Timeline

The Timeline is a comprehensive timeline of all events in the history of Worlda of Nations. All of the following events have occurred over the period of over four years, filled with the rise and fall of empires, and the conflicts and events these nations brought with them, as well as generally documenting noteworthy events. The Timeline is still under construction, as it has only documented events up into the early 3rd century so far. 
== Prehistory of Worlda of Nations ==
Main Article: Prehistory of Worlda of Nations
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== Early Classic Era (1 A.D - 79 A.D) ==
=== Era of Origins ===
1-11 A.D. (11/27/19) - The Bosnian Kingdom is formed from the Banate of Bosnia as the first modern civilization. Soon after, the English Empire forms in central England, the Polish Kingdom in Poland, and the First Libyan Empire in Cyrenaica. Smaller pockets of advanced civilizations also appear across the world, mostly in river valleys or coastal areas. The aforementioned nations begin to quickly expand and take close territories. England takes some of northern France and England itself, while Bosnia retakes most of Bosnia, Croatia, and Montenegro. England also colonizes some of Italy. The first alliance is created in the form of the English-Bosnian Military Allyship, which eventually evolves into the Eurasiatic Entente. Meanwhile, Libya expands towards Egypt and Tripoli along the coast. 
12-27 A.D. (11/28/19) - The Tsardom of Russia forms in the Upper Volga region. Meanwhile, the Anatolian Commonwealth forms in northern Anatolia. Sfax is gifted to the Polish Kingdom by Scotland in a bid to gain closer ties with the nation. They also invade further into Europe, reaching Luxembourg and Germany. Bosnia grows to span nearly the entire Balkans, and takes some of northern Italy. The Anatolian Commonwealth expands throughout eastern and central Anatolia, while Bosnia takes the western coastline. The Anatolians and Libyans create an alliance known as the Çorum-Tripoli Axis. The Bosnian Kingdom becomes the Byzantine Empire after Simeon takes the throne, and relocates its capital to the city of Constantinople. It also borders the Anatolian Commonwealth after expanding further into Anatolia.
28-37 A.D. (11/29/19) - The Japanese Shogunate forms in Honshu. Aalam conquers the remaining city states of Cape York, forming the Sultanate of the Nicolides. The Nicolides quickly start expanding southward in Australia, as well as into coastal New Guinea and Indonesia. England takes over all of Wales and England, as well as most of Ireland and Scotland. The Anatolians guarantee Polish independence, and invite the Russians to the Çorum-Tripoli Axis. Pakistan forms in the Indus valley, but then collapses only a few short years later due to instability and famines. The Anatolian Commonwealth conquers chunks of the Caucasus, the Levant and Mesopotamia before changes its name to the Seljuk Commonwealth. Byzantium establishes colonies in Algeria and Mauritania.
=== Eastern Era ===
38-55 A.D. (11/30/19) - The Seleucid Empire is formed in modern-day Iran, growing to own most of Iran and the UAE, as well as most of coastal Oman. They also ally with the Seljuks. England surrounds Poland, attempting to get them to sign a treaty benefiting them. They also mysteriously attempt to surround the Tsardom of Russia. The Tsardom of Russia then collapses a few years later for unrelated reasons.
In 49 A.D. The War of Bosporan takes place with the Seljuk Commonwealth and Byzantine Empire surprisingly working together to defeat them. In the end, this was the first war of Worlda of Nations. The Seljuks also ask the Nicolides to join the axis, however they deny. England gains northern Madagascar from the Seljuks. They also withdraw from all lands east of Poland.
56-65 A.D. (12/03/19) - The Seljuk Commonwealth collapses, and is carved up by the Libyan and Byzantine Empires shortly after. The Seleucids also collapse due to the spillover from the chaos of the collapse of their ally. The Early Han Dynasty is formed in modern-day Manchuria and Korea as the Manchurian Dynasty. The Sultanate of the Nicolides takes over all of Australia's coastline, effectively laying claim to the entirety of Australia, making them the largest nation in the world at the time. 
66-70 A.D. (12/05/19-12/12/19) - The Sultanate of the Nicolides takes complete control of Oceania after taking many outlying islands. Tsarist Russia is established in place of the Tsardom of Russia. The Manchurian Dynasty begins expanding southwards, down the Chinese coast. After annexing most of the core Chinese lands, they rename themselves to the Han Dynasty. A raft with a note written in Cyrillic washes up on the coast of Pontus, puzzling many up to the present. 
71 A.D. (12/13/19) - The Kushan Empire is formed in western India. The Early Han Dynasty collapses into many states. RPBot is finally added and is used for rolls rather than the unreliable and easily cheatable random number generators of the past. The Nicolides begin rapidly colonizing coastal sections of east Africa, as well as the Bab-el Mandeb strait. Iberia is divided between Byzantium and Scotland.
72-74 A.D. (12/15/19) - The Nicolides continue to colonize spots on the west and east coasts of Africa, the San Francisco Bay, the lesser Antilles, and Western Sahara. The Late Han Dynasty is established after reuniting coastal China, but in turn loses considerable amounts of land, including Korea, the Eastern part of Manchuria, Henan, Anhui, and Jiangxi. The Mongolian Dynasty is established with the unification of the Mongolian tribes. The Japanese Shogunate collapses, while the British Empire, Sultanate of the Nicolides, and Byzantine Empire land in North America and begin expanding, with the Nicolides and British both attempting to block each other off. Iroquoia is established near the Great Lakes. In the later months of 74 A.D, after their sultan disappears in the middle of the Pacific, The Sultanate of the Nicolides collapes, freeing all of Oceania and the vast majority of Southeast Asia. 
75 A.D (12/18/19) - The cousin of the last sultan of the Nicolides, who held control over the lesser Antilles after the fall of the empire, is ousted from power. 
76 A.D. (12/19/19) - Mongolia rapidly expands south, forming a panhandle stretching down to Tibet. This would later become part of Mongolian China. 
79 A.D. (12/25/19) Alistair II dies, but his death is covered up by John I for 2 years. 
== Pax Celtica (80 A.D - 124 A.D) ==
=== Early Pax Celtica ===
80 A.D. (12/28/19) - The British Empire renames itself into the Scottish Empire.
81 A.D. (1/01/20) - John I officially takes the throne of the Scottish Empire, after hiding Alistair's death for the 2 years before. Libya expands in Somalia and into the Sahara, while the Han Dynasty takes over most of Hainan as well as Guangdong. Scotland is gifted northern Madagascar.
82 A.D (1/02/20) - The Han Dynasty takes all of Hainan. The Kushan Empire expands towards the Byzantines in India.
83 A.D (1/03/20) - Alexander II dies and is succeeded by Nicholas I. The Iroquoia expand up the Ontario Peninsula. Libya encircles a section of Saharan land. The Han Dynasty expands to Vietnam, while the Mongols also try to reach the Vietnamese coast. Scotland expands in Madagascar.
84 A.D (1/04/20) - Scotland borders the Iroquoia in Canada. Libya encircles and annexes large chunks of Saharan land. 
85 A.D (1/05/20) - Mongolia continues towards Vietnam, reaching the coast next to Han. Libya expands west of Tripoli, bordering the Sfax colony and reaching Byantium's colony. Mongolia expands near the Han in the north, with Han also expanding northwest. Greek becomes required to learn in certain areas of the Byzantine Empire. The Kushan Empire expands north. The short-lived AR event begins. This inspired all future events.
86 A.D (1/08/20) - Scotland continues to expand in Canada. Mongolia begins pushing along Han's border from the south, looking to encircle a large chunk of land between them. Byzantium expands to coastal Morocco. Byzantium also gifts their colony in Niger to Scotland. 
87 A.D. (1/10/20) - Scotland expands in their newly gained colony, gaining most of coastal Gabon, and some of inland Niger before choosing to push through the central continent. Libya begins to expand south in response. While Scotland does reach the other side, they were unable to stop Libya from reaching Lake Chad. Tensions rise following Scotland encircling the lake, leading to Libya choosing to reach Lake Tana. After much discussion between the two, Scotland chooses to leave their land around Lake Chad to Libya. Scotland then, after receiving Somalia from them, chooses to reignite tensions by pushing to Lake Tana themselves. Tsarist Russia disintegrates fully, and collapses. The Colonial Empire is established in modern-day British Columbia.
88-90 A.D (1/11/20) - The Han Dynasty continues expanding in Manchuria. The Colonial Empire expands into British Colombia for a bit. Byzantium expands into Mauritania. Scotland lands in Australia, near Adelaide. The Colonial Empire lands in Hokkaido, expanding throughout the island and then onto Honshu. The Stalingrad Empire is founded, which begins expanding to the east. Byzantium encircles a large chunk of south India. Scotland takes coastal Victoria, South Australia, NSW, and parts of Tasmania. UnbelievaBoat is added. Scotland lands in New Zealand, quickly taking its coast. 
91 A.D (1/12/20) - The Scottish Empires takes over most of coastal Australia, but then cedes the northeastern part to the Colonials. Scotland and the Colonials also expand into Siberia, Korea and Manchuria, while Mongolia encircles and annexes much of Central China. Scotland and Byzantium declare war on the Stalingrad Empire, and invade them from the north and south. 
92 A.D. - (1/14/20) - The Byzantine Empire and Scottish Empire continue invading the Stalingrad Empire. Tensions begin to rise in Africa with the Scottish Empire and First Libyan Empire having frequent border disputes. The Colonial Empire relocates its capital to Tokyo after taking Honshu, and cedes the British Columbian portion to the Scottish Empire. 
94 A.D. - (1/15/20) - The First Stalingrad War concludes, with the Byzantine Empire and Scottish Empire backing out of the Stalingrad Empire's territory, in exchange for Stalingrad paying a tax to Scotland for the next 5 years. Mongolia completes all of their encirclements near the Han Dynasty's borders, effectively preventing them from ever expanding outwards. Libya and Scotland panic as both try to reach the edge of the African continent before one another.
95 A.D. - (1/18/20) - As Libya and Scotland reach the western area of Africa, Scotland attempts to cut off Libya from the area, with Libya responding by trying to cut off Scotland themselves. Eventually, this chaos creates a disgusting creation known as the Sahell Lines, shared by Libya and Scotland. Tensions are incredibly high, and war seems incredibly near. The Colonial Empire declares war on the Stalingrad Empire. The Mexican Republic is established in modern-day Mexico, and begins expanding. This results in them eventually getting into a border dispute with Libya, starting the Peninsular War.
96 A.D. - (1/18/20) - The Han Dynasty collapses, and the area is split between the Colonial Empire and the Mongolian Dynasty. The Peninsular War ends, but the Colonial War does not back out of the Stalingrad Empire.
101 A.D. (1/22/20) - The Inuit Republic is established in modern-day Nunavut. The Sahell Lines issue is for the most part, resolved due to agreements made between Scotland and Libya to split the land evenly. 
103 A.D. (1/24/20) - South America is opened for expansion, after several failed attempts by most major powers to colonize the continent. The Scottish Empire, The First Libyan Empire and the Mongolian Dynasty begin expanding within it, with Scotland bordering Libya within Colombia.
=== Scottish Golden Age ===
104 A.D. (1/25/20) - A Civil War starts within the Mongolian Dynasty, halting all expansion. The Tomriin, a faction led by Chinua wants revenge on his brother, Arigh Khan, for becoming Khan instead of him. The Amazonas, a new nation is established in South America. It quickly expands throughout, taking most of the western portion of the continent.
105 A.D. (1/26/20) - The Scottish Empire begins annexing parts of the Stalingrad Empire. The Mongol Civil War ends, with Arigh's faction defeating the Tomriin in a decisive battle in the Caucasus, but not before Arigh is severely injured. Amazonas begins to colonize Oceania, and takes over the majority of the central portion of the continent. The First Libyan Empire attempts to block off the Amazonas from expanding further, but fails mostly.
107/108 A.D. (1/31/20) - The Stalingrad Empire and the Amazonas both collapse, with Hawaii becoming the last remnant of the Amazonas. The Mali Empire is established in western Africa, as Scotland is forced to retreat from the region. Libya is pushed out of Brazil by the natives. Mali takes over most nearby unclaimed territory.
111 A.D. (2/6/20) - The Mali Empire begins its expansion in South America, starting another bordering feud with the Scottish Empire. The Kushan Empire and First Libyan Empire continue their war. Scotland encircles a large amount of Russia, and gifts it all to Poland claiming that they are "doing something nice for once". Byzantium heavily criticizes this move. Byzantium then temporarily annexes the city of St. Petersburg before, after several threats from Scotland, they sell the land to them.
112 A.D. (2/7/20) - The Polish and Scottish are pushed back in the deep Siberian tundra. The Byzantine Empire declares war on the Kushan Empire to "protect" them. The Scottish Empire blockades the Libyans due to their attack on the Kushans. Sometime later in the year, New Portugal was founded and Libya was forced to leave India due to pressure from Scotland, and Libya's former land there was given to the Kushans. Abyssinia became an autonomous region in Libya.
113 A.D. (2/10/20) - The Byzantine Empire gives away their part of the Yucatan peninsula to New Portugal, New Portugal coins the word onioncest, and the Scottish Empire illegalizes incest.
114 A.D. (2/12/20) - New Portugal begins to close off the coastline in Mexico and the Mali Empire begins taking all the leftover land next to the border. The Mexican Republic attempts to expand, only to realize that they have been cut off by the New Portuguese. Due to this, the state decides to consolidate power for the next few years. In the city of Rome, Italy, the Italian Uprising begins. They took over all of Italy before the Scottish could send any support to troops stationed there. They inscribed the words "Abbasso il re! Abbasso la Scozia!" (Down with the king! Down with Scotland!) on many items, and used a modified Scottish flag. The Colonial Empire continues to expand within Canada.
115 A.D. (2/14/20) - New Portugal cuts the eastern coastline of Mexico, and begins conquering the rest of northern Mexico. The nation of Romania is founded. Scotland goes to war with Prussia for unknown reasons, but the nation revolts and gains independence less than a year later. After the failed war with Prussia, Scotland expands south of Poland into the Pannonian Plain, and cuts off Romania from expanding. Soon after, this was retracted due to threats from both the Romanians and Byzantines. The Inuit Republic begins to fall into anarchy.
116 A.D. (2/16/20) - The Inuit Republic mysteriously falls into chaos, allowing for the Scottish Empire to take over major chunks of their nation while the Eskimo Empire rises up from the ashes of the Inuits, and take over the area of southern Nunavut. Romania begins expanding into the gap between Poland and Mongolia. New Portugal continues their expansion into North Mexico, and the Colonial Empire continue expanding into Canada.
117 A.D. (2/18/20) - Scotland continues their invasion into the Inuit Republic, and they also give Baja California and South Dakota to Poland and Mexico, respectively. Mexico promptly begins expanding in North America, utilizing their newfound exclave. Libya invades Italy through Naples, while Byzantium mobilizes their army in preparation for an invasion of their own. Poland expands to the east, into Siberia.
118 A.D. (2/20/20) - Byzantium invades the Italian rebels from the north, capturing Rome and reaching Libya's occupied area. The Italian Uprising is crushed by the combined forces of the Byzantine Empire and First Libyan Empire. Their final fortress falls, forcing them to surrender. The land is given back to Scotland, who rewards the empires with 10,000,000 WoN coins. 
=== Later Pax Celtica ===
120 A.D. (2/28/20) - Scotland sells Portugal to New Portugal. The Eastern Alignment begins to form as the two nations debate on a name. Scotland also sells Baffin Island to the Colonial Empire. The Republic of Pueblo is founded after a successful revolution occurs in Polish Baja California. Soon after however, Scotland invades the Republic of Pueblo, brutally crushing the new nation. Their violence against them is covered up for the rest of their existence.
121 A.D (3/06/20) - The War of the Isles begins, as protests break out against Matthiaos I of Scotland. The war soon ended, but it had a major impact on Scotland. Not only was it the first time Scotland could have fallen to an enemy, but it was the first time Scotland's power had been challenged. Some are quick to say this is the end of Pax Celtica, but things got far worse later on, especially during the mid-120s AD. Matthiaos I is executed and John II becomes the ruler of the Scottish Empire after the short reign of Duke Francis in his place. 
122 A.D (3/10/20) - The Byzantine Empire blockades Sfax due to suspicious activities run by the Polish in the area, causing the Sfax Incident. During this incident, the Scottish Empire demands the EA fuse with them CSA, creating the United Legion. Soon after this, New Portugal, the Colonial Empire and the Scottish Empire jointly invade the Eskimo Empire. This is protested by the Byzantine Empire, but they continue their invasion anyways. The land is fused with the Inuit Autonomous Area of the Colonial Empire. The Himmel Empire is founded. 
123 A.D. (3/12/20) - The United Legion continues to annoy the Byzantine Empire about the Sfax Incident, as tensions rise further. Romania collapses as the majority of its territory becomes divided by new Romanian successor states in the south and central regions, while the north including it's panhandle becomes barren. The Kushan Empire collapses. A worldwide increase in spending on armies begins, as the tensions rise higher and higher. 
124 A.D. (3/16/20) - As tensions continued to rise nearly to their tipping point, many nations in the server slowed or completely halted expansion to prepare for war. The Byzantine army becomes the 2nd largest in the world, rivaling Scotland's. 
== Era of Chaos (125 A.D - 136 A.D) ==
=== First Worlda War ===
125 A.D. (3/22/20) - The Colonial Empire privately messages the Byzantine Empire that they are annoyed at the behavior of Scotland, and that they want to take down the Scots. The TSR is founded in secrecy, planning their invasion of the Scottish Empire. Scotland makes two attempts to remake Romania, with minimal success. Several parts of the remnants of Romania hold the negotiators hostage until the Scottish force them to give them back or else they would declare war on them. Romania is reformed, but far smaller than it was previously. During this time, tensions began to flare up and war seemed imminent. On the 25th of March, a massive argument broke out between Byzantium and Scotland. Eventually, the entire TSR joined in on the argument, starting the First Worlda War. New Portugal declares war on Scotland, as he declares war on Colonial. 
126 A.D. (3/26/20) New Portugal and Mali go to war, as Byzantium declares war on Scotland. The first offensive during the war starts in Iberia, while New Portugal begins to advance deep into Malian territory within the Great Lakes, and the first skirmishes between New Portugal and Scotland began to devolve into a stalemate between the two nations, with neither being able to decisively defeat the other. The Colonials make a minor offensive into Italy, but chose to instead focus on fortifying Japan itself. 
