Konig des Menschen Chapter III (Map Game)

The year is 1 AD. The world is one of kings, empires, religion and conquest. Civilization has come, how will you lead your people to the pages of history? Will you show your might through blood and steel, commerce, scripture or by creating the stepping stones for the generations to come? This is the age of empires, the age of ancient epics and heroic deeds. What stories will you create in this gruesome world, of peace and unity or of pain and wrath? This is KdM III: Imperium!. welcome to the age of empires
I, TheSteampunkTotoro(and TheCreator901), welcome you to Konig des Menschen Chapter III: Imperium (KdM III). Starting in 1 AD, this is an era of civilization of ancient history in which stories of great men and conquests are made. The road to greatness is paved now, Can you become the King of Men?
My Credentials:
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.
== The Map (1 AD Onwards) ==
==Rules==
Konig des Menschen Rules
==== Important Things: ====
* 1. Read the page linked above, a must!
* 2. If you have any questions, please ask them in the comments of the game or TheSteampunkTotoro's Discord messages
* 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.
==Template ==
===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-400 CE (25 years) (36 turns)
*400 CE-1000 CE (10 years) (60 turns)
*1000 CE-1600 CE (5 years) (120 turns)
*1600 CE-1900 CE (2 years) (150 turns)
*1900 CE-present (1 year) (118 turns)
*World Wars after 1900 (every three months)
*World Wars before 1900 but after 1500 (1 year)
==Alliances/Vassals==
*Alliances:
**-
*Vassals:
**Rome: RAR: Atlas, RAR: Valencia, RAR: Vedena, RAR: Westria, RAR: Aegypt, RAR: Agousta
**Arashena: Gerrha
**Nordicium: Danska
**Yang: Xia, Gojoseon
**Satavahana: Saka, Upathara Wansura
**Saba: Ma'an
==Dynasties==
*Gherensi (Imperium di Atlas)
*Sealander (Sealand)
*Schnee (Nordicium)
*Nørgaard (Danska)
*Ren (Malacca)
*Yin (Feng)
*Yang (Feng)
*Xia (Xia)
*Wampanoag (Natick)
*al-Qazi (Muscat)
*Fleischer (Vesnia)
==Old/Extinct Dynasties==
*Haakonssen (Fibelia)
*Jakobsen (Nordicium)
*Derier (Valcanor)
*Ostaras (Valcanor)
*Shabk (Vesnia)
*Ryglantt (Danska)
*Tatka (Yugrain)
*Hephtaldia-Gropius (Hellenica)
==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)
*RAR: Imperium di Atlas: TheCreator901/Atlasium
*Yang: EthanKoenigsberg
*Malacca: Sidewinder
*Nordicium: LukaGaming
*Rome: Batran99
*Muscat: Simplenoise8
*RAR: Vedena: VladsNewAccount
*Seleucid Empire: SolaceEaSw
*RAR: Agousta: XaoZss
*Parthia: Memeeater69
*Natick: Parbounli
*Kioku: DickHairyson
*Polans: TheHussarPL
*RAR: Westria: Eltool
*Latgalia: Soviet Siberian
*Meerseit: Tenaciosu-san
*Satavahana: Fyorrian Mapping
==Staff==
*Admin: Atlasium (TheCreator901)
*Acting Admin: TheSteampunkTotoro
*Junior Admin: Batran99(?)
*Map Maker: TheSteampunkTotoro, Atlasium (TheCreator901)
*NPC Event Maker: TheSteampunkTotoro, Atlasium (TheCreator901)
*Moderator: LukaGaming, Sidewinder(?), EthanKoenigsberg(?)
==Banned Players==
*
==Archives==
The archive list is useful for previous events or for reference.
== Turns ==
=== Turn I: 1 AD - 25 AD ===
==== Events & Great People: ====
* Jesus of Nazareth: He has a long conversation with teachers in Jerusalem where he listens to them and asks questions.
* Livy: He writes the monumental history of Rome and it's people from the dawn of the city unto it's current days as the grand empire
* Ovid: He writes the metamorphoses, a 15-book collection of mythological narrative. He is ranked among the three most important poets in Roman history along Virgil and Horace, his work impacting European literature in the eons to come
* Census of Yang: The Yang state held a census which stated that there were 60 million people under the reign of the Yang dynasty
* World Population: The world population hits 300 million
==== NPC Turns: ====
* Judea: The region of Judea grows restless and demands autonomy, as they see other regions within Rome with grand autonomy(Also retcon, the holy land is back where it's historically as well)
* Yin & Tistu: The two nations merge after a second major royal marriage, creating a very interesting cultural mix, old Yin dynasty ways and honor code mix with the early commerce culture of Tistu, creating a mixed ethnic people of Yin and Bonra peoples. The nation is called Tistu, with two capitals, Jikos and Mariu Bìnàn Suǒ(Mariuvoq)
* Satavahana: Continuing their rivalry with Goriwala they invade Saka, capturing half their lands in a few months long campaign before signing peace
* Saka: They are invaded by Satavahana, with their army nearly dead within months and the situation looking grim, they're given an offer of either face full annexation or become a vassal of Satavahana, they graciously accept the latter
* Bactria: Angered by the move by Satavahana, they begin the staining of Satavahanan reputation in the west, severing many mercantile routes and plundering traders systematically, increasing the tension in the region
* Goriwala: They continue their expansion in the east, fighting small Khmer, Tie and Betmant tribes. Some land is annexed but due to the large supply lines the expedition is halted with only a little under a hundred miles gained
* Au Lac: They begin preparing a massive army to hold their own against their much larger neighbours, they send traders to the far west, where tales of new warfare techniques and weapons have been heard, bringing back little information from Bactria and Parthia. The Au Lacian army is marched into the Khmer tribal lands, where the small tribal populations and defenders are mostly purged to make way for assimilation and settlement
* Yatomi: They begin friendly expansion into the northern Ainu lands, offering defense towards attackers in exchange for taxes and allegiance, many tribes accept due to the severe infighting of the Ainu tribes
* Uwajima: They attack Yatomi, conquering some southern lands, but are pushed back by a counter-assault of 4 500 men, they are nearly pushed back to the old border until the Uwajiman recruits arrive to once again push the line forward. The new army is able to conquer almost half of Yatomi's southern seafront, before making peace by exchanging princesses between the two Shogunates as hostage
* Okayama & Kagomoto: They form an alliance and gank Hatsushima, crippling the nations navy first and then making a landing in the west, advancing along the southern shore. Okayama invades by land leading glorious battles against the weaker Hatsushiman ranks. Within three months Hatsushima is conquered and the two conquerors draw the new border
* Daevites: They raid the northern regions of Yang for food and luxury items
* Jutland: The region which once held the Danskan kingdom slowly degrades from the Latin culture and falls back to the Diziliyan lifestyles thanks to massive trade and visits by their northern and eastern neighbours
* Ugrians: Their culture emanates to the southern lands, creating new dialects and languages in Northern Baltia and converting them to Ugrians
==== Player Turns: ====
=====Vedena=====
*Government: Autonomous province in the Roman Empire, every governor is democratically elected by adult male landowners every 6 years
**Governor: Lucius the Syracusian (3BC-3AD), Gaius the Roman (3AD-9AD), Yaroslav II (9AD-21AD, elected twice), Yaroslav III (21AD-now)
*Economy: Based on logging, agriculture, deep mining, and trade.
*Capital: Lutsk (de-jure), Byliny (de-facto)
*Demographics:
**Rural areas: 30800
**Biggest settlements: 14600. 47.4% live in urban areas.
***Byliny: 3200
***Pubin: 1900
***Curcani: 1300
***Pravou: 1000
***Other (population less than 1000): 7200
**Ethnicities: 40% are Volynians, 24% are Geriosians, 17% are Illyrics, 12% are Romans, 7% are the rest (Greeks, Slavokans, Dacians, Bonra, etc.)
**Religion: 44% are Roman pagans, 39% are Vedenian pagans, 17% are the rest beliefs (Illyrican, Gerios, Bonra, Dacian, Slavokan pagans)
*Military: Because of recent economic growth, the relatively strong military has been built
**Archers: 500
**Shortswordsmen: 500
**City guards: 1500
*Navy: 80 little trade vessels, 30 medium ones.
*Diplomacy: Our traders have regular trade connections with Tistu, Yin and even Dacian traders.
*Events:
**Latinisation: Our culture, which absorbed many traditions from Bonra, Slavokan, Tistu, Dacian, Esceosian, Illyrican, Gerios and especially Ancient Greek cultures, is now embracing latinisation and becomes closer to Rome.
**Expansion to the north: We started expanding on all sides, but mostly to the northern lands.
**New Rome: We propose Rome to build 2 huge cities on Bosphorus Strait. Vedenians agree to participate in constructing a city if they will be given a house/land.
**Connection with the former capital: we have managed to create a relatively safe trade route to our former capital city - Lutsk. Even though it is not as big as it was earlier, the city is still a regional centre and pretty influential, but has to pay huge tributes to Bonra, Slavokan, Latin, Esceosian and Proto-Baltic and Dacian tribes.
*Features of Vedena:
**City-states: even though we are a pretty centralised autonomous part of the greater empire, our country is still full of little autonomous cities that sometimes even have their own policies.
===== Sultanate of Muscat =====
* Government: Absolute Monarchy (Sultanate)
** Sultan: Faisal al-Qazi (B 31 BCE, still alive) (R 11 BCE - Present)
** Economy: Based around fishing, some agriculture and trading mostly. With the spices from the east we become rich by selling them to nearby peoples. Trading with Uputhara Wansura and Satavahana is a large and essential part of the economy.
** Capital: Muscat
** Demographics:
*** Population:
*** Muscat: 5233
*** Ibri: 1561
*** Rural areas (AKA everything else): ~35,150
*** Ethnicities: 98% Omani (if that's a thing, idk a demonym for Muscat), 2% Azd tribes
*** Religion: 100% Folklore and Tribal beliefs
** Wars and Conflicts (italics: Potential War):
*** War Against Gerrha (and probably Seleucid and Arashena as well)
*** Conscription: We will probably be going to war, so we conscript more people and prepare our armies, which are all sent to the border.
*** Warships: The Gerrhans have not attacked yet, and we don't want to be the ones to start it all since it could be risky. We take this time to produce more warships.
*** Shortswordmen: Shortswords appear to be more useful than Hatchets. They are more expensive, but it's worth it. Thus, we replace the hatchets our hatchetmen use, with shortswords, turning them into shortswordmen.
** Military: Total of
*** Spearmen: 531
*** Shortswordmen: 252
*** Bowmen: 509
*** City Guards: 225
*** Dromedary Forces: 67
** Navy:
*** 105 transport ships (can hold around 8-12 men)
*** 75 trade ships
*** 32 warships (galleys pretty much)
*** Although not part of the navy we have 156 fishing ships.
** Diplomacy:
*** Gerrha: Leave our border.
*** Aynarab and Rhabi: Prepare your armies! The foolish Gerrhans have demanded our city of Ibri and we shall not allow it, we are going to need your help in this potential conflict.
*** Parthia: Your enemy is about to attack us, we could help you, which would benefit us both, do you accept us on your side? The enemy of my enemy is my friend and all that.
** Events:
*** Order: We suggest (in quite a serious manner, obviously) that most of Aynarab and Rhabi's armies be put on the border with Gerrha, with others defending their own realms or possibly be used for other tactics.
*** Colony of Socotra: We try to maintain it by having people go there with food and other supplies to make sure the settlements there survive.
*** Ideas of Arab Brotherhood: The Arab nations near us have been brought closer to friendship, ideas of a larger brotherhood and potential unifications spark in the minds of both philosophers and regular citizens within our realm.
*** Trade with Satavahana: (Probably) hearing about Bactria's actions, attempting to sever trade routes, we send more trade ships to support them, Bactria cannot harass us in the ocean, since they don't have a coast.
=====Yang Dynasty=====
*Government: Celestial Monarchy
**Emperor: Ping (1 BC - 9 AD), Wang Mang (9 AD - 23 AD) (who overthrew Yang temporarily), Guangwu (23 AD-present)
*Economy: The Yang economy relies on taxing subjects, which are the peasants of China. Many are not satisfied of it even after taxes were cut as a result of appeasing their opinion of the Emperor, yet the Yang Dynasty turns to trading to get their income. They are currently looking towards the west for possible trade openings.
*Capital: Xi'an (the new capital)
*Demographics:
**Population: 60,000,000
***Xi'an (the new capital): 300,000
***Shantou: 320,000
***Luoyang (NOT LUCYANG; check your spelling, I renamed it under Wang Mang): 190,000
***Beiking: 280,000
***Haiyan: 190,000
***Chengdu: 280,000
***Other cities and settlements: 19,000,000
***Rural areas: Whatever that's left. I'm not calculating the whole thing.
**Ethnic Groups: 80% Chinese (regardless of ethnic groups like Han), 5% Daevite, 4% Tocharian, 2% Korean, 9% other
*Military: 600,000 soldiers and levies. Note that China has one of the largest populations at that time so it makes proper sense to have a large military that spans all over the empire itself.
*Diplomacy:
**Expedition to the West: They're aiming for an unknown place, particularly Rome (but they don't know the knowledge of 'Rome' yet)
Events:
*Expedition to the west: A group of Chinese merchants and a small banner of the imperial army is sent over to the west in 1 AD, which they will try to travel to somewhere they have never seen before, maybe even consider trading with them. (I'll bet it's Rome that I'm aiming for)
*Xin Dynasty: A guy named Wang Mang took over China temporarily, removing the current Yang Emperor immediately. During his reign, he made the empire weaker and allowed the Daevites and Tocharians to break free from the Han Empire, though a small minority group of Daevites in northern Xin Dynasty remained as subjects of the Daevite Empire. Wang Mang also renamed Lucyang to Luoyang because he thinks that Lucyang sounds like a disgusting name for the Yang Dynasty so he made it Luoyang. After Wang Mang died, the Yang Dynasty returned to power and quickly rebuilt its losses from the self-proclaimed Emperor of Xin Dynasty.
