Konig des Menschen Chapter IV (Map Game)

The year is 175 AD. The behemoths of Rome and Yang hold strong for now, while rivalries between smaller states burn the sky a crimson shade of war. It is an era of religious chaos, dissent and expansion.

I, Sidewinder291102 and TheSteampunkTotoro (and TheCreator901), welcome you, to Konig des Menschen Chapter IV: Downfall (KdM IV). Starting in 175 AD, this is an era of civilization of ancient history in which stories of broken empires and new beginnings are made. The road to greatness is paved now, Can you become the King of Men?

My Credentials:

Sidewinder291102: I am the creator of Fractured, Honour and Patient which lasted 10, 22 and 21 turns respectively, as well as moderator in many a map game on this site and elsewhere.

TheSteampunkTotoro: I have been a moderator, NPC maker and Map Maker in a handful of minor map games. I also created the map game Post Mortem: Europa which was rather unsuccessful, But I took the role of acting Admin in the KdM franchise roughly halfway through KdM Chapter II, which ran for a whopping 37 turns!

TheCreator901: The first game I have ever administered was Continent of Darkness: Europe, which was successful until its end. KdM was the second and most successful of my games yet lasting for 27 turns. I created the KdM franchise and ran it until roughly halfway through Chapter II.

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(PolarShaman'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.

Nation Name:

 * Government: Despotic Monarchy, Oligarchic Republic, etc.
 * Ruler (King, President, etc.): Ruler Name
 * Parliament: Not necessary
 * First Party: Number of Seats
 * Second Party: Number of Seats
 * Third Party: Number of Seats
 * Economy: Information.
 * Capital: Insert capital city
 * Demographics:
 * Population: Insert Pop (% of major ethnicities)
 * Religion: % of major religions.
 * Wars and Conflicts:
 * Diplomacy:
 * Nation: Diplomatic action taken.
 * Events: Insert actions nation done.

Game Speed

 * 4000 BCE-1000 BCE (100 years) (30/27 turns)
 * 1000 BCE-500 BCE (50 years) (34 turns)
 * 500 BCE-500 CE (25 years) (40 turns)
 * 500 CE-800 CE (20 years) (15 turns)
 * 800 CE-1100 CE (15 years) (15 turns)
 * 1100 CE-1350 CE (10 years) (25 turns)
 * 1350 CE-1600 CE (5 years) (50 turns)
 * 1600 CE-1900 CE (2 years) (150 turns)
 * 1900 CE-present (1 year) (119 turns)
 * World Wars after 1900 (every three months)
 * World Wars before 1900 but after 1500 (1 year)

Dynasties

 * Gherensi (Imperium di Atlas)
 * Fleischer (Vesnia)

Old/Extinct Dynasties

 * Haakonssen (Fibelia)
 * Jakobsen (Nordicium)
 * Derier (Valcanor)
 * Ostaras (Valcanor)
 * Shabk (Vesnia)
 * Ryglantt (Danska)
 * Tatka (Yugrain)
 * Hephtaldia-Gropius (Hellenica)
 * al-Qazi (Muscat)
 * Schnee (Nordicium)
 * Yang (Yang)
 * Xia (Xia)

Nations

 * Underlined = Reserved to that player unless he doesn't reclaim the nation for themselves within the first or second turn(This does not apply to Atlas)
 * Atlas: Eledec (reserved for TheCreator901/Atlasium should they return)
 * Galatoi: Simplenoise8
 * Roma Centrum: EthanKoenigsberg
 * Langkasuka: Sidewinder
 * Vedena: VladsNewAccount
 * Roma Borealis: Eltool
 * Yamato: Kuro (AnimeNerd2017)
 * Sabah: 1Dominica
 * Roma Occidental: XaoZss
 * Gojoseon: Priceless
 * Mobamba: Derpmaster
 * Tohoku: Fireblade
 * Colima: Zandhart
 * Caledonia: FedexWI
 * Totonac: 0FlamingSpaghettiMonster0
 * Nepissino:  KingSnowman11
 * Bayelsha: Matsoftware1
 * Huastec: DiegoldePersia
 * Skåndotre: Tenaciosu-san
 * Shapurid Dynasty: 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

 * Qi Alliance
 * Qi
 * Zhang
 * Feng

Vassals

 * Nordicium
 * Vesnia
 * Gojoseon
 * Yan
 * Qi
 * Wu
 * Jiang
 * Bei

Staff

 * Admin: Atlasium (TheCreator901)
 * Acting Admin: Sidewinder
 * Map Maker: Sidewinder
 * NPC Event Maker: Sidewinder, TheSteampunkTotoro
 * 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.

Events & Great People

 * The Cave Temples: Temples for the Hindu goddess Shiva are built within caves of the Elephanta Island, Gupta
 * A New Wave of Migrations: With the eruption of the volcano, and the populations of Rome suffering, the Ostgermaniker and Slavokan peoples see their chance to revolt. With the arm of the Roman kingdoms might weak in the far reaches of Europe, the Ostgermaniker and Slavokan locals revolt against the rule of some Latin king. Most of Roma Borealis collapses, as their armies are defeated time and time again by the barbaric warrior tribes. Kalichatow falls to revolts as well. 70,000 Ostgermaniker warriors roam the woods, walking west like a wall of annihilation. The Slavokan tribes rise up in Tartary, claiming the northern parts of the RAR. A loose force of 20,000-40,000 warriors march towards Kuma. Is the beginning of regression?
 * Mesoamerican Upheaval: Several villages in multiple Mesoamerican states such as Tlapanec, Teutihuacan and Maya begin to rise up against the existing proto-monarchies, establishing their own states under local cultures and a leader of their own lineage.

NPC Turns

 * Zhang: They refuse to let Xia become independent and begin bolstering their manpower for a possible war. They accuse Yamato of planning to take Xia for themselves, justifying their moves as securing and protecting the Chinese heritage in the region.
 * Korean Tribes: A handful of them join Gojoseon.
 * Ainu: Two small tribes decide to join Tohoku, but are swiftly butchered while the hatred of the northern Ainu towards the ever growing behemoths of Japan begin to grow all the more sour.
 * Qi: They also begin to prepare for a possible war and begin building up defences on the Yan border.
 * Xiongnu: They will agree to Gojoseon's proposition, if they are very handsomely rewarded in the form of complete annexation of Qi and total control of Beiking.
 * Goths: They push further into Danska. A new wave of invasions come from the north into the northern island. Many begin to flee Danska. Tyrbrand leads an exodus of 8,000 Danish settlers and soldiers into Britannia. They land next to Camulodonum and capture it. They also push Nordicium even further towards just Bergen, claiming the southern regions of their realm
 * Danska and Vesnia: They engage in a series of naval battles, with neither making proper progress.
 * Albion: They see their chance to invade their ancient homeland, Britannia, as the Caledonians are taking most of the attention of the Romans. A force of 5,000 Albion warriors land in Wales and begin their march towards Isca Silurum.
 * Bonra: They stampede through the lands of Roma Oriental, to claim the weakly held lands in Caucasus.

Kingdom of Tartary (second final turn)

 * Government: Autocratic monarchy (if that's a thing)
 * Kings:
 * Aurelix (537 AD-550 AD) (b. 501 AD-543 AD)
 * Hadaza (550 AD-present) (b. 529 AD)
 * Military: 13,300 in total.
 * 6,000 melee infantry (this includes those with spearmen and short swordsmen)
 * 4,000 horsemen (surprise, horse tradition is prevalent in Tartar culture)
 * 2,500 archers (ordinary ones, not mechanised crossbow ones)
 * 800 crossbowmen (guess what, we also got them from the Romans)
 * Economy: When the Roman Empire had split into five realms and Tartary broke free, the economy was once again in ruin with rebellion. Settlements are still being built to produce crafts, but this time not assisted by Romans. Trade is now returning since the end of the Thanatos Plague and soon by 538 AD, the first Tartar currency is based on coinage.
 * Demographics: The culture begins to radically absorb Romans (if they even still live here after the revolution) and the remaining Yin-tsu/Tistuan people into the new Tartar culture, with the last of the Tistuans being assimilated into this new melting pot culture.
 * Population: 420,000
 * Religion: 55% Astryianism (dominant in the northern part of Tartary), 45% Christian (dominant in the borders of Roma Borealis [excl. Vedena], Centralis and Orientalis, along with the coastline)
 * Culture: 73% Tartar, 12% German, 15% Slavic
 * Events:
 * Sectarianism: Sectarian violence continued to prevail across the century, for the first time, Christianity has been surpassed by the Astryianist faith. Whether this will have a tremendous impact of settlements in Euxine Sea that primarily embrace the Christian faith have to wait.
 * The Northern Raiders: Even though the Tartary culture has part Daevite culture, thanks to the collapse of the empire and that Daevites have took non-Daevite women, some of the descendents carried on some of the traditions under a condensed Tartary culture. But, they still have to face the barbarians who may have a new tactic and that the Roman tactic should not be the way to go anymore. Some of these had to be revised. A new army of recruits are called by King Hadaza has been raised up to cut off the numbers of Slavokans moving to the city of Kuma. Since Tartary broke off from Roma Borealis, like Vedena, they could not protect themselves together with their help, but self-determination has to be one way to go.