The first battles in Japan begin after a sudden offensive from the Scottish, pushing into southern Japan at a rapid pace. The Colonials and Scottish fight tooth and nail in Japan, with neither willing to give up any of their territory. The Colonial Empire utilized over 13,000 sticks of dynamite, in a rush to push back the Scottish forces, with it being quite effective, but also injuring some of their infrastructure in the process. This did, however, also slow the Scottish armies. The Scottish retaliate by bombarding areas in Australia held by their enemies, but it was not very effective against the determined Colonials, as they targeted minor and mostly worthless ports rather than the major ones. Byzantium begins its own attacks against Scotland, quickly pushing through Italy and taking Rome, pushing Scotland completely out of the peninsula. Afterwards, Byzantium shifts its focus to France, moving rapidly north with almost no resistance given, and nearly reaching the major city of Paris. 
Eventually, even New Portugal managed to penetrate Scottish territory and conquered all of Galicia, and took most important territory in the Great Lakes from Mali. With tensions seeming to escalate further, and seemingly no signs of stopping the conflict, the Colonial Empire and Scottish Empire have a diplomatic talk for the first time since the beginning of the war, and eventually peace is settled between the two. Tensions steadily lower as they order their armies to back down.
In the following days, the Scottish demanded that all land that were taken from them should be given back, which many parties were not happy about. Once that debacle had ended, most of the borders were reverted to their pre-war states. A large exception to this was in Japan, which they attempted to continue occupying, leading to the war mainly continuing there. The Colonials make large progress in liberating Japan, freeing Tokyo from its siege. On March 31st, 2020, the entirety of Japan was liberated by Colonial forces as all Scottish forces were fully pushed out, and almost every single border was back to normal. The only border change that was not reverted was the Colonial Empire's occupation of Kyushu. On April 1st, 2020, the "Holy Land" April Fools event occured. Not much happens afterwards, besides the Mexican Republic collapsing.
=== Conflict Era ===
127 A.D. (4/04/20) - Libya, New Portugal, Mongolian Dynasty and the Byzantine Empire begin expanding within the collapsed Mexican lands, as NP and Libya make a deal to split Mexico between the two of them. However, this plan falls to the wayside as Mongolia rapidly expands in their colony nearby, as Byzantium attempts to cut off Libya from heading further into the area. This causes Libya to land between NP and Mongolia, only to be cut off. As well, New Portugal lands near Mongolia as they create a ring around NP's advancements into Mexico from the north. Byzantium creates a ring themselves to block Mongolia, as New Portugal and them create intentional border gore. It is fixed at a later unknown date. Scotland expands for the final time in 3 weeks. New Portugal begins expanding above Byzantium's Texas panhandle.
128 A.D. (4/08/20) - The Swedish Empire claims Saaremaa and the remaining uncontrolled part of Latvia's coast.
129 A.D. (4/16/20) - Scotland expands in Oklahoma. Byzantium demands Scotland to give them Italy, or they will "slice [their] head off". The Colonials transfer all of their holdings in Canada to Mongolia, and buy Scottish Australia for 100,000,000 WoN coins, taking control of the entire continent. Then, they offer sectioned pieces of Australia for 24,000,000 WoN coins each. New Portugal purchases Queensland.
130 A.D. (4/29/20) - Libya colonizes Malaita. Queensland's infrastructure is improved by the newly-arrived New Portuguese overlords. Mali makes lots of fish. The nation of Free Siberia forms, and begins expanding to neighboring lands including Novaya Zemlya.
131 A.D. (4/30/20) - Free Siberia continues expanding in Novaya Zemlya and lands in an exposed pocket of unclaimed land on Poland's arctic shores. Mali continues to make fish. Libya buys modern-day Somalia from Scotland for 6,000,000 WoN coins. Libya also pays 7,500,000 WoN coins for their territories lost to Scotland, but due to massive amounts of confusion, the lands wouldn't be transferred to Libya until 132 A.D. Free Siberia makes lots of fish and deer. New Portugal buys the Scottish Gulf of California colony for 7,500,000 WoN coins. 
Free Siberia rebrands itself into the Siberian Republic. Byzantium builds up infrastructure in the Levant and Mesopotamia. New Portugal improves their infrastructure to the point of turning New Lisbon into a burgeoning city with over 80k people. The Sibirische Nationalpartei wins the Parliamentary election in the Siberian Republic. Byzantium hands over their territories in Mexico to New Portugal, in exchange for Anguilla and St. Kitts and Nevis. Libya, as well, transfers their tiny colony in the heart of Mexico to New Portugal. Sandinia collapses for unknown reasons.
132 A.D. (5/02/20) - Maximus Kotromanić is declared to be heir to the Byzantine Throne, securing the House of Kotromanić's rule for two more generations. Scotland finally ceded the territories they took from Libya back to Libya. Siberia continues their expansion in Novaya Zemlya. The ex-president of Siberia, Stas Vanhanen, known for rampant corruption and many other scandals, goes missing. The Colonials sell Australia's provinces for free, with the condition that a country can only take one Australian province; Byzantium takes everything south of the river Murray and Tasmania. The Colonials buy Scotland's Korean territories for 1,500,000 WoN coins, and they sell it back to Scotland for 1,500,001 WoN coins. Scotland then sells Korea to the Colonials for 1,500,002 WoN coins.
133 A.D. (5/05/20) - Siberia, once again, continues their expansion in Novaya Zemlya. Mongolia expands into Yukon, what was once the Sandinian Republic. Scotland transfers Sfax to Byzantium, leading to major instability within the country: Both Quebec and Italy secede from the empire, and the Siberian colonies begin rebelling, angry that Scotland would still collaborate with Byzantium in any meaningful way. The Scottish economy plummets rapidly, sending the nation into a deep depression. The economy of Scotland would not recover until the 170s. Italy sends peaceful messages to the Colonials and the Byzantines, hoping to unite the entirety of the peninsula.
134 A.D. (5/07/20) - The Colonials buy Scottish Canada for 25,000,000 WoN coins. Scotland transfers its Cuban colony and Jamaica to New Portugal. The Great Giveaway of Paris happens. Scotland hands over New Zealand, Greenland, its remaining American colonies, Madagascar, its colonies in India, and its colonies in Oceania to Mongolia; its colonies in South America and in Africa with the exception of East Africa, which is given to Libya to Mali; the Netherlands, Norway and Finland to the Swedish Kingdom; its Arabian colony to Byzantium; and all of its remaining European holdings except Scotland itself, and Iceland, which is given to the Colonials, to Poland. Scotland is no longer a respected global power, merely a bizarrely-viewed and ridiculed slop. 
135 A.D. (5/10/20) - The Byzantines say that they will put Italy's leader in charge as governor of the province of Italia if they join the empire. After two attempts, the Italians cave in and accept. Byzantium then buys the Colonials' colonies in Naples and Sicily for 1,000,000 WoN coins. Libya buys Byzantine Tunisia for 3,000,000 WoN coins. The NCS color scheme is introduced, and all nations are recolored.
136 A.D. (5/12/20) - Siberia continues their expansion. Scotland declares that they will no longer interfere in global affairs in any tangible way, and shall pursue a policy of isolation. A poorly recorded event in the Colonial Empire leads to the death of the majority of the Spottin family that can rule, causing the Ipswiches to take back control until the native Daigo dynasty rises. Byzantium sends an ultimatum to Poland, demanding that they vacate the British isles, Iberia, Gaul, Germania, Helvetia and parts of Scythia and also cede their Swedish colony to Sweden within 18 months; The Polish Kingdom accepts soon after.
== Era of Consolidation (137 A.D - 186 A.D) ==
=== Post-Scotland Era ===
137-140 A.D. (5/23/20) - Mongolia continues their expansion in Yukon. Tupperbox is introduced. More infrastructure is built in New Portugal. New Portugal expands into Galicia, Britanny and Navarra; the Hispanian Republic immediately demands that New Portugal give Galicia to them; the New Portuguese refuse. Hispania declares war on New Portugal. France claims Britanny. Fighting in south Hispania is fierce; neither sides gain the upper hand. Byzantium declares war on Hispania in defence of New Portugal. New Portugal hands over their three-pixel colony in Navarra to Byzantium. Hispanian morale collapses further, allowing the armies of New Portugal to break through and spread out into large areas of the country. Hispania's president, Acroteleutium Aemilius, is captured by the army and executed; this allows the Hispanian army to push back their opponents again, against all odds. Sibir lands on the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago, and then expands to their west. Mongolia expands in Siberia. As Hispania enters its death throes, the remaining generals ask to negotiate with Samuel II.
140-145 A.D. (6/03/20) - Samuel II accepts the generals' request; they decide to meet in León. Sibir expands along the Mongolian border. China and Korea, angry at the Colonial rule, begin an uprising, taking over vast swaths of their homeland. The Chinese rebels ask Mongolia for aid. The NCS 5.0 color scheme is now in use. Korea declares independence. Power in Italy shifts from Ravenna to Florence. The last speakers of Carolinan Arabic in their native homeland die, leaving the diaspora community in Libya the last remaining fragment of this language.
145-146 A.D. (6/24/20) - The Sharifate of Mecca is granted independence by Byzantium, though under close supervision. The treaty of León transpires: Hispania becomes a vassal of New Portugal, gives up their claims on Galicia and cedes Byzantine-occupied territory to Byzantium. Mongolia continues expansion in Siberia. Constantinople expands beyond the Golden Horn further. Byzantium expands in Euskara. Mali loses control of their Southern Argentine holdings.
147-148 A.D. (6/28/20) - New Portugal declares war on Ireland, immediately occupying the island's west coast. Dublin is swiftly encircled and occupied by the New Portuguese, and Ireland surrenders; the country is annexed. Much of the inland parts of Mongolian Mexico are abandoned: New Portugal begins expanding in the remnants, and blocks off the remaining coastal Mongolians from expanding in the horseshoe. NP asks Hawaii for access to their ports: Hawaii refuses. New Portugal chooses to land on Nuku Iva and Peru.
149-156 A.D. (7/02/20) - New Portugal expands in the unclaimed area in Wisconsin between them and Mongolia, and declare war on the Haudenosaunee. Much turmoil happens in the Malian government after the death of Keita II and the ascension of Keita III, a child emperor. Libya takes advantage of this turmoil and invades from the north, but any further advances are cut short by threats from NP and Byzantium. The Gornja Tuzla inscription is uncovered, revealing more about the Banate of Bosnia. Abyssinia is now shown as an autonomous region in Libya. Byzantium joins the Eastern Alignment, and expands in Lower Pannonia; they are forced to retreat back to the Danubian line in defense of frequent Romanian and German raids.
156-160 A.D. (7/28/20) - New Portugal expands further into Mexico after Mongolia abandons it entirely. Prince Peter of Libya has a child with his wife, Joan of Scotland. Sarah III is believed to be dead after experiencing a heart attack, but miraculously survives. Cyprus becomes the center of Eastern Mediterannean trade. Byzantium expands in Helvetia. A mentally handicapped child by the name of "Logan" attempts to take control of a tribe in North Canada; he is laughed out and made to do grueling labor.
=== Bharati Era ===
160 A.D. (8/10/20) - The Great Mongolian Collapse occurs. Mongolia retreats from Northern Canada after failing to suppress Athabaskan uprisings, taking up defensive positions in Alaska. The Eskimo Empire becomes independent again. The Eastern seaboard descends into anarchy as the ossified, neglectful Mongolian leadership showcase their incompetence at domestic matters. The rest of Mongolian America and Brazil succumbs to native rebellions, angry at their lazy rulers. Not much effort is made to cull them; there is no way to do so regardless. Any remaining loyalists and native Mongolians flee to the Old World, leaving the lands mostly leaderless besides local native and non-native communities. The colonies in Africa, already de facto self-governing at this point, declare themselves independent. However, much bickering and arguing occurs over who should control what, and the lands descend into ruinous war.
Fulfilling the Russian Curse, the territories west of the Ural river collapse and become leaderless, owing to the massive distance between them and Kharkhorum. The Kingdom of Samoyedia collapses after disgruntled East Slavs, Komi and Tatar peoples rebel against the Nenet rulers, causing massive infighting and the complete and total collapse of their former system. Pataliputra falls to a revolt led by a man named Bimbisara, who declares the state of Magadha. They immediately begin consolidating their territory and expand outward to secure their position before pausing. The Malaya archipelago is abandoned completely. No nations would end up controlling Borneo for over two decades after. Many Turkic leaders rise up in Central Asia, but their incessant squabbling leads to the downfall of their fledgling states. Small khanates do pop up, but no noteworthy ones are formed. Persia is abandoned for unknown reasons, likely due to the harsh terrain and the people of the region, tired of their Mongol overlords incompetence, rebelling. Native uprisings in Indochina, as well as its rugged and dangerous terrain force the Mongolians to retreat from the region. The Maori quietly declare their independence in New Zealand.
In a desperate attempt at saving Mongolia from complete destruction, Arigh Khan awakens from his meditations and orders all loyalist Mongolian troops he can reach to come to the Mongolian mainland and quell any uprisings that might happen. China, as a result, falls completely to anarchy and warlordism. The Chinese rebel states in the former Colonial Empire do take some minor territories after declaring complete independence, but are otherwise forced to consolidate their positions. Mongolia survives in a reduced form, owning the region around their historical homeland, with a small Manchurian coastline.
New Portugal begins expanding in North America, eager to fill in the power vacuum created by Mongolia. They connect their territory in the Great Lakes to their mainland utilizing the Hollow Circle Phenomenon. Byzantium claims the coasts of the Sea of Azov. Magadha expands into the Bengal delta, and encircles Odisha and Jharkand, annexing them both. Byzantium agrees to split North America with New Portugal; everything east of the Ohio-Mississipi river is claimed by the Byzantines. New Portugal gradually expands to the Ohio river line, as well as to the north. Magadha expands up the Ganges, and encounters the Gupta Empire; they encircle the gap of territory between them, the Guptas and the Kushan remnants, and annex it; they would then go down the Burmese coast. 
161 A.D. (8/12/20) - Magadha expands up the Tsangpo river, where they would eventually ditch the idea and expand into the Himalayas. Byzantium lands on Virginia, and expands along the American coast; they eventually meet up with the New Portuguese on the Ohio river. After conquering the majority of the eastern seaboard's coast up to Rhode Island, the newly-formed colony merges with the Deep South, forming Byzantine America. The New Portuguese conquer all of NA west of the Ohio-Mississipi river, and expand into California. Magadha expands down the Burmese coast again, taking the Irrawaddy river delta. A deal is reached with the Byzantines: Everything above the 5th parallel north in the Malay Peninsula is claimed by Magadha. 
Magadha expands in a straight line to the Gulf of Tonkin, reaching the Pacific, and go down the Vietnamese, Khmer and Thai coasts, encircling the majority of Indochina and annexing it. 
162 A.D. (8/14/20) - Magadha conquers the coast of the Gulf of Tonkin and Hainan and encircles a chunk of Burma, annexing it. Magadha lands on Borneo, taking its northern coast, but complete annexation of the island is stopped by Byzantine threats. Magadha opts to border the Chinese Southern Protectorate instead. Byzantine conquers all of NA east of the Ohio-Mississipi river. Magadha invades the Chinese Southern Protectorate, although its war declaration doesn't reach them until a day after troops crossed into the country. New Portugal colonizes the islands of New Britain and New Ireland in Oceania and lands on New Guinea. The previously mentioned mentally handicapped child, Logan, attempts to take control of Canada and fails miserably after he trips and hits himself on the head. 
The Siberian Republic disintegrates for no discernable reason: refugees trekking into Sibir tell of an entity they name "Hakkaman." Bjørn II, his wife and his youngest son mysteriously die in the gulf of Ob after a diplomatic mission coinciding with the Siberian Republic's fall, leading to the collapse of the Himmel Empire. Sibir retreats from the gulf of Ob, due to the mass panic caused by both events. The "Hakkaman" is supposedly spotted by an explorer group from somewhere in East Asia. Their notes, written in Chinese-like characters, were found by Finnish explorers in the Yamal peninsula. It is believed they died due to the particularly cold temperatures during the 160s AD in the region. The remnants of the CSP surrender, and Magadha annexes the entire nation. Byzantium expands their Amazon colony to the south. Magadha encircles a large swath of land extending from the Tsangpo river's easternmost limb to Nanchang, and annexes it. Then, Magadha borders the Gupta Empire; the Guptas border Magadha back, and so on and so forth, leading to a horrible mess of border gore that stretches from the Himalayas to the coast of Iran. New Portugal encircles all of New Guinea and annexes it. 
163 A.D. (8/16/20) - Magadha attempts to expand down the Iranian coast, but is initially thwarted by a Gupta naval landing, leading to even more border gore. The gore stops at the strait of Hormuz after Byzantium denies the Gupta Empire access to the Persian Gulf. Keita III is assassinated by a Libyan spy; as he did not have any heirs during his life, the ensuing chaos results in the Malian loss of central Africa and La Plata, reducing it to a minor regional power. Soon after, his brother Suleyman Keita manages to emerge victorious in the power struggle, however he does not go after any of Mali's former territory. The spillover from the fall of La Plata is mostly nipped in the bud in the other South American colonies, but Patagonia collapses. The Colonials abandon Australia completely due to the logistical and financial stresses caused by its distance and relative uselessness; Kamchatka is wrested away from Colonial control as well after a native Itelmen uprising. Keita III's pregnant wife changes her name and goes into hiding, her son not knowing he was the son of Keita III until her son was in his 20's. 
New Portugal colonizes the Solomon islands as well as the remaining unclaimed islands in the pacific. Canada loses control of its Pacific coast. Magadha borders Byzantium for the first time after reaching Kuwait. New Portugal transfers to the Haudenosaunee thirty-three square kilometers of land that separated them from Michigan, and agrees to split the area with the Haudenosaunee. NP also borders Canada after expanding in America for a while: millions of Canada apologists around the world decry this to be a "rape." They also expand their Australian colony. Magadha makes a beeline from the Indian border gore to the Caspian sea, despite numerous Byzantine threats; they hug the southern coast and then border Byzantium, fully encircling Persia, and then conquer the entire coast of the Caspian. New Portugal expands into Cascadia. 
