Talk:Konig des Menschen Chapter V (Map Game)/@comment-26044830-20191105112748

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, r. 1144)
 * Dynasty: Pregel
 * Military: There is nothing special about the (Old) Prussian army. They are largely comprised of occasional mercenaries (not counted here) and feudal levies from vassals, along with some of the King's own elite guards and levies that he trains them personally, for discipline of course! Prussian military is largely comprised of cavalry and foot soldiers, with pikes and spears to go by. Knights do exist, but the definition is quite different and they're more of an honorary role within the military and are permanent than say mercenaries and levies, which are largely peasants that are armed with weapons and trained to do so, in the expense of their need for loyalty.
 * Land forces: (Courland not included; finally updated it in like 6 turns)
 * 24 500 levies
 * 9 000 spearmen
 * 3 500 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
 * 3 000 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)
 * 6 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. Königsberg is a city that is the centre of trade for Prussia. In a post-Wolfhard reign, the retention for the city has declined, but the symbolic Vesnian and Old Prussian alliance remains as his standing legacy. 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.
 * Demographics: (Census is based on the 1155 Census that is finalised, adjusted for an 1160 estimate after a famine)
 * Population: 3 112 000
 * Königsberg: 95 000
 * Danzig: 42 000
 * Allenstein: 11 000
 * Lustenbruck: 21 000
 * Drusselstein: 50 000
 * Posen: 30 000
 * Breslau: 20 000
 * Plytzk: 10 000
 * Warsaw (Warschau/Varsava): 52 000
 * Memel: 7 000
 * Laibech: 12 000
 * Rural areas (anything not included above): 2 710 000
 * Culture: 70% Germanic (62% Prussian, 7% Vesnian), 27% Avar, 3% Other
 * Religion: 86% Eastern Orthodox, 10% Catholic, 4% Other
 * Diplomacy:
 * N/A
 * Events:
 * Famine and Aftermath: About 8 700 are dead from the famine that saw the northern hemisphere plunging into the ice age. Most of them were those living in rural areas north of Prussia. King Rudolf was definitely worried about another famine if the harvest season when so poorly, so he decided to stockpile on food on his own and encouraged everyone to do the same, even though they would rot, they have been added with salt (not much though) to preserve food that is stored away in storerooms in forms of wooden barrels. This would allow it to survive for at least two months in hot days and in rare cases, three months. Snow could also be used to 'freeze' food too, but they would unfortunately melt after winter.
 * Local Avars: As Avaland became prosperous and many Avars became wealthy over trade between the Catholic and Orthodox world, some of the Prussian Avars (those living in Old Prussia) have been noticeably growing resentment against Kingdom of Prussia. Warsaw is now just 58% Avar by 1160 thanks to assimilation and migration movements, but for those Varsavian Avars, they're not benefitting the wealth of Avaland. In fact, those living near Avaland were becoming wealthier, which makes the Prussian nobles of the north feel envy. These Avars are becoming more wealthy than the normal Prussian peasant and there was rising demands of some of the territory be ceded back to their homeland after a century of being occupied by Prussians. The current king did not approve this and he had started to fear that Avars would take over Prussia in few years' time, which is part of Prussian paranoia and consequence of a long-term outlook.
 * After the Crusades: The Prussians failed a lot with the deaths of Franz von Hiedler and Prince Reinhard, all thanks to bad luck. Their luck hasn't received well compared to Franz's relative, Adolf von Hiedler, who in the earlier years of the First Crusade, won decisively before crashing down. Also, a Courish general named Daumantas however successfully fought against some of the neo-Hellenists from Atlas, creating a crusader state called Melita, which is literally a vassal of a vassal. (I don't mention a lot about events related to Courland since I am only focusing on events in Old Prussia but I added it in because the person who played as that character wanted me to include it)