Sultanate of Muscat-Oman

 * Government: Absolute Monarchy (Sultanate)
 * Sultan: Ali Saifal al-Khalif (B 499 AD D 557 AD) (R 519 AD - Present), Mustafa Saifal al-Khalif (B 536 AD, still alive) (R 557 AD - Present)
 * Hakim of Al-Sumali and Socotra: (R 490 AD - 524 AD), Mehmed al-Keret (B 500 AD, still alive) (R 524 AD - Present)
 * Economy: Based around fishing, some agriculture and trading mostly, as well as taxing of the villagers and peasants. We are a central figure of the large spice trade across the Indian Ocean. We are trading with Ceylon, Gerrha, the Shapurid Dynasty, Gupta, Roma Centrum and Atlas. Currently the economy is being stressed due to the Surabanese War of Independence.
 * Capital: Muscat
 * Demographics:
 * Population:
 * Muscat: 7152
 * Ibri: 2906
 * Salala: 3647
 * Duqm: 3311
 * Shoqra: 2406
 * Al-Mukalia: 2306
 * Tamreda: 1240
 * Sur: 1802
 * Al-Hafu (Hafun): 823
 * Rural areas (AKA everything else): ~110,025
 * Ethnicities (counting Suraban): 68% Omani, 19% Surabanese, 8,5% Gerrhans, 2% Adnanites, 2% Azd tribes, 1% African tribes, 0,5% Mobambans.
 * Religion: 89% Zoroastrianism, 11% Other (Christianity, Paganism etc.)
 * Wars and Conflicts (italics: Potential War):
 * Muscati-Saba War: There is mostly some small skirmishes occuring between the two sides. We send our large cavalry army out to invade, with a reinforcement army of 1500 ready to help if things go sour.
 * Naval Front: Most of the fighting in the Muscati-Saba War consists of naval clashes, ramming, arrow fire and the sabotage of ports and important ships using fire ships. We prepare ships not in the battles as reserves.
 * Surabanese War of Independence: With Shoqra retaken and the Surabanese weakened and having no central city for stability or unity, we push westwards, defending when necessary. Our generals call for Surabanese surrender as our troops continue ravaging through, ousting and killing the Surabanese living in occupied tribes in favor of our own people.
 * Defence of Al-Sumali and Socotra: Our colonies are garrisoned to ensure their safety.
 * Military: Our conscription law is ~12% of the population
 * Reformed Shielded Spearmen: 2500
 * Reformed Swordmen: 3309
 * Reformed Bowmen: 2655
 * City Guards (found mostly in cities but smaller "squads" also exist in larger villages): 1432
 * Reformed Dromedary Forces: 2350
 * Sword Cavalry: 1521
 * Spear Cavalry: 1343
 * Javelin Cavalry: 1201
 * Horse Archers: 512
 * Reformed Javelineers: 1200
 * Navy:
 * 90 transport ships (can hold around 8-12 men)
 * 300 trade ships
 * 180 warships (galleys pretty much)
 * 130 fire ships
 * 30 triremes
 * Although not part of the navy we have 450 fishing ships.
 * Diplomacy:
 * Suraban: Die already.
 * Chola: Hmm, maybe we can buy spices from you?
 * Local Adnanites: May we march through your territory? Also, we will leave you alone and trade you nice wares if you attack Saba.
 * Events:
 * Wootz Steel: We receive this specially made steel from our trade from Southern India. We start using this steel for different things, most notably weapons.
 * Tamreda Naval Base: Tamreda becomes quite the important naval base (basically Omani Pearl Harbor in the 6th century).
 * Exploration: We are exploring the seas along the East African Coast, down towards Madagascar and nearby islands (which we don't know exist yet).

Teuchitlan

 * Government: Absolute Monarchy
 * Ruler: King Gabor (B 480 - 542 AD) (R 496 - 542 AD)
 * King Herabos (B 506 - 550 AD) (R 542 - 550 AD)
 * King Cualli (B 526 - present AD) (R 550 - 552)
 * Earl Ah-Cancum of Acagado is now leading the country because King Cualli is sick.
 * Economy: Balancing between farming and fishing
 * Capital: Colima
 * Demographics:
 * Population: 56.243 (79% Rural 21% Urban)
 * 88% Teuchitlan
 * 8% Mayan
 * 1% Tlapanec
 * 1% Teotihuacan
 * 2% Other (Tribes in the north)
 * Religion: 99% Maya mythology 1% Other
 * Military
 * Swordman: 976
 * Shielded spearman: 310
 * Archers: 155
 * Cavalry: 73
 * City guards: 121
 * Navy
 * Trade ships: 4
 * 'Exploring' ships: 6
 * Small ships that hold men(5 - 10): 2
 * Wars and Conflicts:
 * At war with uprisings, I suppose
 * Diplomacy:
 * All surrounding nations except for the uprisings: We must work together!
 * Events:               
 * The king is ill!: King Cualli was found sick in his bed throwing up on the 3 March 552 AD. Doctors said he was poisoned. The people of Teuchitlan blame the people from the uprisings for it.
 * Explore the seas: Stops because of the conflicts.
 * Explore the north: Stops because of the conflicts.

Republic of Vedena

 * Government: Vedena is run by the Governor and the Senate, which are elected every 8 years by adult male landowners.
 * Governor: Dobromir Capek (530AD-542AD); Svyatopolk Volyn (542AD-548AD); Dobromir Capek (548AD-554AD); Ognyan Voroshilov (554AD-560AD); Varban Karpov (560AD-now)
 * Economy: Based on logging, agriculture, deep mining, and trade.
 * Landownership expansion: because of our immigration policy, the number of landowners is growing dramatically.
 * Capital: Lutsk.
 * Demographics: 297'100 people
 * Rural areas:~192'000.
 * Biggest settlements: 105'100; 35.4% live in urban areas.
 * Lutsk: 68'900.
 * Mukachevo: 9'300.
 * Ivanyvsk': 8'500.
 * Other (population less than 1000): 18'400.
 * Ethnicities: 42% are Volynians, 21% are Romans, 12% are the nomadic tribes, 25% is the rest (Greeks, Dacians, etc.).
 * Religion: 65% are Judaist/Christians, 25% are Vedenian pagans, 10% is the rest beliefs (Illyrican, Bonra, and other pagans).
 * Military:
 * Shortswordsmen and crossbowmen: 6'000.
 * City guards: 10'000.
 * Navy: 350 little trade vessels, 50 medium ones.
 * Diplomacy:
 * Tartary: the World is so unstable and dangerous these days. It is better when small countries like us unite in order to defend against invaders. In addition, we would like to ask for a guarantee of free and protected trade through the Dnipro river, in exchange for a decent share of profits from the trade,
 * Events:
 * The restoration of Lutsk: Since we have returned to our ancient lands, we started rebuilding the former capital, Lutsk. It was known to be one of the greatest cities of all times and it is growing at incredible rates nowadays.
 * Ever-growing landownership: Our immigration policy is providing new immigration with enough lands as their private property to self-sustain so that more and more people settle the territories. It attracts a lot of people across neighbouring regions and countries.
 * A giant leap: This generation experiences much higher fertility rates, especially in the rural areas, thanks to a number of reasons such as better climate, for instance.

Chiefdom of Mobamba

 * Government: Tribal Chiefdom
 * Ruler: Chief Jamba (b.509, r.518-549), Chief Moniba (b.533, r.549-)
 * Economy: Mainly based off of fishing and subsistence farming, with occasional trade between nearby tribes, Wakanda, and very occasionally, Gerrha and Muscat-Oman. Expansion to the west also allows limited stone and iron mining in the highlands of the newly-acquired territory.
 * Capital: Sicko-Mobamba
 * Demographics:
 * Population: 90,000
 * Sicko-Mobamba: 19,000
 * Wata-Madinga: 4,000
 * Sicko-Uwu: 10,000
 * U-Nukalo: 3,000
 * Obunga: 1,000
 * Religion: 60% Knuckles traditional religion, 38% Black Panther Cult, 1% Zoroastrianism
 * Ethnicities: 39% Mobamban, 53% other Knuckles tribes, 5% Wakandans, 1% Nilotic tribes, 1% other (mainly merchants of Gerrhan and Omani descent)
 * Military: 3,000 spearmen, 1,000 swordsmen, 500 archers, 75 elephant chariots
 * Events:
 * Black Panther Cult: Widespread tensions between Black Panther Cultists and practitioners of the Knuckles traditional religion in northern and eastern Mobamba continues. Although Chief Moniba has issued an edict of toleration to the Cultists in Sicko-Mobamba, widespread discrimination continues across the country, with Wata-Madinga’s mayor expelling all Black Panther Cultists from the city. Although many of those make the trek to Sicko-Mobamba, seeking better treatment and protection, some more extreme and zealous Cultists seek protection from Wakanda, and begin to regroup and form an insurgent army.
 * Infrastructure projects: Streets in major cities are paved with stone. A wide dirt road connecting cities and towns on the coast of OTL Lake Victoria is also constructed. This road is wide enough for two elephant chariots to pass each other.
 * Introduction of the Arabic script: A learned Omani merchant has transcribed the Mobamban language on his native Arabic script. The first written works in Mobamban are a translation of the Avesta (the Zoroastrian holy book), and a transcription of the Knuckalic creation myth.
 * Expansion: Mobamba expands along the Dinga River (OTL Victoria Nile), founding the city of Obunga where the river flows into OTL Lake Albert. Expansion is detailed in the map below:Homoflexual.jpeg
 * Diplomacy:
 * Wakanda: Can we Black Panther Cultists take refuge in your lands and regroup and form an army in your territory?