164 A.D. (8/18/20) - Magadha borders the Aral sea from the Caspian, and encircles a swath of China extending from Arunachal Pradesh to Hubei. Theodosius I of Byzantium dies of natural causes, and his heir, Maximus, succeeds the throne. New Portugal's tendril in the American Northwest reaches Alaska's Bering sea coast: The entire Anti-Canada-Rape association dies from a collective heart attack. Magadha declares war on the Jin Dynasty. After encircling 100,000 Jin soldiers near the border, a peace treaty is made: All lands south of a line stretching from Changzou to Zhoukou shall be annexed by Magadha, and a chunk of land stretching from Shangqiu to the Shandong peninsula shall be occupied for as long as Magadha wants. 
Magadha lands on Northwest Australia, and begins taking its coast. New Portugal conquers much of Southwest Alaska. 
165 A.D. (8/20/20) - New Portugal expands in Australia, taking most of the Northern Territory and North Kimberley. Magadha encircles vast amounts of territory in central Asia, conquering parts of Southwest Kazakhstan and most of Uzebekistan. New Portuguese Australia is released as a vassal of New Portugal. 
166 A.D. (8/22/20) - Magadha conquers most of Turkmenistan and West and Central Kazakhstan. New Portugal conquers all of Kimberley. 
167 A.D. (8/24/20) - Maximus I's wife gives birth to a boy, whom they name Alexander; he is chosen to inherit the Byzantine throne upon Maximus' death. Magadha encircles territory in Kazakhstan. Libya conquers the Comoros and lands on the northern shores of Madagascar. New Portugal expands in South America. Magadha conquers much territory in Western Australia, prompting the New Portuguese to respond by making their own encirclements. Magadha begins bordering New Portugal's territories in Australia. New Portugal then decides to go down the former border of the Western Australian province, effectively blocking Magadha from further expansion into the continent, even after attempts to cut off the New Portuguese line. Byzantium lands on Shark Bay in an attempt to cut off Magadha, but the landing is swiftly encircled. Another landing on Geraldton succeeds in penetrating inland, forcing Magadha to expand close to New Portugal's line. After encircling a chunk of Australia, Magadha succeeds in halting further Byzantine advancement through repeated insults. New Portugal takes the rest of South Australia's coast. Magadha encircles territory north of the border gore with the Gupta empire. New Portugal begins taking the coast of New South Wales, but Magadha lands there first. New Portugal decides to encircle Central Australia instead. Bimbisara declares his only son, Yadunandan, to be the heir to the throne of Magadha. 
168 A.D. (8/26/20) - Magadha continues to expand in NSW, encircling large sections of the region. New Portugal annexes the regions that it previously encircled in Australia, and encircles a large section of the US west coast, annexing it. Magadha reaches the southern coast of Western Australia, pushing further along the coast until they reach Byzantium's land at Geraldton. New Portugal expands to the UP, near Quebec. Magadha encircles and annexes the rest of Western Australia. 
New Portugal pushes along the border with the Canadians, to prevent Quebec from going any further east if they overrun Canada. Byzantium slightly expands their North American colony. Magadha lands in New Zealand, with Byzantium alerting New Portugal to this "threat". New Portugal, rather than risk creating more border gore, opts instead to continue bordering Canada rather than following Magadha, allowing them to take over the rest of New Zealand. New Portugal reaches the Hudson Bay, but chooses to expand their line connecting to it rather than continue up the coast, due to fears of the Eskimo Empire. Magadha lands in Chile and quickly takes the majority of its coastline, expanding inland to Argentina. New Portugal encircles a section of British Columbia, adjacent to their northwest tendril. 
169 A.D. (8/28/20) - Magadha continues encircling territory in Argentina. New Portugal encircles and annexes land in Alaska, before switching focus to South America, bordering Libya's colony. Byzantium expands slightly in Brazil. Magadha encircles large sections of Patagonia and annexes it, reaching the Atlantic Ocean. Quebec invades Newfoundland from the north. 
170 A.D. (8/30/20) - New Portugal continues bordering Libya's South American colony. Magadha conquers all of Patagonia and Chile and begins expanding towards northeast Argentina. 
171 A.D. (9/01/20) - Ditto for New Portugal and Magadha. 
172 A.D. (9/10/20) - Ditto for New Portugal and Magadha. Libya expands its colony in North Madagascar. Byzantium expands its South American colony to the south. 
173 A.D. (9/12/20) - Magadha conquers most of Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay and expands into Brazil, eventually using encirclements. New Portugal finishes blocking off Libya in SA, ensuring that they won't expand there, and lands on the Coats and Mansel islands in the Arctic before occupying the southern and eastern coasts of Baffin island and finally landing on the southern tip of Greenland. 
174 A.D. (9/18/20) - New Portugal continues expanding in southern Greenland. Magadha continues expanding into South America, while New Portugal shifts their focus towards South America, encircling parts of Brazil. Both Magadha and New Portugal begin competing for territory in Brazil, with both of them annexing large sections of Brazil. New Portugal reaches the Atlantic in SA, cutting off Magadha and forcing them to expand inland instead. Byzantium expands to the south in Brazil again. 
175 A.D (9/22/20) - Magadha and New Portugal continue expanding in SA, annexing most unclaimed lands between them. 
176 A.D (9/24/20) - Magadha and New Portugal annex all remaining unclaimed land between them, with New Portugal expanding a bit in Alaska. Byzantium continues expanding in Brazil. Magadha expands into Afghanistan and Tajikistan. New Portugal expands towards Byzantium's border in South America. Sarah III passes away, with her son Peter taking over the First Libyan Empire. Following his ascension, Libya expands around Lake Chad. New Portugal lands in Angola, and quickly takes most of the remaining coastline. 
177 A.D (9/26/20) - New Portugal continues expanding in Africa, but is cut off from the interior and the east coast by Libya, likely in an attempt to prevent them from reaching the Okavango Delta. This succeeds, and Libya encircles a large portion of land beyond the line while New Portugal annexes most of the territory on their side. Byzantium yet again continues to expand in Brazil. The Daigo Dynasty, after staying dormant for some time following their rise, begin expanding into Siberia. Following this, they declare war on Korea and land near Busan, pushing up through the peninsula to Chungnam and reaching Seoul. After Pyongyang fell, most Korean forces fled to the north for their last stand before surrendering. 
They also declare war on the Manchus, while Magadha continues expanding in Afghanistan, annexing the rest of it. Magadha begins an ambitious plan to annex the gap between Central Asia and China, while the Daigo Dynasty annexes the Manchu state. New Portugal continues expanding in their African colony. The Daigo Dynasty begins encircling part of Manchuria. Magadha pushes all the way from Uzbekistan to China, reaching their land near the Jin Dynasty. New Portugal lands near the Congo and begins expanding there, pushing all the way up to Nigeria. The Daigo Dynasty continues expanding in Siberia, more specifically Kamchatka. After this, they bizarrely colonize Vancouver Island. Magadha continues dividing its encirclement, while New Portugal takes land in North America up to the Yukon River. Magadha takes the remaining land between them and Byzantium. New Portugal encircles the regions of British Colombia, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. Statbot is added to the server. 
178 A.D (9/28/20) - Magadha annexes their encircled regions, and New Portugal annexes the Canadian pocket. Byzantium expands in Brazil yet again. Magadha annexes the final encircled land in China. The Daigo Dynasty continues expanding in Kamchatka. New Portugal begins expanding into northern Canada, before beginning to create a large encirclement in northern Canada. 
179 A.D (9/30/20) - New Portugal continues creating their large encirclement. Byzantium expands in Brazil, before Magadha lands in west Africa, prompting Byzantium to make a colony on the Niger delta. Both Magadha and Byzantium expand in the region, with Magadha expanding faster than Byzantium. Libya expands along the Congo River. After bordering, Magadha attempts to block off Byzantium, with Byzantium responding by blocking him from going above their colony. While this may have seemed to have stopped Magadha from bordering them further, Magadha responded by landing on the Gabon coastline. 
Magadha begins to cover Byzantium's colony, with Libya joining in to stop them by landing south of them and covering their colony. This results in Magadha covering their colony instead, only for Libya to cover them again. Byzantium also covers part of their Gabon colony. Libya moves above Magadha's colony, nearly reaching Mali before Magadha temporarily stalls them from going further, with Libya soon after choosing instead to go around their small panhandle and invade Mali once more. Magadha begins to move towards Mali's border. Libya pushes up the Niger River, reaching Gao. After declaring that they will "protect Malian lands", Magadha moves into southern Mali. Libya captures the capital of Mali, Timbuktu. Magadha cuts through south Mali, reaching unclaimed territory in Mauritania. 
Magadha follows the unclaimed territory up to the Gambia River, when they begin pushing to the coast, and then move along it, exiting Malian territory. New Portugal finishes their large encirclement, and begins dividing it. Magadha begins to encircle lands between them and Mali. New Portugal continues dividing their encirclement, while Magadha annexes lands between them and Mali. The Rhine Republic is founded, and begins expanding into surrounding regions. New Portugal annexes large sections of northern Canada. The Rhine Republic creates a colony in Nova Scotia. New Portugal encircles parts of the Yukon and Alaska, before moving on to the Northwest Territories. Magadha expands in west Africa. The Rhine Republic expands into France. Libya continues their invasion of Mali, before asking them to surrender, which the Malians deny. 
The Rhine Republic creates the first Bolt action rifle. New Portugal continues in northern NA, while Magadha fills in land near Byzantium in west Africa. New Portugal annexes the rest of Alaska and moves towards the Eskimo Empire and the Quebecan Empire. Magadha fills in land between them and Libya. Tensions between the Rhine Republic and Gauls rise. Magadha begins creating encirclements in the north Caucasus, which upsets Byzantium. Soon after, Magadha continues by pushing towards the Black Sea. Libya finally manages to convince the rest of Mali to surrender to them. Byzantium responds to Magadha by closing off the Circassian coastline, preventing Magadha from accessing it. 
180 A.D (10/1/20) - New Portugal lands on Borneo, and begins encircling land there, only to be nearly cut off by Magadha. After expanding into more of the east coast, Magadha finally cuts off NP's colony. Despite this, New Portugal chooses to land in the only open section of Borneo. Libya turns their Malian territory into an autonomous region. New Portugal expands deep into Borneo, however they are fully cut off by Magadha. After this, New Portugal instead decides to land in Manchuria, pushing south from their landing into inner Manchuria. They also improve the Fortress of New Lisbon. The Rhine Republic declares war on the Gauls. New Portugal begins expanding further south from Manchuria, reaching into lands above the Jin Dynasty. Magadha, noticing New Portugal approaching them, expand along the border of the Jin before creating a line all the way to Mongolia. New Portugal responds by making a line of their own south of Magadha's, before Magadha closes off the path. After this, Magadha shifts their focus back to the Caucasus, encircling territory there before creating a line north of Byzantium's land in Ukraine, presumably to block them. 
Following these events, Byzantium attempts to convince Romania to join them, offering them "extra autonomy" which they accepted the second time most likely due to them feeling pressured. Magadha expands a bit in Africa, before creating more circles in Caucasia and bordering Byzantium. Byzantium expands further into South Africa and also in France. Libya borders Magadha in Africa. Libya also reaches the end of the Congo river, and begins dividing the Congo basin. Magadha finishes conquering the land between them and Byzantium. After the Daigo Dynasty notices New Portugal landing near them, they begin demanding that they leave Manchuria. They also declare war on the Jin Dynasty, pushing from Korea towards Beijing. Magadha continues encircling land in Africa. New Portugal expands on Baffin Island. 
New Portugal and Daigo agree to a deal: The Daigo Dynasty obtains the New Portuguese colony in Manchuria, but NP still has military access, with their citizens being able to start business there. Libya continues annexing pockets in the Congo, before bordering New Portugal's bizarrely-shaped colony. Daigo continues to invade the Jin Dynasty, capturing the majority of the northern half of the country. Daigo also attempts to get Mongolia to join them to create "Japongol" however this fails due to protests by both the Byzantines and Mongols. The Rhine Republic begins invading the Gauls, capturing parts of Normandy. Bimbisara declares that Magadha changes its name to the Empire of Bharat. The Rhinish Republic continues their war effort against the Gauls, taking key cities such as Paris and Val de loire. They emerge victorious, and annex the Gaul Kingdom. This ends the dual administration agreement between New Portugal and Gaul for the region of Brittany, putting all of the peninsula under the colonial power of New Portugal after a easy seizure of the region. New Portugal, following this, annexes the vast majority of Baffin Island, and expands towards Byzantium in SA. Bharat annexes the rest of Borneo. 
181 A.D (10/4/20) - Bimbisara makes a direct call to continue expansions into Indonesia and Africa, which brings them into brief diplomatic conflict with the First Libyan Empire as well as the Byzantine Empire. New Portugal decides to further their advances into the Amazon, and then decide to gain yet another European foothold in the form of the southern Norwegian coastline. This propels them into brief conflict with the Byzantine Empire, however after brief threats, tensions disperse and peace continues. The First Libyan Empire sends soldiers into and annexes the Congolese rainforests, putting Central Africa firmly under their guiding hand. They then decide to one-up their rivals in Constantinople by making a naval landing in the Netherlands, despite Byzantine protests. The reason for this was likely to limit the extent of Byzantine influence within Northern Europe along with New Portugal. 
In the east, The Daigo Dynasty continues their invasion of the Jin Dynasty, occupying most of the north Chinese plain and capturing key cities like Tianjin, Beijing, and others. They then further their American presence by expanding through the Aluetian island chain after sailing out from Siberia. The Rhinish Republic petitions Byzantium to cede them the remaining French region of Occitania, however it fails and diplomatic relations sour, and then precede to briefly fall out. This however does not last long, and Byzantium continues a peaceful existence with the Rhinish Republic, although tense with the known fact of their want of Byzantine lands. In Eastern Europe, the Holy Slavic Republic forms around Moscow and instantly begins talking with the Byzantine Empire over matters such as the ever increasing Bharati presence on the European continent. However, Slavia then cuts off diplomatic channels for some unknown reason. The Daigo Dynasty defeats the Jin Dynasty and annexes them. 
182 A.D (10/6/20) - After defeating the Jin, the Daigo Dynasty chooses to expand into Siberia. The Empire of Bohemia forges a identity for itself in the Czech basin, and immediately begins to expand east into the Magyar lands and improve their capital of Prague. They attempt to gain warm relations with the Byzantine Empire, however these attempts were largely ignored by Constantinople. The Kingdom of Estonia forms a local administration, and enters a period of relatively peaceful diplomatic silence and isolation, perhaps focusing on improving the previously deserted and neglected lands they called home. The nation of the Karelian Empire forms in Karelia in South East Finlannd, and begins expanding across much of the Finnish lands nearby, taking important cities such as St. Petersburg and Helsinki, solidifying themselves as the local Finnish power. 
183 A.D (10/8/20) - Karelia expands towards Lake Beloye, before suddenly stopping all expansion for the foreseeable future. Around the same time, the nation of Estonia fades from most historical records for unknown reasons. Slavia expands south, bordering Bharat. The Rhine Republic stops all expansion due to internal issues. The Daigo Dynasty expands into Siberia. The last known speaker of Carolinian Arabic passes away, leaving the language extinct. While some did know some words of the language even after his passing, he was the only one who could speak it fluently. 
184 A.D (10/10/20) - The Daigo Dynasty expands further into Siberia. Over on the other end of Eurasia, Slavia re-opens itself to the world briefly and expands southwards from Moscow, towards the Volga River. Both Karelia and Estonia collapse suddenly. 
185 A.D (10/12/20) - The Rhine Republic collapses due to the previously mentioned internal issues. Due to this, New Portugal expands out from Brittany and into Normandy, Val de Loire, and Ile De France, annexing their section of France. At the same time, the Byzantine Empire conquers the vast majority of Rhine's remaining territories, stopping at the Rhine itself. On the other side of Europe, Bharat begins massive expansions into Europe, expanding up into Ukraine, Bylorussia, and the Baltics, before finishing off by expanding into Finland. Bharat then traversed the Baltic Sea and landed on the coast of Pomerania, and then preceded to conquer most of Germany. The Daigo Dynasty continues to expand into the Far East of Siberia. Bharat expands further into Finland, before choosing to continue expanding near Mongolia in Asia, before swooping south to encircle most of Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Ningxia, and Qinghai. Neew Portugal expands along the coast of Greenland. The People's Party, a revolutionary group in the regions of Estonia and Finland, sends an ultimatum to Bharat. After much negotiating, the Republic of Gohelm becomes independent, with Oleksiy Ruslanovich becoming its leader. After becoming independent, Gohelm expands towards Scottish Murmansk. They also expand towards Sweden. Bharat divides their encircled region in China. 
186 A.D (10/14/20) - Gohelm annexes the land between them and Scottish Murmansk. New Portugal continues expanding in Greenland. Gohelm declares war on Sweden, and begins pushing into Norrbotten and Lapland. Bharat continues to divide their encircled area and annexes all of it. Daigo continues expanding in Siberia. Bharat then begins to expand towards Sibir, angering Byzantium. After many threats from them, they choose to continue creating encirclements in Kazakhstan, before creating a line towards their land up near Mongolia, encircling a large chunk of central Asia, dividing it. Daigo borders Sibir in Siberia, while also annexing parts of a section of land between them. 
== Era of Imperialism (187 A.D - 222 A.D) ==
=== Second Worlda War Era ===
187 A.D (10/16/20) - Daigo expands into Siberia. Bharat declares war on Byzantium, with a goal of 'total extermination of the Byzantine concept, culture and peoples". This is swiftly met with a response from Byzantium declaring war on them for "bordering them in Africa and Europe, as well as bordering their allies" likely referring to the border gore. Bharat begins by pushing past the Danube into Bulgarian lands, before being countered by a massive offensive centered in Ukraine, Moldova, and Russia. New Portugal declares war on Bharat in response for declaring war on their ally, and pushes through Borneo to Cambodia. Bharat pushes back in Moldova, while Libya borders Byzantium in Mauritania. Byzantium counters Bharat by pushing into Romania, and cutting off all of Bharat's eastern European holdings temporarily. New Portugal continues pushing in Cambodia. The link between eastern Europe and Bharat is re-established, before shortly after being cut off yet again. 