===== Roman Province of Westria =====
* Leader: Chief Oleg VII von Schmidt (B 40 BC - D 2 AD) (R 20 BC - 2 AD), Chief Oleg VIII von Schmidt (B 18 BC - D 20 AD) (R 2 AD - 20 AD), Archiducissa Aurelia Desticius (regent and vacant monarch) (B 1 AD - still alive) (R 20 AD - present) Quirinus Desticius (Formely von schmidt) (B 21 AD - still alive) (R 21 AD - present under a regent)
** Government: The Confedercy is ruled by a chief. Since 20 AD it's ruled by an Archiducissa.
** Demographics:
*** Population:
*** Vienna: Population: 75,280
*** Pölen: Population: 25,770
*** Konr: Population: 17,780
*** Rich: Population: 25,500
*** Rural population: 158,000
*** Total population: 302,330
*** Religion: Pagan (100%)
*** Ethinicities: 73% Westrian, 25% Gelatins, 2% Escosians.
** Economy: We are based on agriculture. We start using coins which is minted by the republic as coins is a easier way to buy things then barter.
** Army: Total of
*** Spearmen: 1,250
*** Shortsword and Hatchetmen: 425
*** Bowmen: 250
*** Cavalry: 157
** Events:
*** Expansion: We assimilate small areas in today's czech republic
*** Quirinus: Quirinus father died in 20 AD just a few months before Quirinus was born. His mother of roman descent acted as vacant monarch until 21 AD. She is since 21 AD regent for him. Quirinus orignally dynasty name was von Schmidt though his mom didn't like it so she switch it to her own dynasty name Desticius.
** Diplomacy: Nothing for now
===== Roman Empire =====
* Government:
* Consuls:
* (1, Emperor) Augustus Octavian (27 BC to 14 AD)
* (2) Tiberius (14 AD to Present)
* Policies:
* Join Rome, live Roman!: A new policy/doctrine is introduced where outside states can request or be requested to join the Empire.
* Military: There is approximately 20(+8) legions, each contains 5000 to 6000 legionaries each further divided into cohorts with 500 to 600 men each. There are about 8 auxiliary legions as well (3,000 each) also containing equipment like archers and artillery. The Roman Legions recieved a complete restructure after the start of the  Roman-Hellenic conflicts to solve and improve the Legions on flexibility and adaptability along with equipment. Proletarianisation of the army is already underway to quickly refill lost numbers. The state would also issue standard equipment to all but the veterans (who would be able to afford their own at this time). Each autonomous province has their own legion
** 100,000 (+40,000) Legionaries
** 24,000 Auxiliaries
* Economy: Gold and silver coins are minted around the Republic, with a new coin minted for every new Consul.
* Demographics
** Population: +35,000,000
*** Rome (Capital): 150,000
*** Neapolis: 50,000
*** Caralis: 20,000
*** Atvasium: 100,000 (indirect)
*** Other cities: 9,180,000
*** Rural areas: 25,500,000
** Ethnicity: Remaining latins in the region are exceptionally rare over the past centuries and were held in high regard within the tribal population, sometimes ruling as the regional nobility class. Latin language in the region itself is extinct but names and ethnicity still lives on in pockets. Explanation for nobility is that Latins were employed in elite units that were held in high regard and retired veterans commonly built a nobility status. They were absorbed into the Roman identity, but they make up a lot of the ruling class since their overthrow of the monarchy.
*** 50% Other, 35% Roman 10% Greek, 5% Atlasii.
** Religion: 20% Cult of Romulus, 80% Other
** Literacy rate: 5%
* Events
* Roman Expansion in Berber: Romans expand southward from Atlas and westward to connect the African lands and exploit possible resources rumored to be south of Algeria.
* Roman Expansion in Balkans: In order to have better protection the Romans moved northward in the Balkans towards the large river of the danube. Along the way, the Romans also sieged Daekos.
* Diplomacy:
* Seleucid Empire: Seeing as you are falling from Parthia, I suggest your portion in Iraq should join us as an Autonomous province to serve as protection against the Parthians. 
===== Nordicia =====
* Government: Tribal Monarchy
* Queen: Astrid XI Schnee
* Economy: slow but stable increase
* Population: 269,700 (87% Nordicite Germanic, 4% Akershusi Germanic, 5% West Dizilyans, 1% Sami, 3% Vesnians) (excl. Danska)
* Religion: Norse (100%) 
* Major Settlements:
** Stavanger: 10,500 
** Bergen (capital): 37,000
** Ålesund: 9,000
** Molde: 9,000
** Oslo: 13,500
** Trondheim: 8,000
** Leirvik: 8,500
** Valkyrjashavn: 3,500
** Rural areas: ~172,200 
* Military: 4000 active personnel, 2700 reserves. (excl. Danska)
** 2500 shielded spearmen 
** 1000 dagger users
** 500 archers (using bows)
* Navy 
** 285 trading ships (trade routes to Danska and Caledoni)
** 65 wooden transport vessels (each can transfer about 10–15 men)
** 20 larger wooden transport vessels (each can transfer about 15–25 men)
** 85 triremes.
** 35 galleys.
** 900 sailors
* Diplomacy:
* Wars and Conflicts:
* Disasters: none, thank Odin and Freyja.
* Events
** Bergen Byområde: The Bergen Metropolitan is formed in order to allocate citizens properly as a result of the population spike from the Fimbulvitr
===== Roman Province of Agousta =====
* Government: Absolute Monarchy
** King: Antonio II la Agousta (B 50 BC D Still alive AD) (R 30 BC - Present AD) 
** Economy: the economy is based on agriculture, trades and fishing. Right now we focus on making the farms better.   
** Capital: Algecia
** Demographics:
*** Population: total of 394,527
*** Algecia: 62,236
*** Donos: 38,612
*** Sufax: 33,000
*** Ceuti: 14,179
*** Saches: 6,500
*** Madria: 5,000
*** Rural areas: ~235,000
*** Ethnicities: 75.8% Agoustan, 0.2% Galacian, 20% Carcarosian
*** Religion: 100% Agoustan Paganism, (in Agousta) 
** Wars and Conflicts:
** Military: Total of 18,669
*** Spearmen: 7,291
*** Shortsword and Hatchetmen: 4,907
*** Bowmen: 3,932
*** Cavalry: 4,325
*** Torchmen (they burn up tents and stuff after the main invasion but do also have daggers if someone attacks them): 1250
** Navy:
*** 138 transport ships (can hold around 11-15 men)
*** 67 large transport ships (can hold around 21 men) (some large transport ships become galleys)
*** 45 galleys
*** 56 trade ships
*** Although not part of the navy we have around 888 fishing ships.
** Diplomacy:
** Events:
*** Farms: We make more farms.
=== Turn II: 25 AD - 50 AD ===
==== Events & Great People: ====
* Jesus of Nazareth: He commits many miracles and wonders in the land of Judea, teaching of love, compassion and faith, gaining the intrigue of thousands in Judea and the attention of many outside of Judea, especially in Rome. He gathered 12 men to be his disciples who followed him where ever he went to do his miracles or journeyed to preach. During his last week in Jerusalem, he raised Lazarus from the dead, confronted moneychangers and merchants in the temple, and debated with the high priests who questioned Jesus's authority and his claim of being the son of God. He told his disciples about the coming days and that Jerusalem's temple would be destroyed. This angered the high priests who in their agitation planned to have him arrested. One of the disciples, Judas, met with the chief priests and told them how he would deliver Jesus to them. They agreed to pay him 30 pieces of silver in exchange for Jesus. During the last supper he foretells the betrayal, and during that night he was arrested by the Romans, accompanied by Judas in the garden of Gethsemane. He was brought before Pontius Pilate who was a governor appointed by Rome. He found no reason to have him crucified but he bent to the will of the priests and the mobs and sent him to be crucified. Judas admitted he'd betrayed an innocent man and hanged himself. On the cross he was mocked and insulted by Jews, Romans and others who'd been crucified alongside him(except for Dismas). He asked of God why he'd abandoned him, but he was met only with more insults. He cried out one last time and then died. As he passed away the curtain of the temple was torn in half and the earth shook. Those who had mocked and beaten him were silenced by doubt and regret. He was buried, but his grave was empty on the third day. He appeared to his disciples a few times, confirming his resurrection and telling them to spread the word of salvation to the people of the world after which he rose to heaven.
* Apostles & Christianity: The disciples of Jesus spread the word of salvation, spreading the word in Western Rome. Thousands had become the followers of Jesus, but they were persecuted by the Roman empire. Even though of the heavy pressure of persecution and execution upon them the apostles still spread the word around the Roman empire. The followers of Jesus begin to diverge from the other Jews, becoming Christians
* Paul the Apostle: He was one of the most notorious persecutors of Christians. When he was on the road to Damascus, where christ spoke to him and he stopped the persecution and became an apostle himself, founding several churches in Syria and Hellenia
==== NPC Turns: ====
* Judea: The region grows even more distressed, with the regional governors ordering persecutions of the followers of Jesus. An increase of executions has ramped up the fear of Roman occupation, which once seemed a solution for their oppression by the Ptolemians/Aegyptians. Many scholars and politicians wish for an autonomic Judea more than ever, with the general populus slowly being freaked out by the Romans. Roughly 3 000 people have been crucified for being followers of Jesus
* Seleucid Empire(To Rome): No, our empire shall stand, we will not willingly give away our lands
* Gerrha: They invade Muscat with 4 000 men, quickly occupying Ibri and advancing to Khalil. They send a peace deal to Muscat, proposing this be the new border, if they do not accept, they will continue towards Muscat and more will die. They send reinforcements of 3 000, totaling the new number of defenders as 5 000 along the coast and frontline of the war
* Rhabi & Aynarab: They mobilize their army but keep most of their forces at home, sending a total of 800 men to help Muscat on the frontline
* Ma'an: The tribal empire begins to dissolve with the fear of Rome and death of important figures and their successors being incapable. A struggle for power erupts and leaves the region in disarray with tens of different factions all fighting for their own interests
* Saba: With their northern neighbour fallen to anarchy, they begin an invasion and capture most of Ma'an, stopping at Ulmuj where a peace deal is signed and the few factions left agree to become Vassals and to unify to a new Ma'an
* Arashena: They cut away from being a vassal of the Seleucids and there are several murders within the elite of Arashena. After the dust settles the new king decides to aid Parthia invade the Seleucids. They invade the region north of Nineveh with 11 000 men. They reach Nineveh in three weeks and siege it and occupy it with the new reinforcements of 9 000.
* Suraban: They invade Meroese Djibouti, retaking it in a bloody campaign spanning four years with a total of 53 000 dead(counting civilians as well). They establish forts and a trade city to hold the region firmly
* Goriwala: Instability hits the great nation with the death of a beloved king. His two eldest sons, twins. The stronger twin who was more famous and favored by the people grabbed the west, leaving the nigh forsaken east for his brother, who established Burma
* Au Lac: They continue their conquest of the Khmers, but leave most of them alive, killing only the warriors and strong men.
* Xia: They expand to the southern part of their island, unifying the island and bringing civilization to the "barbaric" natives
* Gojoseon: They're vassalized by Yang
* Ainu: They expand into Kamchatka
* Java: They invade Majapahit and take some border towns under tribal control
* Maya & Vicaotec: They enter a new "endless" war with the Vicaotecs, both continuously sending small raid parties upon each other but no major assaults are performed
* Apalachee: They raid the Osnerol chiefdom, leaving the Osnerol bitter towards their former friends and neighbours
* Albion: The Albion tribes of Eire raid Drekisson and Agatha, taking land and riches
* Tireansmead & Karmet: They continue their war against Sealand. Tireansmead is able to capture much of the less inhabited Northwestern territories, meanwhile Karmet has little success along the shore of the ocean, winning and losing battles equally and gaining little to no land
* Sealand: They beef up their army and are concentrated on their neighbours
==== Player Turns: ====
===== Yang Dynasty =====
*Government: Celestial Monarchy
**Emperor: Guangwu (23 AD-39 AD), Chong (39 AD-present)
*Economy: The Yang economy relies on taxing subjects, which are the peasants of China. They are currently looking towards the west for possible trade openings, maybe a larger Silk Road (if it still exists before).
*Capital: Xi'an (the new capital)
*Demographics:
**Population: 63,000,000
***Xi'an (the new capital): 360,000
***Shantou (apparently this is still a capital wtf?): 350,000
***Luoyang: 240,000
***Beiking: 300,000
***Haiyan: 200,000
***Chengdu: 300,000
***Linking: 190,000
**Other cities and settlements: 20,000,000
**Rural areas: Whatever that's left. I'm not calculating the whole thing.
**Ethnic Groups: 85% Chinese (regardless of ethnic groups like Han), 2% Daevite, 1% Tocharian, 2% Korean, 9% other
*Military: 630,000 soldiers and levies. Note that China has one of the largest populations at that time so it makes proper sense to have a large military that spans all over the empire itself. Naval ships may count up to hundreds of small ships and dozens of large ships.
*Diplomacy:
**Rome: Did we found you yet? Do please come to the faraway lands of the east and we'll give you something. Do you have anything else to spare? We don't mean any harm. (Don't ignore us unless the mod says nope)
*Events:
**Arriving somewhere in Rome (Sino-Roman contact confirm?): After sending around few expeditions across the steppes (some who never return and perish, others were kidnapped by raiders), one of the first successful Chinese expeditions to the west are finally successful as they reached somewhere around the Black Sea then they try to find civilisation. Few months later, a town is found south of the Roman Empire. Which is part of Rome. The envoys sent by China are meant to be non-violent and are seeking for further trade options and even the suggestion to send a team of Roman envoys to China. (why am I doing this to make contact with Rome, unless you're a mod of course and you say it's fine or not)
**Emperor Chong (yes me becoming emperor sounds hypocritical): Emperor Guangwu dies on 39 AD. His successor was Emperor Chong (sorry for the self-insert if the mods disagree with it) and he was extremely militaristic. He desired to conquer Yunnan, which is apparently not conquered yet by Yang Dynasty but he wanted to accomplish that. He also wished to trade with the western world which they have never heard of before.