Honshu to Shikoku no Toitsu Kokoku

 * Government: Union of Monarchies, with exception for Ainu Tohoku (Democratic Tribalism, now Autonomous State)
 * Mikado of Yamato: Empress Saika Ichiban-me (Until 547 AD), Empress Saika Niban-me (548 AD onwards, born 523 AD)
 * Mikado of Izumo: Empress Misato Sayaka (Until 543 AD), Empress Misato Futaba (550 AD onwards, born 532 AD)
 * Mikado of Kibi: Emperor Katagiri Shinichi (Since 535 AD)
 * Economy: The economy kicks into gear for war. With a large merchantile industry formed out of mass-producing naval craft, partcularly the Chokyori-sen and Kyushu-sen, for both our and the Gojoseon armies, a temporary economic boom occurs.
 * Capital: Yamatai-koku (Consolidated capital)(Present-day Sakurai, Nara), Edo (Yamato), Kioku (Izumo), Umienomon (Tohoku), Naruto (Kibi)
 * Demographics:
 * Population: 4,201,000
 * Religion: Non-mandated
 * Ethnicities: 27% Yamato, 25% Izumo, 8.5% Ainu, 16% Kibi, 5% Nakoku, 5% Hayato, 5% Xia, 3.5% Gojoseon, 3.5% Ryukyu, 0.5% Zhang (Tohoku not included)
 * Military: With 360 Chokyori-sen and 460 Kyushu-sen, 35,000 men are sent to Xia. 10,000 will remain on their various ships to engage in a large naval blockade of Xia, while the remaining 25,000 on 130 Chokyori-sen and 320 Kyushu-sen land in Taipei and begin clearing out the Zhang occupation force.
 * Wars/Conflicts: War with Zhang.
 * Diplomacy:
 * Zhang: We declare war.

Empire of Gojoseon

 * Government: Heredity absolute monarchy.
 * Emperor: Hyon Sang-Chol (224-)
 * Economy: Coinage is almost fully implemented and will be completed next turn. Economy is still based around agriculture and trade.
 * Capital: Songrim.
 * Demographics:
 * Population: 1,010,012 (87% Korean, 12% Yang, 1% other)
 * Religion: 97% Confucianism, 3% other.
 * Korean Military
 * Infantry: 32,500
 * Archers: 6,000
 * Calavry: 12,000
 * Korean Navy
 * Attack Ships: 40
 * Transport Ships: 25
 * Trading Ships: 60
 * Wars and Conflicts
 * Zhang War: We join in against Zhang after Yamato declares war on them, for now we dont do much besides sending some supplies and sending some ships to help blockade Xia.
 * Diplomacy
 * Xiongnu: We agree to your deal. So go ahead my new friend, we will attack once they are fully distracted. (Next turn)
 * Events
 * Fortification in Yan: In preparation for a war, we begin to build up fortifications in Yan on the borders with Qi, Xiongnu, and the Daevites, along with placing troops there in preparation for a war.

Roma Borealis (North Roman Empire) I Westro-Germanian Kingdom

 * Leader: "The Green Emperor" Saturn Remus Neo-Claudian (B 490 - D 545) (R 510 - 545), Remus Augustus Neo-Claudian (B 520 - D 545), (R 25th June 545 - 12th august 545), Augustus Neo-Claudian (B 543 - still alive), (R 12th August 545 - 14th August 545), Warlord/King Adelhard Germanus von Hohenstol (B 523 - still alive), (R 545 to 547 as warlord and then 547 and onwards as king)
 * Government: Absolute Monarchy ruled by an Emperor. The Whole title is Emperor of Roma Borealis, Protector of Germania, archidux of Westria and king of the eastern lands. New title is King of Germania and Archduke of Westria. Our current ruling dynasty switched from Neo-Claudian to von Hohenstol
 * Demographics:
 * Population:
 * Wien: Population: 75,780
 * Eskos: Population: 36,400
 * Konigsberg: Population: 20,350
 * Konr: Population: 20,010
 * Rich: Population: 32,200
 * Munich: Population: 25,000
 * Miels: Population: 23,400
 * Rural and smaller towns population: 11,528,100
 * Total population: 11,702,340
 * Religion: Westrian paganism (6%), Roman Paganism (5%), Christianity (50%) and Germanic Paganism (39%)
 * Ethinicities: 16% Westrian, 31% Bavarii/irminonics aka Munichians, 15% Escosians, Latins 1%, Germanics 37%


 * Economy: We are based on agriculture. We use our own coins which resembles a lot those of the old Roman empire


 * Wars and conflicts: 
 * Invasion from the east: We try to defeat them with 20,000 spearmen and 15,000 swordmen and 12,000 cavalry we have but it has been very unsuccesfull so far.
 * Chief Commander: Suspended the last one being Germanus aristainus who leads the remains of the North Roman army in the east.
 * Army: Total of
 * Spearmen: 45,050
 * Swordmen: 38,040
 * Bowmen: 12,530
 * Cavalry: 20,482
 * Pioneers: 1,374
 * Crossbowmen: 1,150
 * Events:
 * Romanization: The romanization stops at 545.
 * The rise of Christianity: Christianity continues to spread as it is both promoted and accepted
 * The Fall of the North Roman Empire: In 545 tragic striked the nation when the Emperor died at age of 55. His heir quickly took the role as Emperor but to bad not to long after becoming emperor he died in battle agaisnt the ostgermanikers leaving his 2 year old son on the throne. His son Augustus reign only lasted two days before General Abdelhard who feared that the whole empire would collapse took control first as warlord trying to hold the empire togheter but soon in 456 he decided to declare the old Westrian region with the Germanic lands aquired with the peacedeal with Daevites before the split of the Roman Empire indpendendt. He leaves the rest of the now dissovled empire to its fate.

* note that the statistic on religion, ethncity, army and demographics shows Roma Borealis and not the Westro-Germanian Kingdom
 * Diplomacy:

Kingdom of Caledonia
Royal Family (Seosaidh's Dynasty):
 * Seosaidh I (Ruled 465AD-523AD)
 * Kyrillian I (Rules 523AD-Present)
 * Edgum (born 527AD)
 * Fume (Born 553AD)
 * Megatain (Born 555AD)
 * Tebazed (Born 559AD)
 * Byrr (born 533AD)
 * Edgard (Born 547AD)
 * Byllina (Born 551AD)
 * Prince Thorris (born 500AD)
 * Prince Arys (born 510AD) (died to natural causes 543AD)

(*Due to their old age, they lead rather as armchair commanders, giving orders from the back and the orders being carried out by other officials)
 * Government: Hereditary Monarchy, Led by Kyrillian I Since 523AD
 * 128/142 Town Mayors are now Romanized
 * Economy: The economy is largely unaffected by the war and retains the sloppy growth of an agrarian economy.
 * Fifth Issue: The economy procedes as normal, even during wartime.
 * Demographics: A population boost is given by the conquered territories.
 * Population: 153,000 (95,0% rural, 5,0% urban)
 * Military:
 * The First Army (led by Kyrillian I* (As of Present )): 1400 Trained Archers, 2900 Levy Archers 195 Noble Spearmen, 5000 Levy Spearmen.
 * The Second Army (led by Prince Thorris* (As of Present)): 800 Trained Archers, 1900 Levy Archers, 90 Noble Spearmen, 3000 Levy Spearmen
 * ~2400 enlisted Military Police(Town guards, etc).
 * 23 Manned Warships, 2 Transport Ships
 * Wars and Conflicts:
 * Caledonian conquest of Britannia: Kyrillian and Thorris march south, pillaging and attacking any Romans that come in their way.

Chiefdom of Bayelsha
Diplomacy:
 * Government: Tribal confederation under a non-hereditary monarchy
 * Shugaba: Hadava
 * Economy: Dependent on hunting, agriculture becomes more prominent
 * Capital: Haɗawa
 * Demographics:
 * Population: ~30,100
 * Religion: Hausa shamanism 100%
 * Wars and Conflicts:
 * Bantu tribes: We ask you to join our nation, we will provide equal represantation in the tribal council and the free practice of your religion
 * Events:
 * Expansion: A proposal was accepted to expand east to the Bantu border by the tribal council, including the Shugaba himself
 * Female representation: After one of the tribal leaders have died without a male heir, and the tribe has split into many smaller ones, to avoid this from happening, women can now inherit the tribal leadership, but there are many restrictions, for example they cant lead armies
 * Territories: Modern Bayelsha State, Nigeria, and everything between the nation and the Bantu tribes, with the northern border being the same distance from coast as its current northern border

Events & Great People

 * A New Wave of Migrations: The Ostgermaniks continue their great march to claim the weakly held lands. They claim swathes of land from Roma Borealis with their might of 50 000 warriors, reaching the river Elbe. The Irminonics rise up and begin fighting the Ostgermaniks and the Romans south of Vesnia. The Ostgermaniks also begin to pour into Vedena, claiming the northern lands, massacring those who opposed their march and reclamation of their power. The Slavokans also continue their march, claiming Hadan and Ridstau. A tribe of 2 000 nearly reached Kuma, but were butchered in front of the gates of the city.
 * Beowulf: The mighty Gothic warrior is born in 561. He lives his life near the southern border, fighting the Ostgermaniks his whole youth. He leads many battles against the Ostgermaniks, gaining reputation and honor with his massive kill tally. By the age of 17, he is summoned by the Danish king to Danska, to fight the Vesnians for him and to slay a mythical and rumoured beast which plundered the halls of a major village on Falster in exchange for a title of nobility in the kingdom of Danska. Myth tells that Beowulf slays a mythical beast named Grendel and it's mother. He leads his small group of warriors against the Vesnians when they attempt an invasion and drive them back to the sea with the aid of other levied troops. Beowulf becomes the earl of Ärhus.
 * Buddhism: it spreads to Japan, to the port of Fukuoka, Nakoku from Gojoseon. From Nakoku word of the teachings of Buddha reach Yamato in 574. Roughly 8 000 people have been converted by the newly arrived faith.
 * Wolves at the Gates: With the Gothic tribes closing in on Bergen every day, the king of Nordicium, Yngvarr tries to desperately hold off the massing hordes of Goths. The Norrmarkung are the first Goths to reach the city of Bergen, sieging it for two weeks, but are forced to retreat after reinforcements arrived. A naval invasion from Västermark and Athalarica arrive at the ports, but are just and just repelled by the few remaining defenders. There are no more men to supply the Nordicium army, and only 2 000 soldiers remain. The Goths begin to turn to infighting and many tribes slaughter each other. The Athalarica grow, assimilating new tribes and assassinations run rampant in all the Scandinavian kingdoms. Bergen is at the verge of collapse.
 * Gerrhan Collapse: After years of dissent and insurgencies, the nation of Gerrha has collapsed into several minor states.