Libya declares war on Bharat to obtain Mali, and begins pushing into Malian lands, before switching sides after Bharat promises to gift them all of Mali after the war ends. Libya pushes into Sicily, before being pushed back by Byzantium. Bharat breaks through in Ukraine and reaches the Black Sea. Bimbisara moves to an unspecified area in central Asia with his family. Libya lands in Albania, while Bharat and Byzantium continue their stalemate in the Sea of Azov. Gohelm continues invading Sweden. Byzantium attempts to privately sway Libya back to their side, to no avail. Bharat breaks the stalemate, reaching Crimea. Byzantium responds by pushing back both Bharat and Libya, leaving Bharat unable to reach the Sea of Azov temporarily before they reach it yet again. The stalemate between Bharat, Libya and Byzantium continues. New Portugal temporarily moves their capital to Anchorage. They stay neutral for the rest of the war. Libya invades part of Algeria. Byzantium makes a large push into Ukraine, but is quickly pushed back by Bharat. After this, the stalemate continues again for a while. Libya temporarily pushes as far as Macedonia, but is countered by Byzantium and pushed back to Albania. This repeats for a while. Daigo expands into Siberia. Gohelm continues invading Sweden, occupying nearly half the country. The stalemate of the Second Worlda War continues yet again. 
188 A.D (10/18/20) - Bharat annexes their final central Asian hole. Gohelm continues invading Sweden. After staying dormant for quite some time, Slavia expands south yet again. Daigo continues expanding into Siberia, before declaring war on Sibir, pushing past the Lena River. Bharat pushes along the coast of Ukraine, only to be repelled fully. The aforementioned stalemate continues. 
189 A.D (10/20/20) - Gohelm continues invading Sweden again. Daigo continues invading Sibir, conquering most of their lands. During one of Bimbisara's bizarre ramblings about Bharat's invincibility in Pataliputra, a member of the nobility shoots and kills him. Following the news of his death spreading, many ethnic groups of Bharat take this opportunity and rebel. The Rhinish, Lithuanians, Belarusians, Ukrainians, Nogais, Kazakhs, Persians, Uzbeks, Afghans, Uyghurs, Mongols, Tibetans, Chinese, Laotians, and Burmese all revolt in certain areas, and form their own nations, carving out regions of Bharat. The entirety of the front against Byzantium is abandoned. Several generals carve out their own unstable despotates near the former front lines, many of which immediately succumb to internal strife. Yadunandan takes over, and despite being secretly grateful for his father's death, declares that the Empire of Bharat will not fall. Libya immediately orders all troops in Byzantine territories to retreat. As well, the Bharati colonies of South America, West Africa, and both Australian colonies are abandoned due to the chaos, with smaller successor states popping up. Bharat, however, still maintained a small strip of land in west Africa for unknown reasons. 
190 A.D (10/22/20) - The transfer of Norway from Bharat to Gohelm is completed, with Bharat proceeding to withdraw all forces back to the Ganges basin to the best of their abilities. Gohelm also continues their invasion of Sweden, encircling parts of western Sweden. New Portugal expands into South America following Bharat's abandonment of its colony there. Slavia expands yet again, despite it being believed the nation collapsed. Gohelm finally takes Stockholm, and annexes all of Sweden's lands. After winning against Sweden, Gohelm expands south from Finland into Russian lands. Slavia begins to encircle a piece of land east of Moscow. Daigo continues invading the Sibir Khanate. 
191 A.D (10/24/20) - Gohelm continues expanding south from Borobinsk. After losing large chunks of their land to uprisings as well as Daigo themselves, the Sibir Khanate surrenders and is annexed into Japanese Siberia. The nation of La Plata is founded from the ruins of Bharati SA, with it beginning to expand into neighboring regions. All remaining Bharati forces fully withdraw to the Ganges basin, leaving large chunks of Asia unoccupied. Daigo expands into the Lena delta. Gohelm asks the nation of Lithuania to join them, but following them declining, they declare war on Lithuania. They surrender soon after most of Latvia falls. Gohelm then expands north, encircling and annexing some of Scandinavia. 
The First Libyan Empire gets into a heated dispute with the Byzantine Empire, Bharati Empire, and Gohelm over their deal with Bharat, which they believed gifted them all of Bharati West Africa, when the documents in reality only mentioned Mali's former territories that Bharat took. This makes the nation massively unpopular, with New Portugal also agreeing with the Byzantines, Bharatans, and Gohelmans. This causes the creation of the Unified Global Alliance, formed to counter Libya. The alliance declares war against the First Libyan Empire, starting the War on Libya. Bharat pushes from Zanzibar to Tanzania, Gohelm invades their land in Norway, and Byzantium invades Egypt. Strangely, Libya chooses to continue expanding into West Africa. New Portugal invades Libya's part of the Yucatan peninsula. Libya, finally realizing their situation, surrenders. While they surrendered all their land to Gohelm, they chose to divide Libya amongst them and their allies. 
The Borobinsk Conference takes place to end the war: Byzantium takes Tunisia, Sardinia, and part of Morocco. Egypt becomes an autonomous area. Gohelm takes the Congo, Somalia, part of Norway, and Venezuela. New Portugal takes all of Libya's Central American territories, and also forces Libya's demilitarization for the foreseeable future, with their later military being significantly weaker and smaller. Bharat claims the Maldives, Zanzibar, Tanzania and Kenya's coast, part of Mozambique and northwestern Madagascar. Libya is completely reduced to a small section of the Maghreb, modern-day Libya. All of Libya's other territories are abandoned entirely. 
New Portugal encircles a region north of their Gabon colony, fixing the border gore previously there. Bharat takes minor islands in the Indian Ocean. Byzantium encircles and annexes minor parts of west Africa. Slavia finishes their previously mentioned encirclement near Moscow. Slavia then declares war on Sarmantia, invading northern Ukraine. Iceland collapses, with Gohelm landing in the east of the island. New Portugal expands in Greenland. Gohelm encircles most of Iceland. Bharat begins encircling and annexing parts of Madagascar. Gohelm annexes all of Iceland, before conquering part of Svalbard. They also land on eastern Greenland, creating a puppet state there. They then begin expanding throughout eastern Scandinavia, annexing the remaining land outside of their control. The Incan Empire forms out of Libyan Peru, with them expanding outwards. Gohelm finishes annexing Svalbard, and begins focusing on Greenland. After expanding their puppet to a decent size, they land on Newfoundland. The Incans, after creating a small colony near Chile, declare war on the North Chilean Empire out of fear that they would expand in their way. 
192 A.D (10/26/20) - Gohelm continues to expand on Newfoundland. Bharat continues expanding in Madagascar. The Incans continue invading Chile. La Plata expands towards the southern Chileans. Slavia continues invading Sarmantia, cutting their territory in half. La Plata and the Incans create an alliance known as the South American Union. The Sarmantian soldiers stationed in the east, realizing their dire situation, flee into open territory eastward. Nogai soldiers capture some of them. Slavia offers to ransom the prisoners, but Nogai is unable to quickly reply. The Dyulan Empire forms in west Africa. Inca defeats the North Chilean Empire, and begins connecting to their main territory up north. Gohelm lands in Nova Scotia, annexing most of it. Gohelm then declares war on Quebec, citing violation of water zones. After a successful landing at Sept-Iles, large parts of central Quebec fall. 
The Incan Empire connects their land in Chile to their mainland, and begins encircling land in the Amazon area. The Patagonian Federation forms. Quebec surrenders to Gohelm. The Incan Empire begins expanding into Ecuador, while Gohelm expands in Venezuela. La Plata expands southwards, while Inca finishes their encirclement in Ecuador. The Kazakh Khanate declares war on the Nogai Khanate to take their coast on the Caspian. Gohelm expands into Colombia. Bharat finishes taking all of Madagascar. The Incan Empire encircles far into the Amazon River's basin. After expanding near New Portugal's colony in Bolivia, the Incan Empire along with La Plata declare war on the Chilean Union. Gohelm expands in Somalia. Dacia forms in Romania. The invasion of the Chilean Union mysteriously stops, despite it going well earlier. Patagonia also mysterious collapses. 
Gohelm chooses to then expand in the Congo. Inca connects a small colony of theirs in Colombia to their mainland. Gohelm expands in Estonia and Latvia. Sarmantia falls to Slavia. Gohelm declares war on the Kazakh Khanate for attacking its ally Nogai. They then declare war on Nogai for not handing over the Sarmantian soldiers back to Slavia. They trek across a large part of Russia and invade the two khanates. The two khanates eventually surrender and both are annexed by Gohelm, who gifts the territory to Slavia. Gohelm expands into the Novaya Zemlya archipelago, and takes much of the Barents Sea coastline of Russia. Inca begins encircling more of the Amazon, while Gohelm expands towards Slavia's northern borders. Slavia encircles part of Russia, making their connection to Kazakhstan larger. 
193 A.D (10/28/20) - Gohelm continues expanding towards Slavia. Daigo takes the last remaining unoccupied area near the Lena delta. The Incans continue encircling into the Amazon. The Empire of Bharat collapses. 
=== First Finnish Era ===
194 A.D (10/30/20) - Gohelm expands in the Congo. The Incans continue expaning into the Amazon. Gohelm declares war on England for illegal fishing activities in their waters, and invades them. They also expand in Greenland. Gohelm peacefully annexes Denmark. Gohelm changes their name to the Empire of Scandinavia. Scandinavia expands towards Slavia. Kel Ahaggar forms in southern Algeria. Scandinavia expands into the Philippines. Scotland becomes a vassal state to Scandinavia. Kel Ahaggar declares war on Chad. Dacia collapses. Scandinavia expands into Germany, and also finishes off filling in their eastern border with Slavia. Gohelm also expands in the Congo. Kel Ahaggar annexes Chad. 
195 A.D (11/02/20) - Oleksiy Ruslanovich is pronounced dead after a stroke. His friend Rostyslav becomes the new leader of Scandinavia. Kel Ahaggar expands along their border with Libya. 
196 A.D (11/04/20) - Kel Ahaggar and Scandinavia continue expanding in Chad and Congo respectively. Kel Ahaggar declares war on Libya. Byzantium then declares war on Libya as well. Kel Ahaggar collapses after the main tribes, unsatisfied with the state of the war, rebel. The Satavahana Empire forms. The Daigo Dynasty experiences massive turmoil following Go-Daigo's failure to prevent rebellions in Siberia and China, resulting in the loss of most of their mainland Asian holdings. 
197 A.D (11/06/20) - The Satavahana Empire begins expanding towards the east Indian coastline. Maximus dies of a fatal heart attack, with his son becoming the new emperor. 
198 A.D (11/08/20) - The Satavahana Empire continues expanding in south India. Scandinavia creates a colony in China, and begins expanding it. 
199 A.D (11/10/20) - The Siberian Junta forms. Scandinavia lands in south China. Scandinavia then expands into Germany. New Portugal expands in northern Canada. Afghanistan forms. Scandinavia declares war on Prussia. After their leader dies in their capital, they surrender. Scandinavia also declares war on Poland. Poland themselves soon surrender after a quick invasion. Scandinavia declares war on and invades the Rhine Republic following a terrorist threat from them, followed by Rhinish soldiers firing at Scandinavians. 
200 A.D (11/12/20) - Scandinavia continues its invasion of the Second Rhine Republic. Satavahana continues expanding in the Indian subcontinent. The Rhine Republic surrenders, with Gohelm expanding out from their former territory. Scandinavia annexes their Greenlandic puppet, and creates a new Chinese puppet state. Slavia encircles part of Russia on the Volga. Scandinavia's Chinese puppet is blockaded by Daigo, leading to a declaration of war. The Koreans rise up following this, and remove Daigo control from Korea. Taiwan falls to Scandinavia, with Kyushu also being captured soon after. Parts of Honshu also fall, as well as Shikoku. 
201 A.D (11/14/20) - Killian announces Samuel II's death, which occurred several years before. Scandinavia dissolves the United Eastern Sphere due to Slavia's hibernation. Scandinavia continues invading Japan, and also becomes a monarchy, with Ivan becoming the crown prince. The Daigo Dynasty, after being pushed all the way to Hokkaido, finally surrenders. Rostyslav vanishes from Borobinsk, leaving only a note. Ivan becomes the new emperor of Scandinavia. Rostyslav flees to Byzantium under the name Theseus Alexander Alanis. Ajax Ruslanovich appears in Stockholm, claiming to be the son of Oleksiy and demanding the throne. The kingdoms of Sweden, Denmark, and Norway believe Ajax and join in his rebellion. Ivan is sent to Quebec to avoid the chaos of mainland Scandinavia. 
Denmark becomes a battlefield between the two sides. While Denmark does fall, Ajax's forces take over most of Denmark shortly after. They also land in Germany. Following Ajax recapturing Denmark, Poland joins Ajax's side. Poland is attacked by Ivan, however this does not prevent the massive rise in support for Ajax. The kingdoms of Germany, Finland and Belarus all suddenly join Ajax, turning the tide of the war. The remaining Ivan-supporting regions are swiftly seized by Ajax's forces, including Quebec. Ivan and Nina are captured and executed. Ajax reveals that Theseus Alanis is Rostyslav, and asks Byzantium to apprehend him and hand him over to Finland. After they refuse to comply, Finnish agents capture him. He is dragged off to Svalbard and never heard from again. The Siberian Junta transforms into the Siberian Kingdom following the purging of its generals. Ajax announces his marriage to Chiyo, a woman from Japan. The Banat Empire forms, and begins expanding towards the Black Sea. They take most of the remaining coastline on the sea. Igor Ruslanovich is born, becoming the heir to Finland. Banat fills in most of the unclaimed territory in Romania and Ukraine, with help from Finland. Maximus's wife passes away at the age of 83. Banat establishes a colony in Nigeria. 
202 A.D (11/16/20) - Banat expands their colony in Nigeria. A man named "Mario" from Italy crosses the Sahara, and attempts to take control of a part of Mali. He is laughed at and is forced to return home. Finland establishes a colony in Australia, at Perth. They begin expanding rapidly in Australia. Finland gifts Hokkaido and the Kurils to the Siberian Kingdom. The Second Malian Empire forms, and begins expanding towards a coastline. The European Union forms between Finland, Byzantium and Banat. Finland colonizes Liberia. New Portugal chooses to abandon large chunks of its North American land, citing difficulties in governing the vast and sparsely populated northwestern region of the continent. Banat expands in mainland Europe, attempting to annex the remaining territory unclaimed near their borders. Satavahana expands north. 
203 A.D (11/18/20) - Finland expands in Australia. Satavahana expands north again. Byzantium gifts a portion of their territory in northern France, Belgium, and the Netherlands. The Incans continue to expand in the Amazon. Due to miscommunications, the Incans attempting to encircle a large part of the Amazon begin creating a swirl instead. The Eurasian Line begins being built, to connect most of Europe. Finland begins a transfer of Somalia to Axum, with Axum attempting to connect to Somalia. 
204 A.D (11/20/20) - Barnibad accidentally discovers air travel while experimenting with his glider. Finland continues expanding in Australia. The Incans continue in the Amazon. Axum continues expanding to Somalia. The San Federation forms. The Siberian Kingdom expands into Manchuria. I1 of the Eurasian Line is fully completed, allowing for the completion of the other major branches. Slavia loses all of their Central Asian lands due to uprisings from the Kazakhs. All of Western Australia is annexed by Finland. I12 is also completed. Banat expands in Nigeria. Satavahana expands north again. 
205 A.D (11/22/20) - Finland fully integrates the Czech basin into the nation, becoming the newest kingdom. The first automatic firearm is developed in Finland. Siberia continues expanding into Manchuria. Finland expands into Korea. I-14 and I-10 are finished. Barnibad's friend Josef invents the first car. I-13 is completed. Byzantine resources meant for agriculture were instead sent to the Eurasian Line. I-15 and I-16 are completed due to this, however Agamemnon Ambrosia is fired. Aallotar Koskinen vanishes from northern Finland. He is spotted in several cities across the EU. Korea is fully conquered by Finland. Finland transforms Korea into a joint vassal state between them and Siberia. Uganda forms. Ajax announces the liberation of China. Aallotar reappears once again in Borobinsk. He demanded to see the emperor, claiming to have discovered a plot to collapse the empire. He then supposedly shot and killed Ajax, Chiyo and Igor. He instead killed low level royals and bribed the press to tell everyone that it was the royal family. With Ajax and Aallotar, along with their families escaping Finland, they fled to Byzantium. Finland completely collapses and is left with only a small section of their empire left. The Chinese Empire forms out of Finnish China. 
=== Pax Sinae ===
206 A.D (11/24/20) - The Chinese Empire expands in west in southern China. The San Federation dissolves. The Incans finally begin cleaning up their lines in the Amazon. The Russian Tsardom forms, and begins expanding towards Finland. The Chinese Empire and Siberian Kingdom both expand towards the Bohai Sea. Timor forms, and expands west. The Safavids begin expanding north and northwest. The Timorese continue expanding further west, reaching Sumatra. China begins encircling west. The Triple Coalition forms between China, Timor and the Safavids. The Safavids expand east. Banat expands in Nigeria. Siberia continues encircling into Manchuria, while China pushes north nearby towards Mongolia. The Safavids land in Yemen, before also landing in Mecca. They continue to expand both their mainland, and their colonies. They also attempt to acquire a piece of land on the tip of Kamchatka, however, the extreme weather and remoteness of the area forces them to abandon all plans soon after. China continues pushing westward. Timor continues expanding in the Malay Peninsula. The Safavids declare war on the Uzbeks after bordering them. The Incans expand into the remaining section of the swirl in the Amazon. The Safavids continue invading the Uzbek Khanate. 
