Konig des Menschen Chapter V (Map Game)

 It is the dawn of a new millennium, but the previous era did not go gently into the pages of history books. The War of the Three Kingdoms rages on in Korea, tables are flipped over in the Holy War against the Hassanids, the Holy Roman Empire watches as France crashes and burns, and the status quo begins to change in many areas.

I, Sidewinder291102 and TheSteampunkTotoro (and TheCreator901), welcome you, to Konig des Menschen Chapter V: Conquest (KdM V). Starting in 1000 AD, this is an era of civilization of and history in which stories of crusaders and kings are made. The road to greatness is paved now, Can you become the King of Men?

Rules
Konig des Menschen Rules

Important Things:

 * 1) Read the page linked above,  A MUST! 
 * 2) If you have any further questions, please ask them in the comments of the game, Sidewinder's or TheSteampunkTotoro's(TexanSanta's) Discord or the KdM Discord server
 * 3) You may not apply as a nation that's underlined in the nations section unless told differently so by an admin rank staff member.

Lore
Below are links to various information about the lore of KdM.
 * Notable People

Nations

 * Underlined = Reserved to that player unless he doesn't reclaim the nation for themselves within the first or second turn
 * Sumali: Simplenoise8
 * Lustria: EthanKoenigsberg
 * Vedena: VladsNewAccount
 * Aztec Empire: XaoZss
 * Westria: Eltool
 * Yin-Tsu: Derpmaster
 * Bavaria: DiegoIdePersia
 * Venice: Tenacious
 * Senshu-koku: Emperorkangxi
 * Li: Tashaci
 * Yamato: Kuro
 * Papal States:  MrTangle101
 * Nagasato: BubbleRocket
 * Yolngu: Crownautic
 * Isetium: Solace

Comment "Konig des (nation name)" to join!

'''Note: Do remember that while you can't play as a culture group, you can form small nations from said culture groups. Culture groups have italicised names on the map.'''

Alliances and Pacts

 * Military Alliances
 * Finnic Guard: Inkeri, Häme, Karjala. Rostov
 *  Second Alagadda Coalition: Alagadda, Ahuric Empire, HRE, Vestkyst, Svearike, Danemark 
 * Gladius Christi: Valcanor, Castile, Leon
 * Personal Alliances
 * France-Valcanor
 * Valcanor-Atlas
 * Vestkyst-Snaelland
 * Vestkyst-Vesnia-Danemark
 * Avaland-Boiheim-Lusatien
 * Fujiwara-Ezo
 * Svearike-Vesnia
 * Ahuric Empire-Al-Qarsoon
 * Venice-Naples

Vassals:

 * Zhuang
 * Ternate
 * Minahasa
 * Nunusaku
 * Zhaowa


 * Mauretania
 * Andalousia
 * Vestkyst
 * Snaelland
 * Danemark
 * Jahluhet
 * Gehket
 * Aoudaghost
 * Galatoi
 * Svartheim
 * Haemus
 * Leon
 * Brest
 * Escosia
 * Dardania

Dependencies

 * Li Dynasty
 * Zhaowa

Event Participants

 * Chain the Silent
 * Daniel Middel
 * The Black Knight of Blood River
 * Fiete Kjær
 * Ewan Priddy of Llanfairpwllgyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
 * Albert Hamstræ
 * Lance Lavigne
 * Sir Richard Tyler Blevins
 * Adamus Fuscinus

Staff

 * Admin: Atlasium (TheCreator901)
 * Acting Admin: Sidewinder
 * Map Maker: Sidewinder
 * Backup Map Maker: EthanKoenigsberg
 * NPC Event Maker: Sidewinder, TheSteampunkTotoro, Batran99
 * Moderator: N/A

Apply for staff in the comments or on Discord by contacting us!

Banned Players

 * None yet, don't be the first name on this list!

Archives
The archive list is useful for previous events or for reference.

Great People & EventsKdM1350-1355A.png

 * World Population: This year had marked off the Black Death as a pandemic in 1351, the World population the last year only dropped from roughly 360 million to 358 million. (although a few pockets may pop up from time to time, some may not even associate with the original plague but may be mistaken for so). Every economy should be in shambles, also causing a global economic meltdown from trade and the Silk Road faded from use by now if not then. The large deaths of farmers and producers may cause massive starvation and break down of society for at least a few years.
 * Horseman of Famine (Part 2): With the end of the widespread plague, many in the Altaic Empire thought they would be safer. However, with the widespread deaths of farmers and producers in Asia had crippled food production, causing a massive famine around Asia. The near lack of people for trade and produce has caused a breakdown of society's current system, with many in the Empire scrambling to accommodate for supply and demand. The economy is in shambles. Although, the Zhuang faction of the Altaics did somehow absorb the Li during their "collapse". However, Joseon has gained ground and the Altaics considers making peace with them.
 * Savior (Final): Sometime in 1351. The savior of Europe, Empress Aurelia of the Holy Roman Empire, contracts the plague. In her last moments, she thought of how she saved Europe from the scourge of the East and the final Horsewoman of Death, Bulijin Khatun. However, she never thought that a plague would spread into Europe many years later after over a decade of rebuilding. She never thought that all of her life's work towards a Europe nearly free from massive death and destruction would be reversed. She never thought that nearly half of the people she knew would pass on in the blink of an eye. "At least I have achieved one goal." She thought, "I wonder where Ember is... I loved her like a mother to a child..." And with that, she dies shortly after, being one of the last victims of the Black Death.
 * Ashen Lion (Part 2): Since the success at the siege of London, many in Frangleterre began to truly believe Artoria II provided a miracle. The King given command part of his army over to her, which resulted in resounding success against the Gaels, thanks to her experiences taught to her and against the Daevites on mainland Europe. This is where she met her life-long friend, River Mordue, sharing the face of Artoria I's daughter. Eventually, Artoria II became the right-hand woman to the king, pushing the Gaels further to the borders of Old England by 1355. Over the years, Artoria II's slowly gained more and more power entrusted to her by the old king. Before he died in 1351 due to a plague, he informally designated her as the heir to the throne. Since his death, Artoria II was declared queen. The problem she faced afterwards were several disgruntled nobles who did not see her legitimately. But with Lady Mordue's help, and Artoria II's excaliber, she had mostly quelled them. But her work is not done, as her gaze is still ever turned north.
 * The Tower of Inverlochy: Uailein MacAoidhein was a nobleman from Inverlochy, revered for his size and stature, a towering man, almost always a head taller than anyone else in a room. He was also a great tactician and soldier, having been the commander in the sackings of Birmingham and Nottingham. He bore a massive Claymore as his weaponAfter the capture of king Balliol, the king who had unified Alba and Eire to Gael had been taken by the Franglish. The Chieftains of the Scottish and Eirish clans were frantic, with the Franglish knocking on their doorstep, with the main army closing in on Caledon. A meeting was held where the next king and commander would be named to defend Gael from the Franglish. The council couldn't decide on anything, as each lord and chief turned down their proposals, not wanting the be held accountable for the defense of the Gaelic peoples. Uailean is said to have denounced all the lords cowards and said that he would lead the armies, eventhough he had no claim as he wasn't a high enough noble. His proposal was accepted thanks to his merits. The Scots and Eirishmen rallied behind his banner and took upon the defense of Gael. In the Battle of the River Esk he was able to cut down Franglish forces crossing the river, halting their advance there. He then turned to guerilla warfare, which had proven so effective against the Romans over a millenia ago. These same tactics still were useful against the slow but large Franglish armies. His presence on the battlefield is said to have incited deep terror in the enemies and anyone who went toe to toe with him met a harrowing end, being buried or burned in two halves.
 * The Reconquista: The Iberian states begin a second holy war campaign against the Aresians. The outbreak of the war is filled with the plague, and the Iberian forces would use this to their advantage. Corpses of those infected with the black death would be used as ammunition for the trebuchets and catapults. Rats were also deployed by specialists as part of experimental biological warfare. Coimbra and Evora, were both bombed with the plague and regular debris, both fighting to the bitter end, until nearly no defenders were left, as they'd either died or fallen ill to the disease, allowing the Leonese and Castilean forces to take the cities from the Andalusians. The cities aren't occupied, until the rat populations had been massacred or captured for further use. The already infected soldiers would carry bodies for the rats to eat to a central square, which was first prepared to light on fire. A ring was constructed around the pile, and once all the rats were feasting, the ring would be set on fire and the hay set on the square, killing all the rats. Cordoba is also sieged, but the city is not yet captured, but Castilean troops are knocking at the door of Sevilla as well. Valcanorese troops siege Garofe, letting it suffer from the plague with no aid coming from the outside thanks to a naval blockade. Garofe is ultimately also captured by the Valcanorese.
 * Gladius Christi: The alliance, Sword of Christ is established by the Iberian nations to unify their peoples and give a better sense of camaradeire to the soldiers fighting against the Andalusians. The alliance is also supposed to represent the faith they are fighting for. Three brothers united in defence of christ.
 * Break up of the alliance: Following the death of Empress Aurelia, the HRE gradually reverts back to pre-Daevite period of governance. Their long-term periodic rule under the Daevites has caused the Teutonic Order and Avaria to no longer feel the need to remain part of the HRE despite being apart of its resistance. due to a fall out of differences, they later announced they leave the HRE sometime after the death of Aurelia. The Westrians may receive their emperor status back
 * Malayan Exodus: Following the arrival of the Plague, many people in the recently-annexed Sukhothai territories in the Malayan Peninsula opted to flee north into the largely unaffected Sukhothai core provinces, rather than the islands of Sumatra or Borneo due to their distance and the lack of healthy sailors and ship crews. This exodus not only further spread the effects of the plague, but also the prevalence of Malayan culture into the region as even the Sukhothai are not spared from the grip of plague-induced death.