NPC Turns

 * Gothic Kingdoms: The kingdom of Sydstrand is formed in Kristiansand and Norrmarkung between Bergen and Västermark. Ståkkårå expands northward.
 * Danska and Vesnia: Danska lose the northern regions of their kingdom to the Goths. Vesnia's eastern border is harassed by the Ostgermaniks and the southern border by the Irminonics. Both nations sign a ceasefire and focus on the invading barbarians.
 * Surabanese Revolt: They reconquer Shoqra and take Al-Mukalia. The massive military of Muscat-Oman has drained it's economy, and almost 2 000 soldiers defect from the front, fleeing either to their homes or joining the Surabanese, who seem to offer them more if they fight for them, than Muscat-Oman. The nations begins to crumble under the stress of a long and expensive campaign.
 * Danes of Camulodonum: More Danes from Danska flee to the region, totaling 12 000 people at the moment. They expand northward, capturing more land from Roma Occidental.
 * Albion: They capture Isca Silurum and most of Wales.
 * Pyu: They invade Manipur, annexing it with ease. They also continue their slow advance on Shu.
 * Langkasuka: They annex Mong through a bloody campaign.
 * Qi: They offer Feng a chance to form an alliance with them and Zhang, they accept.

Sultanate of Muscat-Oman

 * Government: Absolute Monarchy (Sultanate)
 * Sultan: Mustafa Saifal al-Khalif (B 536 AD, still alive) (R 557 AD - 565 AD), Fariar Saifal al-Khalif (B 540 AD, still alive) (R 565 AD - Present)
 * Hakim of Al-Sumali and Socotra: Mehmed al-Keret (B 500 AD, still alive) (R 524 AD - Present)
 * Economy: Based around fishing, some agriculture and trading mostly, as well as taxing of the villagers and peasants. We are a central figure of the large spice trade across the Indian Ocean. We are trading with Ceylon, Gerrha, the Shapurid Dynasty, Gupta, Roma Centrum and Atlas. It is in need of rebuilding due to the large strain it has had on our nation.
 * Capital: Muscat
 * Demographics:
 * Population:
 * Muscat: 7173
 * Ibri: 3041
 * Salala: 3587
 * Duqm: 3311
 * Shoqra (occupied): ~2000
 * Al-Mukalia (occupied): ~1900
 * Tamreda: 1291
 * Sur: 1820
 * Kalba: 2300
 * Al-Hafu (Hafun): 854
 * Rural areas (AKA everything else): ~108,112
 * Ethnicities: 77% Omani, 9% Surabanese, 8,5% Gerrhans, 2% Adnanites, 2% Azd tribes, 1% African tribes, 0,5% Mobambans.
 * Religion: 89% Zoroastrianism, 11% Other (Christianity, Paganism etc.)
 * Wars and Conflicts (italics: Potential War):
 * Muscati-Saba War: Time to end it.
 * Surabanese War of Independence: Time to end it.
 * Military: Our conscription law is ~1% of the population
 * Reformed Shielded Spearmen: 200
 * Reformed Swordmen: 200
 * Reformed Bowmen: 200
 * City Guards: 200 (exempt from conscription)
 * Reformed Dromedary Forces: 200
 * Sword Cavalry: 50
 * Spear Cavalry: 50
 * Javelin Cavalry: 50
 * Horse Archers: 50
 * Reformed Javelineers: 200
 * Navy:
 * 91 transport ships (can hold around 8-12 men)
 * 305 trade ships
 * 150 warships (galleys pretty much)
 * 110 fire ships
 * 30 triremes
 * Although not part of the navy we have 451 fishing ships.
 * Diplomacy:
 * Suraban and Saba: This conflict has gone on for far too long, let us end this. We will recognize Suraban's independence and they may receive the lands they occupy, except Al-Mukalia. We shall pay reparations as well, I hope we can forget our long hatred of eachother and establish good relations.
 * Events:
 * End of the Era of Warfare: As things took a turn for the worse, the al-Khalif family saw that there was no way out of this war except to accept Suraban's ultimate independence. Mustafa, however, refused to acknowledge any sort of thing. Going along with the secularization of Muscat-Oman, the family together with angry citizens forced Mustafa to abdicate and he was replaced by his brother Fariar as he had no heir. After over 100 years of warfare, peace is finally pursued.
 * Conscription: It was earlier at a ridiculous number only set because of the huge amount of years that Muscat-Oman was at war in. This cracked down the economy (which is what supplies the army in the first place) and was reduced by Fariar to just 1% after he took power.
 * Casualties: A lot of people have died and left the nation after such a bloody era.
 * Times of Worry: Our Sultanate has become unstable, mostly because of the war, this has caused protests that have led to injured citizens and in some cases deaths. The Sultan is trying to rebuild society, but it will take a long time.

Republic of Vedena

 * Government: Vedena is run by the Governor and the Senate, which are elected every 8 years by adult male landowners. The Senate is quite stratified and each social class tries to achieve the majority and leadership in it.
 * Governor: Varban Karpov (560AD-572AD), Milo Vlaev the Librarian (572AD-now)
 * Senate:
 * Merchants: 98
 * Nobility: 103
 * "Librarians": 21
 * Religious: 43
 * Economy: Based on logging, agriculture, deep mining, and trade.
 * The ever-growing number of landownerships: Because of our appealing immigration policy, the number of landowners is growing dramatically in different regions of Vedena, but usually across Lutsk.
 * The ever-growing amount of trade: Ancient Vedena was founded by merchants. The amount of trade and, respectively, the influence of the merchants as a cast has slightly increased last decades and doesn't seem to stop expanding.
 * Capital: Lutsk.
 * Demographics: 320'100 people
 * Rural areas:~195'900.
 * Biggest settlements: 124'200; 38.8% live in urban areas.
 * Lutsk (and the nearest territories across it): 82'900.
 * Mukachevo: 10'600.
 * Ivanyvsk': 10'300.
 * Other (population less than 1000): 20'400.
 * Ethnicities: 48% are Volynians, 17% are Romans, 14% are the nomadic tribes, 21% is the rest (Greeks, Dacians, etc.).
 * Religion: 70% are Judaist/Christians, 22% are Vedenian pagans, 8% is the rest beliefs (Illyrican, Bonra, and other pagans).
 * Military:
 * Swordsmen and crossbowmen: 30'000.
 * City guards: 16'000.
 * Feudal armies: Nowadays, the strongest of the nobility have their own, yet little (for now), armies, which may help us halt the barbaric invasion from the north.
 * Big standing army: In order to be protected from the barbarians, we have to have a standing army. Thus, a lot of new city guards, swordmen and crossbowmen were recruited. Unfortunately, it cripples out budget a little.
 * Navy: 420 little trade vessels, 50 medium ones.
 * Diplomacy:
 * Negotiations with the Ostgermaniker: The barbaric invasion must be stopped at any cost! Therefore, we try to sign peace with them in exchange for permission to settle in the northern lands as the autonomy of Vedena with its own military, and internal policy.
 * Events:
 * The restoration of the Great Lutsk Library:​​​​​​ The Great Lutsk Library, often called as "The Northern Library of Alexandria", which contained a lot of great works of art, science, and philosophy, was destroyed by disgusting barbarians a few centuries ago. Fortunately, Milo Vlaev, the elected governor of Vedena, has commissioned reconstruction of the Great Lutsk Library in the City Centre. It was rebuilt in 7 years, outmatching the previous shame of it. It is time to praise knowledge again!
 * The Lutsk Wall: Accounting for the fact Lutsk was violently obliterated last time, Varban Karpov, and later Milo Vlaev commissioned the construction of a big wall across Lutsk in order to protect it from possible invasions. It is said to be one of the greatest walls in lands of the former Roman Empire. Will it save Vedena from future invasions? Time will tell!
 * Current features of Vedena: 
 * The restoration of Lutsk: Since we have returned to our ancient lands, we started rebuilding the former capital, Lutsk. It was known to be one of the greatest cities of all times and it is growing at incredible rates nowadays.
 * Ever-growing landownership: Our immigration policy is providing new immigration with enough lands as their private property to self-sustain so that more and more people settle the territories. It attracts a lot of people across neighbouring regions and countries.

Chiefdom of Mobamba

 * Government: Tribal Chiefdom
 * Ruler(s): Chief Moniba (b.533, r.549-)
 * Economy: Mainly based off subsistence farming and fishing, although outside trade occasionally occurs and mining has started to become a factor in the local economy.
 * Capital: Sicko-Mobamba
 * Demographics:
 * Population: 98,000
 * Sicko-Mobamba: 20,000
 * Wata-Madinga: 5,000
 * Sicko-Uwu: 12,000
 * U-Nukalo: 4,500
 * Obunga: 1,900
 * Religion: 58% Knuckles traditional religion, 41% Black Panther Cult, 1% Zoroastrianism
 * Ethnicity: 35% Mobamban, 56% other Knuckles tribes, 6% Wakandans, 2% Nilotic tribes, 1% other (mainly Ifriqiyans, Omani and Sumali merchants)
 * Military: 4,000 spearmen, 2,000 swordsmen, 500 archers, 100 elephant chariots
 * Events:
 * Black Panther Cult insurgency: After the mayor of Wata-Madinga expelled Black Panther Cultists from the city, some more extreme and zealous Cultists begin to group together under the leadership of a certain N’Jadaka “Killmonger”, and begin an insurgency in the jungles north of Wata-Madinga. Although they are currently just a minor annoyance, they are skilled fighters, and many in the north fear that they may grow stronger and wreak havoc amongst Mobamban society.
 * Elephant Chariots: A regiment of elephant chariots is formed, made of the finest warriors in Mobamba, and trained specifically by the Chief.
 * Elephants used in other ways: The rich have started a new fad, where they use elephants, elephant driver slaves, a large carriage, and the “new” wheel to carry themselves across town in style.
 * Expansion: Slight expansion to the south.
 * Diplomacy:
 * Ifiriqiyah: I see you have broken away from your former masters in Gerrha. Would you be interested in continuing the trade relations of your predecessors?