207 A.D (11/26/20) - The nation of Zhao is founded in Kamchatka. China continues to push westward again. The Safavids continue invading the Uzbeks. Timor continues expanding in Borneo. The Incan Empire fully annexes the remains of the swirl. China annexes a portion of Laos and Vietnam. New Portugal retreats from Borneo. The Yup'ik form a tribal confederation in southern Alaska, and begin expanding. The Tsardom of Russia continues expanding into neighboring lands. The Siberian Kingdom continues expanding into Manchuria. All Uzbek forces retreat past the Syr Darya. The Tsardom of Russia declares war on Finland. The Chinese Empire and its allies declare war on the Siberian Kingdom. Despite this, the nation expands in Manchuria. The Chinese invade the Liaodong peninsula. All of Uzbekistan surrenders to the Safavids. Siberia pushes the Chinese off the Liaodong peninsula and invades along the Bohai Sea, however the Chinese launch a counterattack, taking the Liaodong peninsula back and push Siberia back. The Siberians manage to hold the Chinese off at the border for a short while, but are unable to take back Liaodong. A stalemate begins, with both sides unable to decisively defeat each other. 
The Tsardom of Russia invades southeastern Finland. Political unrest begins to grow within China, mostly due to the growth of the Communist movement lead by Mao Zedong. China also begins industrializing, and finishes research on the plane and car, with mass production beginning. Timor invades Siberia through South Korea, but is unable to make any major advancements. Satavahana expands north. The Safavids expand their colony. They also begin expanding around the Durrani. The Incans begin expanding into Colombia. The Safavids establish a colony on Madagascar. The Baltic Union forms. After nearly half a year of a total standstill, China and Siberia agree to a white peace. 
The car industry begins in Shanghai. Model cars are also sent to Siberia, Timor, Persia and Constantinople. Siberia continues expanding into Outer Manchuria and later Siberia. China continues westward, creating a large encirclement in central China. Mongolia, after having fallen into a deep slumber for over half a century, begins expanding again. The Chinese Empire is overthrown by communists, with Mao becoming the new leader of China. The Safavids begin expanding past the Indus after fully encircling the Durrani Empire. The Tsardom of Russia continues invading Finland. Communists take control over the Tsardom of Russia. New Portugal begins expanding into Australia yet again. The Timorese continue their expansion across the Malay archipelago. China expands into Burma, and then into the Ganges delta. China seizes the island of Taiwan from Japan. Finland falls to the USSR. Timor expands into mainland Southeast Asia. 
208 A.D (11/28/20) - Timor expands into Thailand. Siberia continues expanding into Siberia, reaching Zhao. They cut off Zhao from the rest of Siberia, before continuing to encircle chunks of Siberia. The Safavids continue expanding into India. After threatening to blow up Constantinople and Nanjing mwith rockets, they also withdraw completely from the Triple Coalition. The Second Malian Empire continues expanding. The USSR expands outwards from its line reaching into the Caucasus, and also expands into Murmansk Oblast. China continues its expansion west. China begins selling lightbulbs to the USSR. The Baltic Union joins the Comintern after becoming Socialist. The PRC announces that it shall be more isolationist for the next 15 years. However, they retract this less than a week later, and instead focus on becoming the dominant force in Asia. The USSR announces that they shall host international military training in their nation. The Incans continue expanding into Colombia. Mongolia expands into Xinjiang. China begins rapidly encircling west, towards the Safavids. The USSR expands towards the Baltic Union. The Somalian People's Democratic Republic forms in East Africa, which begins expanding outwards. 
China and the Safavids begin competeing over India. China also builds an embassy within Constantinople with the permission of Byzantium for easy communication. Timor expands into Cambodia using encirclements. Somalia joins the Comintern. A statue of Top Sauce is built in Pataliputra. China moves it's capital to Changsha. The USSR begins encircling chunks of Russia between the Volga and Ural rivers. Development of the telephone and telegraph is completed in Wuhan. It is sent to countries all around the world as a gift. China expands north of Kashmir, to blocking the Safavids off from reaching Xinjiang. With the Safavids bypassing the line, the PRC completely blockades the Safavid Empire, before declaring war upon them, beginning the Iranian Crisis. The USSR gifts the Baltic Union land in modern-day Belarus, and also declares war on the Safavids. The USSR begins to pass troops through Byzantium's land to reach them, while the PRC invades through Kashmir. However, they soon surrender following a PRC encirclement. Persia itself is split between the USSR and PRC, while the rest of the Safavid Empire's territory is annexed by the PRC, with Uzbekistan being occupied until the USSR borders it. Yemen is also annexed by Somalia. The rest of the nation's territory is abandoned, and the empire is dissolved. All nations with missiles agree to get rid of them, in order to prevent another crisis. The Republic of the Kongo is formed, and begins expanding throughout the Congo basin. 
The USSR expands along the Caspian coastline. The PRC begins fixing up the borders in India caused by the Safavids. Somalia annexes the rest of the coastal Somali lands. Mongolia continues expanding into Xinjiang. Somalia annexes Mecca. The Satavahana Empire begins rapidly expanding north. China begins expanding into Xinjiang, while still also expanding in India. Timor expands up to and past the Mekong river. The Black Sun Event occurrs in Tibet. It was most likely a phenomenon related to the Final Day. The Sino-Greek Alliance forms. Siberia continues expanding in the Far East. The PRC expands into part of Central Asia. 
209 A.D (11/30/20) - The Libertarian State of California is founded in California. The Siberian Kingdom continues expanding into the far east of Russia. The USSR expands towards Chinese-occupied Uzbekistan, while also continuing to encircle large chunks of Russia along the Volga. The PRC expands into many of the Pacific islands, including New Zealand. Somalia connects their colony in Mecca to Yemen. The Incans continue expanding in Columbia, as well as Venezuela. The Satavahana expand north. Timor's emperor, Parrilo, is unable to continue ruling the country temporarily due to health problems. His daughter Princess Mária takes over while he recovers. Mongolia continues to expand into Xinjiang. The USSR expands into southwestern Kazakhstan. Timor continues expanding into Indochina. The Republic of the Congo continues its expansion along the Congo and into the Congo basin. Somalia begins expanding along the East African coastline. The USSR pushes further into Russia. Somalia lands in Madagascar and takes many of the Indian Ocean islands. The German Empire is founded in Germany. The PRC aids the USSR in their conquest of lands in Central Asia. Satavahana sets up a colony in Oman. This becomes their main focus, as they cannot expand in India anymore. The Republic of Minas Gerais is formed in Brazil. It immediately begins expanding along the Brazillian coast. The USSR expands into Ukraine and Belarus. 
The PRC lands in New South Wales, taking most of the coastal regions. Minas Gerais expands towards Paraguay, following the Paraná river, before expanding into the newly formed gap. The USSR shifts most of its focus back east, while still periodically expanding west. China grants the USSR Uzbekistan. Timor expands into the rest of the Malay archipelago. They then declare war upon the smaller remnants of the Daigo Dynasty, in order to claim the Philippines for themselves. The 2020 Christmas event begins. Timor advances into the Philippines, quickly taking many of the southern islands. After taking the northern Phillipine islands, Timor pushes into mainland Japan itself. Somalia reaches all the way down south to Mozambique. Timor conquers all of Japan besides Hokkaido, with the Daigo Dynasty being annexed. A special forces unit of the Daigo military known as the Nightwalkers goes into hiding following the surrender. Somalia expands up into Eritrea, and further into Madagascar. The Banat Empire collapses due to ethnic tensions, opening up a massive chunk of Europe. Minas Gerais expands down towards Uruguay, before bordering Paraguay and encircling part of south Brazil. Timor lands in Western Australia, establishing a new colony there. The PRC expands further into NSW. Minas Gerais becomes a communist country. 
210 A.D (12/02/20) - The People's Republic of Minas Gerais continues expanding in southern Brazil. The Satavahana continue expanding their colony in the Middle East. The USSR continues expanding into the unclaimed Russian and Kazakh lands to the east, while the Inca expand along the northern coast of SA, and into the interior. Timor continues expanding its Australian colony, expanding deep into the Outback. The Siberian Kingdom continues encircling west further into Siberia. Somalia continues expanding along the coast of East Africa. The PRC continues expanding into NSW. Minas Gerais begins expanding north once more. The Swedish Empire is founded in central Sweden, around Stockholm, while the English Kingdom is founded in England. They both begin expanding into neighboring lands. The occupied territory of Southern Iran is renamed to the People’s Republic of Iran, while the north is renamed to the Soviet Republic of Iran. The PRI also begins to be slowly centralized into the PRC, with the goal of annexation. The PRC allows the USSR military access within their nation. The USSR expands to the Uyghur region, just above the Durrani. During their push northwards, Minas Gerais creates their infamous "Fungus Tree" border gore between the Inca, New Portuguese and Byzantines. It would later be fixed by them. NP bans opium in any use besides medical reasons. The Icelandic Confederation is founded in Iceland. England lands in the Netherlands, expanding outwards from Holland. Svalbard is founded in the Svalbard archipelago. The USSR begins a large encirclement in Central Asia. After taking some coastline in Germany, England lands in Norway and begins expanding there. Timor officially renames itself to the Timorese Empire. Germany expands across the Elbe river, and towards Poland. 
Satavahana attempts to create a non-agression pact with Somalia. They refuse due to Satavahana still expanding in Arabia. Somalia then begins to block off Satavahana's colony. Satavahana attempts to move around it, but by the time they reach Byzantium's border, Somalia almost entirely blocks them off. Minas Gerais mostly fixes their northern border gore. Somalia strengthens their line slightly, before mostly focusing on continuing southwards. Minas Gerais begins encircling territory between them and the Inca. In a failed attempt to expand further, Satavahana tries to establish a colony in north Arabia. They are blocked by Somalia before even reaching their planned destination. Somalia also establishes a small colony in Australia, while Minas Gerais establishes a colony of their own in Angola. Satavahana attempts to establish a colony in Madagascar, but fails. After taking the remaining Angolan coastline, Minas Gerais pushes inland. The USSR finishes their large encirclements, and begins to cut it up. They also try to negociate with Mongolia to let them move through their land to invade Siberia, but are denied access.
Minas Gerais establishes a colony just south of Mali, on the Gold Coast. The PRC takes the Galapagos islands, and expands into northern Xinjiang. Timor notices Somalia's colony in Australia, and demands for them to leave. Mongolia expands along their border with China, and encircles towards Lake Zaysan. Somalia cedes their colony to the PRC for 10,000 WoN coins, who transfers it to Timor. England begins encircling into Norway. Inca colonizes part of west Africa, near Minas Gerais. The Second Mali empire expands slightly along the coast, after being dormant for several years. New Portugal sells their Norwegian colony remnants to England. The USSR annexes their encirclements in Central Asia. Minas Gerais sells their colony in west Africa to Mali for 50,000 WoN coins, following minor tensions. This leads to them focusing on Angola once again. Mali connects to their newly aquired land in the south, right as the USSR declares war on Mali for unclear reasons. Minas Gerais also joins in. The USSR's navy is allowed access through England's waters, despite a blockade on Denmark beginning. This is heavily criticized by Byzantium, who is against the war. Minas Gerais withdraws from the war, and pays Mali another 50,000 WoN coins in war reparations. England declares war on Denmark and invades Jutland. Mongolia encircles the region around Lake Zaysan, but does not annex it immediately. After some negociating, the USSR ends the war in white peace. The USSR then declares war on the Kongo, and lands at their coastline. Mongolia begins expanding along the Irtysh river. After much expanding, Timor nearly entirely annexes Western Australia. The PRC demands the USSR withdraw from the Kongo, which they do shortly after. Denmark is fully annexed by England. With this victory, they transform into the North Sea Empire. The Turkish Rebellion begins in central Turkey. After some indecisive fighting in Central Turkey, the is pushed back in multiple directions.
With the unpopularity of communist rule in China, a pro-democracy party known as the Jiuxing overthrows the PRC. The nation is renamed to the Republic of China, with Xiang Liu being chosen as the new president of China. The Comintern is also dissolved, with the ROC becoming heavily anti-communist. All Soviet troops in Chinese territory are kicked out. The People’s Republic of Iran also is renamed to the Republic of Iran. Minas Gerais becomes a republic once more, being known as the Federal Republic of Brazil. The USSR is also overthrown, becoming the Russian Federation. Their half of Iran is renamed to the Republic of Northern Iran. Technology continues to advance rapidly in China, reaching 1940s technology. These new technologies spread to the RF and other neighboring states. Mongolia continues expanding along the Irtysh. Timor fully annexes the remaining lands in Western Australia. The Turkish Rebellion is, for the most part, crushed by the Byzantines. Brazil reaches the Zambezi river in Africa. They then decide to colonize Mozambique for unknown reasons, perhaps in an attempt to prevent Somalia from taking the entirety of the Zambezi. China colonizes Senegal and the Gambia in West Africa, before pushing inland. Timor colonizes Tierra del Fuego, before pushing onto the mainland of SA itself. Brazil colonizes Cameroon, near the Inca colony. They quickly take most of the nearby coastline. Finland rebels against Russia, occupying most of southern Finland. 
211 A.D (12/04/20) - China continues expanding in Africa, pushing into Mauritania. Brazil continues expanding in West Africa. Mongolia continues their push along the Irtysh. Russia expands near the Barents Sea. Timor lands in mainland South America and begins encircling land on the continent. Russia creates a line of their own expanding towards the Mongol panhandle. Chinese soldiers help push further east. They eventually move above Mongolia, with the Mongols responding by moving up to the Ob. Russia moves above it, while Mongolia creates another line east of Lake Baikal. The border gore continues up to the Lena delta in the Arctic Ocean, with Mongolia finally cutting Russia off. China lands in Mozambique, moving inland along Brazil's borders. Timor takes most of southern Patagonia. Brazil connects Mozambique to Angola along the Zambezi. Finland is granted independence by Russia. The North Sea Empire expands in Scandinavia. The Republic of Iran joins China. The Durrani Empire is also overthrown and becomes a puppet of China. 
Inca expands in Nigeria. The Siberian Kingdom continues expanding towards central Siberia. Brazil expands up to the Benue river in Nigeria, before crossing it and bordering the Incans. Mongolia abandons the lines in Siberia, followed soon after by Russia. Sweden expands north. China expands into Algeria and Western Sahara, creating large encirclements. Satavahana colonizes eastern Madagascar. Parrilo is assassinated by a Congolese spy, leading to Timor declaring war on the Kongo. Brazil encircles into the Sahel. Mali expands towards the Incan colony, resulting in a dispute between the two nations. Timor advances further into the Congo, with the Republic of the Kongo collapsing. Mali cedes part of its southeastern territory to the Incans after being threatened by them. After several decades of no movement, the Incans continue their war with the Chilean Union. The nation's remnants quickly fall to the Inca. Brazil establishes an embassy in China. 
212 A.D (12/06/20) - Timor continues to expand into the Congo. China continues encircling across the Sahara. Paraguay is overthrown and becomes a puppet state of Brazil. Brazil continues expanding in Mozambique. Svalbard continues expanding into Novaya Zemlya. China annexes their Afghanistan puppet. Inca expands in South America. Libya becomes a puppet state of China. Somalia puchases Brazil's colony in Mozambique for 100,000 WoN coins. Brazil expands further into Angola. China and Somalia jointly declare war upon the Satavahana Empire. Brazil expands north of New Portugal's colony in Brazil, encircling it. 
For unclear reasons, Russia begins an invasion of Finland once more. China invades Satavahana in India from the north, while Somalia invades its Madagascar colony. Satavahana makes slight advancements into Arabia, but is unable to push China back. Realizing the hopelessness of the war, Satavahana surrenders. Somalia gains both of its colonies, while China gains slight amounts of land in India. Satavahana becomes a vassal of China. China continues its expansion into the Sahara. The Incans expand further in west Africa. Brazil expands in Cameroon. After Siberia attempts to culturally integrate the Manchus and Chinese, China uses this as a casus belli to declare war on them, and takes air superiority, before pushing towards Vladivostok. Brazil expands along the Niger towards China's colony, and then creates an encirclement back to Cameroon. Timor continues expanding in the Congo. The Libertarian State of California collapses. Brazil establishes a colony in Oregon, before moving south and taking most of California's former land. The Volhynian Kingdom forms in eastern Europe. The North Sea Empire continues expanding in Scandinavia. Vladivostok falls to China. China takes all of Hokkaido, Sakhalin, the Kuril Islands, and Manchuria. All of the rest of the Siberian Kingdom's lands are abandoned. 
Leonard overthrows Aldwin and becomes the new leader of the North Sea Empire. He moves its capital to Amsterdam. Dutch, Norwegian and German also become official languages. Mongolia annexes the remaining shores of Lake Zaysan. Brazil expands into Argentina. China gives Hokkaido to Timor. Sweden continues expanding north. 
213 A.D (12/08/20) - Brazil encircles into the Sahara north of the Niger river. Asia continues encircling in the Libyan desert. Mongolia fills in territory between them and China. China guarantees Mongolia's independence. Timor expands in the Congo. Byzantium sells the Canary Islands to China for 100,000 WoN coins. Russia continues fighting Finland, while China colonizes the coast of the Pacific Northwest. Brazil's elections result in Carlos Augustus winning once more. Volhynia expands west. China reaches the borders of Egypt, and begins pushing towards Lake Chad. Inca expands in northern South America. Pachacuti announces that he has eight children. Brazil's encirclement in the Sahara is annexed by them. After reaching the northern shores of Lake Chad, China creates a large encirclement in modern-day Chad. The North Sea Empire expands south from the Netherlands. For the first time in over half a century, Poland begins to expand again under king Władysław, pushing south. China annexes its encirclement in Chad. Volhynia chooses to not interfere with Poland's expansion and instead moves into northern Volhynia and Ukraine. Russia expands further east, making a beeline towards the Gulf of Ob. 
China continues to develop new technologies, with things such as microwaves, televisions, new rifles, jets and aircraft carriers. Somalia expands in Madagascar. China expands into Sudan. Brazil expands north towards China in Africa. China declares war on Nubia after surrounding them, and invades them. They surrender soon after, and are annexed. Poland moves south of the Germans, and into the unclaimed lands of central Germany. Brazil expands further into north America from California. The Kingdom of Transylvania forms in central Romania. Russia pushes to fill the gap between their Ob line and their main territory. Mongolia begins pushing north of Manchuria towards a coastline. China expands outwards from Vancouver Island and its nearby coast, mainly moving north. They also begin constructing a defensive wall around Changsha, as well as on the edge of the Himalayas. Transylvania expands towards Vojvodina, as well as along the Black Sea coast. After making some minor encirclements in British Columbia, China makes a massive encirclement to the east. Volhynia and Transylvania divide the unclaimed lands between them. China annexes its large encirclement in America. Russia gives Byzantium 30,000 tanks. The Republic of China officially renames itself to the Asian Federation, as the name China was deemed unnecessary with its current land. Asia continues to encircle eastward in Canada, while Volhynia continues expanding into Ukraine. Mongolia regains its lost coastline. Russian agents withdraw from the Asian Federation after being discovered by the Guoanbu. Somalia expands in Arabia. Poland continues expanding in Germany, as well as slightly south towards Transylvania. The Grand Duchy of Kyiv forms along the Dnieper river, and the Kingdom of Arabia forms in central Arabia. Kyiv is granted the region around Kherson by Transylvania soon after. 
