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
 * Vesnia: Simplenoise8
 * Lustria: EthanKoenigsberg
 * Vedena: VladsNewAccount
 * Svearike: XaoZss
 * Westria: Eltool
 * Roanoke: Derpmaster
 * Escosia: LukaGaming
 * Bavaria: DiegoIdePersia
 * England: FedexWI
 * Byzantium: DickHairyson
 * Rostov: Tenacious
 * Avaland: Emperorkangxi
 * Yun: Tashaci
 * Yamato: Kuro
 * Anglefriezen: Zandhart

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
 * Alliance of Seaborne Nations: Nihon, Yun, Wu, Wang, Liang
 * Personal Alliances
 * France-Valcanor
 * Srivijaya-Chola
 * Vestkyst-Snaelland
 * Vestkyst-Vesnia-Danemark
 * Vesnia-Altprußen
 * Svearike-Inkeri-(Cherno-Vedena)
 * Avaland-Boiheim-Lusatien

Vassals

 * Byzantium
 * Svartheim
 * Grane
 * Zahira
 * Al-Qarsoon
 * Askari
 * Rum Azarkhate
 * Kalachuri
 * Jaunpur
 * Liao
 * Buyeo
 * Galatoi
 * Ghana
 * Isetium
 * Damascus
 * Mauretania
 * Leontos
 * Andalousia
 * Kastilli
 * Altprußen
 * Courland
 * Chola
 * Gangas
 * Pagan
 * Pegu
 * Lao
 * Chenla
 * Sukhothai
 * Shu
 * Dai Viet
 * Srivijaya
 * Tambralinga
 * Lamuri
 * Langkasuka
 * Medan
 * Kedah
 * Pahang
 * Temasek
 * Sunda
 * Medang
 * Bintan
 * Santu
 * Brunei
 * Tidung
 * Kuripan
 * Tanjung
 * Tangung
 * Kiev
 * Gothia
 * Svearike
 * Arktalasriika
 * Vestkyst
 * Snaelland


 * Bavaria
 * Cappadocia

Dependencies

 * Chola
 * Ceylon

Crusade Participants

 * Dima, Vizcount of Cappadocia (Cappadocia)- https://imgur.com/gallery/7AfYnf7
 * Conrad of Ingolstadt (Bavaria) - https://imgur.com/gallery/6OV20bN
 * Baron Karl von Richtsreich (Westria)
 * Bartok Erzsebet (Eskos)
 * Arpad Ferenec (Eskos)
 * Konstanze István (Avaland) -
 * Nachin Márkó (Avaland) -

Staff

 * Admin: Atlasium (TheCreator901)
 * Acting Admin: Sidewinder
 * Map Maker: Sidewinder
 * 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.

Events & Great People

 * Fourth Crusade: The Fourth Crusade (1202–1204) was a Latin Christian armed expedition called by the Pope. The stated intent of the expedition was to recapture the city of Jerusalem from the Isis cult, by first conquering Isetium, one of the strongest cult states of the time. However, a sequence of economic and political events culminated in the Crusader army sacking the city of Constantinople, the capital of the Greek Christian-controlled Byzantine Empire, rather than Isetium as originally planned. This led to the establishment of the Latin Empire by (Insert name here). Nobles and loyal Byzantine troops fled to many areas to retain control of the Empire from foreign hands. The three main Byzantine successor states are: Empire of Epirus (led by the Euboeans), Empire of Nicaea (led by the Athenais), and Empire of Chaldea (OTL Trebizond) (led by the Neo-Claudians). The chaos also led to Rum capturing several Byzantine cities further from the coastlines. Cappadocia took over the Byzantine city of Sinope, cutting Chaldea off from the rest of the successor states.
 * Horseman of War (Finale): During the twilight years of Alka Khan's life, the Khan absorbed Karasuk, Kostroma, and was in the process of conquering Rostov. They also puppeted the Inkeris and allowed the Liao to absorb the Buyeo. He had many children from the powerful women in his harem that he took from his conquered nations who resisted him. However, an old Mongolian warrior from the Ikh-Daeva lands came to the Khan, asking to become a general in his army. The warrior was odd looking, the wore robes and clothing only a Mongol woman would war, and the hair is similar to a woman's as well. Alka Khan declined, laughing that the warrior has no credibility. The Warrior challenged the Khan to a drinking contest. If Alka Khan wins, the warrior will reveal the paths of his tribe lands to help the Khan. If the warrior wins? A place in the Khan's army. Alka Khan was not sure about this, as both were technically a win-win scenario for him, but accepted, citing the warrior's "thin" stature. After Alka Khan got really drunk, the warrior then lunged at the Khan. The Khan was forced to fight to a duel, but in his drunken state, to no avail. The Khan was captured by the warrior and the warrior demanded to hand the Tuvan Empire to him, and in its place a birth of a new one. The Khan was hesitant, but when he sees an envoy appearing outside, with most of his family tied up (some how). Alka Khan thought the warrior was bluffing, but instead saw the death of his son: Tannudai Khan. Alka Khan's will broke. A Tuvan family was important, even above politics. Alka was old anyway, so he reluctantly agreed to let the Warrior take the Empire. After this, the Warrior executed Alka Khan and his family. The warrior then walked out, with the Khan's head, and declared himself the new khan of a MONGOL Empire. The warrior's name? Temujin. Now Temujin Khan.
 * Horseman of Conquest (Part I): In the plains and mountains of Mongolia, a baby was probably born in 1162 in Delüün Boldog, Mongolia. The baby (named Temujin) was male, born grasping a blood clot in his fist, a traditional sign that he was destined to become a great leader. However, when he was 1 years old, his family was attacked by rogue bands of Tuvans in 1162,and chased his family to Ikh-Daeva nearby. Daeva and Ikh-Daeva are matriarchal societies, and fearing that Temujin would lose his chance of becoming a great leader, his parents reluctantly agreed to raise him as a "girl" to keep opportunities open. Besides, "-jin" was considered a feminine mongol suffix for names anyway. The child grew up to become quite adventurous. Temujin later learned "she" was from the Mongols, in the 1180s, and traveled to there when "she" was in "her" early 20s. "She" also met "her" best friend (Borte) whom they go on adventures with, later discovered "she" was actually male (sex education was not efficient), both friends later grew to become lovers. But in 1190s, the Tuvans came in on their horses, apparantly stronger than the Mongolian ones. Temujin fled with "her" now married wife to Ikh-Daeva, swearing revenge. Later in 1206, now a famous warrior and adventurer with children, mainly a daughter named Ogejin, and her other brothers. Temujin traveled to the Tuvans with a small detachment to trick the Khan into giving Temujin power instead. The plan worked, and Temujin became Khan. Branding "herself" as Temujin Khan. Talk of gender of Temujin is avoided afterwards in Tuva, to spare the sanity of others. The Tuvans started calling Temujin, the horseman of Conquest.
 * The Third Odyssey: In 1192, there were reports of vast uninhabited lands west of Viridi Litore, mostly chalked up to fantastical delusions by the people there. However, this did not fail to reach the ears of the Hellenic world after suggestions this land may be the fabled Elysium. The Neo-Hellenic cult states quickly subscribed to this theory, and quietly began building sturdier ships and funding expeditions to find the physical location of the afterlife. Nothing was confirmed, however several small islands were discovered by Mauretanian ships, which modern historians believe to be modern Barbados, Antigua or the mouth of the Amazon Delta. This information was kept hidden from the rest of Europe, with the cultist states believing they were to be entrusted with keeping the secret of the location of the afterlife. Or at least until Constantinople was set ablaze by the Christian world. The evacuating Byzantine dynasties and nobles fled to Isetium, where they pleaded for sanctuary. Not wanting to accomodate apostates of the Olympian gods, they were given a choice to either renounce Orthodoxy and stay or join an expedition to the fabled Elysium. Surprisingly, majority of the few thousand refugees chose to go to Elysium, many renouncing their faith in a god that never saved them in the process. Nearly one hundred ships set off in 1205, each carrying Byzantine refugees, their artifacts, their knowledge and more food, with almost all their money used up to fund for the exodus. After weeks at sea, a minor dispute between the Basileus and his son resulted in an agreement to go in different directions. The Basileus and his fleet ended up landing in OTL Hispaniola, which is named Atlantis for obvious reasons. His son and his fleet reached the OTL Delaware, and set up the Basileo of Elysia, both being of majority Olympian faith, having renounced the Orthodox Church.
 * Mana Fal Helvehii: The Sami tribes begin to unify as they see that the Svean empire's attempt to conquer and destroy the Sami peoples. A growing fear and hatred settles in the hearts of almost every Sami man, woman and child. The phrase "Mana fal helvehii" becomes a common war cry along with "Buorre idja" which means good night. While not frequently used in Arktalasriika, it is ubiquitous in the north, where pain of Svean conquest still throbs.
 * Avarian Assassins: A wealthy merchant after spending years in Alagadda returns to Avaland with his son Yurukkhan Kalman, who was sent to Alagadda to train in the Alagadda Cult. In tow are a few assassins men of great skill, who form the First Brotherhood. Unbeknownst to literally everyone, they begin targeting Prussian merchants outside Prussia itself.
 * Post-War Stings: After the Srivijaya-Viet War, Yamato and their clans were left with debts and deficits from naval investments and supplies used for the war. Most of the clans were kept under control by 3 of the 4 Great Clans, however Tachibana bore most of the brunt due to their capital and proximity to the theatre of war. As a result, resentment against the Emperor and rival clans begin to fester.