Roma Borealis (North Roman Empire) I Kingdom of Westro-Germania

 * Leader: Warlord/King Adelhard Germanus von Hohenstol (B 523 - still alive), (R 545 to 547 as warlord and then 547 and onwards as king)
 * Government: Absolute Monarchy ruled by a King. Title is King of Germania and Archduke of Westria. Our current ruling dynasty is von Hohenstol
 * Demographics:
 * Population:
 * Wien: Population: 75,780
 * Eskos: Population: 36,400
 * Konr: Population: 20,010
 * Rich: Population: 32,200
 * Munich: Population: 25,000
 * Miels: Population: 23,400
 * Rural and smaller towns population: 8,308,100
 * Total population: 8,382,340
 * Religion: Westrian paganism (7%), Roman Paganism (6%), Christianity (58%) and Germanic Paganism (29%)
 * Ethinicities: 26% Westrian, 33% Bavarii/irminonics aka Munichians, 20% Escosians, Latins 1%, Germanics 20%


 * Economy: We are based on agriculture. We use our own coins which resembles a lot those of the old Roman empire


 * Wars and conflicts: 
 * Migration wars: We try to hold our postion in the north with about 60% of our remaining troops. the rest are guarding other places in the realm. It is hard defending when the army is crumbling.
 * Chief Commander: Suspended the last one being Germanus aristainus
 * Army: Total of
 * Spearmen: 23,050
 * Swordmen: 21,040
 * Bowmen: 9,530
 * Cavalry: 5,482
 * Pioneers: dead
 * Crossbowmen: 1,150
 * Events:
 * The rise of Christianity: Christianity continues to spread as it is both promoted and accepted
 * Roma-Borealis name change: As we don't see us as Roman anymore we switch name to Westro-Germania even though it maybe will be changed in the future because of all germanic tribes trying to break free and that escosians seem to be a better party to co-operate with since they haven't revolted yet.


 * Diplomacy:
 * Korona: If you are allowed to settle in our northern lands will you accept peace?

Central Roman Empire | Roma Centrum

 * Government: Imperial Monarchy
 * Emperors: (I'm lazy)
 * Justin II (r. 555-578) (b. 508)
 * Remus (r. 578-) (b. 539)
 * Hellenisation of Cities: Obvious insert Hellenisation into cities, so we got rid of Aleppo, Ottozul (anachronism) and Hattusa, but we also remove Troy from existence because its obscure now.
 * Military: Approximately 70,000 to 90,000 in total, most of them are styled like the late Roman imperial army, but is shifting towards disorganisation over this century, though still very formal. Cataphracts are also prominent when Romans (probably?) adopted it in the 3rd century, still used by the Central Roman Empire, along with ballistae and many more.
 * Economy: It is based around trading with the Romans, along with those far and wide. Currency exists in the Central Roman Empire and is minted with riches like silver and gold, although it is slightly crude by modern standards, it bears the Emperor still on every coin when it was minted, of course.
 * Demographics:
 * Population: 20,000,000 (approximate)
 * Constantinople: 600,000
 * Large cities: 1,200,000
 * Small settlements: 4,000,000
 * Rural areas: 14,200,000
 * Religion: 85% Christian (of the Nicene Creed, ehhhhh?), 3% Zoroastrian (those people in the far east of the Central Roman Empire), 12% Other (pagans, Jews and others that I missed out)
 * Culture: 40% Greek, 10% Armenian, 10% Illyrian (totally not Albanians lol), 15% Thracian (lol idk), 5% Assyrian, 1% Jewish/Israelite (they did move across Europe though), 19% Other
 * Events:
 * Mount Athos (what am I doing): A church was built in the middle of Mount Athos from 563 to 580 by some Christians. it was the first time this area was marked with churches again since 380. Though there is a pagan Greek temple around the area, it will soon be marked with change.
 * Roman Fall, but is the Centre sane?: With all Romes falling, except Atlas (or the Southern Roman Empire officially), the Central Roman Empire remains quite strong while the nomadic and tribal north has started to push Roman influence back into the dark ages. Rome's influence will live on through Latin and few influences, though the Central Roman Empire is becoming technologically stagnant across the century from many factors, notably Rome being split in 510 was one thing. Then there will be another threat in few decades' time, from the east - perhaps a new religious or united ethnic threat, which will make the Central Roman Empire deepen its insanity.

Honshu to Shikoku no Toitsu Kokoku

 * Government: Union of Monarchies, with exception for Ainu Tohoku (Democratic Tribalism, now Autonomous State)
 * Mikado of Yamato: Empress Saika Niban-me (Until 578 AD), Empress Saika Sanban-me (578 AD onwards, born 552 AD)
 * Mikado of Izumo: Empress Misato Futaba (Until 575 AD), Empress Koriyama Yotsuba (576 onwards, born 552 AD)
 * Mikado of Kibi: Emperor Katagiri Shinichi (Until 561 AD), Emperor Katagiri Koichi (562 AD onwards, born 541 AD)
 * Economy: Businesses are set up in Shonan Xia, with merchants pouring into the liberated nation. The agricultural needs of the country continues to grow, with farmers scared off by Ainu tribes in Northern Tohoku fleeing south to Yamato once again. The war economy continues, with naval craft production making up half of all naval-related business in the nation.
 * Capital: Yamatai-koku (Consolidated capital)(Present-day Sakurai, Nara), Edo (Yamato), Kioku (Izumo), Umienomon (Tohoku), Naruto (Kibi)
 * Demographics:
 * Population: 4,356,000
 * Religion: Non-mandated
 * Ethnicities: 27% Yamato, 25% Izumo, 8.5% Ainu, 16% Kibi, 5% Nakoku, 5% Hayato, 5% Xia, 3.5% Gojoseon, 3.5% Ryukyu, 0.5% Zhang (Tohoku not included)
 * Military: The 25,000 men on Xia are supplemented by another 10,000 in order to fully secure Xia and restore the former nation. Meanwhile, the campaign to harass Zhang naval craft continues, with most naval craft outside those already devoted to the protection of Xia being diverted to stopping Zhang's trade in the ocean. As of current, 450 Chokyori-sen and 670 Kyushu-sen harass the waters of Zhang, hoping to starve it into peace.
 * Wars/Conflicts: War with Zhang.
 * Diplomacy:
 * Shonan Xia(Occupation Authority): As an ally of Xia, the country is immediately entered into an alliance with the Toitsu Kokoku.
 * Rusonto: We offer a military alliance as well as a free movement deal similar to that offered to other Japanese nations, with the addition of additional funding for Rusonto's continued southwards expansion and naval craft to set up settlements south.

Western Roman Empire | Roma Occidental

 * Government: Imperial Dynasty: Neo-Claudian. Absolute Monarchy.
 * Ruler (Emperor):
 * Murcius I
 * Londius I
 * Lutetius I
 * Oolius I
 * Anderius I
 * Caralius I
 * Tarantus I
 * Syrius I
 * Economy: Roman coinage. Based around trade regarding farming, fishing, mining, and various other things. Major hubs around the Empire help provides for this. We are now building up the military to fight the enemies on the British island.
 * Capital: Rome
 * Demographics:
 * Population: ~35 Million. 40.5% Latin, 4.8% Greek, 5.7% Celtic, 3% German, 0.5% Persian, 46% Other.
 * Religion: Pagan 2.8%, Christian 95.2%, Other 2%.
 * Military: Conscription 1%
 * Soldiers: STANDING: 100,000 (rank 7/10), 120,000 (rank 4/10), 130,000 (rank 2/10) Total: 350,000.
 * Legions: 10 Legions (rank 7/10), 12 Legions (rank 4/10), 13 Legions (rank 2/10), Total: 35 Legions (10,000 men each)
 * Navy: We have the second largest Navy of the 5 after Atlas.
 * Wars and Conflicts:
 * War against Ablion tribes:
 * Front: We send 6 (rank 4) Legions to push to the west.
 * War against Danskan refugees: 
 * Front: We send 4 (rank 4) Legions to push to the east.
 * War against Caledonia:
 * Land Front: We send 8 (rank 7) Legions to push to the north.
 * Land front reserves: 2 (rank 4) Legions
 * Naval Front: 2 (rank 7) Legions will attack their navy.
 * Events:
 * Military Conscription change: We change the conscription to 1%
 * Military ranking system: We make a system to determine the strength of the soldiers, the ranking goes from 1-10, 1 being the weakest, 5 being avarage and 10 being the strongest.
 * Legion change: Each Legion will now have 10,000 men.

Empire of Gojoseon

 * Government: Heredity absolute monarchy.
 * Emperor: Hyon Sang-Chol (224-261) Kang Dong-Chol
 * Economy: Coinage is fully implemented and the current economic system.
 * Capital: Songrim.
 * Demographics:
 * Population: 1,031,901 (87% Korean, 12% Yang, 1% other)
 * Religion: 97% Confucianism, 3% other.
 * Korean Military
 * Infantry: 32,500 (10,000 from newly raised militia)
 * Archers: 6,000
 * Calavry: 12,000
 * Korean Navy
 * Attack Ships: 40
 * Transport Ships: 25
 * Trading Ships: 60
 * Wars and Conflicts
 * Great Chinese War: We recruited a new fresh group of 10,000 soldiers. We rush to meet them up with the smaller groups of our army (around 15k men), while marching the troops around Yan and on the frontiers (around 25k) to group up and swing behind the Qi armies while the smaller army distracts. After hopefully surrounding them we will quickly crush their smaller army then recapture Liaoning.
 * Diplomacy
 * Yamato: If you are able to we request help killing the Qi blockade, we can sneak our ships out of port and meet up with you and try to beat their navy.
 * Events: None.