214 A.D (12/10/20) - Volhynia expands south. Timor continues expanding in the Congo. Poland continues to fill in the border between them and Transylvania, and expands further west into Germany. Russia continues expanding into Nenetsia. Mongolia expands north from their coast panhandle. Transylvania pushes north, while Mongolia expands along the Far Eastern Siberia coastline. Brazil continues expanding in California. The Polish Kingdom declares war upon the Baltic Union alongside Volhynia, starting the Polish-Baltic War. Poland prepares to navally invade Latvia, while Asia declares war upon them due to them previously guaranteeing the Baltic Union's independence. Asian troops land near Gdańsk, encircling the city and beginning a siege. Meanwhile, Russia declares war on Volhynia and Poland, moving many battle tanks to the Volhynian-Russian border, but not actually invading. After minor negotiations with Poland, Asia withdraws and peace is restored, ending the short conflict. Poland colonizes southern Madagascar after difficulties in reaching the island. Despite threats from Somalia, they continue to expand there. Arabia expands eastward. 
Brazil expands further into the African continent in Angola. Somalia expands along the coasts to prevent Poland from taking them before cutting off Poland from the interior, ending their colony's expansion. Satavahana colonizes a region next to New Portugal and Timor in Africa. Poland reaches the Rhine river in Germany. Russia pushes into the remaining unclaimed lands near the Kama and in Nenetsia. The Egyptians rebel against the Byzantine Empire, taking control over the Nile river rapidly. After pushing into the Sinai, the Byzantines quickly push them back into Egypt. Timor expands above the Congo River, while Asia fills in their border with Egypt and moves towards Ethiopia. The North Sea Empire expands into Germany. Fighting continues in Egypt, as the rebels push back into the Sinai, before a massive Byzantine offensive takes the Nile delta and surrounds Cairo. The Egyptians do manage to repel them from the Nile, but are fully pushed out of the region by a new Byzantine counterattack, leaving them with only part of the Nile and desert. Realizing the hopelessness of the rebellion, they surrender. Following this, Egypt is closely watched by Byzantium, and is given extra autonomy to prevent more uprisings. The Kingdom of Hejaz forms along the coast of western Arabia. For unclear reasons, the Sino-Greek Alliance is dissolved. 
Russia takes all unclaimed lands west of the Ural Mountains in mainland Russia, before pushing into Yamalia. Brazil expands south into Uruguay. Hejaz and Arabia expand towards each other, and begin discussing a possible union. Asia begins creating a giant encirclement south of the eastern Sahel, in Ethiopia, Sudan and South Sudan. Paraguay collapses, leading to Brazil expanding into their former lands. Asia completes their encirclement, and begins dividing it. They also create the autonomous Protectorate of Sudan. Asia annexes their divided encirclement. Poland colonizes part of Greenland for unknown reasons. A group of former USSR politicians re-establish the USSR in Siberia, while the Yakuts and Yukaghirs band together to form the Straisian Kingdom. Poland colonizes Nova Scotia. The Central African Empire also forms in central Africa. 
215 A.D (12/12/20) - Poland takes all land between them and the North Sea Empire in Europe, and also expands further in Nova Scotia. Straisia begins expanding into neighboring lands. Brazil expands into the Chaco region. Poland expands their Greenland colony. The Rhine Rebellion begins in Poland, mainly in the German-inhabited regions. As well, Somalia declares war on Poland due to them not leaving Madagascar. The Republic of Alberta forms in central Canada. Poland and the German rebels begin fighting, with Poland calling in their allies for help. However, Poland suddenly decides to make peace with the German rebels, and retreat from all of its recently claimed lands. Transylvania expands into some of the new unclaimed land to its west. Kyiv takes all surrounding unclaimed land. The USSR Fragments announce the death of Lenin, which is celebrated in Russia and Asia. The USSR Fragments begin expanding outwards. Mongolia continues expanding into Siberia. 
Brazil guarantees Alberta's independence. The Central African Empire begins expanding towards the Nile, and towards Lake Chad. Alberta establishes relations with outside nations, including Russia. Volhynia expands into the former southern territory of Poland. After expanding west across the Ob river, the USSR Fragments begin expanding across the Yenisey instead. The Incans expand in South America. Straisia expands along the coast to the Lena river delta. The Nightwalkers rise up in Japan as the Celestial Shogunate against Timorese rule. Straisia takes the New Siberian Islands, while Russia continues invading Finland. Russia attempts to create a UN, but no important nations join and the idea is abandoned. The German Republic demands the German Empire surrender to them. Asia expands into southern Africa. Straisia creates a panhandle to the south, close to Mongolia, while Mongolia moves northeast towards the Arctic Ocean. Asia creates a Berber vassal state in central Algeria. 
The Asian Federation begins preparing to attempt to send a man into space. The USSR Fragments in Siberia declare the Russian Federation illegitimate. After this, they manage to assassinate Sergey Glazyev. His daughter Oksana Glazyeva is chosen to be his successor. The Tanganyika Confederation forms in eastern Africa. The USSR Fragments grow further into Siberia. The Russian Federation continues invading Finland. The Central African Empire begins fully focusing on expanding towards lake Chad. 
216 A.D (12/14/20) - The USSR Fragments and Straisia continue expanding in Siberia. The Qosskiqan Inuit Republic declares independence from New Portugal. The Tanganyikans expand towards the south shoreline of Lake Victoria. The leader of Straisia, Miki Chinook, dies after slipping on ice. The Celestial Shogunate moves into Hokkaido, taking Hakodate and establishing control over most of the island shortly afterwards. Brazil expands into Paraguay. Russia continues to invade Finland. The Celestials take over Shikoku, and begin invading Kyushu. The state of Zhao collapses. Straisia begins expanding towards Kamchatka, but stops at the agreed border with Mongolia. Celestia takes over the remaining Timorese holdouts, uniting Japan. Most nations choose to recognize them as independent. The Purépecha rebel against New Portugal. The Russian Federation begins bombing the USSR Fragments after failing to assassinate Joseph Stalin. Xerxes Jafari is elected as President of Asia, and Xiang Liu retires to Macau. 
Tanganyika expands into Kenya. The Asian Federation begins expanding into the Canadian arctic. They also begin spreading modern technology across the world. The two Arabian states merge together to form the Kingdom of Arabia. The Kingdom of Arabia expands south. Asia expands along the north coastline of Canada. The Celestial Shogunate begins its expansion into Siberia, landing on the southern tip of Kamchatka. Mongolia expands along the Sea of Okhotsk to Magadan. Straisia expands above the USSR in an attempt to cut them off. Tanganyika expands south into Malawi and Mozambique. Killian I mysteriously dies, and New Portugal falls into further turmoil. After attempting to cede their land to various nations, including Byzantium and Tanganyika, New Portugal collapses. Asia completes their encirclement in Canada, and begins dividing it. 
Straisia declares war upon the USSR Fragments. After a few clashes between the two nations, they agree to sign a peace treaty. Straisia cedes their finger directly north of the USSR to them. Terra annexes part of its encirclement in North America. Tanganyika takes over the entire coastline of Lake Malawi. Brazil expands south into New Portugal's former colony in southern Africa. Celestia reaches the northern edge of the Kamchatka peninsula. Tanganyika expands up towards Ethiopia. Russia expands towards Mongolia in Central Asia. 
217 A.D (12/16/20) - Mongolia reaches the borders of Celestia in Kamchatka. Straisia expands south in Siberia. Brazil expands towards Namibia. Celestia expands towards Chukotka, while Straisia lands just north of them. After expanding the colony slightly, they cross the Anadyrsky Estuary and begin attempting to cut off Celestia. After they refuse to leave under Celestia's pressure, Celestia declares war on them. After advancing into the colony, Straisia signs a treaty with Celestia and leaves their holdings in Chukotka. Carlos Augustus wins the elections in Brazil once more. Brazil encircles Namibia on land, and begins expanding further into region, as well as Botswana. Byzantium pushes into the free section of the Iberian peninsula. With tensions rising between the USSR Fragments and Straisia, the USSR declares war upon Straisia. The USSR pushes into Straisia from the south, while Straisia attacks from the north. 
Celestia establishes a colony on New Guinea, while Asia expands into the Solomon islands. Asia lands on the southeastern portion of New Guinea. After taking the peninsula, they expand to the Cape York peninsula. The USSR pushes into Straisia, eliminating their push. Asia expands into Botswana. Straisia pushes back the Soviet advance, entering the Khatanga river basin. However, their offensive ultimately stagnates for a time. The Asian Federation and the Celestial Shogunate form the East Asian Pact. Tanganyika expands into the Katanga region. The Khatanga basin becomes a hotly contested region, it exchanging Soviet and Straisian hands many times. Straisia decides to expand towards the south to attack the USSR from different fronts. The Russians share their blueprints of the A-10 Warthog (known as the "shitting bird" to Straisian soldiers) with the AF. Tanganyika encircles regions within the Horn of Africa. Asia captures the rest of the Papuan peninsula. Mongolia encircles a large chunk of land in Magadan. Russia expands towards the north from Central Asia and towards the USSR. The AF annexes the area between Great Slave Lake and Lake Athabasca. Later, they decide to donate 500,000,000 yen to the Celestials. Miki Chinook is killed by his son, Arun, who becomes the youngest ruler of Straisia. 
Asia expands into Panama. A race track is created near Moscow, soon to host the fastest vehicles known to man. According to the Russians, this new style of sports could change the very paradigm of the world. Timor expands into Australia after a prolonged period of inactivity. Mongolia begins its expansion down the border of Celestial Kamchatka. Celestia conquers all free land in New Guinea, as well as its surrounding islands. All of the six constituent republics of the Asian Federation have been modernized, leading to the next matter of urgency, the environment. The AF announces the creation of its Environmental Protection Agency which aims to preserve nature through the creation of multiple nature reserves and zoos. The Russian Federation follows suit, creating its own parks. The soviets expand toward the west. Celestia lands on Gove Peninsula, eventually occupying all of Arnhem land. Tanganyika expands into the space between the "greasy fingers" of Somali Mozambique and Brazil. The trench warfare in Siberia is finally broken by multiple Straisian attempts at encircling Soviet troops. Though they get counterattacked, they incrementally move west across the nation. Satavahana continues the expansion of its colony in Gabon. Brazil expands down towards Baja California, and lands on Cuba. Arun, recognizing his failure in ending the war with the USSR, commits suicide. His sister, Galinda Chinook, ascends to the throne. After conquering Cuba, the Brazillians begin occupying Nicaragua. 
Transylvania experiences a catastrophic drought, in which thousands die from thirst; socialist resentment grows in response. Celestia moves towards the west coast of Australia. Asia conquers Baja California, and also takes the eastern coast of Queensland, linking up with their Cape York colony. The Brazillians make a beeline to the Rio Grande in an effort to stop Asian colonization of American territory. Ultimately, they decide to pay the AF 100,000 dollars so that Brazillian citizens and soldiers can move in and out of the gulf of California as they please, though the lands are officially Asian. Asia captures part of the Great Australian Bight. Celestia invests hundreds of millions of yen in the development of her south pacific territories. The North Sea Empire expands into Ireland. The Byzantines finish their conquest of Iberia. Central Africa negotiates an economic agreement with Celestia, joining the Celestial Prosperity Committee. They also begin expanding towards Lake Chad. A sniper named Xiu Pufei attempts to assassinate Xiang Liu, the former president of Terra. He fails to do so due to extremely poor luck. Brazil expands into NP's former Brazilian colony. Straisia advances back into the Khatanga basin, while the USSR moves towards the Lena river from the south. However, Straisia's push is completely eliminated by an encirclement done by the USSR, pushing them all the way back to the border in the south. Svalbard expands in Novaya Zemlya. The USSR and Straisia both expand south. 
218 A.D (12/18/20) - The Incans expand into NP's former colony in Bolivia. The Second Mali Empire collapses. The USSR continues to advance into Straisian territory. Brazil expands into Cameroon. Celestia continues to expand into Australia. Due to her failing to push back the USSR, Galinda commits suicide. Her uncle Tezkov becomes emperor. Straisia colonizes Alaska to escape the USSR. Satavahana continues expanding in Gabon, while Asia continues expanding into Queensland. The USSR's advancements are slowed down slightly by Straisian counterattacks. Celestia investigates potential war crimes committed by both the USSR and Straisia, but finds nothing. Asia encircles part of Alaska. Transylvania expands towards the gap between Volhynia and Byzantium in Hungary. Asia begins to expand into the lands of the former Second Mali Empire. The Asian Federation, having expanded across the world, changes its name to the Terran Federation. With this change, they also annex all their puppet states, including Satavahana. 
The USSR reaches the Lena delta, while the Straisian royals escape to the colony in Alaska. The first general elections in Celestia occur. Empress Kaguya and her party win almost 90% of the vote, and she becomes chancellor. Brazil expands further into North America via California. They also cut off Terra from the rest of the continent. Celestia expands into the Simpson Desert of Australia, while Brazil establishes a small colony on the Great Australian Bight. In response, Terra cuts them off from expanding further in Australia. Brazil continues expanding into the region once occupied by NP's colony in Brazil. Terra annexes the free territory in West Africa. Brazil annexes the hole in central Brazil. Straisia attempts to assassinate Joseph Stalin and Yezhov using a "bear piss bomb", but fails. The Central African Empire expands towards Lake Chad. Brazil expands into northern Argentina. After a short rebellion in Texas, Byzantium grants Texas autonomy, with them gaining full independence the next year. The USSR and Russian Federation border for the first time. Celestia expands into Siberia. The USSR crosses the Lena river. After realizing the hopelessness of the war, Straisia surrenders to the USSR. The colony in Alaska is abandoned, while the mainland is annexed by the USSR. They hold a celebration in their capital, and many nations are invited to it. The Central African Empire finally reaches Lake Chad. Texas expands south into Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon, and Coahuila. A rebellion in the Incan Empire begins, known as the United Nationalists for Socialism in Peru, or UNSP. In Terra, many technological advances occur, including the invention of computers, the internet, and arcades. Brazil expands to the west of Byzantium's colony in northern Brazil, and reaches the coast of Amapa. Brazil also finishes its first nuclear power plant. Several more are built afterwards. 
With their superior technology, the rebels in the Incan Empire quickly push outwards from Ica. The USSR moves towards Lake Baikal and the Mongolians. The emperor of the Incan Empire commits suicide, leading to the UNSP to take over most of their territory in south Peru. The rest of their land is abandoned. The UNSP change their name to the United Socialist Provinces of Peru, or USPP. The Norman Republic forms in northern France. The Terran Federation attempts to assassinate Stalin, but is unsuccessful. Byzantium takes over Nova Scotia. Texas expands into Oklahoma. The USSR jumps past the Mongolian panhandle in eastern Siberia and colonizes the land there. The German Empire forms in Germany. Celestia colonizes and takes over the rest of unclaimed Madagascar. They then colonize part of Nigeria. 
219 A.D (12/20/20) - Texas gains full independence from Byzantium. Celestia expands in Nigeria. The USSR continues to expand in their pocket in eastern Yakutia. The USSR declares war upon the Russian Federation. The Russian Federation pushes along the Ob and Irtysh, moving into the USSR. Brazil pushes into central South America. The Normans and Ireland form an alliance. The USPP expands into Peru. Byzantium sells their colony in southern Australia to Terra for 3,500,000 WoN coins. Brazil moves up along the northern coast of South America. Celestia makes a small colony in southern Uruguay. They then colonize part of Argentina to the south. The Norman Republic and Ireland both declare war upon the North Sea Empire. Ireland invades Wales, while the Normans invade their land in Benelux. Terra expands into Nunavut. The North Sea Empire surrenders after London and Amsterdam fall. Ireland annexes their land in Britain, while Normandy annexes their land in mainland Europe. 
Alberta expands towards Lake Winnipegosis and Lake Manitoba. The Norman Republic transforms into the Norman Empire. They also expand into Scandinavia. A communist rebellion begins in Estonia. Terra takes over the entirety of mainland Nunavut. They begin expanding across the Canadian Arctic islands. The communists in Estonia take Riga, forming the People's Republic of Estonia. However, due to pressure from outside nations, they become fascist. Terra announces that it shall begin building a city called "Nikalidian" on the site of the old Nicolidean capital. Celestia lands in Colombia. USPP expands north. Brazil expands further into central South America. Celestia borders Terra in Panama. They then conquer the rest of coastal Colombia. After the death of Somalia's leader, Tanganyika declares war upon them to restore order. 
Brazil expands in the Guiana highlands. The USSR pushes back the Russian Federation with a massive encirclement. The Terran Federation becomes the first nation to send a man into space, with Xi Guangdo being the man sent into space. The Norman Empire declares war upon Denmark. Brazil and Celestia border in Venezuela. After a short war, Normandy annexes Denmark. Tanganyika takes over Mogadishu, annexing the entirety of Somalia outside of their Arabian land. Normandy declares war on Sweden, and annexes them after naval landing Stockholm. Terra signs a Non-Aggression Pact with the USSR for 4 years, in exchange for the USSR paying for a large wall across Terra's northern mainland borders. They also pull from the conflict between them and the RF. Meanwhile, the USSR continues to advance further into the Russian Federation. Ireland declares war on the Icelandic Confederation, and lands south of Rekyavik. 