NPC Turns

 * Arktalasriika: They agree to vassalage under the condition that Svearike allows for unrestricted Sami interactions with Arktalasriika and that they do not militarily expand into the region on pain of another war of attrition. Also war reparations. They also cede their southern territories if vassalage is followed through.
 * Mongol Empire: They invade Kalakhan and Davaas. The capital is moved to Karakorum, and consolidation of power begins. They request that Liao be annexed into the Empire peacefully and diplomatically, allowing most existing officials to keep their positions under direct Mongol administration.
 * Chola and Srivijaya: Seeing as Dai Viet has been vassalised and their colony seized by Srivijaya, they see no reason to continue the war with Yamato. They peace out with Yamato anyway. Chola also agrees to the trade deal.
 * Westria: As the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, they request that Vesnia, Boiheim and Lusatien drop all embargoes and sanctions against each other as members of the Empire. They also send inquisitors to Vesnia after long overdue reports of growing Orthodox teachings were received.

Avaland:

 * Government: Absolute monarchy
 * Ruler (King, President, etc.): Friedhelm I
 * Dynasty: House of Szarvas
 * Parliament: N/A
 * Economy: The economy is largely based on trade and agriculture. Avaland's economy is doing relatively well due to its trading with neighboring countries.
 * Capital: Khagansbyrg
 * Demographics:
 * Population: 2.3 million (84% Avar, 15% Boiheimen, 1% other)
 * Religion: 96% Catholic, 4% Orthodox
 * Military:
 * Army: 23,000 total (​​​​11,500 infantrymen, 6,000 cavalrymen, 4,700 ranged, 600 elite soldiers, 200 siege weapons)
 * Wars and Conflicts: N/A
 * Diplomacy (italics indicate secret diplomacy):
 * Westria: Would you be interested in an alliance?
 * Bavaria: Would you be interested in an alliance?
 * Inkeri: We accept Inkeri's offer to join the alliance against the Mongol Empire.
 * Svartheim: Would you be interested in an alliance?
 * Cherno-Vedena: Would you be interested in an alliance?
 * Events:
 * Fourth Crusade: Two Avar generals were sent to Constantinople in the Fourth Crusade: Konstanze István, an Avar countess, and Nachin Márkó, the Baron of Eltbyrg. During the infamous Bloodbath of Constantinople, the former was slain by Rudolf of Rougevins during the early stages of the battle, while the latter went on to be a significant player in the Bloodbath, rivaled only by Balduin of Flanders. However, while the two rival generals (Nachin and Balduin) were preparing for battle, Pius of Rome encircled and killed them both. Nachin was posthumously honored as a hero back in Avaland, and a statue of the general was erected in his memory in Eltbyrg.
 * The Khagansbyrg Cathedral: The Khagansbyrg Cathedral begins construction. It will take approximately a century to complete.
 * Walls of Khagansbyrg: With word of the new Mongol Khanate on the rise, the walls surrounding Khagansbyrg are improved and reinforced.

Kingdom of Inkeri

 * Government: Feudal constitutional monarchy (divided into 17 constituent duchies)
 * Ruler: King Andreas (b.1149, r.1184-)
 * Dynasty: Jukäinen
 * Speaker of the Valtuusto: Sarko Paivää (served 1192-1207), Johvi Pohjonen (served 1207-)
 * Capital: Kiaranlahti
 * Economy: Mostly based on fishing, the lumber and fur trapping industries, trading with nearby nations (Svearike, Altprussen, Cherno-Vedena), and some small mining operations. Our government pays around 20-25% of its national budget (taxes and other forms of revenue) to the Mongol Empire, in return for our continued sovereignty.
 * Demographics:
 * Population:  2,000k
 * Kiaranlahti: 60k
 * Varntio: 43k
 * Varantinjoki (Röttstadt): 25k
 * Kultajoki (Geldstadt): 22k
 * Aalepori: 21k
 * Pietarranta: 17k
 * Laatokanlinna: 10k
 * Mustajoki: 20k
 * Tallinn: 14k
 * Riga: 29k
 * Other towns and rural areas: 1,830k
 * Religion: 87% Orthodox Christianity, 11% Catholicism, 1% Finnic paganism, 1% Christian heresies and other religions
 * Ethnicities: 91% Finnic (39% Ingrian, 24% Estonian, 19% Vepsian, 13% Karelian, 3% Livonians, 2% other Finnic groups), 5% Varangian, 2% Latvian, 1% Svean (0.8% Svean Goths, 0.2% Svean Nordicites), 1% other (mainly Latgalians, Lithuanians, Slavokans, and a small number of Tuvan, Mongol, and Turkic merchants)
 * Military:
 * Army: 14,000 levy troops (14,000 standing)
 * Light Infantry: 5,700
 * Heavy Infantry: 3,800
 * Light Cavalry: 2,500
 * Heavy Cavalry: 1,500
 * Navy: 52 transports, 21 galleys, 12 longships, 2 heavy ships, ~430 non-military merchant ships
 * Wars and Conflicts:
 * Rossopetsk Conflict: Although we officially have made peace with Rossopetsk, we continue assisting our vassal of Karjala in their campaign in Rossopetsk. We also attempt to broker a peace between Karjala and Rossopetsk, with Karjala annexing the northern frontier of Rossopetsk.
 * Events:
 * The Horseman of Conquest: With news reaching us of Alka Khan's demise by the hands of Temujin, the Horseman of Conquest, combined with his sheer cruelty and brutality, King Andreas decides that the new Khan is untrustworthy and a warmonger (although he doesn't send word of his thoughts to Karakorum, of course). Although paying lip service to the new Khan, the King also secretly tells noblemen and merchants to cooperate with the new Mongol Empire only when absolutely necessary, and meanwhile focus on getting our defense infrastructure (walls, siege weapons, etc) up to scratch and gathering as many assails as possible. Cherno-Vedena's call for a defense against the Tuvans is secretly accepted, and we also send envoys disguised as peasants or minor merchants (to avoid the Mongols finding out) to kings in the area, including Svearike, Altprussen, Rostov, Kiev, Svartheim, Escosia, Vestkyst, Avaland, Vesnia, Kholmogory, and the Komi Empire, to stand, united as one army and one inexorable force, against the coming onslaught of the terrible Horseman of Conquest.
 * Johvi of the North: A charismatic and extremely able warrior and diplomat, Johvi Pohjoinen was born in a small Sami village, in fact the same one where Aimar the Red's mother was raised. Hearing of opportunity further to the south, he decided to leave his ancestral home at age 18 and wander south, soending a few years as part of a mercenary band during the Rossopetsk Conflict, where Inkerian officers recognized him for his charisma and intelligence. He was later invited to the Inkerian court by King Andreas himself, and eventually struck a friendship between them. Johvi Pohjoinen, the King's right-hand man, was very influential in Inkerian politics during the early 1200s, and directed several projects, the most influential of which would be the "passive-agressive" stance towards the Horseman of Conquest (detailed in the first event). He is also cited to have composed "Kunnia" (Glory), the national anthem of Inkeri, a heavily modified and melodic version of the Sami war cry "Mana Fal Helvehii".
 * Diplomacy:
 * Basically everyone between the Oder and the Urals​​: mongorian bad pls kill mongorian