NPC Turns

 * Chaldea: They defect from the Pan-Altaic empire, declaring war on the Ilkhanate and working together with Isetium. They capture Hattria.
 * Hellumark: A fledgeling nation of refugees from Vinland is formed in Innumark. Dunchadh Svartgeirrsson was the earl of Eyja-aran (island of bread) ((otl ile d'anticosti) was usurped by his older cousin, and was forced to flee. Having a coarse history with moast earls of Vinland, he decided to flee with his family, loyal men and their families to Innumark, as he spoke the language and saw a possibility to make good friends with them, thanks to having common foes. They get well along with the native tribes and settle the city of Nydòchas in hiding from the Vinlanders. Dunchadh began plotting to strike back at his cousin one day, to retake his earldom of Eyja-aran
 * Amhach: Vinlander expeditions from Beul Munnurinn begin to settle along the Amhach (otl St. Lawrence). Several small forts are established and many thrillseekers and new couples would settle there
 * Svartheim: Eventhough they're suffering from the plague themselves they decide to take advantage of the also struggling and suffering frontier of the Daeva next to them and conquer Kuma and Crimea
 * Ahuric Empire: With the Eufrat and Tigris suffering from massive outbreaks of the plague, the Ahuric armies advance to Inbar, Elam and Morpha. Several districts are burned and mass graves built for the ill
 * Isetium: Their main army collapses from the plague, and the Ilkhanate is able to capture Adol and Sura, closing in on Damascus
 * Mayan Empire: They annex Misquito and Chorotega.
 * Etelämaat: The confederacy of chiefdoms unites with Häme.

The Kingdom of Nagasato

 * Government: Monarchy
 * Kings: 
 * Muramasa II Heihachirō (1321-present)
 * Born: 1293
 * Ruling House: Muramasa
 * Economy: The Nagasatoan Economy primarily consists of fishing, fruits, and precious metals and gems. The currency is based on copper and silver coins. Due to the rapid expansion, the quality of life of even the lowest of peasants has improved, with the poorest able to feed themselves and their families with ease.
 * Main Religion: Shintoism
 * Cities and Demographics:
 * Population: ~198,000
 * Notable Cities:
 * Nagasato City (Capital)
 * Location: Sarangani Bay
 * Nagasato is a city like no other in the Philippines. Carrying the heritage of generations long past, architecture of old is mixed amongst structures of new, with the sea to the south and jungles to the north.
 * Davao (Mining hub)
 * Location: Southern Mindanao
 * Davao was a city created to house the various workers that work in the mines located nearby, which provides for a good majority of the exports from Nagasato
 * Tsuhama
 * Location: Northern Mindanao
 * The location of the old Gambo-ji capital, Tsuhama remains as the stronghold for the province, acting as a "puppet state" of sorts for maintaining control over the region. Also functions similarly to Nagasato City, as trade from the northern Syonan and Japanese islands gets ferried into Tsuhama due to it's closer geographic location than the Nagasatoan cities further south.
 * Cagayan
 * Location: Northern Mindanao
 * Another port city captured during the Nagasatoan Unification of Mindanao. Due to its location, Cagayan is under modifications to becoming one of the hubs for the Nagasatoan navy, with numerous dockyards being produced for housing the growing fleet.
 * Pemagarong
 * Location: Western Mindanao
 * A main trading hub on the Southeast Asian trading route. As such, most, if not all trade funnels through the region, providing the residences of Pemagarong, and all of Nagasato as a whole, a huge source of income, as products and produce gets funneled both into and out of Nagasato as ships come to and from the port city on a daily basis.
 * Souhama City
 * Location: Cebu
 * The old capital of Souhama, like the prior capitals captured, Souhama is kept as the governing hub for the Nagasato-controlled region of Souhama, as well as a means for trading routes from their ally further north to pass through.
 * Wars and Conflicts
 * Food Shortages: Due to a shortage of food, it soon became necessary for Nagasato to find land to grow food on. As such, exploration vessels are sent south-east, based on rumors of an untouched land. The goal with these vessels is to find
 * Armed Forces
 * Army: 5%
 * Currently: 10,000
 * Deployed units: None
 * 400 Heavy Breakthrough Elite Infantry
 * 3,400 Light Infiltration Marines
 * 500 Light Mixed Cavalry
 * 6,700 Naval personnel
 * Troops in-”reserve”:
 * 250 Homeland Security Infantry (Military Police)
 * Note that most of the Nagasatoan civilians are also capable to defend themselves, though in most situations, will be outclassed by any well-trained army.
 * Navy: 221 Ships
 * RNFS Yamamoto-class Oceanic Battlecruiser Yamamoto
 * Crew: 70
 * 5 Yamamoto-class Oceanic Battlecruisers
 * Crew: 70
 * 47 Pagong-kai-class Oceanic Cruisers
 * Crew: 50
 * 35 Dātsu-class Oceanic Interceptors
 * Crew: 40
 * 63 Balangays (Lightly armed)
 * Crew: 12
 * 55 Retrofitted Paraws (Lightly armed)
 * Crew: 5
 * 100 Oceanic Transport Vessels
 * Research and Development:
 * Danger Pylons: More research and development is put towards the “aquatic rockets”. While progress is slow, there is enough potential to keep the product going. That being said, an end is near, barely visible on the horizon.
 * “Rocket” Boats: As efforts fall through, ideas are drafted for the design of a new ship; one that has the speed of a balangay without the instability issues they also have.
 * Subarashi Kulog Taihou MkI: The successor to the Kulog Taihou. In addition to increasing the barrel size (both in length and barrel diameter), it also features a primitive breech loading mechanism, allowing the cannon to be loaded from the rear. In all, this jump in cannon technology allows the Nagasatoan ships to maintain a healthy fighting chance against neighboring nations (if things turn sour, though this is not expected for a while)
 * Manligaw-class Multi-purpose Exploration Vessels: Based on the design of the Pagong-kai class of ship, the Manligaw-class of ships was designed with exploration in mind, sacrificing half of the ship’s armaments to accomodate for prolonged time at sea. Essentially, this class of ship is both a transport and a war vessel, though only armed well enough to defend itself from everything except an enemy fleet.
 * Reptilian Growth: Continued breeding of the filipino monitor lizard has caused the species to grow in size, through decades, if not centuries will be required for the lizards to grow even larger.
 * Production:
 * 10 Manligaw-class Multi-purpose Exploration Vessels
 * Diplomacy:
 * Requests for food are sent to neighboring nations
 * Events:
 * Journey to the East: The exploration vessels make their way south, hopping from island to island as they go, trading with the locals they meet along the way towards the island of Papua.

Duchy of Bavaria

 * Government: Feudal Monarchy
 * Ruler: Otto V (b. 1335-) (r.1347-)
 * House: Augsburg
 * Economy: We are rebuilding our economy from the Daevite invasion and plague
 * Capital: Augsburg
 * Demographics:
 * Population: 620,000
 * Augsburg: 20,000
 * Munich: 15,000
 * Novaya Kostroma: 10,000
 * Religion: 95% Catholic, 5% Orthodox
 * Ethnicity: 90% German, 5% Slavokan, 5% other
 * Wars and Conflicts: n/a
 * Diplomacy: n/a
 * Events:
 * The End of Cyrillic: after the Daevite invasion and the Sack of Munich, cyrillic stopped being used in all documents, except for Slavokan groups
 * The Reconstruction: in the Daevite invasion, most of the Kostroman royal family died, being replaced by the house of Augsburg, who are starting to reconstruct the country

Sumali Sultanate

 * Government: Absolute Monarchy (Sultanate)
 * Sultan: Bashiir al-Fahrid Sadiiq (B 1302, alive) (R 1334 - Present)
 * Dynasty: Sadiiq
 * Economy: The economy of Sumali is based on mostly on trade, agriculture and fishing.
 * Allies: N/A
 * Capital: Al-Bahr
 * Demographics:
 * Population: ~800 000
 * Al-Bahr: 50 000
 * Hawiyabad: 28 000
 * Al-Joonoobiya: 9 000
 * Al-Hafu: 2 000
 * Rural regions: 719 000
 * Ethnicities: 87% Sumali (Kushite), 13% Arabic
 * Religion: 70% Zoroastrian, 29% Arzham, 1% Other
 * Wars and Conflicts (italics: Potential War):
 * N/A
 * Military: Ca 1% of our population is our available manpower that we can deploy, thus being 8 000 man.
 * Deployed units: None
 * Infantry: 2 000
 * Archers: 2 000
 * Pikemen: 2 000
 * Knights: 2 000
 * Navy:
 * 7 transport ships
 * 4 galleys
 * Diplomacy:
 * Ajuran: Can we be allies?
 * Events:
 * So How Did We End Up Here?: Whilst inhabited by indigenous people for eons, Sumali was first colonized by Muscat-Oman and Gerrha in the 4th-5th century. The Omani colony became Al-Sumali and was expanded upon here and there until Muscat-Oman's collapse into city-states. The Gerrhan colony Ifriqiyah would eventually end up part of Al-Sumali, which gradually became known as just Sumali. A culture mix of Somali and Arabic, the Sultanate has been a notable part in the trade across the Indian Ocean and was affected by the plague, albeit not so much as Europe and Asia.
 * Plague Aftermath: Our population and economy took a slight beating when the plague showed up, but now that it's practically gone we're trying to rebuild.