Events & Great People

 * Arturia the Great: Arturia grew up in Roman Britannia for most of her life, hidden away from society by her adoptive inhibiri father. After her father died, she went out to the world, exploring Britannia. Here is where she fell in love with the island (not Ireland). Over the decades, she had acquired young followers that grew with her and became trained "knights". They later formed a group called the "Knights of the Round Table" led by Arturia. Despite recently turning 40, people have commented that she seems to not have aged. When she saw the Albion had begun invading her lands, she was furious and spent the next couple decades gathering more followers and pulled a sword from a stone called Caliburn. When the year hits 560, she, along with her army of followers, attacked the Albions (but made target practice of the Scandinavians), pushing them out from Wales, but they took ships with them. Arturia now had a problem; the Albions would keep on coming. She needed to destroy the threats at the core. After exploring ways to build good ships that would withstand the crossing. She found the lady of the lake, which given her a sword called Excalibur (formerly the sword of the Emperor of Roma Borealis). The lady of the lake also gave her a vision that Arturia would rule a vast land due to her grand ships. Arturia, using her memory, ordered her followers to build the ships. They went on to invade the Albions, taking over the territory. Drekisson and the Kingdom of Albions were scared and attempted to assassinate or take down Arturia. On 570, she invaded both realms with her knights and annexed them. Merlin, a mysterious wizard like outcast from Ireland who had helped Arturia get the lay of the land and achieve victory, had Arturia crowned the Queen of Britannia (or Ireland, Eires), naming Ireland part of the Britannian region and isles rather than its own by 580.
 * Augustine of Canterbury: The Benedictine monk leads a mission to christianize Britain from paganism and found the English church. He becomes the archbishop of Canterbury and succeeds in his mission, with big minority of christians already existing in Roman Britain already being christian.
 * Chandra Calendar: A luni-solar calendar is created in Chandra, with the starting year of 594.
 * Beowulf: He becomes a decorated general and respected councilor to the king of Danska. The inept king dies in battle with the Goths, and Beowulf decides to take matters to his own hands and makes himself king of Danska. At the twilight of his life according to myth a dragon came to wreak havoc upon Odense. Beowulf slays the beast with a young warrior, but dies of third degree burns and worse after the battle.
 * A New Wave of Migrations, Part Deux: The Ostgermaniks and Irminonics continue their march west and south. They've heard of the great city of Lutetia, and plan to plunder it. The Ostgermaniker march south, crashing down on Vedena, claiming Kalichatow. Drusselstein and Galizien warriors march further south, seizing land. Galizien also invades Vedena, eyeing a grand prize of the famed rebuilt city of Lutsk. More Irminonic, Ostgermaniker and Slavokan tribes rise up in Roma Borealis, Tartary and Vedena. More tribes from the Irimonics and Ostgermaniks settle down into various kingdoms.
 * Total Mesoamerican Collapse: Following decades of revolts and general instability, the entire region falls to the hands of civil strife and chaos. As the dust settled, self-proclaimed kingdoms rose up, as well as a new religion borne of a branch of classical Mayan religions. The Nahuatl religion, followed by a score of west Mesoamerican states, is identifiable by a list of gory rituals and brutal sacrifices. In many ways, reminiscent of the Daevite folk beliefs of ages past. Future historians would look back and notice multiple unnerving similarities between the two.
 * Britannia Falters: Their economy begins to wither, as corruption begins to grow. Their armies aren't accustomed to fighting in the British woodlands and get their buttocks handed to them in almost every battle.
 * Arzha: An average Kandahar merchant, Arzhang claims to be the final Prophet of God (not specified which god this is) and amasses a following in Kandahar which grows fairly quickly due to its consideration for Kandahari culture and traditions, not to mention the redaction of class systems into the background. Publicly considered as a religion in its own right, most of the population of Kandahar is Arzhist by the end of the 6th century.
 * Hellenic Reformation: After centuries of stagnation, the Hellenic gods are in the midst of being forgotten. In a new philosophical movement, the Renovanem, the pantheon is legitimised by establishing clear cut boundaries between deities, and eventually uniting several entities into a few set gods. New legends and myths are created, old ones rewritten to fit a "modern" narrative. Taking a page from Christianity, the 14 Olympian Decrees are created to try and instil social order and stability within the populace. Other reforms lead to classical Hellenic Paganism going extinct as the so-called Neo Hellenism takes off as the leading religion in Atlas.

NPC Turns

 * Danska: Under the banner of Beowulf, the kingdom begins a reconquista and takes back the island of Zealand.
 * Slavokans: They assimilate their nearby Proto-Balt tribes and push further into Tartary. They also expand into Ugrian territories.
 * Bonra: They sack the cities of Davas, Armafa, Aragat and Qabala.
 * Nordicium: Their age of prosperity is over. The Goth tribes finally overrun Bergen in 583. The Alarung tribes form the kingdom of Alarsrik. After a dreadful siege and a series of deadly blows, a mere 7,000 people remained in the city. All those who didn't flee by ship to Danska or the Faroes are first beaten, raped and then or sacrificed by the Alarung. A total of 4,500 people are sacrificed in 583, making it the largest single sacrificial rite in the history of the world.   so far.
 * Ostmark and Korona: They begin having some serious border disputes, leading to some battles and later to war. The latter sends a diplomatic message to the Westro-German Empire, demanding the entirety of their northern and currently occupied provinces.
 * Chandra: They annex Arakan.
 * Trade in West Africa: The Red Sea trade routes are being plundered so often, that most Arab states refuse to go south to trade with Mobamba or Wakanda, and therefore cut the trade routes.
 * Ostgermaniker Tribes to Vedena: Some tribes kill the messengers before they could even recite their message, others send them back and ask, would we need to pay tribute to you?
 * Zhang: They are able to keep their people fed with their massive farms and keep the economy running, with trade being rerouted to other Chinese nations by land. Their navy of 1,800 ships protect them from a naval invasion. They puncture the Yamato blockade and send 12,000 men to reinforce the island of Xia and facilitate evacuation of important persons to the mainland. They begin building ships on a massive scale. 30 ships are built every week, boosting the military might of the nation exponentially. They are preparing to kick the Yamato out of Xia.
 * Qi: They lose some land in the west to the Xiongnu, but with the help of the Feng armies are able to push the Xiongnu back to Xi'an. They are able to hold naval superiority in the Yellow Sea, aided by the Wu fleet. They dispatch two major armies, 15,000 thousand men march towards Simyang and 35,000 towards Songnim, preparing to siege the city.

Central Roman Empire | Roma Centrum

 * Government: Imperial Monarchy
 * Emperors:
 * Remus (r. 578-590) (b. 539-590)
 * Leo (r. 590-597) (b. 556-597)
 * Leo II (r. 597-present) (b. 588) - under a regency (sort of)
 * Military: Approximately 95,000 in total, most of them are styled like the late Roman imperial army, but is shifting towards disorganisation over this century, though still very formal and organised by army, it is that legions shielding each other was becoming less of a thing in the Central Roman army, adopting for spreading out. Cataphracts are also prominent when Romans adopted it in the 3rd century from the Persians, which are still used by the Central Roman Empire, along with the ballistae and many more.
 * Economy: It is based around trading with the Romans, along with those far and wide. Currency exists in the Central Roman Empire and is minted with riches like silver and gold, although it is slightly crude by modern standards, it bears the Emperor still on every coin when it was minted, of course.
 * Early Urbanisation: Urbanisation was slow even during the time of stagnation, but it is proving to be a change with the Central Roman Empire with Constantinople growing. Early forms of a local census was carried out by a governor in Constantinople showed that more are moving into larger cities for a while.
 * Demographics:
 * Population: 20,340,000 (approximate)
 * Constantinople: 640,000
 * Large cities: 1,300,000
 * Small settlements: 4,500,000
 * Rural areas: 13,900,000
 * Religion: 85% Christian, 3% Zoroastrian, 1% Neo-Hellenism (around the boundaries of Atlas), 1% Judaism, 10% Other
 * Culture: 40% Greek, 10% Armenian, 10% Illyrian (totally not Albanians lol), 15% Thracian (lol idk), 5% Assyrian, 1% Jewish/Israelite (they did move across Europe though), 19% Other
 * Events:
 * The Southern Pagans: With Atlas starting to see Neo-Hellenism growing to be a powerful religion, the Central Roman Empire is also seeing some of their own messengers arriving and trying to convert Greeks back to their old, but reformed religion, in few numbers. The dominantly Christian empire have seen this as a threat of reverting back to 'uncivilised ways' and by 599, under the regency of Leo II, they imposed a controversial full pagan ban all across the Central Roman Empire. Zoroastrianism and Judaism are sanctioned religions permitted by the regent. Not only this ban made some of the lower class farmers and craftsmen interested in converting to this faith especially from one Roman realm, it could also see nobles trying to embrace this in secret.
 * Regency of Leo II: After the death of Emperor Leo on April 597, his son Leo II assumed Emperor. Because he's too young to take leadership, it was taken over by a regency until he is able and fit for rulership at the age of 16. Known as the Age of Regency, the council of Roma Centrum was overtly Christian and despised pagans, supported extreme centralisation of the empire and to help out Roma Borealis, Orientalis and Occidental through few thousand troops (though that is still not much) as fellow Romans. Leo II may have different motives to what the regency council thinks he wants, but that would have to wait until 604.
 * Roman Fall, but is the Centre sane? (Repeat): With all Romes falling, except Atlas (or the Southern Roman Empire officially), the Central Roman Empire remains quite strong while the nomadic and tribal north has started to push Roman influence back into the dark ages. Rome's influence will live on through Latin and few influences, though the Central Roman Empire is becoming technologically stagnant across the century from many factors, notably Rome being split in 510 was one thing. Then there will be another threat in few decades' time, from the east - perhaps a new religious or united ethnic threat, which will make the Central Roman Empire deepen its insanity.