Terra begins construction on the Panama Canal, a shortcut between Europe and Asia. They also build their wall up to the border with Mongolia. Ireland takes over Iceland. The USSR encircles Russia again in northern Kazakhstan. Normandy declares war on Poland, and takes Gdansk soon after. Terra colonizes part of eastern Greenland. Terra also rediscovers the old capital of the Sultanate of the Nicolides, Kayrinz* (placeholder name), leading to them beginning the construction of a new capital. Celestia takes over all of Colombia, while USPP expands into Ecuador. Normandy expands into Scandinavia. Nikalidian is completed, and becomes the new capital of Terra. Normandy declares war on Volhynia, and invades them through Poland. They take their capital and annex them entirely. They also expand into Scania. Terra expands up in northern Canada to Ellesmere Island. Terra also completes constructing the Panama Canal. Tanganyika expands into Arabia. They also annex the land in Mozambique that made up the "greasy fingers". Terra expands into northern Madagascar. However, Tanganyika lands on the island soon after, and cuts them off. Afterwards, Terra expands into North America after Brazil leaves their line blocking them off. 
220 A.D (12/22/20) - The USSR and RF continue their war, with the USSR encircling them in Kazakhstan again. The Russian Federation surrenders to the USSR. Many of the high-ranking members of the government flee. Ireland attempts to invade Scotland, but pulls from their territory shortly after for unknown reasons. Terra expands further into North America, moving towards Texas and the Great Lakes. Normandy expands into Czechia. The Midwest Union forms in Illinois. Terra and Brazil both expand into Mexico, with Brazil cutting Terra off from reaching Texas fromo the south. The Midwest Union declares war on the Haudenosaunee. Terra expands into Alaska. Celestia expands into Argentina, next to La Plata. After a supposed terrorist attack against Celestia, both Celestia and Brazil declare war on La Plata. 
Celestia and Brazil invade La Plata. The USSR declares war on Mongolia. Terra conquers various islands in the south Atlantic Ocean. The USSR connects to its exclave in the far east of Siberia. Tanganyika expands along the southern coast of Arabia. USPP invites multiple nations to a new alliance named the New World Order Alliance. Tanganyika, the USSR, Celestia, and Brazil all join. The Empire of Manaus forms around the city of Manaus. Brazil and Celestia push towards Buenos Aires. Brazil builds fortifications in Minas Gerais. Quebec expands west. The USSR pushes towards the Arctic Sea in Mongolia. King Alexandru of Romania dies. USPP dissolves the NWOA for unknown reasons. Byzantium cedes its colonies in mainland North America to the Midwest Union, and the rest of its territory in the Caribbean and South America to Brazil. 
The Midwest Union changes its name to the United Eastern States of America. Tensions rise between the USSR and the East Asian Pact. A purge begins in the USSR. The State of Kansas forms in central North America. Many people flee the USSR due to the purge. Celestia colonizes part of Gabon, next to Terra's colony. Terra expands into Wisconsin. They also declare war upon Texas, pushing towards their capital from the north. Soon after, both The UES and Brazil declare war on them. Kansas expands outwards. The three nations continue invading Texas. Terra reaches Houston first, and annexes most of Texas. Tanganyika expands towards the Kingdom of Arabia. Normandy declares war on Germany. Terra expands into Oklahoma. The Taungoo rebellion begins in northern Burma. 
The Transylvanian Civil War officially begins between the Kingdom of Transylvania and the supposed New Kingdom of Romania. The Taungoo rebellion is crushed. Socialist rebellions begin in eastern Hungary. Tanganyika expands towards Byzantium in Arabia. Normandy invades Germany from the west. The USSR cuts off part of Mongolia in the far east from the mainland. 
221 A.D (12/24/20) - Tanganyika expands into Arabia. Normandy takes Berlin in Germany. Joseph Stalin has a strange dream about reaching the Moon and dying due to a pencil. Brazil expands into the Amazon. Terra expands into Wisconsin, Michigan, and Alaska. The Nunavik Rebellion begins. Brazil and Celestia finish their war against La Plata, and split the country between themselves. A rebellion also begins in Borobinsk against the USSR. The Nunavik Rebellion is crushed. Normandy dissolves their alliance with Ireland due to Ireland planning to backstab them. Ireland then declares war on Normandy. Normandy invades Cornwall, and uses it to take Dublin. Terra lands in eastern Greenland, and expands up the coast. Carlos Silva da Costa wins the elections in Brazil. Brazil expands up the coast of Chile. Normandy annexes Ireland, and expands into Czechia. 
The Empire of Manaus collapses for unknown reasons. Terra declares war on Michoacán, and invades from the northwest. They swiftly take Tenochtitlan, and annex them. Normandy expands further into Sweden, bordering Svalbard. Quebec continues expanding west. The Kingdom of Arabia collapses. Terra begins expanding towards Quebec. Svalbard expands on the Yamal peninsula. Terra declares war on Quebec. Celestia then declares war on them as well, followed by Normandy. Strangely, despite Quebec's alliance with them, Brazil also declares war on Quebec. The four nations rapidly take most of their territory. Quebec surrenders. Terra, Celestia, Normandy and Brazil annex around 75 percent of Quebec's territory, while a rump Quebec continues to exist. Peru collapses. Tanganyika begins expanding deep into the former territory of the Central African Empire. 
Brazil expands towards Lake Chad, while Tanganyika continues to take the CEA's former territory. The USSR threatens Terra regarding their unfair partition of Quebec, but Terra refuses any cooperation with them. Timor expands slightly north in the Congo, but is quickly blocked off from expanding further by Tanganyika. The USSR continues to invade Mongolia, taking over most of its northern panhandle in Siberia. Terra lands in northwestern Greenland, and rapidly expands across its northern coastline. The UES expands towards Kansas. Brazil expands up Peru's coastline. Byzantium lands in Ecuador, and Brazil cedes them part of their newly conquered territory nearby. The Qosskiqan Inuit Republic begins expanding into central Greenland, while Tanganyika expands into the Arabian desert. The Yupiks collapse. Celestia takes the eastern Aleutian Islands, while Normandy expands into the former territory of the Yupik. Brazil also lands in the eastern unclaimed lands of Alaska. 
222 A.D (12/26/20) - Celestia, Brazil and Normandy expand into Alaska. Tanganyika continues expanding into Arabia, while the Republic of Tabuk forms in the northwestern part of the peninsula. Brazil encircles most of Peru and Bolivia. Terra gives their colony in the Congo to Celestia, in exchange for Celestia's territory in Alaska, with Normandy and Brazil also doing so. Terra and their allies combine their naval forces to blockade the USSR on all sides. Celestia and Terra blockade their newly acquired coastline in the Sea of Okhotsk, while Normandy blockades them in the Baltic Sea. The Terran navy also begins to patrol the strait of Gibraltar and the Arctic ocean. As a result of this, the USSR pulls all their naval forces away from Quebec. The UES declares war on Quebec, and begins invading them. Xerxes Jafari completes his term as president of Terra. Alejandra Garcia emerges victorious, and is elected president. Tanganyika takes the remaining free territories in Arabia. With tensions rapidly escalating between the USSR and the Anti-Soviet coalition, they declare war upon the USSR, with Byzantium doing the same soon after. Terra, Celestia, Byzantium and Normandy begin rapidly pushing into the USSR's territory. The USSR is unable to defend Moscow, and surrenders soon after the city is taken. Terra annexes the north Caucasus, Ukraine, and central Asia besides northern Kazakhstan from them. Celestia takes all of Siberia east of the Yenisei river, and turns most of it into a puppet state. Normandy takes Finland and part of Belarus. Byzantium takes their Black Sea coastline. The rest of their territory is left abandoned. 
As a result of the defeat of the USSR, the Anti-Soviet coalition is dissolved. The Iranians revolt against the Terran Confederation. Although it is initially successful, Terra manages to quickly end it and retake Tehran. Sumi Kaguya visits the capital of Terra, Nikalidian. Alberta collapses. Brazil continues expanding into Peru and Bolivia. The Norman Empire reforms into a democracy following a referendum. Terra takes over the former territory of Alberta. Celestia begins expanding into western Siberia. Estonia begins expanding into Russia. Terra expands into North America. The nation of Perm forms along the Kama river. The English also revolt against Normandy. Brazil reaches the borders of Celestia's colony in Colombia. Perm expands west and south through the Volga river. Terra expands slightly into the interior of Greenland. The English rebellion is crushed. 
The Terran Confederation suddenly pulls from all their territory in North America, except for Panama and the area of Cascadia. As a result, Alejandra Garcia steps down as president and an emergency election is held. Ajax Ruslanovich is narrowly defeated by Aisultan Aileva by 0.5 percent. Normandy establishes a new colony in the newly unclaimed lands of North America. Texas forms. Terra pulls from all its lands outside of Eurasia, and becomes the Chinese Federation. A new Nicolidean nation is formed to govern the territories of Australia once controlled by Terra. Soon afterwards, China pulls out from the rest of its remaining territories, and becomes the Republic of Korea. Mexico forms in central Mesoamerica. Tanganyika expands into the Sahara desert. Brazil expands into Cascadia. The Qosskiqan Inuits expand into Devon and Ellesmere island. Timor expands north in Indochina. Sumi Kaguya is elected to be chancellor once again. 
== Late Classic Era (223 A.D - 231 A.D) ==
223 A.D (12/28/20) - Tanganyika encircles and annexes large parts of the Sahara. Celestia expands into Sakhalin, before landing in Tianjin and expanding along China's coasts. Mexico expands north. Brazil expands into west Africa, and cuts off Celestia's colony in Nigeria from the new unclaimed lands. Tanganyika expands into Libya, but is forced to give up their lands near the Mediterranean Sea by Byzantium. Celestia expands into Manchuria. Tanganyika lands on the Atlantic coast of North Africa between Byzantium's two colonies. Perm expands to the Arkhangelsk coastline of Russia. Afterwards, they create a colony on Ellesmere island, despite protests from the Qosskiqan Inuits. Normandy expands in Ukraine and Russia. Mexico takes Baja California. Perm abandons their colony on Ellesmere island, creating a new one on the Seward Peninsula. Brazil expands into Namibia. The Persian Syndicate forms, but collapses soon afterwards for unclear reasons. UES continues invading Quebec. 
Afghanistan also forms. Perm expands into Alaska. Celestia takes Guangzhou. The Inuits expand in mainland northern Canada. The Second Sultanate of the Nicolides begins expanding in New Guinea. After taking over the unclaimed land on the island, the Nicolides land in New Zealand. At the same time, Brazil does the same. As a result, the Nicolides threatens Brazil due to them wanting New Zealand. Byzantium supports the Nicolides, and declares war on Brazil shortly after. Tanganyika does the same. Tanganyika invades their Cameroon colony, while Byzantium also prepares for their own invasion. Before this can happen, Brazil surrenders. Brazil is forced to give their African lands to Tanganyika, their colonies in New Zealand and Australia to the Nicolides, and to give up large portions of their land in North America and Central America. Celestia cedes the interior of their Australian colony to them, holding onto the areas near the coast, while also holding a vote in New Guinea regarding its status. 63% of voters choose to join the Nicolides, and the colony is given to them. They also expand across China. 
The Sassanid Empire forms in southern Iran. Tanganyika continues dividing its encirclement in northern Africa, eventually annexing them. Mexico expands along the Rio Grande, and encircles part of northern Mexico. Timor expands into Guangxi, but is cut off by Celestia. Timor abandons their panhandle and expands westward into Tibet, while Celestia encircles a massive chunk of China. The Nicolides take over New Zealand. The nation of Yukon forms in northwestern Canada. Perm colonizes the islands of Prince Patrick and Melville, while the Inuits expand towards them. Normandy also expands south of the Inuits, and moves northwards to cut them off from expanding further on the mainland. The Qaqet Federation forms on the New Britain and New Ireland islands. The Nicolides expand into the islands surrounding the Qaqet, including the Solomon Islands, and later the rest of Micronesia and southern Polynesia. New Yukon and Perm also begin to surround the Inuits. The Tibetan Empire forms around Lhasa. 
Texas and Mexico continue expanding near the Rio Grande, while the Nicolides lands in Bengal and begins expanding there. UES continues invading Quebec and eventually defeats them, while Perm continues expanding in Canada. Celestia expands along the Yangtze river. Transylvania begins expanding north. Perm makes a colony in the Netherlands. Byzantium declares war on Normandy, and begins invading them. After taking Paris, Normandy surrenders. Byzantium annexes their mainland, while their territories in England and Ireland are given independence. At the same time, Perm declares war and invades Estonia. However, the invasion goes poorly, and Estonia pushes them back. Perm attempts to bypass Denmark by landing above their land in Scandinavia, but Estonia attacks their colony. Perm manages to land in Estonia, and Estonia surrenders. Perm annexes all of Estonia's territory past the Dnieper river. The Kazakh Khanate forms, and quickly expands towards the Aral Sea. Tanganyika annexes the rest of Botswana, and begins expanding again in Madagascar. 
224 A.D (12/30/20) - Mexico continues expanding in the Yucatan. Transylvania expands north. Perm declares war on the Republic of Russia. Tanganyika expands into Arabia and the Sahara, while Mexico expands into Central America. The Kazakh Khanate expands towards the Ural River. UES expands towards Texas. Perm lands in northern Quebec, and expands towards UES's territory. Mexico expands north along the Rio Grande, while Texas continues to encircle territory. The Nicolides lands and takes Panama, including the Panama Canal. Perm annexes the Republic of Russia. Celestia expands into Siberia. The Nicolides gives Bengal to Timor in exchange for land in Western Australia. The Nicolides also expands in India, while Timor expands above Tibet. UES declares war on Kansas, and swiftly takes over most of their land and annexes them. Estonia lands on Iceland and takes over the island. The UES takes over all of the Iroquois. Islam begins to rapidly spread across Australia. Estonia lands on Baffin Island. Tanganyika also lands nearby. UES and Mexico begin expanding towards each other, north of Texas. Estonia expands along the coast of Poland, while Celestia expands further into China and Timor expands into the Himalayas. 
Tanganyika expands in the western area of the Sahara. The Nicolidean language spreads across Australia once again. Transylvania expands into Central Europe. Brazil lands in Western Africa. The military seizes control over Brazil and establishes the Unitary Republic of Brazil, a military junta. The Kazakh Khanate reaches the Caspian Sea, while Brazil takes the coastline of modern day Liberia. Tanganyika sells their colony to Perm for 690k WoN coins. They also expand towards their small colony in Western Sahara. Celestia continues expanding in China. Transylvania expands into Germany. The UES changes its name to the United States of North America Tanganyika expands into Mali. USNA expands near the Great Lakes. Transylvania reaches the North Sea, while USNA expands in Oklahoma. The Kingdom of Sweden forms in central Sweden. The Nicolides takes all of unclaimed India east of the Indus river. The USNA declares war on Texas. Islam spreads to Panama. Texas pushes back the USNA to the Mississippi river, and eventually out of Louisiana entirely. Estonia expands into the rest of Belarus. A revolution begins in Perm's European territories. Perm sells all their lands in Europe to Estonia, and becomes the United Provinces of Canada in their North American land. Mexico lands in West Africa. Nicolidean India becomes a vassal ruled by the sultan's brother. Timor lands in Canada.
225 A.D (1/1/21) - The Nicolides expands over the Indus river, while Timor expands further into Asia and takes the island they landed on in Canada, and Tanganyika expands in Mali. Estonia expands south in Russia, while Tanganyika and Brazil move towards each other in West Africa. Estonia also makes a colony near Mexico's colony in Africa. Brazil expands in North America, into Cascadia. Norway forms around Oslo, but collapses soon afterwards. Tanganyika reaches the borders of the three colonies in West Africa. Estonia expands their colony in West Africa until they are unable to. Meanwhile, Brazil expands into the Cascadian interior, and Transylvania reaches the Byzantine border along the Rhine. Tanganyika expands into the rest of the unclaimed land in West Africa. Mexico expands along the border of Brazil's colony in North America. Estonia and Transylvania establish an alliance known as the International Cooperation League.
Canada expands out from the islands and into Nunavut. Brazil reaches the Yukon river, and expands to the coast. At the same time, Mexico expands towards the Platte river. Canada pulls from their area near Brazil's panhandle in southwestern Canada. Celestia expands along the upper Yangtze. Estonia lands in eastern Greenland. Canada expands into Baffin Island, while the USNA expands further into the Midwest. The USNA also cedes Quebec to Canada. Estonia expands along Greenland's coast, and Transylvania finishes expanding into Central Europe. Celestia expands along Mongolia's border.
Empress Opium's daughter becomes regent of Timor. Transylvania creates two puppets in Germany and the Netherlands. The USNA cedes Nova Scotia and New Brunswick to Canada. Timor reaches Central Asia through their Tibetan salient. The Nicolides begins construction on a massive building in Tasmania known as the House of the Prophet. At the same time, the Hindus in India rebel against the Nicolidean vassal Pakistan. Tibet expands west. After some early successes, the Hindu rebels begin to be pushed back slowly by the Nicolidean forces in India. Byzantium expands in Libya.
226 A.D (1/2/21) - Estonia continues to expand in Greenland, and also takes Jan Mayen. The Nicolides continues to push back the Hindu rebels, but they refuse to surrender. Timor continues to expand into Central Asia. Celestia expands into western China. Brazil continues to expand towards the Cascadian coast from inland. Tanganyika expands into the Sahara. The USNA continues its war with Texas, pushing them back over the Mississippi and expanding above them at the same time. Mexico continues to expand in Colorado. The Kazakh Khanate and Timor both take the coastline of Lake Balkhash at the same time. The USNA continues to expand around the Great Lakes. Brazil experiences many protests.
Kyiv expands slightly to the east. Canada takes over all of Ellesmere Island and the rest of Baffin Island. Brazil takes all the unclaimed land on Cascadia's coast, and begins expanding along the Missouri River. Canada expands into mainland Nunavut. Protestors break into government buildings in Brazil and demand a government change. They are initially unable to agree, but Brazil eventually votes to become a confederation known as the Afro-American Confederation. The USNA and Mexico both expand into the Dakotas, with the USNA expanding around Mexico and towards Brazil's territory in the west. The Azerbaijani Rebellion begins. 