**Yunnan is Ours: Emperor Chong was dissatisfied of the current borders of Yang (which look partially cancerous of course), so he sent out 50,000 troops to quickly subjugate local tribes, particularly the Burnie ethnic group which they have now feel the burn of Emperor Chong's wrath of conquest as Emperor Chong said in his words.
===== Nordicia  =====
* Government: Tribal Monarchy
* Queen: Astrid XI Schnee
* Economy: slow but stable increase
* Population: 272,700 (87% Nordicite Germanic, 4% Akershusi Germanic, 5% West Dizilyans, 1% Sami, 3% Vesnians) (excl. Danska)
* Religion: Norse (100%) 
* Major Settlements:
** Stavanger: 10,500 
** Bergen (capital): 40,000 (Byområde), 13,000 (centre)
** Ålesund: 9,000
** Molde: 9,000
** Oslo: 13,500
** Trondheim: 8,000
** Leirvik: 8,500
** Valkyrjashavn: 3,500
** Rural areas: ~172,200 
* Military: 4000 active personnel, 2700 reserves. (excl. Danska)
** 2500 shielded spearmen 
** 1000 dagger users
** 500 archers (using bows)
* Navy 
** 300 trading ships (trade routes to Danska, Inbhiri and Celtic tribes)
** 65 wooden transport vessels (each can transfer about 10–15 men)
** 20 larger wooden transport vessels (each can transfer about 15–25 men)
** 85 triremes.
** 35 galleys.
** 900 sailors
* Diplomacy:
* Wars and Conflicts:
* Disasters: none, thank Odin and Freyja.
* Events
** Danskan Reclamation: Some of our men begin joining forces with Danskan settlers, putting effort in reclaiming some lands along Nordjylland and incorporate the local Latins in the process.
===== Sultanate of Muscat =====
* Government: Absolute Monarchy (Sultanate)
** Sultan: Faisal al-Qazi (B 31 BCE, still alive) (R 11 BCE - Present)
** Economy: Based around fishing, some agriculture and trading mostly. With the spices from the east we become rich by selling them to nearby peoples. Trading with Uputhara Wansura and Satavahana is a large and essential part of the economy.
** Capital: Muscat
** Demographics:
*** Population:
*** Muscat: 5259
*** Ibri: 1578
*** Rural areas (AKA everything else): ~37,200
*** Ethnicities: 98% Omani (if that's a thing, idk a demonym for Muscat), 2% Azd tribes
*** Religion: 100% Folklore and Tribal beliefs
** Wars and Conflicts (italics: Potential War):
*** War Against Gerrha: We are not doing quite well. Our troops are ordered to be prepared for another invasion if Gerrha disregards our diplomatic actions.
** Military: Total of
*** Spearmen: 550
*** Shortswordmen: 301
*** Bowmen: 525
*** City Guards: 350
*** Dromedary Forces: 102
** Navy:
*** 35 transport ships (can hold around 8-12 men)
*** 80 trade ships
*** 15 warships (galleys pretty much)
*** Although not part of the navy we have 188 fishing ships.
** Diplomacy:
*** Gerrha: We propose that we split Ibri between our two realms. Does not have to be 50/50, but not ridiculous either like 90/10. If you disagree, our diplomats should get together to discuss peace. For now, we wish to have a ceasefire.
*** Aynarab: We propose that we unify or engage in a personal union, through royal marriage.
*** Parthia: We find your lack of response or action insulting.
** Events:
*** Colony of Socotra: We try to maintain it by having people go there with food and other supplies to make sure the settlements there survive.
*** Tamreda: The port of Tamreda (IRL Tamrida, modern day Hadibu) becomes an important trade node (and supply node with Suraban) between us, Qata and Suraban.
*** Ideas of Arab Brotherhood: (see diplomacy).
*** Support to Suraban: We aid them in their conquest and the maintaining of their newly taken land, sending weapons and rations.
===== Roman Province of Westria =====
* Leader: Archiducissa Aurelia Desticius (regent until 31 AD and de facto leader since) (B 1 AD - still alive) (R 20 AD - present) Archidux Quirinus I Desticius (de jure leader) (B 21 AD - still alive) (R 21 AD - present have never had any real power)
** Government: The Confedercy is ruled by an Archidux.
** Demographics:
*** Population:
*** Vienna: Population: 78,280
*** Pölen: Population: 26,770
*** Konr: Population: 18,080
*** Rich: Population: 26,000
*** Rural population: 160,000
*** Total population: 309,130
*** Religion: Westrian paganism (89%), Roman Paganism (10%) and Other (1%)
*** Ethinicities: 73% Westrian, 25% Gelatins, 2% Escosians.
** Economy: We are based on agriculture. We use coins from Roman Empire
** Army: Total of
*** Spearmen: 1,750
*** Shortsword and Hatchetmen: 455
*** Bowmen: 300
*** Cavalry: 200
** Events:
*** Expansion: We assimilate small areas in today's czech republic
*** Quirinus: Quirinus just a few months before he reached 16 his mother got furious over losing all the power she have had during the time Quirinus was a child. So she did a coup d'état and then trows out the Vienna council in Vienna giving her all the power in Westria. She decided to make her son an Archidux but only in name she had still the real power.
** Diplomacy: 
** Munich: We propose a royal marriage (if they have a royal family)
=====Meerseit=====
*Backstory: In 7 AD a Latin tribe named the Meerseiters united with several other tribes and starterd conquering neighboring tribes. By 16 AD, the Meerseiters ruled over most of the Vistula delta. In 25 AD, the Meerseiters built a town which they named Oaltestatt. Oaltestatt, a small town with 2,000 inhabitants, became the de-facto capital of the Meerseiters.
*Government: Tribal confederacy
**Governing body: Council of Elders
**Headman: Heilmewill
*Economy: Mainly based on hunter-gatherers and on trade with other Latin tribes.
*Capital: Oaltestatt (2,000 inhabitants)
*Demographics:
**Elders: 20
**Shamans: 150
**Warriors: 1,500
**Hunter-gatherers: 20,000
**Merchants: 60
**Farmers: 10
*Religion: Paganism
*Wars/Conflicts: None
*Military:
**Swordsmen: 1,450
**Horsemen: 50
*Events: 
**Expansion: Meerseit starts expanding towards the south and the east.
===== Chiefdom of Inbhiri =====
* Government: Tribal Thanedom(A type of chiefdom)
** Thane: Arailt Thane I
** Council of Elders: 12 Elders
* Economy: 99,7% Internal(Including other Pict tribes), 0,3% Foreign: Based around fishing, hunting and trading
* Capital: Inbhir Nis
* Demographics:
** Population:
** Inbhir Nis: 2 140
** Jarvik: 1 910
** Rural areas: 21 752
** Ethnicities: 99% Picts, 1% Other
** Religion: 99% Caledonian Druidism, 1% Other Druidism
* Wars and Conflicts:
** Picti-Mardian Conflicts: We send a raid group of 400 men to join the other Pict tribes on another warpath into Mard territory. We pillage their northern lands and bring goods and captives up north into Inbhiri.
* Military: We use ambushes and hit & run tactics to weaken the enemy. After raids the raiders will run to the forests, sometimes luring the rest of the enemy camp into an ambush. Soldiers are always coated in some kind of camouflage, for ex. dirt, moss, leaves etc.
** Active Army:
** Shortswordsmen: 390
** Axemen: 240
** Slingers:  30
** Sgaoileadh: 2
** Druids: 12
** Ships: 21
** Raid Party(Shortswordsmen): 407
** Full Mobilized Army(With current conscription)
** Shortswordsmen: 910
** Axemen: 960
** Slingers:  120
** Sgaoileadh: 70
** Druids: 12
** Ships: 32
* Diplomacy:
** Northern Albion Tribes(Picts): We continue expanding our influence in the highlands and join southern tribes on raids on Mard. We also invite them to join the council
* Events:
** The Inbhiri Council: The elders suggest that a council of the Picts be built, where representatives of all the tribes could meet and discuss matters like raids or judge feuds between clans more easily. With the city of Inbhiri becoming of more importance to the Thanedom, the tribal council is built there with 30 seats representing all of the major and minor tribes of the highlands.
=====Vedena=====
*Government: Autonomous province in the Roman Empire, every governor is democratically elected by adult male landowners every 6 years
**Governor: Yaroslav III (21AD-27AD), Romulus the Etruscan (27AD-33AD), Sibelius the Vedenian (33AD-39AD), Romulus the Etruscan (39AD-now).
*Economy: Based on logging, agriculture, deep mining and trade.
*Capital: Lutsk (de-jure), Byliny (de-facto)
*Demographics:
**Rural areas: 31600
**Biggest settlements: 28700. 47.6% live in urban areas.
***Lutsk: 10900
***Byliny: 3600
***Pubin: 2100
***Curcani: 1500
***Pravou: 1200
***Other (population less than 1000): 9400
**Ethnicities: 40% are Volynians, 21% are Gerios, 16% are Illyrics, 14% are Romans, 9% are the rest (Greeks, Slavokans, Dacians, Bonra, etc.)
**Religion: 46% are Roman pagans, 35% are Vedenian pagans, 3% are Judaist/Christians, 16% are the rest beliefs (Illyrican, Gerios, Bonra, Dacian, Slavokan pagans)
*Military: Because of recent economic growth, the relatively strong military has been built
**Archers: 500
**Shortswordsmen: 500
**City guards: 2600
*Navy: 80 little trade vessels, 30 medium ones.
*Diplomacy: Our traders have regular trade connections with Tistu, Yin and even Dacian traders.
*Events:
**Expansion to the north: We started expanding on all sides, but mostly to the northern lands.
**Connection with the former capital: Our traders have managed to create a constant trade route to Lutsk. The citizens of Lutsk (there is no central government and everything is decided by the people) have decided to join our country in exchange to be helped with paying tributes to the barbarians.
*Features of Vedena:
**City-states: even though we are a pretty centralised autonomous part of the greater empire, our country is still full of little autonomous cities that sometimes even have their own policies.
**Latinisation: Our culture, which absorbed many traditions from Bonra, Slavokan, Tistu, Dacian, Esceosian, Illyrican, Gerios and especially Ancient Greek cultures, is now embracing latinisation and becomes closer to Rome.
=== Turn III: 50-75 AD ===
==== Events & Great People: ====
* Paul the Apostle: He founded more churches in Hellenia. He was arrested in Jerusalem for bringing in Gentiles to a temple and then through a several year long journey he arrives in Rome where he helped build the church of Rome along with Peter the Apostle. Paul and Peter were martyred in 65 AD in Rome for various charges including preaching of Jesus and conspiring against the empire.
* Heron of Alexandria: He invents the Aeolipile, the first steam engine and the windmill in Alexandria, Rome
* Christianity: Christianity begins to spread in the eastern parts of the Roman Empire
==== NPC Turns: ====
* Gerrha(To Muscat): We will agree to a treaty where we get Ibri, or one where it's halved and your half is razed, your pick
* Aynarab(To Muscat): We accept, we are stronger together(Aynarab becomes a part of Muscat)
* Seleucid Empire: They retake Ansban and Shep, forming a defensive line there. They push to Central Parthia with 10 000 men, nearly encircling Kathe and Susa.
* Arashena: While the war rages to the south of them, they're able to take Assur and Morpha with 8 000 men, and attempt a siege of Akkad but are beaten there by the Seleucids and fall back to Morpha
* Suraban: They continue their war with Meroe occupying their holdings in modern day Eritrea where they found a grand fort, Erota
* Meroe: The once great ancient power is crumbling, with the deaths of great leaders on the fronts of war and incapable kings, the nation collapses into the Meroese City-States
* Burma: They expand northward into the Khmer territories, diplomatically and with force, rivaling Au Lac in the competition for the tribal lands. They settle the grand city of Amarapura in the newly taken lands
* Au Lac: They continue their conquest of the Khmers, but are met with fierce resistance and lose land to the Khmers who've began to unify against the invaders
* Yatomi: They expand northward with diplomacy, gifts and pledges of protection. After half a century of bitterness towards the Uwajima Shogunate, they declare a surprise war and succeed in taking out the main army with ease, but are plagued by guerrilla fighters who defy the conquerors. Uwajima is annexed to Yatomi. Yatomi becomes Yamato
* Ainu: They expand further into Kamchatka
* Esceocians: A tribe of Esceocians invade Lutsk so that they'd be the biggest economical and militaristic power in the hood. They succeed after a five week siege and they drive the Latins west
* Tistu: They become a cultural oddball, which intrigues thousands of outsiders including Bonra traders, Arashena elites, Dacians and Scythians with their exotic culture of mixed Bonra and(To everyone else than the Tistu this is very strange) Yin ways of life
* Illyria: The Illyric tribes come together and form the nation of Illyria
* Tocharvite Confederation: The Confederation collapses and the states of Yarkand(West), Gaoche(Centre) and Xiongnu(East) are formed
=====Yang Dynasty=====
*Government: Celestial Monarchy
**Emperor: Chong (39 AD-60 AD), Ming (60 AD-75 AD)
*Economy: The Yang economy relies on taxing subjects, which are the peasants of China. They are currently looking towards the west for possible trade openings, maybe a larger Silk Road (if it still exists before).
*Capital: Xi'an
*Demographics:
**Population: 70,000,000
***Xi'an (the new capital): 450,000
***Shantou (apparently this is still a capital wtf?): 320,000
***Luoyang: 290,000
***Beiking: 300,000
***Haiyan: 220,000
***Chengdu: 340,000
***Linking: 240,000
***Other cities and settlements: 22,000,000
***Rural areas: Whatever that's left. I'm not calculating the whole thing.
**Ethnic Groups: 81% Chinese (regardless of ethnic groups like Han), 2% Daevite, 7% Tocharian, 2% Korean, 8% other
**Religion: 84% Chinese religions (this also includes Confucianism), 1% Buddhist, 15% Other (Daevite Blood Gods [that's what I think its supposed to be, since I was the Daevite cultural group in the past] and Tocharian paganism)
*Military: 700,000 soldiers and levies. Note that China has one of the largest populations at that time so it makes proper sense to have a large military that spans all over the empire itself. Naval ships may count up to hundreds of small ships and dozens of large ships.