Papal States

 * Government: Theocratic absolute monarchy under factionalism
 * Ruler (King): Clement VI (1342-1352) Innocent VI (1352-1362)
 * Ruling House: None
 * Economy: The economy is incredibly unstable, without the pope administrating properly because they are very corrupt, people run rampant in the streets doing whatever they want
 * Alliance - None
 * Capital: Rome
 * Demographics
 * Population - 400,000
 * Ethinicities - 7% Germanic 90% Italian 3% Other
 * Religon - 97 % Catholicism 2 % - Other Christian Sects  1 % - Other
 * Cities and Population Spread
 * Rome - 40,000
 * Perugia - 20,000
 * Ravenna - 10,000
 * Rural - 330,000
 * Military - 4,000
 * Archers - 1,000
 * Knights Templar - 750
 * Pikemen - 250
 * Men at Arms - 2,000
 * Siege Weapons
 * Trebuchets - 10
 * Ballista - 20
 * Navy
 * Transport Ships - 20
 * Converted Merchant Ships - 10
 * Wars and Conflicts - 
 * Diplomacy -
 * Events
 * A Homeland in Anarchy - As the popes are all messing around in Rome not really doing their job as they should be
 * , the mainland is dominated by various fuedal lords all around the rural areas, while the cities function a bit more stably, however this factionalism means that there can only be one . ..
 * Unification - In this anarchy, a certain man who was said to be blessed by the Holy Spirit to kick the popes back in place starts to gather popular support in the countryside as he starts defeating local lords, and he plans on restoring the papacy back to it's original non-corrupt state.

Roman Republic of Vedenia

 * Government: Vedenia is a Republic.
 * Caesar (Leader of the Council): Tycho Fuscinus (1346-nowadays). Elected by adult male landowners.
 * Parliament: the Council with no actual factions present.
 * Royal Families: although de-jure Vedenia is a republic, de-facto it is an oligarchy controlled by a few biggest families who battle over the dominance in Vedenia. On the other hand, there is still quite a high social mobility and sometimes even the poorest become the richest.
 * Economy: mostly based on logging, agriculture, and trade.
 * Trade unions: the traders of Lutsk, L'viv, Chernobyl, Minsk and other cities run merchant guilds to secure a better position in the local environment and promote trade across all the regions of Vedenia.
 * New coinage: since the new people changed the order, a new coinage system, similar to the one in the ancient Roman empire, has been implemented.
 * Population boom: since the Plague is over and new territories are being discovered and settled, a real population boom is happening. More children are born and fewer people die.
 * Capitals: Lutsk, Chernobyl, and Minsk
 * Demographics (including occupied territories): 1'635k people
 * Rural areas:~1470k.
 * Urban areas: 165k; 10% live in urban areas.
 * Lutsk (and the nearest territories across it): 80k.
 * L'viv: 20k
 * Minsk: 15k
 * Chernobyl: 10k
 * Other (population over 2'500): 40k.
 * Culture: 80% are Vedean (30% of them are Roman Vedenians), 20% is the rest
 * Religion: 75% are Christians (35% are the Orthodox and Catholic churches, 20% Loving Church of Jesus Church and his followers, 20% are local churches), 20% are Roman pagans, 5% are local pagans.
 * Wars and Conflicts: at war with the Golden Horde and Lithuania
 * Golden Horde: our forced try to maintain the position they managed to achieve so far.
 * Lithuania: our forces try to take control of as much as possible.
 * Diplomacy:
 * Lithuania: We have to complete our destiny as the bastion of Roman Empire in the East.
 * Military:
 * Army size: ~30'000 (at high expense): 5'000 are sent to battle the Golden Horde, 20'000 are sent to battle Lithuania.
 * Events:
 * Local antique: the Renaissance continues developing and changing. The use of wood as the main material and rise of sculpture are still present, but the crimson colours of the former times are long gone. Nowadays, more focus is put on combining the local folklore symbols with classical antique aesthetics using wood and lumber as the main source material.
 * Third Rome (electric boogaloo): We are the descendants of Rome and it is our destiny to build a new Rome on the new lands, as our founding fathers originally intended. Lutsk will be the Third Rome again and this idea will not fail miserably as it did back then. We should unite everyone under the same banner, under the banner of Senātus Populusque Rōmānus.
 * Minsk and new Chernobyl: the newly acquired territories of Chernihiv and Volyn' have never been densely populated and were lucky not to be hit heavily by the Plague. A lot of Vedenian Romans moved to the northern insulated world. In the centre of this region a new city emerged - Minsk. Soon it was proclaimed to be the third (north) capital of Vedena - as an addition to the original capital (Lutsk), and eastern capital (Chernobyl). What's more, the old city of Chernobyl has been repopulated by the Roman colonists and now operates as the eastern capital of Vedenia once again.

Anglefriezen

 * Government: Absolute Monarchy
 * Ruler (King): Radboud V (B 1330 - present) (R 1350w - present)
 * Ruling House: Radbod
 * Economy: Bad. The economy is based of agriculture and trading with neighbours.  The new king spends the money on palaces and for his own pleasure while the people die of the plague.
 * Capital: Groningen
 * Demographics:
 * Population: 390.000
 * 92% Frisian
 * 5% Western European
 * 3% Eastern European
 * Cities
 * Groningen - 45.000
 * Bremen - 60.000
 * Leeuwarden - 25.000
 * Rural - 260.000
 * Religion:
 * Chatholism: 91%
 * Atheism: 6%
 * Other: 3%
 * Wars and Conflicts:
 * None 
 * Military
 * Size: 3,000
 * Men At Arms: 2,000
 * Achers: 1,000
 * Navy
 * 7 large transport ships. (One ship can hold 50 men)
 * 15 trading ships
 * Siege Tools
 * 1 small ballista
 * Diplomacy:
 * All the nations we know: We need to cure the plague. Together
 * Events:
 * Plague: People are dying, but the new king doesn't care. He'll just make sure he's okay. The people can die.

The Aztec Empire

 * Government: Monarchy
 * Tamechpechtecahtzin:  Patli Coatl
 * Capital: Titlan
 * Demographics:
 * Population: 3 969k (Huastec: haven't conducted census)  
 * Cities: total: 449.7k (Tamtoc: Haven't Conducted Census)
 * Titlan: 62.3k
 * Malinalco: 51.5k
 * Colima: 40k
 * Texcoco: 35k
 * Acapulco: 31.2k
 * Tecoman: 30.1k
 * Mitla:  26.9k
 * Ichtaca: 26.7k
 * Culiacan: 23k
 * Tehuantec: 22k
 * Guamuchil: 21k
 * Tzintzuntz: 19.7k
 * Mazatlan: 18.3k
 * Tochpan: 16k
 * Tlaxcala: 15.3k
 * Cueztec: 11k
 * Rural area: 3 519.3k
 * Wars and Conflicts:
 * Military: 2% 79 380
 * Ob Swordsmen: 26 790
 * Spearmen: 20 390
 * tematlatl (Slings): 13 990
 * Atlatl men (Throwing Spears): 11 666
 * tlahuitolli (Bows): 6 540
 * Navy: 13 Transport ship (for rivers), 59 Fishing ships
 * Diplomacy:
 * Research:
 * Naval research: We start investing in researching ships that can move across the ocean Hoping to be able to build a prototype by 1355.
 * Events:
 * Expansion northwards: We expand northwest and Northeast along the coast.

Archduchy of Westria

 * Head of the State: 
 * Emperor Johannes VI Hohenstaufen (B 1300 - still alive), (R 1346 - present)
 * Head of the Government: N/A
 * Government: Absolute Monarchy ruled by an Archduke. The title is Archduke of Westria, Last of the Romans. Our ruling dynasty is Hohenstaufen. We are also the Emperor of the HRE since 1351.
 * Demographics:
 * Population:
 * Wien: Population: 12,140
 * Konr: Population: 8,000
 * Rich: Population: 10,540
 * Polanum: Population: 10,110
 * Bozn: Population: 18,005
 * Rural and smaller towns population: 1,100,100
 * Total population: 1,340,055
 * Religion: catholic christians (99%), others (1%)
 * Ethinicities: 98% Westrian, 1,2% Slavokans 0,8% others
 * Economy: We are based on agriculture and trade through the danube river and with most of the HRE. We use our own coins which resembles a lot those of the old Roman empire


 * Wars and conflicts: 
 * HRE-Deavite War:  The war has ended
 * Chief Commander: Heinrich Hohenstaufen (B 1289 - still alive), (R 1329 - present)
 * Army: Total of
 * Spearmen: 5,090
 * Swordmen: 2,250
 * Bowmen: 2,090
 * Cavalry: 2,230
 * Crossbowmen: 1,010
 * Events:
 * The Plague: More people are dying over half the population have died these past 20 to 30 years
 * We are Emperor again: After the death of his father's second cousin Empress Aurelia Johannes VI has been chosen as the successor of the Emperor titel which is very prestigeous. Now there have been talks to make a statue of Empress Aurelia and Empress Nera both which are considered national heros among the Westrian population. Though building those won't happen until the plague have left our lands.
 * Diplomacy:

Zhuang:
Government: Absolute Monarchy
 * Emperor:, Toghon Temur (Huizong) Khan (age 26)
 * Dynasty: Borjigin-Xie
 * Parliament: Nonexistent

Alliances: Altaic Empire

Economy: The Economy is mainly agriculture based, with industries such as silk farming, ceramics, paper making, and tea growing all being present. Zhuhai, Zhoushan and Fuzhou are all major trade centers, along with Xiangdu, Wuhan, and Chengdu in the interior. The Plague renders much of the population base useless, resulting in economic and societal collapse. Oh well.