Kingdom of Vesnia

 * Government: Feudal Monarchy (Kingdom)
 * King: Wilhelm III (B 1153, D 1204 (R 1172 - 1204), Wilhelm IV (B 1178, alive) (R 1204 - Present)
 * Ruling House: House of Fleischer
 * Economy: The Vesnian economy is stable, being based on trade mostly as well as fishing, mining and lumber. Gold coin currency is used in the realm. Vesnia is influenced by the overall economy of the Holy Roman Empire, of which it is a member. A special trade agreement between Vesnia and Svearike and Vesnia and Danemark has been implemented.
 * Capital: Burgenbrao
 * Demographics:
 * Population: ~1 576 000
 * Burgenbrao: 93 000
 * Köslin: 50 500
 * Raustadt: 8 200
 * Heineg: 3 500
 * Schneidemühl: 1 200
 * Rural areas (AKA everything else): ~1 420 000
 * Ethnicities: 93% Vesnian, 7% Prussian
 * Religion: 84% Catholic Christian, 16% Orthodox Christian
 * Wars and Conflicts (italics: Potential War):
 * N/A
 * Military: Total of 15 750 levy soldiers (1% of pop)
 * Deployed units: none
 * 5 200 infantry
 * 3 800 pikemen
 * 5 225 archers
 * 1 000 sword cavalry
 * 525 lancers
 * Navy:
 * 20 transport ships
 * 10 galleys
 * Diplomacy:
 * Westria: Okay fine. But we're keeping an eye on those inquisitors. cunt
 * Avaland: We remove sanctions but relations are still sour.


 * Events:
 * Nobody Expects the Westrian Inquisition: Westrian inquisitors are within our lands, attempting to "restore" catholicism and fight back Orthodoxy, which they see as "HeReSy". Some definitely not shady dealings with Prussian smugglers is secretly combatting this. A prominent Orthodox philosopher and priest of Vesnian origin named Sieghard Höfle is very, very mad over this inquisition. He writes several texts criticizing both the inquisition and Wilhelm IV's rather sheepish approach to this. Sieghard rallies other Orthodox Vesnians to stand against what he sees as oppression of Orthodox Vesnians. Things look a tad troublesome.
 * Wilhelm IV: He is crowned king in 1204 after the death of his father Wilhelm III. He is less interested in assisting Prussia with the whole Avar conflict, but still is in full favor of maintaining the Vesno-Prussian alliance. He is however concerned with the Westrian Inquisition as he knows resistance will only lead to getting curbstomped by Westria and to back down too much will anger the Orthodox population, who were happy to be accepted into our society and live in their own communities in peace.
 * Language: Centuries of time spent within the HRE and decades of time gone by while closely allied to Prussia, this has in a slow process changed up the Vesnian language to become a bit closer to the German(?) language(s?) around Vesnia.
 * Mapping Out the Region: Slowly it continues.
 * Dietmar Kaufmann: Catholic noble from Vesnia who abhors heresy. He works together with the Westrian Inquisition. And might also be plotting with inquisitors to overthrow the Fleischers because he and some others see them as weak and that they've run their course (I mean they've been in power for like a thousand years)
 * Schneidemühl: It keeps growing in population.

Most Serene Republic of Vedena and Chernobyl

 * Government: Vedena is a Republic.
 * Governor (Leader of the Council): Bronislav Jovanovi (1198-nowadays). Elected by adult male landowners every 6-10 years.
 * Parliament: the Council, which consists of four major factions with their own goals
 * Romans: 135. Stand for the Third Rome idea. (L'viv coalition)
 * Christian merchants: 121. Stand for decreasing the bureaucracy and merchant taxes, and creating trade unions with the other countries.
 * Nobility (Gentry): 83. Stand for the further stratification of society and developing the feudal system. (Povernentsi coalition)
 * Judaist merchants: 56. Stand for increasing the tariffs for the foreign merchants and aggressive approach in trade. In addition, they combat the idea of trade unions. (Povernentsi coalition)
 * Chernobyl': 43. Stand for status-quo of Chernobyl position in the commonwealth.
 * "Librarians": 22. Stand for increased patronage of arts and science.
 * Economy: mostly based on logging, agriculture, and trade.
 * Trade unions: the traders of Lutsk, L'viv, and other major centres run merchant guilds in each of the cities in order to maintain the influence of their factions in the Council and public life in general, promote their cause and protect the conditions of merchants. On the other hand, Judaist merchants oppose the creation of trade unions.
 * The Great Wall of Vedena: the Great Wall of Vedena is a series of walls all across the empire. First of all, this is the new wall of Lutsk, improved and modernised to keep up with the modern weapons. In addition, the walls of Chernobyl, L'viv and other major centres have been upgraded too. Same goes for the old Vedena Wall which was built centuries ago but is decaying now - it is time to revisit this structure too. Despite the extremely high costs, it must worth it in the future.
 * Capitals: Lutsk and Chernobyl
 * Demographics (including occupied territories): 2'750k people
 * Rural areas:~2314k.
 * Urban areas: 436k; 15,8% live in urban areas.
 * Lutsk (and the nearest territories across it): 143k.
 * L'viv: 54k
 * Chernobyl: 38k
 * Other (population over 2'500): 201k.
 * Culture: 47% are Vedean, 19% are Romans, 10% are Ost-Riken, 25% is the rest
 * Religion: 60% are Christians (17% are Orthodox, 13% are Catholic, 30% are local churches), 11% are Judaist, 9% are Roman pagans, 20% are the rest beliefs.
 * Wars and Conflicts: peace :3
 * Diplomacy:
 * Inkeri, Svearike, Kiev, Rostov: The Horseman of Conquest will never be satisfied. It is time to out our differences down and act as a single entity, with a single heart, legs, hands, and head.
 * Military:
 * Feudal armies: the sizes of feudal and mercenary armies are growing stable as a result of the gradual development of the feudal system.
 * Army size: ~50'000 (at high expense)
 * Events:
 * Chernobyl the abandoned city: since Chernobyl and Lutsk merged, it had become clear that the newly created commonwealth was not going to stay as decentralised. The centre of power, economy, trade, art, and science has shifted slightly towards Lutsk and L'viv, leaving the previously prosperous Chernobyl in quite a bad position. Although the local gentry is disappointed with the current state of affairs, there is nothing they can do. It seems Chernobyl get the "abandoned city" call.
 * Vedenian art: artists of Vedena explore new topics, style, and ideas. The formerly "Roman art" has "expired" and is considered as quite stale for many. Instead, it has become new tendency to mix the different (or even the opposites) in a single work of art; The most common style is combining local pagan and ancient aesthetics, bringing new shapes and images.
 * New times: "We are not Roman. We are not a nation of the God. But we are the people of the land that was given to us by our ancestors is what we need to take care of and respect. Let us not get divided even further but live together and flourish from mutual respect to each other", - the speech was given in the last gathering of The Council, declaring the end of the "Roman Times" and the beginning of a new era, an era of "Vedenians ourselves"
 * Tensions in the Council: it has become clear that the new times brought new issues. The former factions have become even more rivalrous to each other. The conflict between Judaist and Christian merchants still goes on. The Judaists are in quite a trembling state, thus they decided to acquire a new ally - the Nobility, which also loses power all across the empire.
 * Strangers from the East: because of the rising Tuvan threat, there is a vital need to improve the city walls and revisit the military institutions.