*Diplomacy:
**Rome: (Yes we want to talk to you because I'd like to see a possible hypothetical contact that may exist in history if not then you wasted a lot of my time then putting useless stuff that is only relevant to my place)
**Au Lac and Burma: We want to open up trading routes to you. We do not share interest of your rivalry and we will equally benefit you from trading with us.
*Events:
**Reconquest of the Tarim Basin: After Wang Mang had deliberately allowed the Daevites and Tocharians to rule their own territory, Emperor Ming, who took over Yang Dynasty on 60 AD shortly after the death of Emperor Chong wanted to fulfil his task of subjugating the Tocharians again and later subjugate the rest of the Daevite population. So he sent out 300,000 men to do the bidding of subjugating Yarkand and Gaoche back into the Yang Empire. They noticed that there's a fierce resistance from the former Tocharite Confederation, but numbers and organised armies of the Yang Dynasty will outmatch nomadic warriors of the west and north.
**Buddhism: The Silk Road introduced an Indian monk named Jwanahon Hura (If you watch video compilations on Buddhism Hotline or live, you'll see what I mean by the monk's name) and his group of missionaries who went to China and introduce Buddhism in the first century of the Common Era. Buddhism will shape the lives of Chinese people from this century and onward. Early Buddhist schools were open, with some Chinese scholars even admitting conversion. The Emperor of Yang Dynasty however, doesn't approve of this but never commissioned a ban.
===== Sultanate of Muscat and Aynarab (most often referred to as just Muscat) =====
* Government: Absolute Monarchy (Sultanate)
** Sultan: Faisal al-Qazi (B 31 BCE D 54 AD) (R 11 BCE - 54 AD), Haddimu al-Qazi (22 AD, still alive) (54 AD - Present)
** Economy: Based around fishing, some agriculture and trading mostly. With the spices from the east we become rich by selling them to nearby peoples. Trading with Uputhara Wansura and Satavahana is a large and essential part of the economy.
** Capital: Muscat
** Demographics:
*** Population:
*** Muscat: 5450
*** East Ibri: 1003 (recently razed)
*** Rural areas (AKA everything else): ~42,325
*** Ethnicities: 75% Omani (Arab), 24,5% Aynarab (Arab), 0,5% Azd tribes
*** Religion: 100% Folklore and Tribal beliefs
** Wars and Conflicts (italics: Potential War):
*** War Against Gerrha: It has now ended, in our defeat, but we will rise again!
** Military: Total of
*** Spearmen: 575
*** Shortswordmen: 323
*** Bowmen: 549
*** City Guards: 400
*** Dromedary Forces: 137
** Navy:
*** 40 transport ships (can hold around 8-12 men)
*** 85 trade ships
*** 25 warships (galleys pretty much)
*** Although not part of the navy we have 202 fishing ships.
** Diplomacy:
*** Gerrha: We agree to the latter treaty (splitting Ibri). You now own West Ibri, and we own East Ibri.
*** Aynarab: We will prosper again!
** Events:
*** Colony of Socotra: It is expanded upon along the coastline.
*** Tamreda: The port of Tamreda starts to become a settlement, but it is still more of a village, rather than a town.
*** Disapproval: The recent loss in the Gerrhan War as well as East Ibri being razed has caused the population to disapprove of Faisal al-Qazi. He has now finally died, but the anger has been inherited by the new Sultan: Haddimu. He has stated that he will do everything to fix our problems and that the new union will help us. Of course, this has to be proven as well.
=====Vedena=====
*Government: Autonomous province in the Roman Empire, every governor is democratically elected by adult male landowners every 6 years
**Governor: Romulus the Etruscan (39AD-50AD), Romulus II the Etruscan (50AD-62AD), Leslaw (62AD-68AD), Romulus III the Etruscan (68AD-now).
*Economy: Based on logging, agriculture, deep mining and trade.
*Capital: Lutsk (de-jure), Byliny (de-facto)
*Demographics:
**Rural areas: 38900
**Biggest settlements: 33500. 46.3% live in urban areas.
***Lutsk: 13400
***Byliny: 4300
***Pubin: 2600
***Curcani: 1700
***Pravou: 1400
***Other (population less than 1000): 10100
**Ethnicities: 39% are Volynians, 20% are Gerios, 17% are Romans, 15% are Illyrics, 9% are the rest (Greeks, Slavokans, Dacians, Bonra, etc.)
**Religion: 51% are Roman pagans, 32% are Vedenian pagans, 7% are Judaist/Christians, 16% are the rest beliefs (Illyrican, Gerios, Bonra, Dacian, Slavokan pagans)
*Military:
**Archers: 1000
**Shortswordsmen: 1500
**City guards: 3000
*Navy: 80 little trade vessels, 30 medium ones.
*Diplomacy: Our traders have regular trade connections with Tistu, Yin and even Dacian traders.
**Rome: Help us with creating a way more safe connection with Lutsk and with building an enormous wall. As a reward, Rome would expand its sphere of influence.
*Events:
**Expansion to the north: We started expanding on all sides, but mostly to the northern lands.
**Army: our army has arrived in Lutsk in order to have a stronger defense. In addition, a huge wall is being built.
**Connection with the former capital: Our traders have managed to create a constant trade route to Lutsk. The citizens of Lutsk (there is no central government and everything is decided by the people) have decided to join our country in exchange to be helped with paying tributes to the barbarians.
*Features of Vedena:
**City-states: even though we are a pretty centralised autonomous part of the greater empire, our country is still full of little autonomous cities that sometimes even have their own policies.
**Latinisation: Our culture, which absorbed many traditions from Bonra, Slavokan, Tistu, Dacian, Esceosian, Illyrican, Gerios and especially Ancient Greek cultures, is now embracing latinisation and becomes closer to Rome.
===== Roman Province of Westria =====
* Leader: Archiducissa Aurelia Desticius (regent until 31 AD and de facto leader until her death) (B 1 AD - 74 AD) (R 20 AD - 74 AD) Archidux Quirinus I Desticius (de jure leader) (B 21 AD - 75 AD) (R 21 AD - 75 AD), Archidux Amulius I Desticius (B 60 AD - still alive) (R 75 AD - present)
** Government: The Confedercy is ruled by an Archidux.
** Demographics:
*** Population:
*** Vienna: Population: 81,280
*** Pölen: Population: 30,770
*** Konr: Population: 20,080
*** Rich: Population: 30,000
*** Rural population: 164,000
*** Total population: 326,130
*** Religion: Westrian paganism (81%), Roman Paganism (18%) and Other (1%)
*** Ethinicities: 74% Westrian, 24% Gelatins, 2% Escosians.
** Economy: We are based on agriculture. We use coins from the Roman Empire as currency.
** Wars and conflicts: Nothing for now
** Army: Total of
*** Spearmen: 2,550
*** Shortsword and Hatchetmen: 675
*** Bowmen: 380
*** Cavalry: 250
** Events:
*** Expansion: We stop our expansion for now
*** End of Aurelia's rule: Aurelia dies in 74 AD and her son ccan begin to rule alone as absolute monarch but his rule is short as he dies in 75 AD and is succeded by his son Amulius.
*** Romanization: During Aurelia's time as true ruler a big romanization of the country occurs and everyone wants to be as the people in Rome. Nobles in the country try to take roman ladies as brides, the army tries to look so similiar to the roman army as possible and etc.
** Diplomacy: 
** Munich: Join us or get fully annexed by force
===== Nordicia  =====
* Government: Tribal Monarchy
* Queen: Astrid XII Schnee
* Economy: slow but stable increase
* Population: 274,300 (87% Nordicite Germanic, 4% Akershusi Germanic, 5% West Dizilyans, 1% Sami, 3% Vesnians) (excl. Danska)
* Religion: Norse (100%) 
* Major Settlements:
** Stavanger: 11,700 
** Bergen (capital): 40,000 (Byområde), 13,000 (centre)
** Ålesund: 9,000
** Molde: 9,000
** Oslo: 13,500
** Trondheim: 8,400
** Leirvik: 8,500
** Valkyrjashavn: 3,500
** Rural areas: ~172,200 
* Military: 4000 active personnel, 2700 reserves. (excl. Danska)
** 2500 shielded spearmen 
** 1000 dagger users
** 500 archers (using bows)
* Navy 
** 300 trading ships (trade routes to Danska, Inbhiri and Celtic tribes)
** 65 wooden transport vessels (each can transfer about 10–15 men)
** 20 larger wooden transport vessels (each can transfer about 15–25 men)
** 85 triremes.
** 35 galleys.
** 900 sailors
* Diplomacy:
* Wars and Conflicts:
* Disasters: none, thank Odin and Freyja.
* Events
** Danskan Reclamation: Some of our men begin joining forces with Danskan settlers, putting effort in reclaiming some lands along Nordjylland and incorporate the local Latins in the process.
** The Baltic Expedition: Having heard gossip about a new nation on the East, we send a few exploration ships towards the southern Baltic coast.
** The Vesnian Survey: We send some of our ships towards the old Vesnian territories to search for large settlements still existing.
===== Roman Empire =====
* Government:
* Emperor
* (2) Tiberius (14 AD to 37 AD)
* (3) Caligula (37 AD to 41 AD)
* (4) Claudius (41 AD to 54 AD)
* (5) Nero (54 AD to 68 AD)
* (6) Galba (68 AD to 69 AD)
* (7) Otho (69 to 69)
* (8) Vitellus (69 to 69)
* (9) Vespasian (69 to Present)
* Policies:
* Join Rome, live Roman!: A new policy/doctrine is introduced where outside states can request or be requested to join the Empire.
* Military: There is approximately 20(+8) legions, each contains 5000 to 6000 legionaries each further divided into cohorts with 500 to 600 men each. There are about 8 auxiliary legions as well (3,000 each) also containing equipment like archers and artillery. The Roman Legions recieved a complete restructure after the start of the  Roman-Hellenic conflicts to solve and improve the Legions on flexibility and adaptability along with equipment. Proletarianisation of the army is already underway to quickly refill lost numbers. The state would also issue standard equipment to all but the veterans (who would be able to afford their own at this time). Each autonomous province has their own legion
** 100,000 (+40,000) Legionaries
** 24,000 Auxiliaries
* Economy: Gold and silver coins are minted around the Republic, with a new coin minted for every new Consul.
* Demographics
** Population: +35,000,000
*** Rome (Capital): 150,000
*** Neapolis: 50,000
*** Caralis: 20,000
*** Atvasium: 100,000 (indirect)
*** Other cities: 9,180,000
*** Rural areas: 25,500,000
** Ethnicity: Remaining latins in the region are exceptionally rare over the past centuries and were held in high regard within the tribal population, sometimes ruling as the regional nobility class. Latin language in the region itself is extinct but names and ethnicity still lives on in pockets. Explanation for nobility is that Latins were employed in elite units that were held in high regard and retired veterans commonly built a nobility status. They were absorbed into the Roman identity, but they make up a lot of the ruling class since their overthrow of the monarchy.
*** 50% Other, 35% Roman 10% Greek, 5% Atlasii.
**** Religion: 20% Cult of Romulus, 80% Other
**** Literacy rate: 5%
* Events:
** Roman Expansion in Berber: Romans expand southward from Atlas and westward to connect the African lands and exploit possible resources rumored to be south of Algeria.
** Emperors of the First Century: Many emperors so far has came and gone from the Roman Empire. Emperors such as Caligula and Nero were known to be tyrannical emperors building up riches of the capital at expense of the provinces. While the year of the four emperors in 69 AD was result from succession crisis. But through Vespasian, the situation began to stabilize as the Emperor position gained more power from the result of these trials.
** Roman Invasion of Britain: Under Emperor Claudius' reign, the Roman invasion of Britain started in the 40s AD but was delayed to 50 AD. The Romans landed on Kent with 5 legions and 3 Auxilliaries. They moved through the strongest state in eastern Britain before moving westward to secure the rest of modern England from 50 through 75. (trying to get to historical height by turn 100 to 125)
** Vedena Path: After accepting to help the Vedenans, the Romans set out to create a way with more safe connection with Lutsk with building of a long line of outposts alongside a much cleaner path.
** Diplomacy:
** Yang Dynasty: Upon spotting foreigners arriving in their territory, they have recieved much attention from a gathering crowd in the city/town they arrived in. The local governor Aurelius Felix, upon hearing of distant travelers or diplomats, took charge to meet with these men. The talks and promises of trade and other things has been sent back and forth between the talks.
** Vedena: Sure
=== Turn IV: 75-100 AD ===
==== Events & Great People: ====
* Tasca: The Albion queen of the Iceni tribe, rises up in revolt to the Romans who raided and pillaged the peacefully surrendering region of Iceni in Sealand in 98 AD, wishing for autonomy and to join Rome, but were faced with pillaging and rape. Tasca(The daughter of Boudicca) brings up a force of 100 000 tribesmen from all over eastern England and burned Camulodonum, Londonium and Anderida. There are heavy losses because of most of the warriors not being armed, fighting with bare hands due to the Romans taking the weapons, but the Iceni pick up weapons from the dead Romans and pillage them from cities and towns
* The New Testament: Most of the books and letters in the new testament are written and collected into memory in various languages
==== NPC Turns: ====
* Arashena: The army is reinforced, and a new commander, Dzhokhar leads his troops on a grand conquest, crushing the defenses of the Seleucids in the north with his highly aggressive tactics with siege machines and bowmen raining down death on cities and a strong infantry and cavalry to repel counter-attacks. Within a few weeks of the first assault wave Uruk had fallen under his occupation. He returned with his main army to Ur, where he faced the main Seleucid army which had just retaken Kathe and Susa. Dzhokhar left the city of Ur lightly defended, letting the enemy to believe the Arashenan army had been depleted in their rapid conquest, but with the Seleucid army closing in on the city of Ur and many on the gates already, the Arashenan forces came from both west and east, encircling the enemy in volleys of arrows and other projectiles such as heavy boulders and spears. The 28 000 strong Seleucid army perished within a day, with 13 000 fleeing to Elam and Susa, scattering and leaving behind weapons and trophies of war. With this victory Dzhokhar moved onto capture Kathe, Susa and Elam. New reinforcements arrive from the Arashenan core territories, invading the crumbling empire of Parthia, claiming their entire northern shoreline and some western lands.