Capital: Xiangdu

Administration: 20 different Circuits (Lu) governed by a council of Taishous (Great Administrator). Every Jun is divided into prefectures (Zhou), which in turn are divided into urban counties (Fu) and Rural counties (Xian). Most prefectures are only composed of 3-6 counties. In border regions in Manchuria and Mongolia, we instead divide the land into provinces (Shen), which have no smaller administrative divisions under them.

The Government is structured into a system of bureaus and offices, with the Emperor at the government’s head. The system is meritocratic, with exams determining which candidates are given which position. The military and the central government are not separated, with The Emperor at the head of both. The Emperor, or his senior commanders are to always lead campaigns, to ensure unity of command. The Cabinet is made of 12 Officials (they also serve as his advisers), who oversee their respective bureaus or offices. A universal tax system, in which villages must submit 15% of their yields (in the form of the crops themselves or as money) to their commandery government. This is used to support the military and any infrastructural development.

Demographics of Zhuang:
 * Population (excluding occupied territories):104,220,000
 * Dai: 180,000
 * Karakorum: 30,000
 * Lanzhou: 91,000
 * Haiyan: 300,000
 * Xiangdu: 241,000
 * Chengdu: 252,000
 * Wuhan: 165,000
 * Baoan: 96,000
 * Tangbana: 5,500
 * Ethnic makeup:
 * Northern Chinese: 23%
 * Eastern Chinese: 26%
 * Southern Chinese: 24%
 * 6% Korean
 * 4% Tungusic
 * Miao: 4%
 * 3% Mongolic Groups
 * Zhuang: 3%
 * Other: 7%

Demographics of Ternate:
 * Population: 61,500
 * Ethnic Makeup: 59% Javan  groups, 27% Paupan groups, 14% Chinese

Demographics of Minahasa:
 * Population: 52,000
 * Ethnic Makeup: 75% Minahasan,6% Mongondow, 19% Chinese

Demographics of Nunusaku:
 * Population: 44,000
 * Ethnic Makeup: 49% Javan groups, 42% Paupan groups, 9% Chinese.

Demographic of Zhaowa: Religion:
 * Population: 6,500
 * Ethic makeup:68% Javan groups, 31% Chinese
 * 55% Chinese Folk Religion
 * 13% Pure Tianism
 * 2% Regional Religion
 * 30% Mahayana Buddhism

Military: Ranged (Crossbowmen):31,000 Hu Dun Pao (Gunpowder Trebuchet): 85
 * Active Land Forces: 290,000(~0.2% of population)
 * Swordsmen: 89,000
 * Spearman/Pikemen/Dagger-axe: 98,000
 * Ranged (Bowmen): 40,000
 * Gunpowder-wielding elite infantry (Fire Lances, Hand Cannons): 10,000
 * Cavalry : 17,000
 * Elephants: 5
 * Siege Weapons:
 * Standard Trebuchet: 60
 * Catapult: 75
 * Eruptors:(Proto-Cannon): 60
 * Reserves:  700,000 (0.5% of population)
 * Navy: 1,275 Ships
 * 350 ships  (Yangtze River Defense Force)
 * 455 Ships (Nanhai Fleet)
 * 440 Ships (Donghai Fleet)

Que Military:
 * 30 Large Chinese junks (40-50 meters)
 * 30 2-3 masted Indonesian Djongs (20 meters)
 * 6 Troop Transports
 * 900 Swordsmen and dudes with Polearms (Function as reserves)
 * 560 Fire Archers (on ships)
 * 1000 Sailors

Minahasa Military: 1200 (2%)
 * 40 Djongs
 * 800 Sailors
 * 400 Warriors

Ternate Military: 1360 (2%)
 * 50 Djongs
 * 950 Sailors
 * 410 Warriors

Nunusaku Military: 1040 (2%)
 * 35 Djongs
 * 700 Sailors
 * 340 warriors

Events: Diplomacy:
 * Que Shen: Que Shen, governer of Baoan, and grandson of Que Ziqi, conducts a massacre on a village of rebellious Hainanese Min, exterminating the village. He is removed from his post because of this event.
 * Xianism: Because the government can’t control too much, Xianist sects start gaining power in the regions around their sect temple. One-Third of Xianist sects are now affiliated with Qishan Wen sect. The Lanling Jin sect and Qinghe Nie sect become powerful in Northern China.
 * Eastern Expedition:     Another fishing village/trading post is founded in Nariki. We buy the land with sugarcane and alchohol.
 * Warrior of Black and White: Po, a young child, escapes from the massacre of his village, and is found and raised by a radish merchant and an owner of a noodle shop.
 * Dogar and Taihou: Can we please stop fighting Joseon?

Kingdom of Lustria | 'The Eternal Kingdom of the Lizard Gods'

 * Government: Centralised tribal monarchy
 * Great Chief / Mortal Bearer of the Lizard Gods:
 * K'oroka ([F], 1199-1246, r. 1222-1246)
 * Moszar ([M], 1214-1258, r. 1246-1258)
 * Urchannk ([M], 1230-1284, r. 1258-1284)
 * Azarkel ([F], 1255-1303, r. 1284-1303)
 * Oroku ([F], 1280-1347, r. 1303-1347)
 * Krokezal ([M], b. 1320, r. 1347)
 * Urgoka ([F], b. 1302, r. 1347)
 * Heirs and Pretenders:
 * Loze'gorn ([M], b. 1331, heir)
 * Krokezal * ([M], b. 1320, pretender)
 * (not related) Religious Leader of Krokanism / The Messenger to Kroak:
 * Rhok'sk ([M] 1284-1328, r. c. 1300s-1328)
 * Omako ([M] 1280-1352, r. 1331-1352)
 * Krokezal ([M], b. 1320, r. 1352)
 * Dynasty: Urchannkian (est. 1275)
 * Capital: Amekrog
 * Economy: The 1340s is the peak of the golden age of the Lustrian Kingdom. Although there is a brief contact between Lustria and Atlantis back in the century, as it turns out, they would lose contact right after the civil war. It turns out that anything related to Atlantis or at least most of it, has been fabricated by Rhok'sk and some of his followers. Although it is true that the former half of 14th century showed the most growth, their trade is more with the Arawak and the Tremembe peoples than Atlanteans. However, due to huge floods in the 1340s, the current state of the economy had collapsed on itself, with boats, even these sailships being destroyed entirely and forgotten. Along with these mysterious cult killings, possibly initiated by Khorne followers, which killed much of the Lustrian merchants making frequent trade with them, the nobles and priests of the kingdom are not pleased. Economy could be expected to recover, but not as the Krokanists have thought or even the Khorne cultists.
 * Demographics:
 * Population: 53 200
 * Amekrog: 1 600
 * Osbme: 300
 * Koos'en: 350
 * Eztekol: 150
 * Sal'tcet: 80
 * Os'kel: 80
 * Gkor: 170
 * Oppoks'ren: 110
 * Yok: 120
 * Mur'lok: 250
 * Roseg: 50
 * Araswel: 70
 * Sar'gel: 50
 * Rest is just rural or other villages
 * Religion: 48% Lustrian folk religion, 3% Tupi folk religion, 1% Arawak folk religion, 36% Krokanist (a 'reformed' Lustrian religion with a more centralised belief system, primarily in eastern Lustria, Amekrogia), 16% Cult of Khrone (primarily in western Lustria, Khorn'kor)
 * Culture/Ethnicity: 94% Lustrian, 3% Tupi, 3% Arawak
 * Military: Since Urgoka assumed the rule of the Lustrian Kingdom as the Mortal Bearer, the military has changed a lot. The so-called elite soldiers, the Lizard Warriors are now being decentralised and much harsh training is also being applied to other soldiers to boost their experiences. Encouragement into the military for Khorne cultists have led to some recovery of the military after some of the soldiers that were suspected to be believers of the Krokanist faith, a reformed part of the Lustrian faith, were all killed off mysteriously in the 1340s. This would slowly lead to infiltration.
 * Army: (number clamped down by cultist massacre)
 * 50 'Lizard Warriors' (clubmen with wooden with 'sparsely metallic' shields)
 * 200 'Rainforest Warriors' (spearmen)
 * 150 'Temple Guards' (axemen)
 * 150 'Bowed Protectors' (archers)
 * 22 000 fit men that could be trained into being warriors or hunters
 * Navy:
 * 500 canoes and rafts
 * 120 trading canoes
 * Diplomacy:
 * Tupi Tribes: Trade is being encouraged again under the rule of Urgoka on the Tupi tribes, so those in Amekrogia should revive the Amazon river trade after being reduced under Mortal Bearer Oroku's rule.
 * Arawak Tribes: Expansion continues into their territory, although Lustrian scouts found tribes, alongside with the Permembe people.
 * Events:
 * Normalisation: Under the reign of Urgoka, she would build more shrines and temples to the old Lustrian gods to 'keep the Khorne followers' away, but also around that time, the first major Khorne shrine is being built in the western part of Lustria, which is expected to be done by 1370. This temple would be known as the Blood Shrine for Khorne and has started construction since 1348. However, in consequence of Urgoka's rule, after the death of the last of the scouts and founders of the Krokanist faith, her brother Krokezal took the role of being the messenger to Kroak and still continued to practice that reformed sect. Their faith continues to grow and outpace the Khorne cultists' own growth, which only had its enjoyed growth in the west, where towns begin to somewhat grow. (I rushed this to get this in and that I have no idea of what to do next after)
 * Religious Book of the Lustrian Faith: Delays has been observed due to these events happening above. Some, if not all, of the inscribers were killed by Khorne cultists, which only delayed this from finishing. Only parts were done, mostly creationist stories and stories of the 'eternal past', with a lack of description of some other Lizard Gods. It is now expected to be done by the 1370s-1380s rather than the next decade.