State of Yun:
Government: Absolute Monarchy Alliances: Allied with Dai Viet, part of the Union of Seaborne Nations (composed of Nihon, Wu, Wang, and Liang.
 * Emperor: Sunzong (Age 52, asended at age 24)
 * Dynasty: Wu
 * Parliament: Nonexistent

Economy: The economy is mainly agriculture based, with Wuhan and Changsha, and Zhanjiang being major commercial hubs. In many parts of the nation, there is a strong fishing industry. Paper money is well established and often used. Our major exports are Rhubarb, silk, tea, rice and. Other exports are musk, honey, and hemp and Star Anise. Changsha is located on a major trade route stretching from steppes of Karakorum to the lands of Chola and Srivijaya. Specialized crafts like ceramics and paper-making are also present. The city of Shu is the beginning of a trade route to India and Myanmar.

Capital: Changsha

Administration: 5 different commanderies (Jun) governed by a Taishou (Great Administrator). Every Jun is divided into prefectures (Zhou) (31 in total), which in turn are divided into urban counties (Fu) and Rural counties (Xian). Most prefectures are only composed of 2-5 counties.

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. We have a standard Judicial system, like the one used by the Han. 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. The Taishous are military leaders, appointed by the Emperor, who also manage the militia in their respective commanderies. A universal tax system, in which villages must submit 20% 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:

Population (excluding occupied territories): ~22,741,000 Ethnic makeup: Military:
 * Xiangdu: 450,500
 * ~59% Southwestern Chinese (Xiang and Qiang)
 * ~7% Miao
 * ~24% Cantonese
 * ~9% Other (Tujia, Zhuang, Dong, Viet)

Active Land Forces: 81,000(~0.4% of population) Siege Weapons: Reserves:  149,300 (~0.65% of population)
 * Swordsmen: 30,000
 * Spearman/Pikemen/Dagger-axe: 24,000
 * Ranged (Bowmen): 13,300
 * Ranged (Crossbowmen): 9,200
 * Gunpowder-wielding-infantry (Fire Lances, Hand Cannons): 2,250
 * Cavalry : 3000
 * Hu Dun Pao (Gunpowder Trebuchet): 50
 * Standard Trebuchet: 40
 * Catapult: 25
 * Multiple Bullets Magazine Erupter (Proto-Cannon): 20
 * Flying-Cloud Thunderclap Erupter (Proto-Cannon): 20

Navy:
 * 275 ships  (Yangtze River Defense Force)

Events:
 * 60 Ships (Nanhai Defense Force)
 * Renaming of Cities: The city of Tề Sơn is renamed to Qishan, and Tam Á is renamed to Sanya.


 * The Tale of Sicily Man: During the 4th Crusade, a Sicilian Crusader goes missing, and his body is never found. For a few tense days, everyone thought that he had died until he snatches an Escosian crusader by the name of Erzebet Bartok after she is mortally wounded. Hoping to escape the Byzantine Bloodbath (and Nachin), they head to Chaldea, but their ship is blown off course. They end up in Aragat and hear tales of a land called Çin, where the ancestors of the people living there came from. Almost immediately, they become determined to reach this land. An Askari Merchant leads them to Samarkand, and then ditches them. Following the footsteps of traders who came before them, they reach the city of Urumqi, but accidentally go north, instead of south. Having no choice, they head to Altay, and then make the arduous journey to Karakorum. Temujin Khan demands to see them, and Sicily Man befriends him. At this point, the two have become quite proficient in Mongolian. After staying there for 3 months, they go to Liangzhou, and follow the Hexi Corridor to the border of Yun. Upon reaching Yun, they assume the names Omo Xiqiliya (哦摸 西奇里亚) and Batuo Erjie (把托 尔杰) (Sicily Man and Erszebet Bartok respectively). In the Autumn of 1209, Sicily Man and Erszebet finally arrive at Sunzong’s palace in Xiangdu. Impressed by his fighting prowess, humility, and intelligence, Sunzong appoints him as a foreign emmisary to the Mongols. Erszebet and Sicily Man take up residence in Xiangdu.

Diplomacy:
 * National Unrest: The outcome of the Chola-Viet war, Sicily Man’s high position, and the gift sent to the Mongols, anger quite a few of the nobles. A few of them claim that the Emperor is weak, and say that this complacancy to foreign powers will not be tolerated. While a lot of nobles aren’t particuarly mad about the gift sent to the Mongols, they do have complaints about the outcome of the Chola-Viet war. The war gained us nothing, they say, and it resulted in the death of thousands of Yun soldiers. They think that we should’ve continued fighting, after all, we have 200,000 men at our disposal, and the 30,000 we sent were able to hold off the Cholans for a bit. Some officials also voiced discontent at the fact that Sicily Man was given the esteemed position of Foreign Emissary, which the say is unfair.
 * Mongol Empire: We send you a gift of tea, spices, and silk (and no, we’re not your vassal now, we just respect you.)

Liao / Great Liao (Offical) / Khitan State

 * Head of the State: The Tianzeng Emperor (B 1165 - still alive), (R 1193 - present)
 * Head of the Government: Archchancellor Tuoba Deming (Ethnicity: Tangut) (B 1154 - still alive), (R 1183 - present)
 * Government: Celestial Absolute Monarchy ruled by an Emperor. The title is Emperor of Great Liao, Great Khavara of the Khitans (Even though Liao isn't that large anymore). Our ruling dynasty is Yelü. We also have an Archchancellor who work as a top adviser and leader of departments and ministries. The emperor appoints his successor which often is one of his own sons.
 * Demographics:
 * Population:
 * Choibalsan (In today's choibalsan in Mongolia): Population: 11,120
 * Rural and smaller towns population: 245,420
 * Total population: 256,540
 * Religion: Tengrism (85%) Buddhism (14%) and others (1%)
 * Ethinicities: 83% Khitans, 14% Mongols, 3% others
 * Economy: We make our own currency which resembles those from the now dead Han Dynasty (It is just worse quality), The original economic activities of the Khitan were stockbreeding, fishing, and hunting. But under the influence of the neighbouring states, the Khitan have since engaged in farming and cropgrowing.

Time to end this, once and for all.
 * Adminstration: We have 2 different provinces/states in our country they are governed by a Viceroy.
 * Wars and conflicts: 
 * Commander of our forces:  Our great khavara
 * Army: Total of
 * Spearmen: 2,410
 * Swordsmen: 2,180
 * Bowmen: 1,890
 * Cavalry: 4,202
 * Crossbowmen: 610
 * Events:
 * None: Nothing else of big notice than the Mongolian Empire request
 * Diplomacy:
 * Mongolian Empire: Yes our master we will be annexed into your Empire peacefully and diplomatically

Kingdom of Prussia (Old Prussia)