* Seleucid Empire: The great nation is crumbling, with tens of thousands dead in recent wars and the loss of their western lands crushing the morale, many refuse to take up arms against the Parthians and Arashenians, wishing to join Arashena to avoid bloodshed, the state is in a confused decay
* Gerrha: A coup is staged, where a pro-Arashena king is established and an army loyal to the Arashenians, a civil war wages on in Gerrha with the Seleucid loyalists being persecuted and executed
* Lutsk: The city is conquered by a new Esceocian tribe which slaughtered all the original inhabitants and established a new trade system with it's neighbours. The Roman wall builders arrive late to an already Esceocian conquered Lutsk and are slain on the fields southwest of Lutsk(edited)
* Munich: They agree to join RAR: Westria because of the menacing Roman empire and a wish to avoid bloodshed. This is looked upon as a bad and treacherous move by other Latin tribes
* Celts: They conquer land from the Latins, many Celtic tribes join forces with Latin tribes due to fear of Roman expansion
* Albioner dynasties: The Roman invasion shook all of the Albion dynasties, who'd never seen such a war machine as the Roman empire, the swift fall of Sealand and most of the important cities led to the nations banding together in a shaky alliance to fend off the invaders. The Albioners are all in full retreat, but encouraged by Tasca, they begin counter-attacks, but where there were significant Roman legions they failed and tens of thousands die for only a few hundred Roman legionaires. Some lands are retaken in the east
* Gerios: They unify into one nation like the Illyrics to be stronger against the expanding Romans
* Dacians: The culture-group becomes more and more warlike and many young blokes plunder trade routes within the Dacian tribal lands, leaving many traders to be never heard of again
* Ugrians: The culture-group splits in two, with the Finns being in the west, and the Ugrics in the east.
* Ugrics: The Ugric tribes expand southward, assimilating the Srubna culture-group
* Finns: They assimilate more proto-balts, expanding their cultural influence in the region
* Burma(To Yang): We would be glad to have a blooming trade with you, let the goods flow between our two nations
* Au Lac(To Yang): We shall not trade with such an evil like you(They're still bitter from a war ages back)
==== Player Turns: ====
=====Yang Dynasty=====
*Government: Celestial Monarchy
**Emperor: Zhang (75 AD-88 AD), He (88 AD-present)
*Economy: The Yang economy relies on taxing subjects, which are the peasants of China. They are currently looking towards the west for possible trade openings, maybe a larger Silk Road. With Romans and the Chinese accepting deals in one of their own settlements, it is hoped that the Silk Road would be expanded on this by the end of the century.
*Capital: Xi'an
*Demographics:
**Population: 73,000,000
***Xi'an (the new capital): 500,000
***Shantou (apparently this is still a capital wtf?): 260,000
***Luoyang: 220,000
***Beiking: 270,000
***Haiyan: 190,000
***Chengdu: 380,000
***Linking: 280,000
***Other cities and settlements: 23,000,000
***Rural areas: Whatever that's left. I'm not calculating the whole thing.
**Ethnic Groups: 85% Chinese (regardless of ethnic groups like Han), 2% Daevite, 3% Tocharian, 2% Korean, 8% other
**Religion: 84% Chinese religions (this also includes Confucianism), 2% Buddhist, 14% Other (Daevite Blood Gods [that's what I think its supposed to be, since I was the Daevite cultural group in the past] and Tocharian paganism)
*Military: 730,000 soldiers and levies. Note that China has one of the largest populations at that time so it makes proper sense to have a large military that spans all over the empire itself. Naval ships may count up to hundreds of small ships and dozens of large ships.
*Diplomacy:
**Au Lac: Then I demand Hainan if you can't cooperate us. Don't mess with us. We will cross over the strait of Hainan if you refuse. We have manpower the size even larger than your population and technology that has never been introduced to Southeast Asia before.
*Events:
**Papermaking: By the end of the century, papermaking was invented by a Chinese person. Although it was already invented roughly 200 to 300 years ago, Cai Lun, the person who is traditionally known to be the inventor of papermaking, made papermaking more efficient than his earlier counterparts and brought what will be known as modern paper. (This is just to clarify the fact that China has invented papermaking, but Cai Lun introduced modern paper instead of papyrus)
**Roman Empire: Trade with the Roman Empire was established, expanding our trade routes as far into the unknown. Though rare contact makes it difficult for the Yang Dynasty to interact with the Roman Empire, they hope that silk will be profitable to the Yang Dynasty as it could be luxurious to them.
**Buddhism: The Indian monk, Jwanahon Hura died on 87 AD. Buddhism is slowly becoming widespread to China and this alarmed Emperor He. He decided to impose sanctions to Buddhist teaching and tried to promote Confucianism as the front value than Buddhism. But Buddhism is also influencing the way the Chinese interact and thus Confucianism is also changing as well. It can take time before other religions will influence China as well.
====Vedena====
*Government: Autonomous province in the Roman Empire, every governor is democratically elected by adult male landowners every 6 years
**Governor: Romulus III the Etruscan (68AD-86AD), Svyatoslav the Wise (86AD-98AD), Gildarts I (98AD-now).
*Economy: Based on logging, agriculture, deep mining and trade.
*Capital: Byliny
*Demographics:
**Rural areas: 40300
**Biggest settlements: 33500. 38.1% live in urban areas.
***Byliny: 7800
***Pubin: 3100
***Curcani: 1800
***Pravou: 1500
***Other (population less than 1000): 10600
**Ethnicities: 38% are Volynians, 19% are Gerios, 19% are Romans, 14% are Illyrics, 10% are the rest (Greeks, Slavokans, Dacians, Bonra, etc.)
**Religion: 52% are Roman pagans, 29% are Vedenian pagans, 12% are Judaist/Christians, 17% are the rest beliefs (Illyrican, Gerios, Bonra, Dacian, Slavokan pagans)
*Military:
**Archers: 1000
**Shortswordsmen: 1500
**City guards: 3000
*Navy: 80 little trade vessels, 30 medium ones.
*Diplomacy: Our traders have regular trade connections with Tistu, Yin and even Dacian traders.
*Events:
**Expansion to the north: We started expanding on all sides, but mostly to the northern lands.
**'Esceosian' expulsion: Our former capital was dramatically destroyed by the barbarians from the north., our great governor has decided to expel all possible traitor not to let another Lutsk happen. Almost every esceosian has been sent home.
**Schools of science: our greatest minds were literally shocked by the event happened with Lutsk. They said: "The only reason why all our expeditions failed is that those barbarians have better swords and horses. We shouldn't stay behind them so the schools of science have to be built". During these 2 decades, almost 10 academies were built. Our country has become a scientific powerhouse, but it also costs a lot for our economy.
*Features of Vedena:
**City-states: even though we are a pretty centralised autonomous part of the greater empire, our country is still full of little autonomous cities that sometimes even have their own policies.
**Latinisation: Our culture, which absorbed many traditions from Bonra, Slavokan, Tistu, Dacian, Esceosian, Illyrican, Gerios and especially Ancient Greek cultures, is now embracing latinisation and becomes closer to Rome.
==== Sultanate of Muscat and Aynarab (most often referred to as just Muscat) ====
* Government: Absolute Monarchy (Sultanate)
** Sultan: Haddimu al-Qazi (B 22 AD, still alive) (R 54 AD - Present)
** Economy: Based around fishing, some agriculture and trading mostly, as well as slight taxing of the villagers and peasants. With the spices from the east we become rich by selling them to nearby peoples. Trading with Uputhara Wansura and Satavahana is a large and essential part of the economy. The economy was slightly damaged after the razing of East Ibri.
** Capital: Muscat
** Demographics:
*** Population:
*** Muscat: 5602
*** East Ibri: 1203
*** Tamreda: 566
*** Rural areas (AKA everything else): ~43,025
*** Ethnicities: 75% Omani (Arab), 24,5% Aynarab (Arab), 0,5% Azd tribes
*** Religion: 100% Folklore and Tribal beliefs
** Wars and Conflicts (italics: Potential War):
*** Intervention in the Gerrhan Civil War: (this happens after some events, see Events). We intervene in the Gerrhan Civil War, taking advantage of their weakness, we support the Arashenan loyalists, invading the Seleucid supporters with 300 spearmen, 200 bowmen, 150 shortswordmen and 50 Dromedary Forces. We propose an offer to them (see Diplomacy).
** Military: Total of
*** Spearmen: 600
*** Shortswordmen: 355
*** Bowmen: 565
*** City Guards: 422
*** Dromedary Forces: 171
** Navy:
*** 45 transport ships (can hold around 8-12 men)
*** 95 trade ships
*** 30 warships (galleys pretty much)
*** Although not part of the navy we have 214 fishing ships.
** Diplomacy:
*** Arashenan Supporters in Gerrha: We are helping you, don't worry. We ask if we can have the Musandam Peninsula by the end of this war in exchange for our help right now and a defensive pact with the "new" Gerrha, if they win the civil war.
*** Rhabi: You should join our realm as well, you will be autonomous and all the advantages of our trading and influence will be yours as well.
** Events:
*** Rebuilding of East Ibri: The razed city's reconstruction is funded by the Sultan. After several years it is still at a disadvantage, but in a better position. Fortifications and outposts were built by the border of West Ibri, coming into action when we invade Gerrha once more (See Wars and Conflicts).
*** Influence of Rhabi: After Aynarab was incorporated into the nation, our influence expands more over Rhabi.
*** Autonomous Province of Aynarab: The land that was once Aynarab becomes an autonomous province in our realm, with some slight areas with larger Muscat native populations being omitted from being included in the autonomous region.
==== Nordicia  ====
* Government: Tribal Monarchy
* Queen: Astrid XIV Schnee
* Economy: slow but stable increase
* Population: 280,000 (87% Nordicite Germanic, 4% Akershusi Germanic, 5% West Dizilyans, 1% Sami, 3% Vesnians) (excl. Danska)
* Religion: Norse (100%) 
* Major Settlements (excl. Danska):
** Stavanger: 13,700 
** Bergen (capital): 40,000 (Byområde), 13,000 (centre)
** Ålesund: 9,000
** Molde: 9,000
** Oslo: 13,500
** Trondheim: 8,400
** Leirvik: 8,500
** Valkyrjashavn: 3,500
** Rural areas: ~175,900 
* Military: 4000 active personnel, 2700 reserves. (excl. Danska)
** 2500 shielded spearmen 
** 1000 dagger users
** 500 archers (using bows)
* Navy 
** 300 trading ships (trade routes to Danska, Inbhiri and Celtic tribes)
** 65 wooden transport vessels (each can transfer about 10–15 men)
** 20 larger wooden transport vessels (each can transfer about 15–25 men)
** 85 triremes.
** 35 galleys.
** 900 sailors
* Diplomacy:
* Wars and Conflicts:
* Disasters: none, thank Odin and Freyja.
* Events
** Danskan Reclamation: Some of our men begin joining forces with Danskan settlers, putting effort in reclaiming Nordjylland and incorporate the local Latins in the process, as a part in our grander scheme to restore old Danskan lands.
** The Baltic Expedition: Having heard gossip about a new nation on the East, we send a few exploration ships towards the southern Baltic coast.
** The Vesnian Survey: We send some of our ships towards the old Vesnian territories to search for large settlements still existing.
====Meerseit====
*Government: Tribal confederacy
**Governing body: Council of Elders
**Headman: 
***Heimewill Donarhardsson (10 AD - 25 AD) 
***Hermann Wolfhammersson (25 AD - 35 AD)
***Weirnerr Heinriksson (35 AD - 42 AD)
***Volker Lotheirsson (42 AD - 57 AD)
***Weulfgang Hermannson (57 AD - 69 AD)
***Volkhart Donnerwetter Wolframsson (69 AD - 73 AD; founder of the Donnerwetter dynasty)
***Heimewill Volkhartsson Donnerwetter (73 AD - 85 AD)
***Hammer Heimewillsson Donnerwetter (85 AD - 99 AD)
***Edelwert Hammersson Donnerwetter (99 AD - present)
*Economy: Mainly based on hunter-gatherers and on trade with other Latin tribes.
*Capital: Oaltestatt (5,500 inhabitants)
*Demographics:
**Elders: 7
**Shamans: 250
**Warriors: 3,000
**Hunter-gatherers: 25,000
**Merchants: 80
**Farmers: 20
*Religion: Paganism
*Wars/Conflicts: None
*Military:
**Swordsmen: 2,100
**Horsemen: 900
*Diplomacy:
**Nordicia: Meerseiter merchants have recently built small boats and they have discovered your land. We invite you to come to Meerseit and to explain who you are.
*Events: 
**Expansion: Meerseit expands towards the south and the west.
==== Roman Province of Westria ====
** Leader: Archidux Amulius I Desticius (B 60 AD - still alive) (R 75 AD - present)
*** Government: The Confedercy is ruled by an Archidux.
*** Demographics:
**** Population:
**** Vienna: Population: 84,280
**** Pölen: Population: 34,770
**** Konr: Population: 21,080
**** Rich: Population: 34,000
**** Munich: Population: 10,400
**** Rural population: 175,000
**** Total population: 358,530
**** Religion: Westrian paganism (75%), Roman Paganism (23%) and Other (2%)
**** Ethinicities: 72% Westrian, 20% Gelatins, 1% Escosians, Latins 7%.
*** Economy: We are based on agriculture. We use coins from the Roman Empire as currency.
*** Wars and conflicts: Nothing for now
*** Army: Total of
**** Spearmen: 3,150
**** Shortsword and Hatchetmen: 725
**** Bowmen: 400
**** Cavalry: 300
*** Events:
**** Expansion: We start to assimilate areas in the Bavarian area.
**** Romanization: The romanization continues
*** Diplomacy: None
====Malacca====
*Government: Monarchy
**Ruler: King Hari Ren
*Economy: Trade with Burma and Au Lac continues.
