to reestablish diplomatic relations, like the one that existed during the time of the Republic of Novgorod. [Russia response needed, please].
  • Republic of Ancona: The modernization of the Republic’s navy continues. The Jesuits continue preaching in the Republic. With the collapse of Venetian trade, the Republic seeks to occupy part of its niche. Henry Asburgo Della Rovere, also called as Enrico by the people of Ancona, become one of the most important Elders. In this position he is able to acquire several properties in the Republic. He also gives special treatment to the products coming from the Asburgo farms that will be trade by the Republic.
  • Rus' Dip: Patriarch Boris Gagarin and Kniaz Nikolay Turgenev agree to open up new relations with the Pope with a new embassy, as Dimitry II is presently occupied with the subjugation of the steppes.
• Kingdom of Hungary: Trade along the Danube River is prospering due to goods being brought into our nation to help rebuild our nation. The university continues the growth of people being eager to get in and learn from the best. Trade increases with people importing bulk technology and ideas from other nations. While our agriculture sector exports a ton of crops all over Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. The military academy continues to expand in size. The economy is booming throughout the nation feeling healthy. Population is growing a lot these past few years. The mass production of printing presses have increased. Publication has increased a lot with books and papers all throughout the nation. Education by the increase in books has increased tremendously. Our banks are flourishing from all the money we are getting from people putting all their money into their accounts from all the trade. The mines are doing well with the finding of more minerals to make our currency and other expensive items. The construction of a canal system made for irrigation to farm lands from the Danube River is continuing to help increase the number of crops to help the economy. We continue and increase the production of ships for our navy this year with the caravel, the carrack and the galleon ships being pumped out as fast as we can in mass numbers. With all the new guns being brought into our nation our technology as been modernizing rapidly making our army more stronger and importantly positioned. The Ragusan shipyards get hit from a massive storm. The nobility is angry that their money is lost in the 4 ships that are destroyed by the storm itself. The King tells the nobles of the nation that instead of making less larger ships that we will make more ships but instead of the being large size they are medium size. Thus more ships can be built for the merchants to use for their trade. Mara Rurikovich daughter of Kamilla of Arpad marries Micaela of Arnsberg this year.
  • Banate of Bosnia: Within this territory everything is doing fine. We feed off Hungary itself by prospering with trade and the economy. Our industries are doing what we can to help Hungary out.
  • Banate of Severin: The territory experiences prosperity from Hungary. Trade is going well and the economy is as well. Other sectors of the nation also do well helping Hungary out.
• Kingdom of Portugal: The queen is in shock when the capital is hit by a earthquake and issues a royal decree. The decree maes it so all commoners buildings shall be rebuilt first then the richer people's buildings will get rebuilt. The royal palace, hovever, was not very hard hit except some of the towers which are quickly rebuilt. The queen goes out into the streets\ without any bodyguard and talks and helps the people living on the streets. Crown Prince Sebastian and his wife Clementia welcome their son Antonio to the world. The people of Portugal are delighted with the news as he is second in line to the throne now.

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