Sultanate of Muscat-Oman (FINAL TURN)

 * Government: Absolute Monarchy (Sultanate)
 * Sultan: Fariar Saifal al-Khalif (B 540 AD, still alive) (R 565 AD - Present)
 * Hakim of Al-Sumali and Socotra: Mehmed al-Keret (B 500 AD D 589 AD) (R 524 AD - 580 AD), Ummar Faraj (B 558 AD, still alive) (R 580 AD - Present)
 * Economy: Based around fishing, some agriculture and trading mostly, as well as taxing of the villagers and peasants. We are a central figure of the large spice trade across the Indian Ocean. We are trading with Ceylon, Gerrha, the Shapurid Dynasty, Gupta, Roma Centrum, Chola and Atlas. It is in need of rebuilding due to the large strain it has had on our nation.
 * Capital: Muscat
 * Demographics:
 * Population:
 * Muscat: 7204
 * Ibri: 3064
 * Salala: 3629
 * Duqm: 3352
 * Al-Mukalia: 1967
 * Tamreda: 1311
 * Sur: 1820
 * Kalba: 2304
 * Al-Hafu (Hafun): 898
 * Rural areas (AKA everything else): ~108,200
 * Ethnicities: 77% Omani, 9% Surabanese, 8,5% Gerrhans, 2% Adnanites, 2% Azd tribes, 1% African tribes, 0,5% Mobambans.
 * Religion: 89% Zoroastrianism, 11% Other (Christianity, Paganism etc.)
 * Wars and Conflicts (italics: Potential War):
 * Dismantling of Navy: Several of our warships are dismantled and used for other wooden things due to our nation not being as focused on warfare.
 * Military: Our conscription law is ~1% of the population
 * Reformed Shielded Spearmen: 200
 * Reformed Swordmen: 200
 * Reformed Bowmen: 200
 * City Guards: 250 (exempt from conscription)
 * Reformed Dromedary Forces: 200
 * Sword Cavalry: 50
 * Spear Cavalry: 50
 * Javelin Cavalry: 50
 * Horse Archers: 50
 * Reformed Javelineers: 200
 * Navy:
 * 92 transport ships (can hold around 8-12 men)
 * 310 trade ships
 * 100 warships (galleys pretty much)
 * 110 fire ships
 * 30 triremes
 * Although not part of the navy we have 451 fishing ships.
 * Diplomacy:
 * Suraban and Saba: We pay war reparations.
 * Events:
 * End of the Era of Warfare: Muscat-Oman had been at war for over a century, finally it has come to an end, but at what cost?
 * Time of Worry: The Sultanate was shook after the war with Suraban, the economy has been drained and as protests and troubles become more apparent, Fariar looks on and hopes that a peaceful future is still possible.
 * Al-Sumali: The strain and fall of the Omani economy leads to the colonies being harder and harder to pay.
 * The Future: Originally a small, insignificant state in the Arabian Peninsula, Muscat grew and grew, through trade and warfare. The nation prospered and entered several eras of new ideas, wealth and expansion. But as it's allies fell back and it bit off more land than it could chew, over 100 years of war has pushed the nation back. The Sultan is eager to return Muscat-Oman to a new glory, a better era for the people and the Sultanate. But a question rings in all the people's minds every day... Can Muscat-Oman recover?

Empire of Westro-Germania I Roma Borealis (Resurrected)

 * Leader: Warlord/King Adelhard Germanus von Hohenstol (B 523 - 585), (R 545 to 547 as warlord and then 547 to 583 as king), Wien Council (R 583 - 587), Augustus I Neo-Claudian (B 543 - D 597), (R 587 - 595) was also Emperor (R 12th August 545 - 14th August 545), Lazarius I Neo-Claudian (B 567 - still alive), (R 595 - present)
 * Government: Absolute Monarchy ruled by a emperor. Title is Emperor of Germania and Archduke of Westria. New title say Emperor of Roma Borealis and archduke of Westria and Prince of Escosia. Our current ruling dynasty has gone from von Hohenstol to Neo-Claudian.
 * Demographics:
 * Population:
 * Wien: Population: 75,880
 * Eskos: Population: 37,400
 * Konr: Population: 20,030
 * Rich: Population: 33,200
 * Munich: Population: 26,000
 * Miels: Population: 23,800
 * Rural and smaller towns population: 7,995,100
 * Total population: 8,373,560
 * Religion: Westrian paganism (6%), Roman Paganism (4%), Christianity (62%) and Germanic Paganism (28%)
 * Ethinicities: 26% Westrian, 33% Bavarii/irminonics aka Munichians, 20% Escosians, Latins 1%, Germanics 20%


 * Economy: We are based on agriculture. We use our own coins which resembles a lot those of the old Roman empire


 * Wars and conflicts: Even though we got some help from Roma Centrum our army seems not to be good enough. We still try with most of our army to hold them back. We just hope they'll be happy with the peace deal for now
 * Migration wars: 
 * Chief Commander: Lax Styrhielm (B 572 - still alive), in office since 585.
 * Army: Total of
 * Spearmen: 24,950
 * Swordmen: 20,040
 * Bowmen: 6,530
 * Cavalry: 3,482
 * Pioneers: dead
 * Crossbowmen: 1,150
 * Events:
 * The rise of Christianity: Christianity continues to spread as it is both promoted and accepted
 * Roma Borealis Resurrected: In 583 our nobles and commanders have got enough of our king and ousted him from office as they saw him as to old and he was never a legtimate king as he took power in the first place overthrowing the old dynasty. The Wien council took emergency powers trying to fix a peacedeals with the German tribes they also decided to switch back the offical name to Roma Borealis (North Roman Empire) since every other nations still call them that and the previous name was just making more problems than it solved. Our new Emperor was Augustus I Neo-Claudian that was emperor for two days as a child.


 * Diplomacy:
 * Korona: We accept your peace deal as we don't have any better choice

Atlas

 * Government: Absolute Monarchy
 * Ruler : Misaphris II
 * Economy: Trade is a huge part of the Atlan economy, mostly trading with other states in the Mediterranean. Agriculture is also somewhat important, along the Nile River. Pirating is a small but frustrating strain on the Atlan economy.
 * Capital: Atvasiom
 * Demographics:
 * Population: ~9.4 million. 65% Egyptian, 26% Berber, 8% Greek, 1% other.
 * Religion: 
 * Military: 
 * Soldiers: Around ~45,000 troops. ~5,000 cavarly. ~1,000 mercenaries.
 * Navy: One of the largest and strongest in the world.
 * Wars & Diplo: None at the moment.
 * Events: 
 * The Library of Alexandria is expanded to accomodate for newer reads and texts from far away lands.
 * A new system is put in place to govern the rowdy Egyptian cities. Less autonomy will be handed to them, and any issues that may arise between the cities, as well as the governance of the Egyptian area, will be headed by a tribune located in Memphis.
 * Exploration, mapping, and colonization of the Moroccan coast begins. Fleets are sent to explore the islands off the coast of Morocco (OTL Canary Islands), and they shall be named the Adranes Islands.

Mobamba

 * Government: Tribal Monarchy
 * Rulers: Chief Moniba (b. 533, r.549-)
 * Economy: Mainly consisting of fishing and subsistence farming, with occasional mining for stone and iron.
 * Capital: Sicko-Mobamba
 * Demographics:
 * Population: 110,000
 * Sicko-Mobamba: 22,000
 * Wata-Madinga: 6,500
 * Sicko-Uwu: 15,000
 * U-Nukalo: 5,000
 * Obunga: 2,000
 * Vibakso: 1,000
 * Religion: 59% Knuckles traditional religion, 40% Black Panther Cult, 1% Zoroastrianism
 * Ethnicity: 35% Mobamban, 53% other Knuckles tribes, 7% Wakandan, 2% Buhari, 3% other
 * Military: 5,000 spearmen, 2,500 swordsmen, 700 archers, 150 elephant chariots
 * Diplomacy: Nothing much, as the trade routes have been cut by raiders for now.
 * Events:
 * Insurgency: As what is now known as the Black Panther Rebellion incites conflict in northern Mobamba, several battles are fought between the Mobamban military and N’Jadaka’s forces. The Black Panther Rebellion, amongst other hostile activity on the East African trade routes, is the main reason for the end of Mobamban trade amongst the wider world.
 * Rise of the Buhari: Commonly held to be the descendants of Gerrhan and Omani merchants and native Mobambans, the Buhari people were historically known to be the merchant, scholar and diplomat class of Mobamba, and would later be a major driving force of the feudalization of the nation. They continue to be a major East African ethnic group in the 21st century.
 * Propagation of the Written Word: Omani merchants first transliterated the Mobamban language into the Arabic script for ease of doing business a couple decades before, and written Mobamban would pass down from those merchants to their Buhari descendants. However, writing is currently unknown outside of the Buhari ethnosphere, and it would take another century for writing to fully catch on.
 * Expansion: Further expansion to the south occurs, with the city of Vibakso being founded at OTL Musoma, Tanzania.Homoflexuality.jpeg

Western Roman Empire | Roma Occidental

 * Government: Imperial Dynasty: Neo-Claudian. Absolute Monarchy.
 * Ruler (Emperor):
 * Lorius
 * Corius
 * Marius
 * Darius
 * Larius
 * Darius
 * Lorius
 * Economy: Roman coinage. Based around trade regarding farming, fishing, mining, and various other things. Major hubs around the Empire help provides for this. We are now building up the military to fight the enemies on the British island.
 * Capital: Rome
 * Demographics:
 * Population: ~35.8 Million. 40.8% Latin, 4.8% Greek, 5.7% Celtic, 2.7% German, 0.5% Persian, 46% Other.
 * Religion: Pagan 2.6%, Christian 95.3%, Other 2.1%.
 * Military: Conscription 1%
 * Soldiers: STANDING: *20,000 (rank 8/10), *80,000 (rank 7/10), *50 (rank 5/10), *70,000 (rank 4/10), 70,000 (rank 3/10), 60,000 (rank 2/10), 8,000 training Total: 358,000.
 * Legions: 2 Legions (rank 8/10), 8 Legions (rank 7/10), 5 Legions (rank 5/10), 7 Legions (rank 4/10), 7 Legions (rank 3/10), 6 Legions (rank 2/10), Total: 35 Legions (10,000 men each)
 * Navy: We have the second largest Navy of the 5 after Atlas.
 * Wars and Conflicts:
 * War against Ablion tribes:
 * Island Front: We send 7 (rank 4) Legions to push to the west.
 * Mainland front: We send 6 (rank 3) Legions to oushe them out of Brittany.
 * War against Danskan refugees: 
 * Front: We send 5 (rank 5) Legions to push to the east.
 * War against Caledonia:
 * Land Front: We send 8 (rank 7) and 2 (rank 8) Legions to push to the north.
 * Naval Front: 4 (rank 2) Legions will attack their navy.