*Capital: Malacca
*Other Settlements:  Kuala Lumpur, Singapura, Penang, Medan, Palembang, Pattaya, Phuket
*Military:
**2750 Royal Guardsmen
**3600 conscripted/voluntary guardsmen
**3300 conscripted/voluntary pipers
**3100 conscripted/voluntary archers
*Navy:
**150 small ships
**50 large ships
*Demographics:
**Population: 13,544,728
**Religion: Buddhism (88%) Non-religious/Animist (12%)
*Wars and Conflicts: No conflict so far.
*Events:Sumatran Expansion: Territory further within the island of Sumatra is annexed, and the indigenous peoples assimilated into Malaccan culture.
**Infrastructure in Malacca: The capital is continuously expanding, and as such improvements to infrastructure are in order. New buildings and better roads are constructed, utilising new techniques replicated from traders' rumors about roads in a country in a faraway land.
**Bornean Exploration: The island of Borneo is explored further, and contact with the Dayak peoples established.
*Diplomacy:
**Burma: We are interested in improving relations.
**Au Lac: We are interested in improving relations.
=== Roman Empire ===
* Government:
* Emperor
* (9) Vespasian (69 to 79)
* (10) Titus (79 to 81)
* (11) Domitian (81 to 96)
* (12) Nerva (96 to 98)
* (13) Trajan (98 to Present)
* Policies:
* Join Rome, live Roman!: A new policy/doctrine is introduced where outside states can request or be requested to join the Empire.
* Military: There is approximately 20(+8) legions, each contains 5000 to 6000 legionaries each further divided into cohorts with 500 to 600 men each. There are about 8 auxiliary legions as well (3,000 each) also containing equipment like archers and artillery. The Roman Legions recieved a complete restructure after the start of the  Roman-Hellenic conflicts to solve and improve the Legions on flexibility and adaptability along with equipment. Proletarianisation of the army is already underway to quickly refill lost numbers. The state would also issue standard equipment to all but the veterans (who would be able to afford their own at this time). Each autonomous province has their own legion
** 100,000 (+40,000) Legionaries
** 24,000 Auxiliaries
* Economy: Gold and silver coins are minted around the Republic, with a new coin minted for every new Consul.
* Demographics
** Population: +35,000,000
*** Rome (Capital): 150,000
*** Neapolis: 50,000
*** Caralis: 20,000
*** Atvasium: 100,000 (indirect)
*** Other cities: 9,180,000
*** Rural areas: 25,500,000
*** Ethnicity: Remaining latins in the region are exceptionally rare over the past centuries and were held in high regard within the tribal population, sometimes ruling as the regional nobility class. Latin language in the region itself is extinct but names and ethnicity still lives on in pockets. Explanation for nobility is that Latins were employed in elite units that were held in high regard and retired veterans commonly built a nobility status. They were absorbed into the Roman identity, but they make up a lot of the ruling class since their overthrow of the monarchy.
**** 50% Other, 35% Roman 10% Greek, 5% Atlasii.
***** Religion: 20% Cult of Romulus, 80% Other
***** Literacy rate: 5%
* Events:
* Approaching Height: With the Rise of Trajan, the Roman Empire will rise to new heights. Possibly within its last limit that would approach historical territorial extent of OTL
* Roman Invasion of Britain: With the rise of several new Emperors, they once again pushed further through Britain, reaching half way through Scotland by the end of the century (trying to get to historical height by turn 100 to 125)
* Diplomacy:
=== Turn V: 100-125 AD ===
==== Events & Great People: ====
* Seismometer: The world's first seismometer is invented in the Yang dynasty by Zhang Heng. It could almost accurately predict earthquakes, with eight dragons holding a ball. The dragon facing the direction of the earthquake would drop the ball into a cup
* Teotihuacan: It becomes the largest city in the Western Hemisphere with a population of 50 000
* Tacitus: The Roman author writes of the struggle of power of the emperors, and life of the Germanic(Latin) peoples and their purity. His style is often considered very blunt
* Suetonious: He writes a set of bibliographies for the Roman emperors from Julius Caesar to Domitian
* Saint Eustace: Placidus was a Roman general serving Trajan, until when he was out hunting, he saw a vision of a crucifix between the antlers of a stag and was converted to Christianity. He changed his name to Eustace. Soon disasters followed, he lost his wealth and stature, and his family was taken from him. He refused to sacrifice to the Roman gods and so he and his family were roasted to death within a bronze statue of an ox. He became the patron saint of hunters
* Technology: With science and the arts booming in Rome, the mediterranean region enters a phase of boosted technological advancement. The census of Roman knowledge still remains the grand library of Alexandria, which is the biggest library in the world by far, with all the great minds of the Roman empire meeting and conversing there to share their ideas and enlighten a new day for the great empire
==== NPC Turns: ====
* Conflict of Britain: The Romans overpower the under equipped and ill trained soldiers of the Albion tribes. The Southern tribes are overrun after the defeat of Tasca near Londonium. Harkos, Sollener, Karmet and Tireansmead all fall, leading hundreds of thousands fleeing to Mard. With the Romans already knocking on the doors of Mard, tens of thousands leave and flee to the pict territories, pleading to join them and pledge allegiance to the Thanes of the highlands. Mard falls within a year, sending roughly 50 000 people within the time of the entire conflict fleeing and joining Pict tribes or fleeing north to Inbhiri. The Roman war machine had felt no halt after their victory over Tasca, but with the change of terrain, the Romans began to survive never before felt losses in Britain thanks to the brutal ambush and raid strategies of the Picts who'd waged war like this for millenia. The Romans had the technological upper hand with them and a massive pool of reinforcements, they were able to subdue Kaledon and advance further north along the shore, but suffering thousands of losses in their effort to strangle the Picts into submission. A total of 50 000 Roman soldiers die in their battle to claim the hostile lands of Britain
* Jewish Revolt: The Jews revolt in the levant, for not having enough autonomy and the oppression by the Romans. The Region from Gaza to Damascus declares independence and overthrow the local Roman governors and guards, establishing the kingdom of Judea
* Latins: They split into the Weser-Rhine, Irminonics, and East Germanic peoples
* Weser-Rhine: They start raids on the Roman villages near their lands
* Diziliyans: They become the Goths, many Gothic peoples travel into the Germanic regions, creating a rather unified language group
* Arashena: They finish off the Seleucid Empire with the capture of Persepolis. They conquer parts of Parthia, but see a campaign to claim the region as a waste of resources, they instead focus on consolidating their rule over the Seleucid lands
* Gerrha: They recover from the civil war as a vassal of Arashena, they cede Ibri to Muscat, but no more of their land
* Goriwala: Instability rises in the empire, the southern region breaks off and invades Satavahana, conquering Amaravanti, establishing the kingdom of Kalinga
* Maya: They conquer the Vicaotec empire in a swift assault, and set up the city of Teotihuacan where the old Vicaotec capital once stood
* Tistu: They lose control of their northernmost regions to Bonra raids and small local revolts
* Saba: They invade the coastal Meroese city-states, conquering land next to the Roman empire
* Naruto: They invade Kioku, conquering lands south of the Kioku capital, in revenge for a war centuries ago
* Gojoseon: The regions of Dongye and Jinhan break off in protest of the weak Gojoseon government who allowed the proud Korean peoples to be vassalised by the big bad bear of Yang
* Ainu: The honor code and the Ainu way of life spread further into Kamchatka, without bloodshed and the hunter gatherers intrigued by these odd settlers and their ways
* Saka: They expand into Bactria, capturing swathes of land(This was an effort to create a larger bufferzone between Satavahana and Bactria)
* Au Lac(To Yang): No, we shall not give Hainan, unless you purchase it from us
* Rhabi(To Muscat): Hmm, intriguing offer, but we feel better independent(They're stronger than Muscat)
* Burma & Au Lac(To Malacca): They try to improve relations as well
==== Player Turns: ====
=====Yang Dynasty=====
*Government: Celestial Monarchy
**Emperor: He (88 AD-106 AD), Shang (106 AD), An (106 AD-125 AD)
*Economy: The Yang economy relies on taxing subjects, which are the peasants of China. They are currently looking towards the west for possible trade openings, maybe a larger Silk Road. With Romans and the Chinese accepting deals in one of their own settlements, it is hoped that the Silk Road would be expanded on this by the end of the century.
*Capital: Xi'an
*Demographics:
**Population: 79,000,000
***Xi'an (the new capital): 680,000
***Shantou (apparently this is still a capital wtf?): 220,000
***Luoyang: 290,000
***Beiking: 320,000
***Haiyan: 220,000
***Chengdu: 450,000
***Linking: 300,000
***Other cities and settlements: 24,500,000
***Rural areas: Whatever that's left. I'm not calculating the whole thing.
**Ethnic Groups: 85% Chinese (regardless of ethnic groups like Han), 2% Daevite, 3% Tocharian, 2% Korean, 8% other
**Religion: 84% Chinese religions (this also includes Confucianism), 2% Buddhist, 14% Other (Daevite Blood Gods [that's what I think its supposed to be, since I was the Daevite cultural group in the past] and Tocharian paganism)
*Military: 790,000 soldiers and levies. Note that China has one of the largest populations at that time so it makes proper sense to have a large military that spans all over the empire itself. Naval ships may count up to hundreds of small ships and dozens of large ships.
*Diplomacy:
**Au Lac: Then I declare war on you for eternity (as in we fight until our dying breaths over the control of southernmost Yang) until you give it up or you pay us as a tributary so that we can acknowledge your control over Hainan.
*Events
**War for Hainan: Emperor He on 101 AD did not tolerate Au Lac's demand for a bribe over Hainan so they prepared for any defences that may come along in Au Lac. All tactics on a possible scenario, whether be them unprepared or preparing to have a major defence or building up a wall or even already ready for the conquest. Without making the rest of Yang Dynasty falling without order, only 50% of all of Yang's military were sent out into battle against Au Lac. Most of their military ships, carrying flame arrows with their own bows and traction trebuchets (traction trebuchets NOT counterweight trebuchets in medieval Europe and Arab times, also IT is invented and recorded sometime in the Warring States period so it is invented in 4th century BC) made a blockade on Hainan's coastlines. About 150,000 troops are sent into Hainan through the strait, all armed with few rams and ladders over the course of years, making camp in the area. Should they try to make a counterattack in the mainland front, the Chinese prepare defences on northern Vietnam and also used the same blockading tactic and naval superiority to prevent Au Lac from going past the Gulf of Thailand. A lot of soldiers are positioned in northern Vietnam and are ready to invade, should they invade. If they are ready for an invasion, the Yang dynasty also sent out some soldiers into battle to stop them from building up large defences such as a wall potentially.
==== Sultanate of Muscat and Aynarab (most often referred to as just Muscat) ====
* Government: Absolute Monarchy (Sultanate)
** Sultan: Haddimu al-Qazi (B 22 AD, D 110 AD) (R 54 AD - 110 AD), Haddimu II al-Qazi (B 74 AD, still alive) (R 110 AD - Present)
** Economy: Based around fishing, some agriculture and trading mostly, as well as slight taxing of the villagers and peasants. With the spices from the east we become rich by selling them to nearby peoples. Trading with Uputhara Wansura and Satavahana is a large and essential part of the economy. The economy is in a state of rebuilding.
** Capital: Muscat
** Demographics:
*** Population:
*** Muscat: 5805
*** Ibri: 3511
*** Tamreda: 824
*** Rural areas (AKA everything else): ~43,025
*** Ethnicities: 75% Omani (Arab), 22% Aynarab (Arab), 2% Azd tribes, 1% Gerrhan
*** Religion: 100% Folklore and Tribal beliefs
** Wars and Conflicts (italics: Potential War):
*** Intervention in the Gerrhan Civil War: Now that Arashena has ended it, we accept the terms given by Gerrha.
** Military: Total of
*** Spearmen: 720
*** Shortswordmen: 375
*** Bowmen: 601
*** City Guards: 423
*** Dromedary Forces: 250
** Navy:
*** 48 transport ships (can hold around 8-12 men)
*** 105 trade ships
*** 35 warships (galleys pretty much)
*** Although not part of the navy we have 256 fishing ships.
** Diplomacy:
*** Arashena and Gerrha: We request a non-aggression pact.
*** Rhabi: Very well.
*** Rome: We have heard much about your empire, do you wish to trade?
** Events:
*** Rebuilding of the Sultanate: After ending another round of warfare, we now spend several years building up the reunified city of Ibri, working on our army and navy slightly as well.
*** Influence: Our influence expands more over Rhabi and nearby Adnanite tribes.
*** The Day of the Aistieada: A new holiday is introduced, celebrating the Aistieada (Reconquest according to Google Translate) of West Ibri.
*** The Roman Survey: Having heard of a great empire in the west, we send 20 trade ships around the Arabian Peninsula and up the Red Sea to attempt to establish contact with this empire (Rome).