 * Government: Feudal kingdom
 * King: Sigmar II (b. 1043 - d. 1102, r. 1076 - 1102), Wolfhard (b. 1079, r. 1102 - 1144), Rudolf (b. 1126-1178, r. 1144-1178), Sigmar III (b. 1150-1203, r. 1168-1203), Sigmar IV (b. 1185, r. 1203)
 * Dynasty: Pregel
 * Military: As the failure of the Prussians in the Second Crusade had gone by, the morale of the Prussians have gone down quite a lot. Things are quite bad now, the Avars are getting more resentful against the Prussians, because they sought to reap the benefits and are experiencing some wealth growths within their own towns too, which makes the nobles of Old Prussia even more envious. The military is now being used to suppress any form of dissident and any form of peasant uprising, but some modern historians argue that they are being used to promote the Prussian culture itself even more, especially in Warsaw, where there has been violence in the city quite lately. All Prussian soldiers are to kill Avars whenever they do actions that kill Prussians intentionally or not.
 * Land forces: (Courland not included; finally updated it in like 6 turns)
 * 25 000 levies (95% of the levies are raised)
 * 8 500 spearmen
 * 4 500 swordsmen
 * 6 000 archers (incl. crossbow archers)
 * 6 000 melee cavalry
 * 3 000 pikemen and anti-cavalry
 * Equipment included are catapults, battering rams and siege towers
 * 2 700 knights (largely swordsmen and spearmen that are trained harder than normal and honoured by the King)
 * 2 000 King's Guards (guards that have a sword and a shield that goes with them, wears a lot of armour; there's a disadvantage and that's the speed and agility of them)
 * Navy: (Courland not included)
 * 18 transport ships (they carry only like a hundred once)
 * 9 galleys
 * Economy: Prussia is a rural kingdom, although it has some manufacturing capacity but they're concentrated in major cities, which would occasionally be traded with neighbouring realms by Prussian merchants. Since the mid-12th century, Avaland, a neighbouring realm of the Prussian Kingdom is wealthy and is the boundary to the Orthodox-Catholic world, some Avars within Prussia who locally travel there are becoming wealthy, this has led to some division among the Old Prussian Germans and the Avars. A full embargo on Avaland and economic allies is officially issued by Sigmar III on 1192.
 * Demographics: (Census is based on the 1199 Census, then is estimated by modern historians to fill the gaps)
 * Population: 3 070 000
 * Königsberg: 95 000
 * Danzig: 42 000
 * Allenstein: 11 000
 * Lustenbruck: 21 000
 * Drusselstein: 50 000
 * Posen: 25 000
 * Breslau: 12 000
 * Plytzk: 9 000
 * Warsaw (Warschau/Varsava): 45 000
 * Memel: 8 000
 * Laibech: 13 000
 * Rural areas (anything not included above): 2 739 000
 * Culture: 72% Germanic (64% Prussian, 7% Vesnian), 25% Avar, 3% Other
 * Religion: 86% Eastern Orthodox, 10% Catholic, 4% Other
 * Diplomacy:
 * N/A
 * Events:
 * More Utilisation and That's It: King Sigmar III died on March 1203. His secondborn son, Sigmar IV succeeded as the King of Prussia and being born at a time of long-term and two generations long of persecution of Avars, it is no wonder that he is more xenophobic than his father. This might bring an end to the Prussian Kingdom ultimately. The persecution of the Avars in Prussia continues. Unlike his father, Sigmar IV raised the stakes of how much a Prussian is worth from three Avars as Sigmar III has officially declared to five Avars as a result of mysterious disappearances and families becoming concerned of the disappearance of merchants by unknown means. Not to mention, a relative of Sigmar III was killed, so Sigmar IV was largely enraged. For this decade, about ~9,200 were utilised.

Svearike

 * Government: Hereditary Monarch.
 * Ruler: Karl
 * Dynasty: Thorfi
 * Economy: consisting of fishing, lumbering, trading.
 * Trade partners: Vestkyst, Inkeri, Danemark and Vesnia.
 * Vassal: Arktalasriika.
 * Capital: Stockholm
 * Demographics: 
 * Population: 436.4k (Mainland & islands (<- Åland, Gotland, Öland) 362.2k, Finish territory: 68.2k)
 * Rural areas: 349.6k
 * Cities: 86.8k
 * Stockholm: 37 076
 * Vasteviki: 25 006
 * Kalmar: 7 896
 * Åbo: 7 696
 * Sana: 5 063
 * Gotsky: 4 063
 * Arktalasriika's Population: 34k
 * Rural areas: 34k
 * Ethnicity: Nordicite Gothic, Sami, Finns.
 * Religion: Catholicism (Majority 99.5%) Orthodox Christianity (0.5%)
 * Allies: Inkeri and Cherno-Vedena.
 * Wars and Conflicts:
 * Military: 
 * Royal Guards: 200
 * Active Guards: 500 (patrolling cities and rural areas to keep everything under control).
 * Border Guards: 300 (They will be patrolling close to the borders with neighboring nations)
 * Army: First army: 2% (8 728).
 * First army:
 * Swordsmen: 1 897
 * Swordsmen with shields: 1 897
 * Cavalry with swords: 1 697
 * Cavalry with spears: 1 537
 * Archers: 1 646
 * Reserves: First army 1% (4 364), Second army: 1% (4 364), Third army: 2% (8 728) 
 * First Army:
 * Swordsmen: 949
 * Swordsmen with shields: 949
 * Cavalry with swords: 849
 * Cavalry with Spears: 791
 * Archers: 825
 * Second army:
 * Swordsmen: 1 266
 * Swordsmen with shields: 1 267
 * Cavalry with swords: 966
 * Archers: 867
 * Third Army:
 * Swordsmen: 1 897
 * Swordsmen with shields: 1 897
 * Cavalry with swords: 1 697
 * Cavalry with spears: 1 527
 * Archers: 1 646
 * Arktalasriika'n army: 2% 680
 * Swordsmen: 380
 * Spearmen: 200
 * Archers: 100
 * Navy: 41 Long galleys (capacity ~120/ship) Transport ships 11.
 * Diplomacy:
 * Inkeri: Thank you for all the help you've given to us these past 40 years, most of the troops you have sent are still alive and i believe are eager to return home to their families.
 * Events:​​​​​​
 * Infrastructure: We start Building roads between all the villages and cities (including Arktalasriikan lands).Karlsstad och Arkta.png
 * New City: We create a new city in Arktalasriika that we will call Arktå, it will be the Capital of Arktalasriika.
 * New City: We create a new city that we will call Karlsstad in celebration of the northern war Ending.
 * Second army: The second army will be Reserves.
 * Third army: The Third army will be Reserves.Assimilation of Sami.png
 * Arktalasriikan assimilation of Sami tribes: northern sami tribes are offered protection and safety if they join Arktalasriika.
 * Arktalasriikan assimilation of Finnic tribes: eastern Finnic tribes are offered protection and safety if they join Arktalasriika.
 * The return of the captive soldiers: out of the 5 430 soldiers that was held captive by the Sami, 4 344 returned alive. When they get home they're treated with respect, a festival will be held in Stockholm and Vasterviki to celebrate the return of the them and to the war ending.

Nihon no Toitsu Kokoku

 * Government: Union of Monarchies, Ainu Tohoku operating under a Tribal Electoral system.
 * Mikados: Sanzenin Shizuku (Yamato), Akihiko no Sanban (Kibi), Sato Kiritsugu(Izumo), Katagiri Yuri (Nakoku), Kirigaya Izuku (Hayato), Zhang-Suzumiya Itsuki (Xia)
 * Kohaku of Tohoku: Sanzen'in Kaito
 * National Capital: Yamatai-Koku (Present-day Sakurai, Nara)
 * United Kingdoms Armed Forces: ['DISBANDED']
 * Demographics
 * Population: 14,210,000
 * Honshu: 7,570,000
 * Shikoku: 2,540,000
 * Kyushu: 1,930,000
 * Xia: 2,240,000 (Not inclusive of aboriginals, estimated to be 78,000)
 * Ethnicity: Yamato (18.5%), Izumo (22%), Kibi (13.5%), Nakoku (10%), Hayato (7%), Xia (19%), Tohoku (8.5%), Other (0.5%)
 * Economics: Between starvation and military re-armament the economy of the United Kingdoms goes into rapid and unprecedented change, leaving behind many artisans and skilled labourers not involved with the military or agriculture. This becomes a cause for concern, although no effort is made to allay fears of economic regression.
 * Events:
 * Yamato shrinks: After the utter and complete failure that was the war against Srivijaya and Chola, Yamato is utterly and completely humiliated, with the Michiko bloodline deposed by Yamato general Sanzenin Kyosuke, who installs his daughter, Sanzenin Shizuku, as empress. In order to secure his power Kyosuke cedes pieces of Yamato to the four clans; Taira gaining Yamato's posessions on Shikoku, Tachibana gaining coastal land from Osaka back to its own territory, Minamoto gaining land up until Osaka, and Fujiwara taking the whole of Yamato's northern coast. This leaves Yamato with minor land from Osaka to Kyoto, while the four clans become the most powerful in the entire region. The army of the Toitsu Kokoku is disbanded as part of concessions to Tachibana and all turtle boats are returned to Tachibana.