Empire of Hiraga-koku:

 * Government: Absolute monarchy
 * Koshaku: Yamazaki Shohei (r. 1287 - 1321), Yoshikage Kira (r. 1321 - 1342), Anjuro Katagiri (r. 1342 - present, declared self as emperor)
 * Parliament: None
 * Economy: The Senshu economy is highly prosperous due to trade with foreign nations such as Li, Rinashima, and Brunei. Main exports include wood, spice, fish, cloth, betel nuts, kapok cotton, beeswax, tortoise shell, and gold, among other things. Agriculture and fishing (duh) make up a good amount of the economy as well.
 * Capital: Morioh
 * Demographics:
 * Population: 137,000 (68% Syonanese (Tagalogs), 13% Bisaya-jin (Visayans), 7% Bikorano (Bicolanos), 5% Kanpanpanga-jin (Kampampangans), 4% Asinan-jin (Pangasinanese), 3% other)
 * Religion: 96% Buddhist, 3% native religions, 1% Xianist (from Chinese diaspora)
 * Wars and Conflicts:
 * Invasion of Ruzon-koku: The entire Senshu army marches to siege Keishi, the last Ruzonese stronghold.
 * Military: 6,900 manpower total
 * Army: 4,300 soldiers
 * Navy: 2,600 sailors (100 ships total)
 * Diplomacy:
 * Li: Could you help us siege Keishi?
 * Rinashima: Could you help us siege Keishi?
 * Events:
 * ​​​​​​​Diamond is Unbreakable (pt 2): The Moriōh no Kyōdai grows in size, with more anti-Anjuro dissidents joining. Meanwhile, the number of pro-Anjuro officials getting assassinated continues to grow, with some even getting brutally tortured. Anjuro places a bounty on any Kyōdai member's head, especially Josuke, however this isn't very effective...
 * Blasphemy!: After the conquest of Ruzon, Anjuro declares the Empire of Hiraga-koku (name derived from the Syonanese word for "north"), shedding the republic label. This made many people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move.
 * Hatsune-files (pt. 2): Hatsune Miku produces some good works during this time, including a simple poem reflecting on everyday life in the suburbs of Morioh, but what really makes her famous is her play based on Jiang Chi's erotic novel revolving around a threesome between Bulijin, Ojirou, and Kaguya.
 * Monitor Lizards: The Nagasatoan attempts to breed and domesticate monitor lizards begin occurring in Hiraga as well.
 * Shipbuilding: More ships are built for the navy in anticipation for the extra manpower from the conquest of Ruzon.

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 * Ashen Lion (Part 3): In 1355, realizing that upcoming battles will be hardfought after taking Caledon, Artoria II herself called upon any volunteers to join her. Many answered her call, with elite knights from the Roundtable leading and fighting on the frontlines to victory. By 1357, it was the year of the turning point of a supposedly perpetual war that was fought for many generations. After the fall of Glasgow to the Franglish in early 1357, Uailein MacAoidhein and King David Wallace narrowly avoids Artoria II's forces and flees to Camlann (OTL Salisbury Plains) for a final showdown before their forces try to flee to Eire.
 * Gallóglaigh: With the Franglish forces closing in on Glasgow, the Gallóglaigh, or Gallowglasses are called to battle by Uailean MacAoidhein. These frightening and lumbering elite soldiers, toughened by their harsh lives and brutal training are led by Eòin Kirkmuir, a man who almost stands as tall as Uailean himself. A trusted and long lived friend of his. These soldiers, counting in roughly over a thousand would harass and stomp on weakened links of the Franglish army during their advance from Dunham to Caledon and from there to Glasgow, where Eòin is promoted to a general in the Gaelic army.
 * Horseman of Famine (Part 3): The notorious duo the Altaic Empire had stood for has mostly kept the peace for a while. With Taihou Khatun's brains and knack for tinkering with things has driven some suspicion in the Empire, but in reality she just like tempering tools and making new ones (such as a double crossbow she had crafted with the help of her husband Dogar Khan). She was the brains, while her husband was the brawn.  Dogar was the military face that kept the peace. With millions of troops still at his disposal, his grip on the Empire was unified, but the global famine and plague has crippled the Empire's full capabilities.  Despite this, fronts on Europe has been held but generally became stalemates full of decades long skirmishes.  The earliest cracks are beginning to form, but not enough for the dam to burst for decades at most.
 * The Mercy Given Unto Us: A decade ridden with disease, fire, death and terror had shaken the continent to it's core, the entire known world, brought to it's knees by this mysterious disease. A third of the population of Europe, gone, same for Northern Africa and the Middle-East: The world would not be the same. Of the 469 Million people that was on Earth before the plague, only 330 Million of the world population remained. With Major cities like Paris, Berlin, Rome and Constantinople nearly entirely depopulated by the pestilence, hope had nearly faded. With implementations of quarantines and burning the infected, the plague had seemed to pass, as children no longer collapsed from necrosis or buboes no longer grew. This scarred the old world. Even this hope that emerged from the end of all the deaths, wasn't satisfying to all. Many soldiers, who hadn't contracted the plague there would come home to see their home town or village burnt to the ground and their families long since scorched to the bones. Many who weren't soldiers also saw this happen to them, as those who miraculously didn't contract the disease would watch as their wives, husbands or children were eaten alive by the greath death. Sudden outbursts of the plague would still occur, but the depopulation of the world had helped slow and let the disease die down in most areas of Europe, Asia and Northern Africa. Cats also became common house animals to kill rats, and the Pope removed the claim of cats being demons or hellspawn and praised them, even taking dozens of them to the Vatican to be his rodent guardians and as pets. The Great Death was now mainly over
 * The Reconquista: Cordoba is sieged after the capturing of Sevilla. Valcanorese forces siege Granada and fortify the regions around it to defend better against reinforcements. Plague ridden corpses are catapulted into both cities to weaken them. Valcanor also sends reinforcements to Leon and together recapture Braga, Portucale and Almerida, closing in on Coimbra again. The Aresians are on the defensive with massive losses thanks to the plague and the blitzkrieg operated by the Gladius Christi
 * Free Cities in the Holy Roman Empire: In the aftermath of the Daevite invasion and Plague, the Holy Roman Empire would undergo a period of turbulence and slight disorder. On some occasions, this was offset by the Emperor granting Free City status to a few lucky cities for fiscal reasons, granting the city magistrates the duties of administration and justice normally overseen by a monarch. Such entities included Aachen, Cologne, Frankfurt, Lübeck and Ravensburg, known to be the few effectively republican states in the Holy Roman Empire.
 * Huolongjin: The Chinese text Huolongjing by Jiao Yu describes fire lances, fire arrows (rockets), rocket launchers, land mines, naval mines, bombards, cannons, and hollow cast iron cannonballs filled with gunpowder, and their use to set ablaze enemy camps.
 * The Hansa: With the black death dying out in northern europe, trade begins to flourish again, but quarantines become mandatory in case of a sick sailor and total inspection of goods and the ship are also made mandatory by the Hanseatic league. This new trading union is born in Köslin, and many other cities join it, such as Burgenbrao, Lubeck, Heineg, Danzig and many others. Many cities especially in Scandinavia are skeptical of the union, because of their trauma from getting the plague from the Vesnians or other HRE members through trade
 * The Maimed Men: The Saxonese poet Torsten Krüger writes many poems inspired by the wake of devastation, first brought by the Daevite wars and then by the plague. The Poems either tell the sorrowful tales of what he had himself witnessed at the fronts or of other men, who'd lost all and told him about their stories and losses. His greatest anthology, "The Maimed Men" or originally "die verstümmelten Männer" is about his own experiences of burning his friends or fearing the end of the world. There are also a collection of dialogues between the author and death as a figure. His works are without exception extremely pessimistic and capture the spirit of the middle-14th century exceptionally well.
 * The Aftermath: With such massive loss of life occuring in most countries, many rebellious states would rise up, as emergency governments were instated in isolated regions or coups occured. The Duchy of Krakov and the monarchy of Karpatya defect from Escosia. A cluster of independent cities revolt from Dryzalsyn to Allenstein, and the survivors from the razing of Eltbyrg form their own state in the ruins of the region. Southwestern Vedena also cedes, as with contact being lost to Lutsk and the major cities a coup occured, creating the state of Syd-Vedena. Vilmnatz also rebels from Svartheim and the Yintsu insurgency begins in Crimea. Sicily also becomes independent. Knossos also becomes independent but is reclaimed by the Venetians after almost 90% of the islands population perished.
 * Plague Bird Boys: With the onset of the Plague in most of the Old World has pretty much passed (save for a few pockets), measures were taken to try and combat the disease in the future. Among some of them was the advancement in medical technology, the cutting edge developments derived directly from Asclepius himself, or so they say. Plague doctors became a common sight in European towns, with their distinct beak-like masks containing scented herbs and full body garb. However, they are not so effective in curing the plague, despite very few documented cases of doctors falling ill. In Asia, similar measures were taken to try and cure the plague, falling back onto traditional methods such as acupuncture, but no substantial progress would be made. The Arzhamic world actually encouraged people to accept death from the Plague as a means of ensuring their passage into heaven, as the outbreak must be a sign from god, however what that sign may be still remains debated among whatever Arzhamic scholars that remain.