==== Nordicia  ====
* Government: Tribal Monarchy
* Queen: Valerie I Schnee
* Economy: slow but stable increase
* Population: 283,000 (91% Nordicite Germanic, 5% West Dizilyans/Goths, 1% Sami, 3% Vesnians) (excl. Danska)
* Religion: Norse (100%) 
* Major Settlements (excl. Danska):
** Stavanger: 13,700 
** Bergen (capital): 40,000 (Byområde), 13,000 (centre)
** Ålesund: 9,000
** Molde: 9,000
** Oslo: 13,500
** Trondheim: 8,400
** Leirvik: 8,500
** Valkyrjashavn: 3,500
** Rural areas: ~178,900 
* Military: 4000 active personnel, 2700 reserves. (excl. Danska)
** 2500 shielded spearmen 
** 1000 dagger users
** 500 archers (using bows)
* Navy 
** 360 trading ships (trade routes to Danska, Inbhiri, Meerseit and Celtic tribes)
** 70 wooden transport vessels (each can transfer about 10–15 men)
** 20 larger wooden transport vessels (each can transfer about 15–25 men)
** 120 triremes.
** 40 galleys.
** 1200 sailors
* Diplomacy:
* Wars and Conflicts:
* Disasters: none, thank Odin and Freyja.
* Events
** Danskan Reclamation: Some of our men begin joining forces with Danskan settlers, putting effort in reclaiming Nordjylland and incorporate the local Latins in the process, as a part in our grander scheme to restore old Danskan lands.
** The Meerseit: Some of our envoys are sent to Meerseit to establish trade, introduce them with the concept of leadership, monarchy and various other things.
** Refounding of Vesnia: We start to devote resources into refounding the former Vesnian state, using the former site of Burgenbrao as our starting point and expand to the immidiate vicinity around it.
** The Albionite Survey: We send various ship donning along the eastern coast of the British Isles in search for new civilisations, if there were any at all.
====Malacca====
*Government: Monarchy
**Ruler: Queen Putih Ren
*Economy: Trade with Burma and Au Lac continues. Merchants from faraway nations such as Yang, Satavahan and Parthia are also commonplace in our ports.
*Capital: Malacca
*Other Settlements:  Kuala Lumpur, Singapura, Penang, Medan, Palembang, Pattaya, Phuket, Padang
*Military:
**2800 Royal Guardsmen
**3500 conscripted/voluntary guardsmen
**3250 conscripted/voluntary pipers
**3200 conscripted/voluntary archers
*Navy:
**173 small ships
**52 large ships
*Demographics:
**Population: 13,545,934
**Religion: Buddhism (88%) Non-religious/Animist (12%)
*Wars and Conflicts: No conflict so far.
*Events:
**Sumatran Expansion: Territory further within the island of Sumatra is annexed, and the indigenous peoples assimilated into Malaccan culture.
**Infrastructure in Malacca: The capital is continuously expanding, and as such improvements to infrastructure are in order. New buildings and better roads are constructed, utilising new techniques replicated from traders' rumors about roads in a country in a faraway land.
**Bornean Exploration: With the Dayaks contacted, diplomatic missions are planned to earn the trust of the indigenous peoples for trade.
*Diplomacy:
**Yang: Hey, can we trade? You seem like a military force to be reckoned with so please accept this complementary gift of tropical fruits and local-cut jewellry.
==== Roman Province of Westria ====
** Leader: Archidux Amulius "The Old" I Desticius (B 60 AD - still alive) (R 75 AD - present)
*** Government: The Confedercy is ruled by an Archidux.
*** Demographics:
**** Population:
**** Vienna: Population: 85,280
**** Pölen: Population: 36,770
**** Konr: Population: 23,080
**** Rich: Population: 35,000
**** Munich: Population: 11,400
**** Rural population: 180,000
**** Total population: 370,530
**** Religion: Westrian paganism (74%), Roman Paganism (23%) and Other (3%)
**** Ethinicities: 72% Westrian, 20% Gelatins, 1% Escosians, Latins 7%.
*** Economy: We are based on agriculture. We use coins from the Roman Empire as currency.
*** Wars and conflicts: Nothing for now
*** Army: Total of
**** Spearmen: 4,150
**** Shortsword and Hatchetmen: 725
**** Bowmen: 500
**** Cavalry: 300
*** Events:
**** Expansion: We stop expansion for now
**** Romanization: The romanization continues
**** Exploration: We send out explorers up in to northern europe to see if there is anything there of interest.
*** Diplomacy: None
====Vedena====
*Government: Autonomous province in the Roman Empire, every governor is democratically elected by adult male landowners every 6 years
**Governor: Romulus III the Etruscan (68AD-86AD), Svyatoslav the Wise (86AD-98AD), Gildarts I (98AD-now).
*Economy: Based on logging, agriculture, deep mining and trade.
*Capital: Byliny
*Demographics: 
**Rural areas: 80300
**Biggest settlements: 75200. 48.4% live in urban areas.
***Byliny: 14900
***Pubin: 8600
***Curcani: 7200
***Pravou: 5900
***Other (population less than 1000): 38600
**Ethnicities: 36% are Volynians, 22% are Romans, 18% are Gerios 13% are Illyrics, 11% are the rest (Greeks, Slavokans, Dacians, Bonra, etc.)
**Religion: 57% are Roman pagans, 26% are Vedenian pagans, 13% are Judaist/Christians, 14% are the rest beliefs (Illyrican, Gerios, Bonra, Dacian, Slavokan pagans)
*Military:
**Archers: 3000
**Shortswordsmen: 1500
**City guards: 5000
*Navy: 80 little trade vessels, 30 medium ones.
*Diplomacy:
*Events:
*Features of Vedena:
**City-states: even though we are a pretty centralised autonomous part of the greater empire, our country is still full of little autonomous cities that sometimes even have their own policies.
**Latinisation: Our culture, which absorbed many traditions from Bonra, Slavokan, Tistu, Dacian, Esceosian, Illyrican, Gerios and especially Ancient Greek cultures, is now embracing latinisation and becomes closer to Rome.
**Schools of science: our greatest minds were literally shocked by the event happened with Lutsk. They said: "The only reason why all our expeditions failed is that those barbarians have better swords and horses. We shouldn't stay behind them so the schools of science have to be built". 
=== Turn VI: 125-150 AD ===
====Events & Great People====
*Claudius Ptolemaeus tabulates angles of refraction for several media.
*Marcion arrives in Rome, bringing Evangelikon and Apostolikon to the Christian community.
*Ptolemy completes his Almagest.
*The Chinese Taoist alchemist Wei Boyang, author of the Kinship of the Three, is the first to describe an early form of gunpowder solution. (no, this doesnt mean they have gunpowder yet, I'm not letting it happen until it actually does.)
*Halley's Comet makes an apparition in AD 141. (insert eu4 comet joke here)
*An Shigao, a Buddhist missionary, arrives in China
*The Great Pyramid of the Sun is constructed in Teotihuacan. It is the tallest pre-Columbian building in the Americas.
*Marcion of Sinope produces his bible canon, consisting of purged versions of the Gospel of Luke and ten Pauline letters.
*Paper, made in China, arrives in Transoxiana.
*The earliest atlas (Ptolemy's Geography) is made.
====NPC Turns====
*Arashena & Gerrha (To Muscat): They agree to the non-aggression pact.
*Hadrian's Wall: Multiple defensive structures are erected in Roman Britain, dubbed Hadrian's Wall. Meanwhile, the Roman war machine slows down against the Picts, refueling behind the wall before the next assault.
*Revenge of the Romans: Roman forces begin amassing on the borders of the Kingdom of Judea to prepare for future reconquest and suppression of local separatist movements.
*Yang Conquest of Hainan: The invasion is successful in the northern regions of Hainan, but has proved problematic in the south due to the mountainous terrain and the advantage the Au Lac army receives from it. The naval blockade of the island is successful, and the blockade in the Gulf of Thailand also proves successful after a few naval skirmishes.
*Daevites: They raid Karasukese settlements and spread their influence further west.
*Knuckles: They expand further along the coastlines of the African Lakes.
*Ainu: Their culture is spread further up north Kamchatka.
*Inca: They begin an invasion of Paracas that is expected to take some time to finish due to the mountainous terrain of the region.
==== Sultanate of Muscat and Aynarab (most often referred to as just Muscat) ====
* Government: Absolute Monarchy (Sultanate)
** Sultan: Haddimu II al-Qazi (B 74 AD, still alive) (R 110 AD - Present)
** Economy: Based around fishing, some agriculture and trading mostly, as well as slight taxing of the villagers and peasants. With the spices from the east we become rich by selling them to nearby peoples. Trading with Uputhara Wansura and Satavahana is a large and essential part of the economy. The economy is in a state of rebuilding.
** Capital: Muscat
** Demographics:
*** Population:
*** Muscat: 5923
*** Ibri: 3699
*** Tamreda: 898
*** Rural areas (AKA everything else): ~52,101
*** Ethnicities: 75% Omani (Arab), 22% Aynarab (Arab), 2% Azd tribes, 1% Gerrhan
*** Religion: 100% Folklore and Tribal beliefs
** Wars and Conflicts (italics: Potential War):
*** N/A
** Military: Total of
*** Spearmen: 800
*** Shortswordmen: 413
*** Bowmen: 639
*** City Guards: 495
*** Dromedary Forces: 344
** Navy:
*** 50 transport ships (can hold around 8-12 men)
*** 135 trade ships
*** 51 warships (galleys pretty much)
*** Although not part of the navy we have 421 fishing ships.
** Diplomacy:
*** Rome: We have heard much about your empire, do you wish to trade?
*** Qata: Would you like to do trading by our colony? (we already trade with them, but not to Socotra I believe)
** Events:
*** Rebuilding of the Sultanate: We now spend several years building up the reunified city of Ibri, mutual and foreign politics, working on our army and navy slightly as well.
*** Influence and Assimilation: Our influence expands more over Rhabi and nearby Adnanite tribes, attempting to get some of the tribes to join us.
*** Colony of Socotra: We expand it to control the entire island of Socotra as well as the other islands: Samha, Darsa (not visible on map) and Abd al Kuri.
====Yang Dynasty====
*Government: Celestial Monarchy
**Emperor: Shun (125 AD-144 AD), Chong (144-145 AD; another self-insert but this time for real), Zhi (145 AD-146 AD), Huan (146 AD-present)
*Economy: The Yang economy relies on taxing subjects, which are the peasants of China. They are currently looking towards the west for possible trade openings, maybe a larger Silk Road. With Romans and the Chinese accepting deals in one of their own settlements, it is hoped that the Silk Road would be expanded on this by the end of the century.
*Capital: Xi'an
*Demographics:
**Population: 82,000,000
***Xi'an (the new capital): 700,000
***Shantou (apparently this is still a capital wtf?): 320,000
***Luoyang: 300,000
***Beiking: 350,000
***Haiyan: 260,000
***Chengdu: 500,000
***Linking: 300,000
***Other cities and settlements: 26,000,000
***Rural areas: Whatever that's left. I'm not calculating the whole thing.
**Ethnic Groups: 85% Chinese (regardless of ethnic groups like Han), 2% Daevite, 3% Tocharian, 2% Korean, 8% other
**Religion: 84% Chinese religions (this also includes Confucianism), 3% Buddhist, 13% Other (Daevite Blood Gods [that's what I think its supposed to be, since I was the Daevite cultural group in the past] and Tocharian paganism)
*Military: 820,000 soldiers and levies. Note that China has one of the largest populations at that time so it makes proper sense to have a large military that spans all over the empire itself. Naval ships may count up to hundreds of small ships and dozens of large ships.
*Diplomacy:
**Au Lac: (see below)
*Events
**War for Hainan: The blockade of Hainan was seen as a pivotal point for Yang Dynasty so they invade the southern part using boat transports to wipe out the remaining garrisoned army at south Hainan, along with a flanking tactic. Since their ships can't get out of their mainland coast, an assault on their coastal cities are ordered to weaken their fortifications and an invasion through their coastline was ordered. They are given a chance to give up Hainan and be spared, along with a restart of their relations. Otherwise, they will continue to fight until their deaths are heard and they will ultimately fall under control of the Yang Dynasty. (One more turn until the Yellow Turban Rebellion, now this is going to get interesting)
==== Roman Province of Westria ====
** Leader: Archidux Amulius "The Old" I Desticius (B 60 AD - D 143 AD) (R 75 AD - 143 AD), Archidux Quirinus I (B 100 AD - still alive) (R 143 AD - present)
*** Government: The Confedercy is ruled by an Archidux.
*** Demographics:
**** Population:
**** Vienna: Population: 90,280
**** Pölen: Population: 40,770
**** Konr: Population: 25,080
**** Rich: Population: 37,000
**** Munich: Population: 12,400
**** Rural population: 190,000
**** Total population: 395,530
**** Religion: Westrian paganism (74%), Roman Paganism (22%) and Other (4%)
**** Ethinicities: 72% Westrian, 20% Gelatins, 1% Escosians, Latins 7%.
*** Economy: We are based on agriculture. We use coins from the Roman Empire as currency.
*** Wars and conflicts: Nothing for now
*** Army: Total of
**** Spearmen: 4,150
**** Shortsword and Hatchetmen: 725
**** Bowmen: 500
**** Cavalry: 300
*** Events:
**** Expansion: We start to expand into today's world eastern Bavaria/western Austria
**** Romanization: The romanization continues
**** Exploration: The explorers gets back and comes back with more news about the noerthern areas of Europe
*** Diplomacy: None
====Malacca====
*Government: Monarchy
**Ruler: King Tenrata Ren
*Economy: Trade with Burma and Au Lac continues. Merchants from faraway nations such as Yang, Satavahan and Parthia are also commonplace in our ports.
*Capital: Malacca
*Other Settlements:  Kuala Lumpur, Singapura, Penang, Medan, Palembang, Pattaya, Phuket, Padang
*Military:
**3200 Royal Guardsmen
**4500 conscripted/voluntary guardsmen
**4250 conscripted/voluntary pipers
**3600 conscripted/voluntary archers
*Navy:
**211 small ships
**57 large ships
*Demographics:
**Population: 13,547,914
**Religion: Buddhism (88%) Non-religious/Animist (12%)
*Wars and Conflicts: No conflict so far.
*Events:
**Sumatran Expansion: Territory further within the island of Sumatra is annexed, and the indigenous peoples assimilated into Malaccan culture.
**Infrastructure in Malacca: The capital is continuously expanding, and as such improvements to infrastructure are in order. New buildings and better roads are constructed, utilising new techniques replicated from traders' rumors about roads in a country in a faraway land.