Events & Great People

 * Horseman of Conquest (Part II): Temujin Khan expands the boundaries of the Mongol Empire via various means. It seems the Khan is intent on expanding in all directions, with Liao and a few small kingdoms being annexed, peripheral kingdoms turned into tributaries, and a new war with Jin. In other news, a new trade route has opened up going through the vast steppes of Central Asia, supported by the Mongol Empire. The Orient Road, as it is known in Europe, connects the two continents as goods and commodities from Mongolia to the Indus and Eastern Europe flow freely between each other.
 * The War Long Awaited: The hate of the Avars towards the Prussians had grown too great for the Avars of Avaland to not intervene in the genocide of their people in Prussia. They call Boiheim, Lusatien, Korona and Saxony to war as well, as their major trade partners. Prussian soldiers torching fields near Plytsk are greeted with a force of 10 000 men. Plytzk falls within a week and in the opening of the campaign so does Posen and Breslau. The Avar troops cut off Ossat, where the Avar rebels have an upper hand, and the local troops are encircled without supplies. Avaland sends an ultimatum: Cede Varsava, Ossat, Plytzk, Breslau, Posen and Drusselstein to the HRE, and there will be peace.
 * Call of Ares: The extremist controlled Songhai finally begin their task to praise their god Ares by shedding the blood of their enemies. They launch a surprise invasion of Timbuktu, conquering their capital and razing it. This event would inspire several works of art, poetry and drama in the near future.
 * Intersea Trade: Trade routes from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic suffer and most collapse economically thanks to the Mauretanian move on taxes. Mauretanian ships prosper, as only they are not taxed.
 * Doomsday Preppers Episode 1210-1220 AD: Georgia, Khazar, Kiev, Svartheim and the post-byzantine states begin to prepare for the incoming stampede. Walls are reinforced, new defenses are built. Military training and budgets are bolstered. A sense of unity against the common foe strengthens the bonds of these nations.
 * Xia Gui: He paints Twelve Views from a Thatched Hut, which the ruler of Wang adores so much, that he takes the painting for his palace and handsomely rewards Xia Gui.
 * Clash of Olympos: Atlas and Mauretania begin a new war between each other. This time Atlas was more prepared and is able to reconquer three cities, but loses a large portion of their less defended southern rural regions.

NPC Turns

 * Mauretania: They begin controlling the strait of gibraltar with a more fierce hold. No ship is allowed to sail through without inspection and massive taxes on it's cargo, sometimes going as far as 30% of the ship's goods or treasure.
 * Karelia: Their war of conquest comes to an end as they annex the remaining lands from Rossopetsk. Aimar "The Red's" son, who was more friendly towards the Rossopetskians gives them more autonomy and begins a campaign of building trust between all the tribes of Karelia.
 * Sami and Finnic Tribes: Svearikes proposition is harshly refused, as they don't want to bow to the nation which has waged war on them and mistreated them for already a century and more.
 * Isetium: A conquest mad king seeks to conquer Ahuras, their strongest neighbour after Atlas. He begins a campaign across the desert. The war's frontline forms at Afif and Zalim, both of which are resisting siege and still standing strong. Ha'il on the other hand falls shortly after the invasion.
 * Osnerol: They expand, taking hold of more northern coastline from the island of Cuba.
 * Tlaxcala: They use a moment of instability in Totonac to their favour and annex the region diplomatically. They also conquer Mexica.
 * Itza: They conquer Chontal and ally themselves with Kiche.
 * Westria: They accept the offer to become Avaland's ally.
 * Kiev: They accept calls for defense against the Mongols and begin preparations for defensive war.

Kingdom of Prussia (last turn)

 * Government: Feudal kingdom
 * Kings of the Pregel Dynasty: Sigmar II (b. 1043 - d. 1102, r. 1076 - 1102), Wolfhard (b. 1079, r. 1102 - 1144), Rudolf (b. 1126-1178, r. 1144-1178), Sigmar III (b. 1150-1203, r. 1168-1203), Sigmar IV (b. 1185, r. 1203-1217)
 * New King: Friedrich (b. 1172, r. 1217)
 * Dynasty: Pregel (until 1217), Schleimeck (since 1217)
 * Economy: In a pretty bad situation after decades of decline. Literally bruh moment.
 * Demographics: Do I have to go through this if this is my last turn? I don't really care.
 * Diplomacy: Diplomacy is handled under King Friedrich from 1217, where he decides to surrender and cease all heinous activities that King Sigmar III and King Sigmar IV has done in exchange for becoming a puppet state of Avaland.KDM_Prussia.png
 * Avaland: We accept this ultimatum, but we want to also bring up these terms too, which will be explained below:
 * You get all of the territory that you want, but part of the territory that is not demanded is ceded to Vedena.
 * Kingdom of Prussia is now a vassal of Avaland, where they have unconditional right to access all Prussian ports, that they can be admitted to have a small navy.
 * Courland is released.
 * We cease and recognise the Avar massacres and genocide that came under the late Pregel dynasty, including the deaths of over 66 000 Avars from 1160 to 1217 by releasing all documents.
 * Orthodox influence is to be destroyed.
 * Events:
 * The Last Decimation: About 20,000 Avars are being killed quickly before the Prussians flee as they lose massively thanks to a coalition who had exposed the atrocities of an attempted Avar genocide.
 * Incompetence: Sigmar IV pushes an offensive to take back the lost cities but fails as the Prussian morale depletes!
 * Catholic Revolution: Some Catholics, who were a minority and aren't really oppressed, however, they were sympathetic to the Avars and the HRE, has decided to overthrow and stab Sigmar IV at the back. Sigmar IV is decapitated by a Catholic noble and he proclaimed himself as King Friedrich, usurping his title from him.
 * Surrender is the Only Option: King Friedrich of Prussia ultimately calls for all troops to stop saying and following the Pregel dynasty as their "following lead" and their racist slogans and said that the policy that King Sigmar IV and his father "was far too much" and that the Prussians want humility. In the end, by 1218, all atrocities and discrimination of Avars have ceased and he wanted to turn Prussia into a puppet state anyway.

Chiefdom of Roanoke | Roanoke Clan

 * Government: Clan Chiefdom
 * Chief/Chieftess: Tomaskiske (b. ~1170s, r.~1190s-1217), Pocahontas (b. 1204, r.1218-)
 * Capital: Croatan (OTL New Bern, NC)
 * Economy: Mainly based off fishing, hunting, and a minimal amount of corn farming. Currently reeling from the Accursed Plague.
 * Demographics:
 * Population: 920 (previously 1,560 before the Accursed Plague)
 * Croatan: 260 (previously 420)
 * Religion: 100% Native American totemist or shamanist religions
 * Ethnicity: 100% Powhatan
 * Military:
 * Army: no real standing army, although technically all adult men (~400) are expected to fight if needed, clashes between nearby clans were historically fought with around 20-50 men.
 * Navy: no real military-focused navy, 14 primitive canoes (serving as fishing boats)
 * Wars and Conflicts: N/A
 * Events:
 * Ever Heard of Those Strange White Men From the Sea?: Rumors have reached us of strange white men from the sea, who have invaded and settled in the lands of the Monahtanuk. We do not know what this means for us...
 * The Accursed Plague: Our people have been ravaged by a sickness so deadly and so evil that our great elders, in all their wisdom, cannot name a worse time for us. It has killed almost half of our people, and broken the spirits of the rest, for they do not know what evil has brought this sorrow upon us, and why we have been ravaged so. We have tried to appease the gods, by offering sacrifices of the belongings of the plague-stricken, but to no avail. (Modern historian here, this was a smallpox outbreak, the first of many European-introduced plagues to impact the native populations of North America.)
 * The One That Lives: In the sixth year of the Accursed Plague, our beloved Chief Tomaskiske, and all of his kin, had come down with the strange sickness. All of them eventually succumbed to the Accursed Plague and died, all except one. Three weeks after the death of Chief Tomaskiske, the people of Croatan would finally enter the Chief's wigwam, in order to burn their belongings to appease the spirits, and to give the Chief and his family a respectable burial. Inside, they found young, 13 year old Pocahontas, the Chief's youngest daughter and overall child, hiding in a corner, scared, but otherwise perfectly healthy, even though the town remembered she, too, came down with the Accursed Plague. Previously, Pocahontas had started to become known for her blinding beauty, sharp wit, humorous disposition, and wisdom far beyond her years. People had already thought of her as "blessed by the gods and spirits". Now, she, the first known to have survived the Accursed Plague, became the new Chief, and was held to have become somewhat of a god. Later that winter, when 5 of her closest friends, too, caught and survived the Accursed Plague, Pocahontas was cemented as a god by all of the Roanoke clan. The shamans now sung prayers and brought offerings to her, and her reputation was even starting to spread to other clans. By the end of the decade, as the Accursed Plague had spread throughout the rest of the Powhatan, half of the coast, from Roanoke itself all the way to the swamps of the OTL Virginia Tidewater, prayed to Pocahontas, the One That Lived, to deliver their family and friends from fiendish plague, and sang praises to her when they were cured.
 * Diplomacy: N/A