Republic of Vedena

 * Government: Vedena is run by the Governor and the Senate, which are elected every 8 (sometimes 6) years by adult male landowners. The Senate is quite stratified and each social class tries to achieve the majority and leadership in it.
 * Governor: Milo Vlaev the Librarian (572AD-586AD), Tomo Horak (586AD-594AD), Rostik Shalamov (594AD-now)
 * Senate:
 * Merchants: 104
 * Nobility: 135
 * "Librarians": 19
 * Religious: 65
 * Economy: Based on logging, agriculture, deep mining, and trade.
 * The ever-growing number of landownerships: Because of our appealing immigration policy, the number of landowners is growing dramatically in different regions of Vedena, but usually across Lutsk.
 * The ever-growing amount of trade: Ancient Vedena was founded by merchants. The amount of trade and, respectively, the influence of the merchants as a cast has slightly increased last decades and doesn't seem to stop expanding.
 * Capital: Lutsk.
 * Demographics: 363'100 people
 * Rural areas:~209'600.
 * Biggest settlements: 153'400; 42.2% live in urban areas.
 * Lutsk (and the nearest territories across it):100'300.
 * Mukachevo: 12'800.
 * Ivanyvsk': 9'400.
 * Other (population less than 1000): 30'900.
 * Ethnicities: 52% are Volynians, 15% are Romans, 13% are the nomadic tribes, 20% is the rest (Greeks, Dacians, etc.).
 * Religion: 73% are Judaist/Christians, 20% are Vedenian pagans, 7% are the rest beliefs (Illyrican, Bonra, and other pagans).
 * Military: Due to the threat of invasion of the barbarians, we have to focus on military build-up.
 * Swordsmen and crossbowmen: 20'000.
 * City guards: 36'000.
 * Cavalry: 8'000
 * Feudal armies: Nowadays, the strongest of the nobility have their own, yet little (for now), armies, which may help us halt the barbaric invasion from the north.
 * Big standing army: In order to be protected from the barbarians, we have to have a standing army. Thus, a lot of new city guards, swordmen and crossbowmen were recruited. Unfortunately, it cripples out budget a little.
 * War with the invaders: Even though the invaders are heading into our lands, it is us who were born here, not them. We hire the best military strategists and create the war plan to defend our mainland (Lutsk and the settlements near it)
 * Navy: 420 little trade vessels, 50 medium ones.
 * Diplomacy:
 * Roma Centrum: We beg Roma Centrum for help in the fight against barbarians.
 * Events:
 * The Lutsk Wall: Accounting for the fact Lutsk was violently obliterated last time, Varban Karpov, and later Milo Vlaev commissioned the construction of a big wall across Lutsk in order to protect it from possible invasions. It is said to be one of the greatest walls in lands of the former Roman Empire. Will it save Vedena from future invasions? Time will tell!
 * Current features of Vedena: 
 * The restoration of Lutsk: Since we have returned to our ancient lands, we started rebuilding the former capital, Lutsk. It was known to be one of the greatest cities of all times and it is growing at incredible rates nowadays.
 * Ever-growing landownership: Our immigration policy is providing new immigration with enough lands as their private property to self-sustain so that more and more people settle the territories. It attracts a lot of people across neighbouring regions and countries.

Empire of Gojoseon

 * Government: Heredity absolute monarchy.
 * Emperor: Kang Dong-Chol (261-)
 * Economy: Coinage system.
 * Capital: Songrim.
 * Demographics:
 * Population: 1,059,821 (87% Korean, 12% Yang, 1% other)
 * Religion: 97% Confucianism, 3% other.
 * Korean Military
 * Infantry: 32,500 (10,000 from newly raised militia)
 * Archers: 6,000
 * Calavry: 12,000
 * Korean Navy
 * Attack Ships: 40
 * Transport Ships: 25
 * Trading Ships: 60
 * Wars and Conflicts
 * Great Chinese War: We send out small groups to harass the bigger Qi army, trying to prevent them from marching on Songrim or helping out their other army fast. Meanwhile we send a group of 30k men to destroy the army thats marching towards Simyang.
 * Diplomacy

Colima

 * Government: proto kingdom
 * Ruler King: Itzamna, Itzamna is a king born in a normal family in Colima. He was only 6 when he was 'chosen' to be the king. (B 586 - present) (R 512 - present)
 * Economy: recovering from the collapse.
 * Capital: Colima
 * Demographics:
 * Population: 56.883
 * Religion: Nahuatl 100%
 * Military
 * Wars and Conflicts: none
 * Diplomacy:
 * Tarascan: decrease relations
 * Events: none

Shapurid Dynasty | Iranian Empire

 * Government: Feudal Monarchy
 * Ruler (King, President, etc.):
 * Jallal I
 * Jallal II
 * Parsa (declaration of Iranian Empire)
 * Economy: The economy continues to be based around trade maintained through the Silk Route and various Silk-based coastal factories. Additional factors that continue to maintain the economy's stability are spices, textiles, carpentry, and pearls.
 * Capital: Yazd
 * Population: 15,750,000
 * Religion: 75% Zoroastrian, 10% Christianity, 5% Folk Christianity, 10% Other.
 * Military: Due to the surrounding rival Roman-based neighbors, most of the military is active at a rather stable 200,000 divided into five legions of 40,000 each. With the declaration of the Empire, much of the active soldiers are mobilized with imperial intentions in all directions.
 * Diplomacy:
 * Assyria: Become a vassal or become part of the body count.
 * Arar: Become a vassal or become part of the body count.
 * Elam: Become a vassal or become part of the body count.
 * Sumer: Become a vassal or become part of the body count.
 * Hormuz: Become a vassal or become part of the body count.
 * Gerrha: Become a vassal or become part of the body count.
 * Roma Oriental***: Become a vassal or become part of the body count.
 * Kandahar: Become a vassal or become part of the body count.
 * Muscat-Oman: Military alliance?
 * Kushan: Military alliance?
 * Events:
 * Parsa labels his successor, Parsa II.

Events & Great People

 * The Five Armies: As Roma Occidental continued to fight against multiple enemies on multiple fronts, it was clear that even the Britannicans loyal to Rome had enough of their homeland being nothing more than a battleground with all sides closing in. In secret dealings with Albion, the Danskan refugees and even the Caledonians, a truce between armies was agreed upon. A fair majority of Roman Britannicans felt that Rome was no longer an empire worthy enough to have Britannia, and decided a revival of the ancient Sealandic Kingdom was in order. Of course, through the centuries, it had become nothing more than a myth. On the other hand, Cernevii tribes took the opportunity to create their own kingdom, and negotiated their continued sovereignty. Upon reaching an agreement over claims and borders, the Five Armies managed to encircle and neutralise Occidental legions, forcing them back to Anderida. Their combined navy deterred more reinforcements from arriving immediately, but should the Mediterranean fleets come knocking, they may not last.
 * Exodus of Xia: The Yamato invasion of Xia has been jarring to the Chinese kingdoms, and have thus executed an evacuation of the elites, artisans, craftsmen and philosophers. In the chaos, many peasants and farmers found their way aboard ships heading to Zhang amidst rumours of massacres and violence committed by the invaders. Soon after, the Yamato fleets managed to re-encircle the island and conquer the rest of it.
 * Xuanzang: The monk Xuanzang traveled from China to India, before returning to Changsha in Bei to translate Buddhist scriptures.
 * Windmills: The Persians begin to use windmills for irrigation.
 * Plows and Beasts of Burden: The Germanic kingdoms, due to the more abundant food supply available, use the "moldboard" plow, introduced by the Ostgermaniks in Eastern Europe. The plow works the land with horses and oxen.
 * Paper: Paper technology is imported into Yamato from Yan by the Gojoseon Buddhist priest, Dam Jing.
 * The Chinese Calendar: The calculation of the Chinese calendar begins to use true motions of the sun and moon, modeled using two offset opposing parabolas. Developed in Feng, it is now used in most Chinese kingdoms.

NPC Turns

 * Albion: Queen Arturia herself offers a peace deal to Roma Occidental, as shown in the map.
 * Zhang: They sue Yamato for peace, citing that they've gotten what they wanted.
 * Assyria, Arar, Sumer and Grane: They do not wish to give their hard-fought independence away, and request assistance from Roma Centrum with offers of periodic tribute.
 * Elam and Hormuz: They agree to vassalship.
 * Kandahar: They agree to become a vassal, but only if they are allowed to continue practicing the Arzham religion freely.
 * Roma Orientalis: They outright refuse, and call on Roma Centrum to teach the Shapurids a lesson.
 * Muscat-Oman and Kushan: They remind the Shapurids they already have an alliance.