NPC Turns

 * Georgia: They also defect from the Pan-Altaics, helping Chaldea in it's war for independence
 * Chaldea: They ask for the Atoumans to join in on the war against Ilkhanate. They also capture Melitene
 * Svartheim: Their commanders decide to retreat, with more and more soldiers getting sick of the plague. The commanders decide to pull off the invasion and sack and retreat from the holdings of the Golden Horde back to their Kuma
 * Joseon: The new born empire conquers Haelbin and Taehuyng, and some rural lands. They also raced to Chengde and captured it, with Zhuang still struggling to recover and send troops over from the plague and other internal problems
 * Atouman: They accept Chaldea's message for help and invade western Ilkhanate, creating a common border between them and Chaldea
 * Inkeri: They create the town of Haapalehto (otl Haapsalu) to compete with Riga and to join the Hanseatic league. Tallinn is also added to the Hansa. They also conquer Zhana and make a truce with the Golden Horde.

Sumali Sultanate

 * Government: Despotic Monarchy (Sultanate)
 * Sultan: Bashiir al-Fahrid Sadiiq (B 1302, alive) (R 1334 - Present)
 * Dynasty: Sadiiq
 * Economy: The economy of Sumali is based on mostly on trade, agriculture and fishing. Sumali trades things such as gold, wax and ivory and Sumali merchants go everywhere from the Arabian peninsula to India and rarely all the way to Southeast and East Asia. Sumali also participates in the vast Arabian slave trade. The Sumali Sultanate uses gold coins as currency.
 * Allies: N/A
 * Capital: Al-Bahr
 * Demographics:
 * Population: ~800 000
 * Al-Bahr: 50 000
 * Hawiyabad: 28 000
 * Al-Joonoobiya: 9 000
 * Hafur: 2 000
 * Rural regions: 719 000
 * Ethnicities: 87% Sumali (Kushite), 13% Arabic
 * Religion: 70% Zoroastrian, 29% Arzham, 1% Other
 * Wars and Conflicts (italics: Potential War):
 * N/A
 * Military: Ca 1% of our population is our available manpower that we can deploy, thus being 8 000 man.
 * Deployed units: None
 * Infantry: 2 000
 * Archers: 2 000
 * Pikemen: 2 000
 * Knights: 2 000
 * Navy:
 * 7 transport ships
 * 4 galleys
 * Diplomacy:
 * Ajuran: Kushite bretheren, we are integral parts of the indian ocean trade, we have a lot of potential to grow in power. We should make a personal alliance.
 * Events:
 * Western Expansion: Expansion and integration of Kushite tribes is done through Zoroastrian missionary work as well as attempting to convince them to join. No military action or direct annexation is made to avoid angering them. They are the same as us after all.
 * Shotel Swords: Shotel swords are brought in from the west and are produced. They are large almost sickle-like swords that can be used to reach around shields as well as stab vital areas of the human body such as the lungs and a mounted wielder can use it to hook and pull enemy soldiers off of their horses.
 * East African Coastal Exploration: An expedition is sent along the coast southwards, to map out and gain more knowledge about the Swahili lands there as well as Madagascar.
 * Hafur: Al-Hafu is renamed to Hafur.

Roman Republic of Vedenia
Events:
 * Government: Vedenia is a Republic.
 * Caesar (Leader of the Council): Tycho Fuscinus (1346-nowadays). Elected by adult male landowners.
 * Parliament: the Council with no actual factions present.
 * Royal Families: although de-jure Vedenia is a republic, de-facto it is an oligarchy controlled by a few biggest families who battle over the dominance in Vedenia. On the other hand, there is still quite a high social mobility and sometimes even the poorest become the richest.
 * Economy: mostly based on logging, agriculture, and trade.
 * Trade unions: the traders of Lutsk, Chernobyl, Minsk and other cities run merchant guilds to secure a better position in the local environment and promote trade across all the regions of Vedenia.
 * Capitals: Lutsk, Chernobyl, and Minsk
 * Demographics (including occupied territories): 1'245k people
 * Rural areas:~1080k.
 * Urban areas: 165k; 13% live in urban areas.
 * Lutsk (and the nearest territories across it): 80k.
 * Other (population over 1'000): 85k.
 * Culture: 70% are Vedenian, 30% is the rest
 * Religion: 90% are Christians (40% are the Orthodox and Catholic churches, 25% Loving Church of Jesus Church and his followers, 25% are local churches), 10% are local pagans.
 * Wars and Conflicts: at war with the Golden Horde and Lithuania
 * Golden Horde: no mercy to the disgusting nomads who brought sorrow and dismay to the world! we shall never retreat!
 * Lithuania: our forces try to take control of as much as possible.
 * Diplomacy:
 * Military:
 * Army size: ~25'000 (at high expense): 5'000 are sent to battle the Golden Horde, 15'000 are sent to battle Lithuania.
 * Local antique: the Renaissance continues developing and changing. The use of wood as the main material and rise of sculpture are still present, but the crimson colours of the former times are long gone. Nowadays, more focus is put on combining the local folklore symbols with classical antique aesthetics using wood and lumber as the main source material.
 * Third Rome and betrayal of the south (electric boogaloo): When the rats from L'viv fooled us, it became clear for us: we are not the direct descendants of Rome and it was bold of us to assume so. However, the one fact remains true: Rome is civilisation, and it is our destiny to spread civilisation across the lands we were all born in.

Zhuang Dynasty (Definitely stable, hehheh)
Government: Absolute Monarchy Economy: The Economy is mainly agriculture based, with industries such as silk farming, ceramics, paper making, and tea growing all being present. Zhuhai, Zhoushan and Fuzhou are all major trade centers, along with Xiangdu, Wuhan, and Chengdu in the interior. The Plague renders much of the population base useless, resulting in economic and societal collapse. Oh well.
 * Emperor:, Toghon Temur (Huizong) Khan (age 26)
 * Dynasty: Borjigin-Xie
 * Parliament: Nonexistent
 * Alliances: Altaic Empire

Capital: Xiangdu

Administration: 21 different Circuits (Lu) governed by Taishous (Great Administrator). Every Jun is divided into prefectures (Zhou), which in turn are divided into urban counties (Fu) and Rural counties (Xian). Most prefectures are only composed of 3-6 counties. In border regions in Manchuria and Mongolia, we instead divide the land into provinces (Shen), which have no smaller administrative divisions under them.

The Government is structured into a system of bureaus and offices, with the Emperor at the government’s head. The system is meritocratic, with exams determining which candidates are given which position. The military and the central government are not separated, with The Emperor at the head of both. The Emperor, or his senior commanders are to always lead campaigns, to ensure unity of command. The Cabinet is made of 12 Officials (they also serve as his advisers), who oversee their respective bureaus or offices. A universal tax system, in which villages must submit 15% of their yields (in the form of the crops themselves or as money) to their commandery government. This is used to support the military and any infrastructural development.

Demographics of Zhuang:
 * Population (excluding occupied territories):104,220,000
 * Dai: 180,000
 * Karakorum: 30,000
 * Lanzhou: 91,000
 * Haiyan: 300,000
 * Xiangdu: 241,000
 * Chengdu: 252,000
 * Wuhan: 165,000
 * Baoan: 96,000
 * Tangbana: 5,500