Kingdom of Vesnia

 * Government: Feudal Monarchy (Kingdom)
 * King: Wilhelm IV (B 1178, alive) (R 1204 - Present)
 * Ruling House: House of Fleischer
 * Economy: The Vesnian economy is relatively stable, being based on trade mostly as well as fishing, mining and lumber. Gold coin currency is used in the realm. Vesnia is influenced by the overall economy of the Holy Roman Empire, of which it is a member. A special trade agreement between Vesnia and Svearike and Vesnia and Danemark has been implemented.
 * Capital: Burgenbrao
 * Demographics:
 * Population: ~1 576 000
 * Burgenbrao: 93 000
 * Köslin: 50 500
 * Raustadt: 8 200
 * Heineg: 3 500
 * Schneidemühl: 1 200
 * Rural areas (AKA everything else): ~1 420 000
 * Ethnicities: 93% Vesnian, 7% Prussian
 * Religion: 85% Catholic Christian, 15% Orthodox Christian
 * Wars and Conflicts (italics: Potential War):
 * Levies: Half of Vesnia's maximum army size is raised during these perilous times, ready to battle when needed.
 * Catholic-Orthodox Clashes: Lands with significant Orthodox populations like Köslin, Schneidemühl and other parts of Eastern Vesnia are subject to several conflicts, some of them violent, between Catholic and Orthodox communities: one side supported by the inquisitors and the Kaufmanns and the other lead by Sieghard Höfle, who goes out of his way to personally lead the Orthodox resistance, although not alone as he does have some comrades with him.
 * Military: Total of 15 750 levy soldiers (1% of pop)
 * Deployed units: Half (7 375)
 * 5 200 infantry
 * 3 800 pikemen
 * 5 225 archers
 * 1 000 sword cavalry
 * 525 lancers
 * Navy:
 * 20 transport ships
 * 10 galleys
 * Diplomacy:
 * Prussia: We regret that we can't assist you in this, but the might of Westria and its allies fighting together with Avaland is too much and we are also dealing with our own internal issues.
 * Events:
 * Nobody Expects the Westrian Inquisition (Zweiter Teil): Inquisitors recruit Catholic Vesnians (including Dietmar Kaufmann) and together they start Catholic conversions and also driving away Orthodox communities from our lands. Many Orthodox people see this as persecution and even compare it to the Avar conflict in Prussia. Internal armed conflict (although not a civil war) breaks out from this (further explained in Wars & Conflicts). There are areas where Catholicism and Orthodoxy live in peace like before, but it's a rare thing considering Westria's efforts to remove the supposed "heresy".
 * House of Kaufmann: The nobles under Dietmar Kaufmann's family establish themselves as a rivaling royal house in their plot to remove the "weak" and "corrupt" Fleischers, who they believe have "fallen from grace". Orthodoxy has no place in the HRE nor Vesnia in their eyes and so they get to plottin'.
 * Death of Bernhart (II): Wilhelm IV's son and heir to the throne, Bernhart, who would be Bernhart II if crowned king, is found dead on the grounds outside a fortress in Raustadt. The death was caused by a fall from the balcony. So far people believe it is a suicide. The House of Kaufmann totally didn't hire an assassin to kill him to gain an upper hand and because he had secretly converted to Orthodoxy, which Dietmar Kaufmann found out through spies.
 * Walls of Burgenbrao: With growing unrest and the death of a prominent member of the royal dynasty, the walls to protect our capital must be improved on.
 * Mapping Out the Region: Most of it is completed, but the main leader of the project dies of natural causes and also the internal clashes slows the process down to a grinding halt. What a bummerrrrrrr.

Archduchy of Westria

 * Head of the State: Emperor Friedrich III Hohenstaufen (B 1180 - still alive), (R 1209 - 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 currently the Emperor of the HRE
 * Demographics:
 * Population:
 * Wien: Population: 89,090
 * Konr: Population: 25,850
 * Rich: Population: 37,060
 * Polanum: Population: 21,000
 * Bolzano: Population: 10,000
 * Rural and smaller towns population: 2,371,200
 * Total population: 2,715,368
 * Religion: catholic christians (99%), others (1%)
 * Ethinicities: 98,4% Westrian, 1,6% 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: 
 * Army: Total of
 * Spearmen: 10,290
 * Swordmen: 3,150
 * Bowmen: 3,180
 * Cavalry: 2,210
 * Crossbowmen: 2,090
 * Events:
 * The desire for the mediterranean sea: Almost during all of our nation's existence on earth it has always been landlocked. There is a strong desire to try to expand towards the mediterranean so we can easier trade with other nations on the sea instead of using Danube. There is also much more available trading partners. Venice is the only thing that stops us from reaching it and having a very costly war is what we least want at least with hersey spreading in northern HRE specifclly Vesnia. Venice is also our biggest rival in this region.
 * Burg Steinegg: We was done building the castle "burg steinegg" during the 1210s.
 * Condemning Kingdom of Prussia: The emperor condemns the prussians and what they have done to the peaceful Avars and call them out for most likely be the ones spreading hersey into HRE lands. Also stating as an ally to Avaland we will join if it becomes necessary (depends if they accept the prussian conditions)
 * Nobody Expects the Westrian Inquisition: Westria has since the beginning of the heresy outbreak sent the Westrian inquisition to handle it. In some areas conflict breaks out between catholic christians and orthodox christians which worries the Emperor a bit and hopes the conflict won't escalate into a full-scale civil war which could be devastating and cause destabilization in the northern HRE region. He decides to send out some reinforcement to the inquisition to hopefully faster expel the orthodox in the realm but it is also risky since this could just make tensions greater in the nation. There is also a growing frustration within the Emperor as he believes that the king is too passive with the Orthodox heresy. He would actually want to depose the king and get someone more agressive to fight back the heresey on the other hand deposing the rightful king could be disasterous to his reputation among his vassals.
 * Diplomacy:
 * Boiheim: Would you like an alliance?
 * Escosia: Would you like an alliance?

State of Yun:
Government: Absolute Monarchy 1216-1219 Ninzong (Age 6, 1216) Alliances: Allied with Dai Viet, part of the Union of Seaborne Nations (composed of Nihon, Wu, Wang, and Liang.
 * Emperor: 1210-1216 Sunzong (Age 62, asended at age 24),
 * Dynasty: Wu
 * Parliament: Nonexistent

Economy: The economy is mainly agriculture based, with Wuhan and Changsha, and Zhanjiang being major commercial hubs. In many parts of the nation, there is a strong fishing industry. Paper money is well established and often used. Our major exports are Rhubarb, silk, tea, rice and. Other exports are musk, honey, and hemp and Star Anise. Changsha is located on a major trade route stretching from steppes of Karakorum to the lands of Chola and Srivijaya. Specialized crafts like ceramics and paper-making are also present. The city of Shu is the beginning of a trade route to India and Myanmar.

Capital: Changsha

Administration: 5 different commanderies (Jun) governed by a Taishou (Great Administrator). Every Jun is divided into prefectures (Zhou) (31 in total), which in turn are divided into urban counties (Fu) and Rural counties (Xian). Most prefectures are only composed of 2-5 counties.