227 A.D (1/3/21) - Timor continues to expand into Central Asia. Canada continues expanding in mainland Canada, especially the regions near Hudson Bay. Celestia also continues expanding into western China. Tanganyika expands into Sudan. Estonia continues expanding in Greenland. After skirmishes in Armenia and Georgia, Byzantium grants Azerbaijan independence. Azerbaijan immediately begins to expand into South Azerbaijan in Iran and up to the Volga River in the North Caucasus. The USNA continues to expand around Mexico's panhandle in Colorado. Brazil expands into Canada from their territory in Montana. The Kazakhs expand around the Aral Sea, while Timor expands into Transoxiana and up to the Ganges. Canada lands on the Novaya Zemlya archipelago. After conquering most of the Northern Caucasus, Azerbaijan transforms into the Empire of Caucasia. They expand up and over the Volga and take land in Turkmenistan. The USNA continues to expand in the Dakotas and Montana. The Nicolides finally defeats the Hindu rebels in India. After, they continue expanding in Pakistan. Mexico withdraws from their panhandle above the Rio Grande.
Caucasia expands along the Caspian to connect to their land in Turkmenistan. Brazil continues to expand in southern and central Canada. Celestia annexes its Siberian puppet allegedly in order to influence the next election. The Afro-American Confederation changes its name to the American Confederation. Kazakhstan expands up to the Ural River. Canada expands from Nunavut towards their land in Quebec. 
228 A.D (1/4/21) - Brazil and Canada continue their expansions in north America: Brazil focusing on the west, and Canada on Ontario. After the annexation of Siberia leads to the CPP (Celestial Prosperity Party) winning the Celestial elections for the 3rd time in a row (by 1%), the Syndicalists rebel against the state in Japan and east Asia, starting the Celestial Civil War. Byzantium, the Nicolides, Timor and Caucasia support the loyalists, while Tanganyika and the USNA support the syndicalists. The ensuing refugee crisis is attended to by Timor and the USNA. Tanganyika occupies Saint Helena and Ascension island. Byzantium fortifies their eastern frontier. Caucasia expands into eastern Scythia. The Confederate States of America rise in Richmond against the USNA. Texas continues to be invaded by America. The Celestial civil war ends with the defeat of the Syndicalists. The Nicolides reaches Afghanistan. A global communication network known as the "Internet" is developed. Estonia continues expanding in Greenland. The Celestial Prosperity Party officially adopts left-wing positions following the civil war. 
229 A.D (1/5/21) - Canada continues expanding in Ontario, while Brazil expands in western Canada and towards the east. The Nicolides expands in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Celestia expands into Siberia, and also Svalbard and Franz Josef Land. Texas continues to be invaded. Canada lands in Nenetsia, and expands down towards Estonia in Russia. While Canada attempts to expand towards the Caspian Sea, the Kazakhs conquer the last parts of the northern coast, blocking them off. Afterwards, they decide to begin expanding in Alaska again. Brazil borders Canada in North America. America continues expanding in the Great Lakes area. The Chinese United League is founded in southern China. 
230 A.D (1/6/21) - America expands in Iowa. Brazil expands north towards the Arctic Sea. Communists in Brazil begin protesting. However, they do not win the elections. The Nicolides expands towards Iran. America continues invading Texas. Estonia continues expanding in Greenland. Canada suddenly cedes their Alaskan territories to Celestia, and all of their Canadian territories to America, with their remaining territory becoming the Novaya Zemlya Republic. They immediately begin expanding into Yamalia and Nenetsia, and later further south towards Perm. Brazil encircles Lake Athabasca, the Great Slave Lake, and the Great Bear Lake. Celestia expands in Alaska and the Yukon.
The Democratic Union of Balochistan forms in western Balochistan. Celestia expands into western Siberia. Kyiv expands slightly in Ukraine. Balochistan invades the Sassanids. America finally defeats Texas and annexes them. They also expand in the Great Plains. Nenetsia borders Estonia in Russia, following their border up towards the Barents Sea. Socialism begins spreading across the US.
231 A.D (1/7/21) - Nenetsia continues expanding in northern Russia. Brazil continues expanding in Canada. Balochistan continues invading the Sassanids. Tibet collapses, and both Timor and the Nicolides begin expanding into its former territory. Mexico declares neutrality. The island of Kyushu rises up against Celestia. Nenetsia expands in Murmansk and Karelia. The US continues expanding near the Great Lakes. Estonia expands in Greenland. Sumi Kaguya is assassinated in her sleep.
== The Solar Flare (232 A.D) ==
232 A.D (1/8/21) - The Netherlands and Germany gain independence from Transylvania after the death of their king. Timor annexes Tibet. Brazil continues expanding in northern Canada. Sumi Kei, Kaguya's sister, is crowned empress of Celestia. Estonia continues expanding in Greenland. The US continues expanding in southern Canada, and also annexes modern-day Colorado. Nenetsia continues to expand in northern Russia. Kazakhstan expands north. 
In the evening of January 29th, 232AD, the Solar Flare of 232AD strikes the earth, disabling all modern electrical technologies. It is the strongest recorded solar flare to ever strike the Earth. The destruction of electronic devices resulted in the rapid collapse of societal order across the world. As a result, all nations in the world, including the Byzantine Empire, the American Confederation, the Second Sultanate of the Nicolides, the United States of America, the Celestial Chancellorship, the Republic of Estonia, the Empire of Caucasia, and many more, collapse as a result of massive rebellions across all of their territories. The destruction of modern technologies result in over three billion people dying as a result of various disasters caused by it. All nations completely dissolved by the middle of the year.
After a few months, a Turkish tribe moves in and takes control over the ruins of Constantinople, forming the very first nation to form after the collapse, the Ottoman Empire. At the same time, the Portuguese form Portugal, the Basques form Euskadi, a small Russian state is established in Vologda, a nation in Colorado is established, Luxembourg forms, Yemen forms, a new Straisia is formed, a rump state of the US is established at its old capital, Alexander III forms a rump state in Greece, Hokkaido forms, and England forms. The Ottomans, Greece, Euskadi, Straisia, and Portugal immediately begin expanding outwards. 
Greece expands into the rest of Greece. Portugal expands into Galicia, Andalusia, and the rest of unclaimed Portugal. Straisia expands north towards and then along the Arctic Sea coast, and onto the New Siberian Islands. The US rump state expands up and down the Eastern Seaboard. The English expand into the rest of England. They also form the Anglo-Luso Alliance with Portugal. The Ottomans expand into Thrace, Anatolia, Cyprus and Crimea. Colorado expands in all directions. Volodga expands towards the White Sea. Hokkaido expands into the rest of their home island. The Ottomans land in the Nile Delta, and expand up into Palestine and connect to Anatolia. Yemen expands into nearby areas. The Shibu Shogunate forms in central Japan. Euskadi expands into the rest of the Basque country, and then towards Catalonia. Prussia forms in northern Poland. 
== Early Post-Flare Era (233 A.D - 270AD) ==
233 A.D (1/9/21) - The Punjab-Indus Kingdom forms in the Indus delta region. Denmark forms. Greece lands in Southern Italy, while Portugal also lands in Sicily. Portugal takes most of the island, but Greece takes the northeastern corner. England expands into Scotland. Euskadi reaches Sardinia, the Balearic Islands, and takes most of Iberia's eastern coast. Portugal takes the rest of Iberia's coastline, and the two agree to split the peninsula. The Ottomans take Tunisia and Malta, while Portugal also expands into Morocco, Crete, and the Ionian Islands. They then cede Crete to the Ottomans and the Ionian Islands to Greece. Portugal also expands into Sardinia and Corsica, and then parts of Italy, but cedes their land in Corsica to Euskadi.
Euskadi expands into Algeria. The Ottomans land in Tripoli and Taman. Euskadi lands in Rome, but then cedes it to Portugal after it gets surrounded by them. After this, they decide to colonize Florida, becoming the first true colonial empire after the collapse. England conquers Wales and expands into Ireland. Denmark expands into Scania. Portugal expands into Macaronesia, and lands in Mauritania. The Ottomans expand towards Mesopotamia and into the rest of the Balkans. England expands into Normandy. Straisia continues to expand outwards. Euskadi continues expanding in North America. Benin and the First Turkic Khaganate form in Nigeria and Mongolia respectively. The First Turkic Khaganate begins expanding outwards. England lands in Newfoundland. The Kingdom of Greece is conquered by the Ottomans, bringing a final end to the Byzantines. Alexander III is captured, but pardoned, and given a home in Izmir. Portugal colonizes the southwestern coast of Africa. Colorado expands towards Cascadia.
Portugal lands in Brazil. Straisia expands towards the eastern edge of Siberia. Volodga continues expanding towards the sea. Hokkaido expands south into Honshu. Portugal lands in Rio de Janeiro. Luxembourg begins expanding up into the Netherlands. Euskadi expands along the southern French coastline. Portugal expands into the interior of Iberia. Straisia expands into Polynesia, and then to New Guinea. The Shibu Shogunate expands in Honshu. Yemen expands along the coast of southwestern Arabia. Colorado continues expanding outwards. The United States expands into Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and into the Carolinas. England conquers Newfoundland and colonizes Nova Scotia. Euskadi lands in northern Mexico. 
234 A.D (1/10/21) - England lands on the coast of the James Bay in Canada and expands towards the Atlantic. The United States continues expanding in the Carolinas. The First Turkic Khaganate continues expanding outward. Hokkaido continues expanding south. Euskadi expands in Mexico. Portugal expands into Brazil, and colonizes Gabon, and then South Africa. Yemen expands up towards the Ottomans in the Levant. The Ottomans respond by expanding into the Sinai peninsula. Luxembourg continues expanding in the Benelux region. Mustafa the Great of the Ottoman Empire dies. After a short power struggle between his children, his son Mehmed becomes the new sultan. Hokkaido expands into Sakhalin. England connects their James Bay colony to the Altantic by expanding through central Quebec. The Ottomans conquer coastal Egypt, and also expand into much of Mesopotamia. Euskadi colonizes the Yucatan peninsula, and expands to the Mississippi river delta. The ruler of Straisia has a strange dream about Americans fighting a prison riot in his country. 
Portugal conquers most of coastal Brazil. The United States conquers most of the Carolinas and Virginia. The First Turkic Khaganate begins expanding west. Portugal colonizes Zanzibar. Luxembourg expands into France. Punjab-Indus expands into Gujarat. Yemen lands in Egypt, just south of the Ottoman-controlled area. Portugal expands along the coast of West Africa from Mauritania, and also colonizes the Falklands. Straisia expands in Kamchatka. After the Ottomans attempt to cut Yemen off from the rest of Egypt, Yemen and the Ottomans agree to split Egypt. The US colonizes Hispaniola. The First Turkic Khaganate reaches Lake Balkhash. 
235 A.D (1/11/21) - Portugal continues expanding in Brazil. The Ottomans continue conquering the coast of Libya. The First Turkic Khaganate expands towards the Aral Sea. Colorado continues expanding northwest. Euskadi continues expanding in Central America and in France. Portugal lands in southern Burma. The Ottomans expand in Mesopotamia and the Balkans. England continues expanding in Quebec. The US also continues expanding. The Duchy of Lower Saxony forms in Germany. Luxembourg continues expanding into France, Switzerland, Venice, and Germany. The Ottomans ally with the First Turkic Khaganate. Straisia expands in the Philippines and Borneo. Punjab-Indus expands up the Indus river. Hokkaido lands in Korea. Euskadi reaches the Pacific in Mexico. The Ottomans continue expanding in Anatolia. Luxembourg renames itself to the Benelux Conglomeration. Portugal continues to expand along the entire West African coastline. Bumin Khagan dies, and his son Issik becomes the new khagan. The First Turkic Khaganate expands in Mongolia and in Kazakhstan. 
236 A.D (1/12/21) - England continues expanding in Quebec. The First Turkic Khaganate continues expanding in Central Asia. Punjab-Indus continues expanding in Pakistan. Portugal continues to expand along the whole western coast of Africa and in Brazil. Euskadi continues expanding in Mexico. The Ottomans expand into Romania and continue expanding in Mesopotamia. Colorado continues expanding. Mehmed I creates the Janisarries and the role of Grand Vizier, and reveals the existence of his son and heir, Levent. Benelux expands around the newly formed Duchy of Lower Saxony. Hokkaido continues expanding in Korea. The Ottomans and Benelux establish an alliance. Portugal lands in southwestern India, taking over the coast of Karnataka and Kerala. The Ottomans expand along the coast of the Persian Gulf and into the Sahara from North Africa. Straisia and Portugal expand in their mainland. The Turkic Khaganate reaches the Volga river. The US abandons Georgia after being threatened by Euskadi. The Ottomans expand in Ukraine. Punjab-Indus expands into western India. Dai Viet forms in Vietnam. England colonizes parts of Norway and Iceland, and expands there. Mutterland (?) forms in Yakutia, and begins expanding towards the sea. Prussia is surrounded by Benelux. The Turkic Khaganate expands in Central Asia. 
237 A.D (1/13/21) - Benelux continues expanding into eastern Europe. Punjab-Indus continues expanding in western India. The Novgorod Republic forms in Borobinsk. The First Turkic Khanagate continues expanding in Central Asia. Mutterland (?) continues expanding. The Ottomans continue expanding around the Black Sea coast and in Romania. Portugal expands in Morocco. Straisia expands in Siberia. The Janisarries in southern Anatolia mutiny, forming the Sultanate of Karaman. However, the Ottomans quickly crush the uprising. Afterwards, it is decided that only Turks and Arabs born in Anatolia may join the Janisarries. Benelux, the Ottomans, and Portugal all declare war on Euskadi after they deny an ultimatum from Benelux. The Turkic Khaganate expands towards Manchuria. The Ottomans invade Euskadi in north Africa, while Benelux invades through France. The Ottomans then land in Valencia. The Portuguese invade through central Iberia. Euskadi's mainland is overwhelmed. Abene escapes to Mexico. Portugal annexes Euskadi's land in Iberia, the Ottomans annex Algeria and the Balearics, and Benelux annexes France. The Ottomans expand in North Africa. Euskadi begins expanding in northern Mexico again. Portugal changes its name to the Iberian Empire. Colorado expands northwest. The Ottomans expand in the northern Caucasus. Mutterland (?) expands towards the sea. Benelux expands up towards the Volga River through Belarus. England expands in Norway. 
238 A.D (1/14/21) - Benelux expands in Russia, Ukraine, and the Baltics. Portugal continues expanding in Morocco. Euskadi occupies the rest of Mexico, and expands into Texas. The Turkic Khaganate expands in Central Asia. The Ottomans expand in the Caucasus and in Romania. Straisia expands in the Far East of Siberia, and connects its mainland to its Kamchatkan colony. The Grand Vizier of the Ottomans is assassinated by a Kurd. Levent becomes the new Grand Vizier. The Novgorod Republic collapses. Punjab-Indus continues expanding south. England expands in Norway and Sweden. Romania rebels, but is immediately crushed. As a result of the rebellion, Europeans become excluded from the military completely. Ukraine forms in Kyiv, and the Ottomans and Benelux expand towards it. The Ottomans also expand in Iran, and secure the shores of the Azov. Mutterland (?) expands and reaches the coast. Portugal expands into the Sahara, Yemen expands into the southern shore of Arabia. 
A library within an old Byzantine palace is discovered, hosting a wealth of information from before the collapse, including radical ideologies such as Syndicalism. These ideas spread throughout the Ottoman Empire, leading to the establishment of new political parties and a wave of violent protests. Istanbul is held under lockdown and the Bosphorus Strait is closed down to the outside world. A small tribal nation in Greenland establishes itself near Nuuk. 
239 A.D (1/15/21) - Some mad lads in the empire of Benelux have this really cool idea about their country being a bizarre nonsensical totalitarian dictatorship that has the ability to devolve its population into gerbils. Unfortunately, their exciting attempt at literature is mocked greatly by the populace and by critics worldwide. Said mad lads are then forced to take part in the Benelux colonization of Stockholm, which is followed by the occupation of South Sweden and the Danish archipelago. Britain counters by colonizing the Jutland peninsula and the rest of Sweden. An Ottoman military detachment gets high on Rum and manages to lose themselves in the Arabian Desert after being tasked to secure Persian lands. The mediocre writers from Benelux attempt to ambush the emperor after he rated their book a measly 1/10, however they fail and are given the death sentence. The Ottoman Empire, which in fact greatly enjoyed the literary masterpiece, is apoplectically angered by the executions, with some political parties increasing protests. This leads to Benelux closing its borders to the outside world, as clearly they live in a madman's paradise where people enjoy the literary equivalent of putrid garbage. The Ottoman Empire begins construction of the Suez Canal. Benelux conquers Prussia after they collapse, and expands into Finland. 
Red Istanbul occurs: A Syndicalist worker's strike in Istanbul quickly transforms into a riot which charges into the imperial palace, however they are massacred by the Jannisaries, resulting in 200 dead and further Syndicalist support. After Mehmed I makes a speech in front of the memorial to those who died in Red Istanbul, political violence across the empire ends, and the Ottoman Party forms as a united coalition of all political ideologies. 
The Kingdom of Yemen is demanded by the Ottomans to give up their lands in Egypt and north Hejaz. Punjab-Indus expands towards the south. The Turkic Khaganate expands in Kazakhstan, while the Ottoman Empire expands in Iran and Egypt. Ukraine towards the south, hugging the Dnipro river. Mutterland (?) expands towards the north and south, conquering further reaches of the Russian Far East. Euskadi expands in Texas. Straisia expands in Kamchatka. 
240 A.D (1/16/21) - Euskadi expands into Texas. South Africa forms, and expands across the southern coastline of Africa. England continues expanding in Scandinavia. Benelux continues expanding in Finland. The Turkic Khaganate expands in Kazakhstan. Punjab-Indus expands south. Colorado expands northwest. Ukraine's government is overthrown by Tatars, becoming the Ukrainian Khanate. After conquering California, Euskadi begins working to preserve the Californian Arabic language. Srivijaya forms in northern Sumatra and begins expanding. A man calling himself "Elmo" tries to overthrow the newly established country, but is laughed at for his strange costume and executed instead. Ukraine declares war on the Ottoman Empire. After being defeated by the Ottomans at Dnipro, they surrender. Their territory is transformed into an Ottoman puppet state. Srivijaya expands to the Malay Peninsula. Benelux requests the Duchy of Lower Saxony become their puppet state; they accept. Benelux also cedes them some territory in Schleswig-Holstein. Taiwan forms. 
(done up until the 16th) 
To be continued...
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