Demographics of Ternate: Demographics of Minahasa: Demographics of Nunusaku: Demographic of Zhaowa: Religion (Just China) Military: Ranged (Crossbowmen):31,000 Que Military: Minahasa Military: 1200 (2%) Ternate Military: 1360 (2%) Nunusaku Military: 1040 (2%) Events: Wars and Conflicts:
 * Ethnic makeup:
 * Northern Chinese: 23%
 * Eastern Chinese: 26%
 * Southern Chinese: 24%
 * 6% Korean
 * 4% Tungusic
 * Miao: 4%
 * 3% Mongolic Groups
 * Zhuang: 3%
 * Other: 7%
 * Population: 61,500
 * Ethnic Makeup: 59% Javan  groups, 27% Paupan groups, 14% Chinese
 * Population: 52,000
 * Ethnic Makeup: 75% Minahasan,6% Mongondow, 19% Chinese
 * Population: 44,000
 * Ethnic Makeup: 49% Javan groups, 42% Paupan groups, 9% Chinese.
 * Population: 6,500
 * Ethic makeup:68% Javan groups, 31% Chinese
 * 41% Chinese Folk Religion
 * 28% Xianism
 * 2% Regional Religion
 * 29% Mahayana Buddhism
 * Active Land Forces: 300,000(~0.35% of population)
 * Swordsmen: 89,000
 * Spearman/Pikemen/Dagger-axe: 98,000
 * Ranged (Bowmen): 40,000
 * Gunpowder-wielding elite infantry (Fire Lances, Hand Cannons): 10,000
 * Cavalry : 27,000
 * Elephants: 5
 * Siege Weapons:
 * Hu Dun Pao (Gunpowder Trebuchet): 85
 * Standard Trebuchet: 60
 * Catapult: 75
 * Eruptors:(Proto-Cannon): 70
 * Other Fun gunpowder stuff: 50
 * Reserves:  700,000 (0.5% of population)
 * Navy: 1,275 Ships
 * 350 ships  (Yangtze River Defense Force)
 * 455 Ships (Nanhai Fleet)
 * 440 Ships (Donghai Fleet)
 * 30 Large Chinese junks (40-50 meters)
 * 30 2-3 masted Indonesian Djongs (20 meters)
 * 6 Troop Transports
 * 900 Swordsmen and dudes with Polearms (Function as reserves)
 * 560 Fire Archers (on ships)
 * 1000 Sailors
 * 40 Djongs
 * 800 Sailors
 * 400 Warriors
 * 50 Djongs
 * 950 Sailors
 * 410 Warriors
 * 35 Djongs
 * 700 Sailors
 * 340 warriors
 * Strife in Manchuria Sibuci, Chieftain of the prominent clan Omo, rallies numerous Jurchen Clans to attack Korea, and reclaim the cities of Haeolbin, Jangchun, Taehyung, and Simyang, which were part of the Tungusic heartland many years ago. Anti-Korean sentiment soars in Manchuria, culminating in the Hulun Massacre, conducted by angry Khitans and Jurchens, where 50 ethnic Koreans were brutally murdered. Ethnic Tensions between Koreans and the natives of Manchuria have existed for years, ever since the Daevites gave them priority.
 * Eskos Cat, the meow strikes back: Many people begin owning cats, especially Eskos Cats, due to their ability to yeet funky rats into the abyss.
 * 4 Nations, 1 Empire: Public support for Dogar Khan and Taihou Khatun falls, due to them ignoring the request for a peace with Joseon. This resentment of the Altaic government is most apparent in Mongolia, where the Mongols are still salty about their submission to the Pan-Altaics.
 * New Cities: Köke Qota (Hohhot) and Bugutu (Baotou) become relavent around this time (Koke Qota is to be represented with the large city marker, while Bugutu is to be represented with the small city marker)
 * Medical Stuff: A theory about diseases comes into being, where disease was carried by things that made air smell bad (because corpses smell bad, and people who touch corpses usually get infected). If an animal breathes in the infected air, then it absorbs the disease-causing particles into it’s flesh, and becomes sick. Once they die, the particles escape, making the air around the corpses smell bad, and further spreading the disease. Thus, many people place insense around their homes, believing that it’ll stop the air from reaching them. A more practical measure is burning the dead. This practice is rooted in the belief that extreme heat cleanses the flesh of impurities (because cooking fish and chicken make you less likely to die). Burning corpses also don’t smell the same as normal corpses, which reinforces this belief.
 * Joseon War (Rush J): Lead by Sibuci, 50,000 Horsemen (Many of whom are mounted archers) and 15,000 infantry (some of whom have gunpowder weapons) pour into Tongli, Jangchun, and Haeolbin. After yoinking Tongli and Jangchun, they rush into Simyang. Meanwhile, we get our shit together and send 30,000 men to Chengde. 

Kingdom of Lustria | 'The Eternal Kingdom of the Lizard Gods'

 * Government: Centralised tribal monarchy
 * Great Chief / Mortal Bearer of the Lizard Gods:
 * K'oroka ([F], 1199-1246, r. 1222-1246)
 * Moszar ([M], 1214-1258, r. 1246-1258)
 * Urchannk ([M], 1230-1284, r. 1258-1284)
 * Azarkel ([F], 1255-1303, r. 1284-1303)
 * Oroku ([F], 1280-1347, r. 1303-1347)
 * Krokezal ([M], b. 1320, r. 1347)
 * Urgoka ([F], b. 1302, r. 1347)
 * Heirs and Pretenders:
 * Loze'gorn ([M], b. 1331, heir)
 * Krokezal * ([M], b. 1320, pretender)
 * (not related) Religious Leader of Krokanism / The Messenger to Kroak:
 * Rhok'sk ([M] 1284-1328, r. c. 1300s-1328)
 * Omako ([M] 1280-1352, r. 1331-1352)
 * Krokezal ([M], b. 1320, r. 1352)
 * Dynasty: Urchannkian (est. 1275)
 * Capital: Amekrog
 * Economy: The 1340s is the peak of the golden age of the Lustrian Kingdom. Although there is a brief contact between Lustria and Atlantis back in the century, as it turns out, they would lose contact right after the civil war. It turns out that anything related to Atlantis or at least most of it, has been fabricated by Rhok'sk and some of his followers. Although it is true that the former half of 14th century showed the most growth, their trade is more with the Arawak and the Tremembe peoples than Atlanteans. However, due to huge floods in the 1340s, the current state of the economy had collapsed on itself, with boats, even these sailships being destroyed entirely and forgotten. Along with these mysterious cult killings, possibly initiated by Khorne followers, which killed much of the Lustrian merchants making frequent trade with them, the nobles and priests of the kingdom are not pleased. Economy could be expected to recover, but not as the Krokanists have thought or even the Khorne cultists.
 * Demographics:
 * Population: 56 800
 * Amekrog: 1 700
 * Osbme: 300
 * Koos'en: 350
 * Eztekol: 150
 * Sal'tcet: 80
 * Os'kel: 80
 * Gkor: 200
 * Oppoks'ren: 100
 * Yok: 110
 * Mur'lok: 290
 * Roseg: 50
 * Araswel: 50
 * Sar'gel: 60
 * Rest is just rural or other villages
 * Religion: 40% Lustrian folk religion, 3% Tupi folk religion, 1% Arawak folk religion, 42% Krokanist (a 'reformed' Lustrian religion with a more centralised belief system, primarily in eastern Lustria, Amekrogia), 18% Cult of Khrone (primarily in western Lustria, Khorn'kor)
 * Culture/Ethnicity: 91% Lustrian, 3% Tupi, 5% Arawak, 1% Permembe
 * Military: Since Urgoka assumed the rule of the Lustrian Kingdom as the Mortal Bearer, the military has changed a lot. The so-called elite soldiers, the Lizard Warriors are now being decentralised and much harsh training is also being applied to other soldiers to boost their experiences. Encouragement into the military for Khorne cultists have led to some recovery of the military after some of the soldiers that were suspected to be believers of the Krokanist faith, a reformed part of the Lustrian faith, were all killed off mysteriously in the 1340s. This would slowly lead to infiltration.
 * Army: (number clamped down by cultist massacre)
 * 50 'Lizard Warriors' (clubmen with wooden with 'sparsely metallic' shields)
 * 200 'Rainforest Warriors' (spearmen)
 * 150 'Temple Guards' (axemen)
 * 150 'Bowed Protectors' (archers)
 * 22 000 fit men that could be trained into being warriors or hunters
 * Navy:
 * 500 canoes and rafts
 * 120 trading canoes
 * Diplomacy:
 * Tupi Tribes: Trade is being encouraged again under the rule of Urgoka on the Tupi tribes, so those in Amekrogia should revive the Amazon river trade after being reduced under Mortal Bearer Oroku's rule.
 * Arawak Tribes: Expansion continues into their territory, although Lustrian scouts found tribes, alongside with the Permembe people.
 * Events:
 * Waiting for the Death of His Sister: Former Mortal Bearer and pretender to the throne Krokezal awaits for the death of his own sister. He already plans to branch away and disassociate himself from the Urchannkian dynasty, but he would still be a descendant of that dynasty since he is the son of Oroku, his mother. Although in consequence and as pledged by Mortal Bearer Urgoka, she'll make Khornkor an independent kingdom and that her religious title of being the leader of the Khorne cultists will be passed onto someone that she would trust.
 * Religious Book of the Lustrian Faith: Delays has been observed due to these events happening above. Some, if not all, of the inscribers were killed by Khorne cultists, which only delayed this from finishing. Only parts were done, mostly creationist stories and stories of the 'eternal past', with a lack of description of some other Lizard Gods. It is now expected to be done by the 1370s-1380s rather than the next decade.

Republic of Hiraga-koku:

 * Government: Mercantile republic
 * Koshaku: Yamazaki Shohei (r. 1287 - 1321), Yoshikage Kira (r. 1321 - 1342), Anjuro Katagiri (r. 1342 - 1359, declared self as emperor), Josuke Higashikata (r. 1359 - present, restored the republic)
 * Parliament: None
 * Economy: The Senshu economy is highly prosperous due to trade with foreign nations such as Li, Rinashima, and Brunei. Main exports include wood, spice, fish, cloth, betel nuts, kapok cotton, beeswax, tortoise shell, and gold, among other things. Agriculture and fishing (duh) make up a good amount of the economy as well.
 * Capital: Morioh
 * Demographics:
 * Population: ____ (64% Syonanese (Tagalogs), 10% Bisaya-jin (Visayans), 8% Iroko-jin (Ilocanos), 5% Bikorano (Bicolanos), 4% Igoro-jin (Igorots) 4% Kanpanpanga-jin (Kampampangans), 3% Asinan-jin (Pangasinanese), 2% other)
 * Religion: 96% Buddhist, 3% native religions, 1% Xianist (from Chinese diaspora)
 * Wars and Conflicts:
 * Invasion of Ruzon-koku: The entire Senshu army marches to siege Keishi, the last Ruzonese stronghold.
 * Military: ____ manpower total (OOC: I need to get my turn done and don't have time to wait for my population numbers)
 * Army: ____ soldiers
 * Navy: ____ sailors (___ ships total)
 * Diplomacy:
 * N/A
 * Events:
 * Diamond is Unbreakable (pt 3): The Moriōh no Kyōdai has had enough. In 1356, the first actual battle between the Kyodai and Anjuro's forces breaks out, and within three years, Anjuro's final stronghold is captured. The tyrant is imprisoned in Morioh, and on March 1359, he is executed in the public square of Morioh by being tied on four ends to horses and literally being ripped apart.
 * Yo, Angelo: After his execution, a statue of Anjuro bowing down in the direction of Kira's shrine is erected in his dishonor. Even in the far future, tourists and people who pass by will empty their bladders onto Anjuro's statue.
 * Josuke's Reign: After the end of the Hiragan Civil War, Josuke takes the lead as the Koshaku of Hiraga and restores the republic, breaking it free of tyranny. (However, he keeps the name "Hiraga" because apparently, he thinks it brings together the various regions and ethnicities of the country well.) He wants to expand Hiragan influence into Indonesia, and his eyes are set on (southern) Borneo and Sulawesi. In any case, Josuke is bound to bring Hiraga to glory. (OOC: mods pls do something good with him)
 * Hatsune-files (pt. 3): Hatsune Miku writes a romantic/erotic play about Jiang Chi and Jotaro.