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. We have a standard Judicial system, like the one used by the Han. 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. The Taishous are military leaders, appointed by the Emperor, who also manage the militia in their respective commanderies. A universal tax system, in which villages must submit 20% 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: Military: Siege Weapons: Reserves:  136,500 (0.6% of population)
 * Population (excluding occupied territories): ~22,741,000
 * Changsha: Xiangdu
 * Ethnic makeup:
 * ~59% Southwestern Chinese (Xiang and Qiang)
 * ~7% Miao
 * ~23% Cantonese
 * ~7% Zhuang
 * ~3% Other
 * Active Land Forces: 81,000(~0.4% of population)
 * Swordsmen: 30,000
 * Spearman/Pikemen/Dagger-axe: 24,000
 * Ranged (Bowmen): 13,300
 * Ranged (Crossbowmen): 9,200
 * Gunpowder-wielding-infantry (Fire Lances, Hand Cannons): 2,250
 * Cavalry : 3000
 * Hu Dun Pao (Gunpowder Trebuchet): 50
 * Standard Trebuchet: 40
 * Catapult: 25
 * Multiple Bullets Magazine Erupter (Proto-Cannon): 20
 * Flying-Cloud Thunderclap Erupter (Proto-Cannon): 20

Navy: Events: Wars and Conflicts: Nothing except the absolute clusterfuck that’s going on right now.
 * 300 ships  (Yangtze River Defense Force)
 * 75 Ships (Nanhai Defense Force)
 * The Windmill: The Windmill is introduced to Yun China via Sicily Man. This innovation allowed farmers with no acess to fast moving water to grind grain easily.
 * Yun can into Culture: A Luohan, is painted by Liu Songnian, and Performing arts begins to become an industry in Xiangdu, a conglomerate involving threatre, gambling, prostitution, and food. The growing Scholar-Gentry and Merchant Class allowed theatre to explode. Resturants and Theatres begin to pop up in the ‘Pleasure Districts’ of Xiangdu and Zhangjiang. A distinct style of Opera, Chu Opera, starts to become popular in cities across the nation. Surprisingly, theatre is no longer the monopoly of the actors, as even peddlers and vendors singing in the streets and market performances attract a huge crowd. Many shopkeepers and vendors have become rich after particuarly large performances. Erszebet Bartok particuarly likes a play called Chibi Zanwen (Story of the Battle of the Red Cliffs), which details the events leading up to the Battle of the Red Cliffs, focusing on Liu Bei’s point of view. In 1219, Liu Kezhuang starts to compile his anthology, “Poems by a Thousand Masters”.
 * Shijie Dituji (2): Sicily Man and Erzebet provide crucial information for this book, which causes a more accurate version to be published in 1219.
 * National Unrest (2): A noble by the name of Lord Kuade (夸德公), Also known as Fa Kuade (法 夸德) becomes head of the “Me no likey Sicily Man and Sunzong” movement. Emperor Sunzong begins to infringe on the rights of the nobility in a desperate attempt to hold onto power. However, this doesn’t really change much as he dies in 1216, age 68, possibly because his wine was poisoned. Since his son, Ninzong, is only 6 years of age, and thus unfit to rule, many powerful nobles begin to compete for control of the emperor.  However, all of their efforts were in vain, because the young emperor spent much of his time with Sicily Man, which allowed Sicily Man to influence every action Ninzong took. Sicily Man has also rallied huge support for him, due to him befriending many important members of the noble houses (and his systematic removal of dissenters, via assasination). Sicily Man is increasingly portrayed as a couragous man, who braved the treacherous wilds of Tartary and brought foreign knowledge to Yun.
 * The Reign of Sicily Man (Part One): Being in a relatively unstable position as the regent of emperor Ninzong, Sicily Man starts to persue very Pro-Mongol foreign policy. The logic behind this move is that if anyone starts a rebellion, they will face the Mongol Horse-Archers. Other nations who might want to put some other guy on the throne would also have to deal with a Mongol Invasion. In 1219, Yun officially becomes a tributary of the Mongol Empire. The Pro-Sicily Man faction in the court justifies this move by saying that Yun would’ve become a tributary of The Mongols anyway, as the Mongols were probably planning to invade us anyway. While this answer satisfies some, it doesn’t satisfy most of the court. He also appoints 3 advisors (all his allies), to be the “official regents” of emperor Ninzong. They don’t actually serve purpose except to cover up Sicily Man’s actions. A few nobles decide to rebel anyway. Their rebellion is crushed, and they are executed, but fragments of their rebellion escape into the mountains of Guilin. With winter coming, the rebellion isn’t expected to last much longer. (Sicily Man is  39 by 1219).

Diplomacy:
 * Mongol Empire: Your realm extends from the Boluo Hai (Baltic Sea) to the border of Chaoxian (Korea). No power has ever been as great as you, and no power ever will be. We will willingly (heh heh) become your loyal subjects. (Side Note: Do not take our land, and please do not annex us).


 * Alliance of Seaborne Nations: Bravo Six, Going Mongol.

Svearike

 * Government: Hereditary Monarch.
 * Ruler: Thors
 * Dynasty: Thorfi
 * Economy: consisting of fishing, lumbering, trading.
 * Trade partners: Vestkyst, Inkeri, Danemark and Vesnia.
 * Vassal: Arktalasriika.
 * Capital: Stockholm
 * Demographics: 
 * Population: 456.7k (Mainland & islands (<- Åland, Gotland, Öland) 379.2k, Finish territory: 77.5k)
 * Rural areas: 361.3k
 * Cities: 95k
 * Stockholm: 37 876
 * Vasteviki: 25 806
 * Kalmar: 8 996
 * Åbo: 8 596
 * Sana: 6 463
 * Gotsky: 4 863
 * Karlsstad: 2 400
 * Arktalasriika's Population: 35.7k
 * Rural areas: 31.4k
 * ' Cities:'  4.3k
 * Arktå: 4 300
 * Ethnicity: Nordicite Gothic, Sami, Finns.
 * Religion: Catholicism (Majority 99.6%) Orthodox Christianity (0.4%)
 * Allies: Inkeri and Cherno-Vedena.
 * Wars and Conflicts:
 * Invasion of Pohjanmaa: We send 75% (10 276) of our First army and 80% (3 654) of our second army, a total of (13 930) troops to push the Pohjanmaan army to the north, and invading them by sea.Invasion of Pohnjaama.JPG
 * South eastern front: 25% (3 425) of the first army will push the Pohjanmaa'n army to the north and north-east along the Häme border. (Orange)
 * ' Southern front: ' 25% (3 425) of the first army will push the Pohjanmaa'n army to the north in order to not give them any chances of encirceling our army. (Yellow)
 * ' South western front: ' 25% (3 425) of the first army will push the Pohjanmaa'n army to the north and north-west along the coast  (Red)
 * Naval invasion: The second army (3 654) will try to annex the northernmost island and parts of the coast of Pohjanmaa, and then try to push in to their territory as fast as possible. (Light green)
 * ' Naval supply support: 10% (1 370) of the first army will help the second army by sending them supplies.'  (Light green arrow)
 * Border control: 10% (1 370) of the first army and 10% (457) of our second army, a total of (1 827) troops will patrol the borders of Häme and Etelämaat (Pink).
 * Military: 
 * Royal Guards: 200
 * Active Guards: 500 (patrolling cities and rural areas to keep everything under control).
 * Border Guards: 300 (They will be patrolling close to the borders with neighboring nations)
 * Active Army: First army: 3% (13 701), Second army: 1% (4 567).
 * First army:
 * Swordsmen: 2 969
 * Swordsmen with shields: 2 969
 * Cavalry with swords: 2 669
 * Cavalry with spears: 2 451
 * Archers: 2 593
 * Second army:
 * Swordsmen: 990
 * Swordsmen with shields: 990
 * Cavalry with swords: 890
 * Cavalry with Spears: 832
 * Archers: 866
 * Reserves: Third army: 2% (9 134) 
 * Third Army:
 * Swordsmen: 1 979
 * Swordsmen with shields: 1 979
 * Cavalry with swords: 1 779
 * Cavalry with spears: 1 619
 * Archers: 1 727
 * Arktalasriika'n army: 2% 680 714
 * Swordsmen: 391
 * Spearmen: 211
 * Archers: 111
 * Navy: 42 Long galleys (capacity ~120/ship) Transport ships 12.
 * Diplomacy:
 * Inkeri: Hope we can stay as friends even if you're a "vassal" of the mongols
 * Events:​​​​​​
 * Infrastructure: We start Building roads between all the villages and cities (including Arktalasriikan lands).
 * Second army: we make the second army more like the other armies, and is moved to the active army.