**Bornean Expansion: An island off Borneo is settled with the goal of creating a trade outpost.
*Diplomacy:
=== Turn VII: 150-175 AD ===
==== Events & Great People ====
* Minor uprisings occur in Egypt against Roman rule. (if Egypt is not player-controlled)
* Appian writes Ρωμαικα, known in English as the Roman History, in which he includes the history of each nation conquered up until the moment of its conquest.
* The first Buddhist monks arrive in China.
* Gaius' Institutiones are published.
* The fundamental works of Ptolemy on cartography are published.
* Meditations by Marcus Aurelius is written, in Greek, while on military campaigns.
==== NPC Turns ====
* Jylland Reconquest: Nordjylland is completely reclaimed by the Danskan crown, but further expanding is hampered by the Goths. 
* Vesnian Survey: Vesnia is successfully refounded as a city state mostly at the vicinity around Burgenbrao. 
* Disease of Hainan: The island is striken with an unknown disease, devastating both sides. 
* Au Lac: They refuse to give up fighting, and lead an offensive up to Northern Vietnam. 
* Xiongnu: They begin to mobilise along the Yang border.  
* Qata: They accept a trade deal with Muscat. 
* Bactria: They start a subjugation of Saka. 
* Betmant: They begin a ransacking spree, raiding, and sacking the city of Liangzhou. 
* Aksum: The Kingdom of Aksum is formed in present day northern Ethiopia. 
* Maya: They start taking over eastern Zapotec lands. 
* Apalachee: They begin raiding the city of Osnerol. 
* Morpha, Nineveh & Assur: A group of public representatives tries to contact Rome, sending the message, "We wish to be rid of Arashenan rule, they bring all the fruits of the lands up north, for only the Arashenians and the elite to enjoy, we wish to revolt, and would like your help in it, in return we wish to join Rome as an autonomous region." 
==== Yang Dynasty ====
*Government: Celestial Monarchy
**Emperor: Huan (146 AD-174 AD), Kang (174 AD-present)
*Economy: The Yang economy relies on taxing subjects, which are the peasants of China. They are currently looking towards the west for possible trade openings, maybe a larger Silk Road. With Romans and the Chinese accepting deals in one of their own settlements, it is hoped that the Silk Road would be expanded on this by the end of the century.
*Capital: Xi'an
*Demographics:
**Population: 85,000,000
***Xi'an (the new capital): 720,000
***Shantou (apparently this is still a capital wtf?): 350,000
***Luoyang: 300,000
***Beiking: 350,000
***Haiyan: 260,000
***Chengdu: 550,000
***Linking: 300,000
***Other cities and settlements: 27,000,000
***Rural areas: Whatever that's left. I'm not calculating the whole thing.
**Ethnic Groups: 85% Chinese (regardless of ethnic groups like Han), 2% Daevite, 3% Tocharian, 2% Korean, 8% other
**Religion: 82% Chinese religions (this also includes Confucianism), 5% Buddhist, 13% Other (Daevite Blood Gods [that's what I think its supposed to be, since I was the Daevite cultural group in the past] and Tocharian paganism)
*Military: 850,000 soldiers and levies. Note that China has one of the largest populations at that time so it makes proper sense to have a large military that spans all over the empire itself. Naval ships may count up to hundreds of small ships and dozens of large ships.
*Diplomacy: N/A
*Events
**War for Hainan: As they lead up an offensive over northern Vietnam, the Chinese navy continuously try to maintain naval superiority over their coastline and wage a coastal invasion and tireless raids over their own settlements, weakening their fortifications over the coastlines. In the north, a large army of Chinese soldiers from the north arrive in northern Vietnam and moved towards a counterattack against them.
**Peasants Brewing: They are getting tired of taxes from the Emperor... Hundred thousands of armed peasants, wielding spears and makeshift bows are beginning to culminate across Yang Dynasty. (Next turn, there will be the Yellow Turban Rebellion and the great collapse of the Yang Dynasty and yes I'm going to try wipe out the Chinese in a bizarre way)
**Plague: In Hainan, no-one actually cared to contain it except for high bureaucrats who want to wipe out all of the native population so that no Au Lac settlers may survive intentionally while keeping some soldiers in some form of quarantined area to keep Hainan purely Chinese. But this will get worse as it now spreads to mainland by the end of the mid-170s AD, with Hainan's population cut by 30%. The Chinese demographics will change dramatically by the end of the decade, perhaps the fall of the Chinese Empire becomes inevitable.
==== Sultanate of Muscat and Aynarab (most often referred to as just Muscat) ====
* Government: Absolute Monarchy (Sultanate)
** Sultan: Haddimu II al-Qazi (B 74 AD D 152 AD) (R 110 AD - 152 AD), Samnar al-Qazi (B 125 AD, still alive) (R 152 AD - Present)
** Economy: Based around fishing, some agriculture and trading mostly, as well as slight taxing of the villagers and peasants. With the spices from the east we become rich by selling them to nearby peoples. Trading with Uputhara Wansura and Satavahana is a large and essential part of the economy. The economy is in a state of rebuilding.
** Capital: Muscat
** Demographics:
*** Population:
*** Muscat: 6022
*** Ibri: 4008
*** Tamreda: 997
*** Rural areas (AKA everything else): ~53,222
*** Ethnicities: 75% Omani (Arab), 22% Aynarab (Arab), 2% Azd tribes, 1% Gerrhan
*** Religion: 100% Folklore and Tribal beliefs
** Wars and Conflicts (italics: Potential War):
*** N/A
** Military: Total of
*** Spearmen: 825
*** Shortswordmen: 425
*** Bowmen: 650
*** City Guards: 525
*** Dromedary Forces: 365
** Navy:
*** 55 transport ships (can hold around 8-12 men)
*** 138 trade ships
*** 53 warships (galleys pretty much)
*** Although not part of the navy we have 430 fishing ships.
** Diplomacy:
*** Rome: We have heard much about your empire, do you wish to trade?
*** Gerrha and Arashena: Improve relations.
** Events:
*** Influence and Assimilation: Our influence expands more over Rhabi and nearby Adnanite tribes, attempting to get some of the tribes to join us, we annex a few tribes.
*** Colony of Socotra: We attempt a landing on the Horn of Africa and attempt to establish a small settlement there.
*** The Great Era: We enter an era of population booms, new ideas and new inventions.
==== Roman Province of Westria ====
* Leader: Archidux Quirinus I Desticius (B 100 AD - D 153 AD) (R 143 AD - 153 AD), Archidux Quirinus II Desticius (B 134 AD - D 154) (R 153 - 154), Warlord Rudolf Stropff (B 136 AD - D 174 AD) (R 136 AD - 173 AD), Vienna council (R 174 - 174), Regent Rainard richtstrop (B 156 AD - still alive) (R 174 - present)
* Government: The Confedercy is ruled by an Archidux.
* Demographics:
** Population:
** Vienna: Population: 94,280
** Pölen: Population: 44,770
** Konr: Population: 26,080
** Rich: Population: 40,000
** Munich: Population: 13,400
** Rural population: 198,000
** Total population: 356,530
** Religion: Westrian paganism (74%), Roman Paganism (22%) and Other (4%)
** Ethinicities: 72% Westrian, 20% Gelatins, 1% Escosians, Latins 7%.
* Economy: We are based on agriculture. We use coins from the Roman Empire as currency.
* Wars and conflicts: Nothing for now
* Army: Total of
** Spearmen: 4,150
** Shortsword and Hatchetmen: 725
** Bowmen: 500
** Cavalry: 300
* Events:
** Expansion: We continue to expand into today's world eastern Bavaria/western Austria (not assimilate)
** Romanization: The romanization continues exception being between the years of 154 and 174
** Trade: We start sending out traders into the north to see what they can get from the northerners
** Power struggle: In 154 one of the local warlords killed the king and declared himself as Warlord over Westria which resulted in a great power vaccum no one really saw him as legitimate. In 173 he was kicked out when another rivaling warlord manage to get big enough support. In 174 with like a few months with no clear ruler the Vienna council took power. In the same year they elected a regent to rule instead of an archidux.
Diplomacy: None
==== Equegothic Kingdom ====
*Government: Despotic Monarchy
**King: Fode The Great (Age 44 by 175AD)
***Heir: Oskar (Age 26 by 175AD)
*Economy: The Equegothic artisans now start producing almost exclusively weapons for war, upon the call of the God of Death himself for the peoples of the Kingdom to go to war and harvest to save themselves from further disgrace. (The riches sacked are either traded for steel or stockpiled)
*Capital: N/A
*Demographics:
**Population: 99% Equegothic, 1% Gothic
**Religion: 100% Northern Paganist beliefs
*Wars and Conflicts: 
**The 177 attack on Oslo: Upon his decision to satisfy the God of Death, Fode the Great mustered all the men on horses he could, and set out with an army of three thousand horse archers and five hundred equites equipped with spears to pillage and sack the furthermost south parts of what the Kingdom calls " Nordshyt", upon return of these, the God of Death should be satisfied... During this campaign, the King's army uses a hit and run tactic, avoiding hostile armies by shooting at them and then running back into a safe distance, just to repeat.
**Diplomacy: N/A
***(since this is a 25 year long turn, i'll do an IF the attack above is successful)
***'The pillaging of southern Nordicium': Upon seeing the great riches mustered from the attack on Oslo and nearby villages, Fode the Great and his army retreat for a year to prepare themselves for another round, and in spring of 178 they set out to pillage everything in their way until the end of the campaign season, making it all the way close to Stavanger. During this campaign, the King's army uses a hit and run tactic, avoiding hostile armies by shooting at them and then running back into a safe distance, just to repeat.
***(Raids on Nordicium continue for the entire turn, although no major settlements are attacked)
*Diplomacy: N/A
*Events: 
**The call of the gods: One of the great gods spoke to Fode when he ascended, and he demanded blood. Fode decided to sacrifice animals upon these visions...But it wasn't enough for the God of Death. Fode's eldest son died while hunting, and this to Fode was the signal that what the god was calling for was war...” And another, a red horse, went out; and to him who sat on it, it was granted to take peace from the earth, and that men would slay one another; and a great sword was given to him."
==== Nordicia ====
* Government: Aristocratic Monarchy
* Monarch: Kvasir I Schnee
* Economy: slow but stable increase
* Population: 292,000 (+223k Danskans) (91% Nordicite Germanic, 5% Gothic, 1% Sami, 3% Vesnians) (excl. Danska)
* Religion: Norse (100%) 
* Major Settlements (excl. Danska):
** Stavanger: 13,700 
** Bergen (capital): 40,000 (Byområde), 13,000 (centre)
** Ålesund: 11,000
** Molde: 11,000
** Oslo (under siege): 13,500
** Trondheim: 9,800
** Leirvik: 8,500
** Valkyrjashavn: 3,500
** Rural areas: ~178,900 
* Military: 6200 active personnel, 3500 reserves. (8700 incl. Danska) (2200 emergency levies)
** 3500 (+1500) shielded spearmen 
** 1200 dagger users
** 500 (+500) archers (using bows)
* Navy 
** 360 trading ships (trade routes to Danska, Inbhiri, Meerseit and Celtic tribes)
** 70 wooden transport vessels (each can transfer about 10–15 men)
** 20 larger wooden transport vessels (each can transfer about 15–25 men)
** 120 triremes.
** 40 galleys.
** 1200 sailors
* Diplomacy:
** Meerseit: The envoys in Meerseit are informed of the raids, and is asked to secure any possible help.
* Wars and Conflicts:
** Equegothic Raids: (personal message for Fedex: You ain’t progressing over Oslo, sugondese nuts first).Actual events: An emergency levy was raised by King Kvasir I, calling for men from the reserves and Danskan militias to join in the defense against the Equegothics. Oslo, as a stronghold on the East, was fortified heavily with moats dug and garrison increased. The border stretch from Oslo to Bergen are also guarded by many of the militia to prevent any flanking from the Equegoths. Tactics were employed to prevent any hit-and-run attempts from the enemies, including ambush squads along the coastlines.. The Danskan militia is ultilised for an flanking assault on the Equegothic holdings with a walk from København to the very site, donning along the coast.
The gods have called, and Nordicia will respond.
* Disasters: I'll be damned, if there’s none. That’s KdM and something shitty has to happen to me.
* Events
** Aristocratic Society: Along with the royal family, several houses have rose to prominence within the realm and an aristocratic system was established, with the families taking over positions of the countries.
** Danskan Reclamation: Temporarily halted as the Goths hampered the expansion.
** Refounding of Vesnia: The Fleischer royal house is reinstated in Burgenbrao, signalling an official return of the Vesnian crown, under Nordicite influence.
====Malacca====
*Government: Monarchy
**Ruler: King Tenrata Ren
*Economy: Trade with Burma and Au Lac continues. Merchants from faraway nations such as Yang, Satavahan and Parthia are also commonplace in our ports.
*Capital: Malacca
*Other Settlements:  Kuala Lumpur, Singapura, Penang, Medan, Palembang, Pattaya, Phuket, Padang, Banda Aceh
*Military:
**3250 Royal Guardsmen
**4750 conscripted/voluntary guardsmen
**4500 conscripted/voluntary pipers
**3700 conscripted/voluntary archers
*Navy:
**231 small ships
**65 large ships
*Demographics:
**Population: 13,549,155
**Religion: Buddhism (88%) Non-religious/Animist (12%)
*Wars and Conflicts: No conflict so far.
*Events:
**Sumatran Expansion: Territory further within the island of Sumatra is annexed, and the indigenous peoples assimilated into Malaccan culture.
**Infrastructure in Malacca: The capital is continuously expanding, and as such improvements to infrastructure are in order. New buildings and better roads are constructed, utilising new techniques replicated from traders' rumors about roads in a country in a faraway land.
**Bornean Expansion: An island off Borneo is settled with the goal of creating a trade outpost.
*Diplomacy:
Category:Map Game
Category:Main Page (Map Games)