Archduchy of Westria

 * Head of the State: 
 * Emperor Johannes VI Hohenstaufen (B 1300 - still alive), (R 1346 - present)
 * Head of the Government: N/A
 * Government: Absolute Monarchy ruled by an Archduke. The title is Archduke of Westria, Last of the Romans. Our ruling dynasty is Hohenstaufen. We are also the Emperor of the HRE since 1351.
 * Demographics:
 * Population:
 * Wien: Population: 12,040
 * Konr: Population: 7,500
 * Rich: Population: 10,140
 * Polanum: Population: 10,110
 * Bozn: Population: 18,010
 * Rural and smaller towns population: 1,100,000
 * Total population: 1,338,960
 * Religion: catholic christians (99%), others (1%)
 * Ethinicities: 98% Westrian, 1,2% Slavokans 0,8% others
 * Economy: We are based on agriculture and trade through the danube river and with most of the HRE. We use our own coins which resembles a lot those of the old Roman empire


 * Wars and conflicts: 
 * Chief Commander: Heinrich Hohenstaufen (B 1289 - D 1357), (R 1329 - 1354), Adolf von Schwarz (B 1330 - still alive), (R 1354 -present)
 * Army: Total of
 * Spearmen: 4,090
 * Swordmen: 2,050
 * Bowmen: 2,090
 * Cavalry: 2,230
 * Crossbowmen: 1,010
 * Events:
 * The Plague: The plague start to drift away slowly but steady but the cost in life because of it is very high.
 * Statues: Statues on Empress Nera and Empress Aurelia has started to be constructed in Wien. Since they are not that large they will be done in a year.
 * Diplomacy:

The Aztec Empire
of Cueztec and will travel along the coast to the city of Tamtoc.
 * Government: Monarchy
 * Tamechpechtecahtzin:  Patli Coatl
 * Capital: Titlan
 * Demographics:
 * Population: 4 051k
 * Cities: total: 481.1k 
 * Titlan: 65k
 * Malinalco: 52.4k
 * Colima: 41k
 * Texcoco: 37k
 * Acapulco: 31.9k
 * Tecoman: 31k
 * Mitla:  28k
 * Ichtaca: 26.5k
 * Culiacan: 23.3k
 * Tehuantec: 22.9k
 * Guamuchil: 21.7k
 * Tzintzuntz: 20.3k
 * Mazatlan: 18.9k
 * Tochpan: 16.5k
 * Tlaxcala: 16k
 * Tamtoc: 15.7
 * Cueztec: 13k
 * Rural area: 3 569.9k
 * Wars and Conflicts:
 * Military: 2% 81 020
 * Ob Swordsmen: 27 128
 * Spearmen: 20 718
 * tematlatl (Slings): 14 318
 * Atlatl men (Throwing Spears): 11 994
 * tlahuitolli (Bows): 6 868
 * Navy: 13 Transport ship (for rivers), 59 Fishing ships, 1 Transport ship (For Oceans) (Protoype)
 * Diplomacy:
 * Research:
 * Prototype.PNGNaval research: We start investing in researching ships that can move across the Ocean (Mexican golf).
 * Production:
 * Prototype Ship: The prototype ship took longer than expected to finish and took until year 1358 to complete...
 * Events:
 * Expansion along the coast-0.PNGExpansion northwards: We expand northwest and Northeast along the coast.
 * First test of the prototype ship: We send out the prototype ship at the city

Isetium

 * Government: Pagan Theocracy (1020?-1321) | Christian Theocracy (1321-present)
 * Dynasty: Tarakis
 * Andros I (1321-1326)
 * Andros II (1326-1334)
 * Andreas I (1334-1339)
 * Andros III (1339-1348)
 * Andros IV (1348-1353)
 * Andreas II (1353-1356)
 * Marius I (1356-present)
 * Economy: Although The Second Campaign has halted trade in the north temporarily, trade among the eastern, western, and southern allies continues to maintain the economy from defaulting. Although the plague has made internal trade throughout the Kingdom troublesome, the more merchants have died, the more take their place, only for them to die and for more to take their place. Much of the surviving merchants, particularly along the coast, have secured personal wealth from the death's of their competition.
 * Capital: Alexandria
 * Demographics: 
 * Population: 5,000,000 (63% Egyptian, 15% Arameans, 12% Assyrian, 5% Israelite, 5% Other)
 * Religion: 64% Hellenic Christian, 30% Pagan, 4% Judaism, 2% Zoroastrianism, ~1% Other)
 * Wars and Conflicts:
 * The Second Campaign: With the Coalition War against the Ilkhanate once again proving to be a challenge, the death of the incompetent Andreas II proved once more that a more hardened monarch was needed to seal their fate within the sands of Persia, and to diminish their power in the Levant. Marius I proclaims in his speach at Jerusalem, "... My forefathers, blessed be thee, have failed to end the heretic khanate from treading on our lands. We will no longer stand idle as those monsters occupy our territories!" Although the main army collapsed prior to the Siege of Damascus, the slow burn that the plague has drifted towards has allowed for yet another term of conscription-based conflict. With this, a force of 1,500 is sent up through Tripoli and Antioch in hopes of providing support to the forces in Tarsus, while the young Admiral Mehmet marches a five legions of 5,000 men in an effort to end the Siege of Damascus and make an offensive push towards Sura.
 * Diplomacy:
 * Abay, Aethopia, Adal, Alodia: A proposition to make a more direct road for trade is suggested, starting from Jerusalem, to Alexandria, to Syene, to Meroe, to Erota, to Axum and Gondar, and then to Harar.
 * Cyprus: Ensured sovereignty.
 * Attalea: Marius I's eldest son, the Prince Nicolas, is offered to take the hand in marriage of the eldest Princess.
 * Ahuric Empire, Georgia, Chaldea: As members of the Coalition, it is suggested that all major military forces begin making separate but a united front towards the cities of Nineveh, Tawres, and Ganzak.
 * Events:
 * End of Paganism: Although the Neo-Paganist ideology of the Cult of Kaides had slowly diminished in their power, the gradual unification of Hellenic Paganism with Catholicist Cristianity has allowed a large conversion of the base population into what Scholars have referred to historically as Hellenic Christianity. With the rise of Hellenic Christianity, a number of Priests working towards a perfected Egyptian sect has nearly doubled in quick time, the most popular of which being the Bishop Joseph after his publication of Isetium: Hellenic Sanctity.
 * The Plague: 41% of the population has died in total, dropping over 175% from the initial start of the Plague's rampage throughout Isetium.
 * House of Tarakis: The House of Tarakis, founded by the late Andros I, continues to exert it's individual influence over the territories of Isetium. After the transfer of power from the Hellenic Cult of Kaides into the hands of the House, separatist remnants of Kaides are purposefully exiled into the southwestern desert.

Papal States

 * Government: Theocratic absolute monarchy under factionalism
 * Ruler (King): Innocent VI (1352-1360), John XXIII (1360-)
 * Ruling House: None
 * Economy: Post revolt, the economy has become a bit better, now that there is more administration, stuff gets a bit better and people can breathe a bit more easily.
 * Alliance - None
 * Capital: Rome
 * Demographics
 * Population - 410,000
 * Ethinicities - 7% Germanic 90% Italian 3% Other
 * Religon - 97 % Catholicism 2 % - Other Christian Sects  1 % - Other
 * Cities and Population Spread
 * Rome - 45,000
 * Perugia - 25,000
 * Ravenna - 10,000
 * Rural - 330,000
 * Military - 6,000
 * Archers - 1,250
 * Knights Templar - 1000
 * Pikemen - 500
 * Men at Arms - 2,500
 * Siege Weapons
 * Trebuchets - 25
 * Ballista - 30
 * Navy
 * ​​​​​​​Transport Ships - 30
 * Converted Merchant Ships - 20
 * Wars and Conflicts - 
 * Diplomacy -
 * Events
 * ​​​​​​​A Homeland in Anarchy - As the popes are all messing around in Time and not actually doing the real work and stuff, the mainland is dominated by various fuedal lords all around the rural areas, while the cities function a bit more stably, however this factionalism means that there can only be one . ..
 * Unification - So this holy man has secured most of the peasantry land, and now he demanded the pope to resign and to be replaced, among this revolt, Innocent VI resigned and after a long time of bickering, no one really thought up who could be pope, so the holy man took it for himself, crowning himself John XXIII
 * Strengthen the Holy Army - John XXIII came from a military background-ish thing, as you can tell, leading the revolt against the previous papacy as well as having a very good knowledge of military stuff, he ordered that the military be strengthened and be able to have more troops and better equipment, however he didn't respect the Knights Templar as much as you would think, focusing instead on the more standard army for improvements