Konig des Menschen IV (Archive 4)

This is the fourth archive of Konig des Menschen Chapter IV (Map Game).
==Turn XVI to XX (540AD-640AD)==
=== Turn XVI: 540 AD - 560 AD ===
==== Events & Great People ====
*The Cave Temples: Temples for the Hindu goddess Shiva are built within caves of the Elephanta Island, Gupta
*A New Wave of Migrations: With the eruption of the volcano, and the populations of Rome suffering, the Ostgermaniker and Slavokan peoples see their chance to revolt. With the arm of the Roman kingdoms might weak in the far reaches of Europe, the Ostgermaniker and Slavokan locals revolt against the rule of some Latin king. Most of Roma Borealis collapses, as their armies are defeated time and time again by the barbaric warrior tribes. Kalichatow falls to revolts as well. 70,000 Ostgermaniker warriors roam the woods, walking west like a wall of annihilation. The Slavokan tribes rise up in Tartary, claiming the northern parts of the RAR. A loose force of 20,000-40,000 warriors march towards Kuma. Is the beginning of regression?
*Mesoamerican Upheaval: Several villages in multiple Mesoamerican states such as Tlapanec, Teutihuacan and Maya begin to rise up against the existing proto-monarchies, establishing their own states under local cultures and a leader of their own lineage.
====NPC Turns====
*Zhang: They refuse to let Xia become independent and begin bolstering their manpower for a possible war. They accuse Yamato of planning to take Xia for themselves, justifying their moves as securing and protecting the Chinese heritage in the region.
*Korean Tribes: A handful of them join Gojoseon.
*Ainu: Two small tribes decide to join Tohoku, but are swiftly butchered while the hatred of the northern Ainu towards the ever growing behemoths of Japan begin to grow all the more sour.
*Qi: They also begin to prepare for a possible war and begin building up defences on the Yan border.
*Xiongnu: They will agree to Gojoseon's proposition, if they are very handsomely rewarded in the form of complete annexation of Qi and total control of Beiking.
*Goths: They push further into Danska. A new wave of invasions come from the north into the northern island. Many begin to flee Danska. Tyrbrand leads an exodus of 8,000 Danish settlers and soldiers into Britannia. They land next to Camulodonum and capture it. They also push Nordicium even further towards just Bergen, claiming the southern regions of their realm
*Danska and Vesnia: They engage in a series of naval battles, with neither making proper progress.
*Albion: They see their chance to invade their ancient homeland, Britannia, as the Caledonians are taking most of the attention of the Romans. A force of 5,000 Albion warriors land in Wales and begin their march towards Isca Silurum.
*Bonra: They stampede through the lands of Roma Oriental, to claim the weakly held lands in Caucasus.
====Kingdom of Tartary (second final turn)====
*Government: Autocratic monarchy (if that's a thing)
**Kings:
***Aurelix (537 AD-550 AD) (b. 501 AD-543 AD)
***Hadaza (550 AD-present) (b. 529 AD)
*Military: 13,300 in total.
**6,000 melee infantry (this includes those with spearmen and short swordsmen)
**4,000 horsemen (surprise, horse tradition is prevalent in Tartar culture)
**2,500 archers (ordinary ones, not mechanised crossbow ones)
**800 crossbowmen (guess what, we also got them from the Romans)
*Economy: When the Roman Empire had split into five realms and Tartary broke free, the economy was once again in ruin with rebellion. Settlements are still being built to produce crafts, but this time not assisted by Romans. Trade is now returning since the end of the Thanatos Plague and soon by 538 AD, the first Tartar currency is based on coinage.
*Demographics: The culture begins to radically absorb Romans (if they even still live here after the revolution) and the remaining Yin-tsu/Tistuan people into the new Tartar culture, with the last of the Tistuans being assimilated into this new melting pot culture.
**Population: 420,000
**Religion: 55% Astryianism (dominant in the northern part of Tartary), 45% Christian (dominant in the borders of Roma Borealis [excl. Vedena], Centralis and Orientalis, along with the coastline)
**Culture: 73% Tartar, 12% German, 15% Slavic
*Events:
**Sectarianism: Sectarian violence continued to prevail across the century, for the first time, Christianity has been surpassed by the Astryianist faith. Whether this will have a tremendous impact of settlements in Euxine Sea that primarily embrace the Christian faith have to wait.
**The Northern Raiders: Even though the Tartary culture has part Daevite culture, thanks to the collapse of the empire and that Daevites have took non-Daevite women, some of the descendents carried on some of the traditions under a condensed Tartary culture. But, they still have to face the barbarians who may have a new tactic and that the Roman tactic should not be the way to go anymore. Some of these had to be revised. A new army of recruits are called by King Hadaza has been raised up to cut off the numbers of Slavokans moving to the city of Kuma. Since Tartary broke off from Roma Borealis, like Vedena, they could not protect themselves together with their help, but self-determination has to be one way to go.
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==== Sultanate of Muscat-Oman ====
* Government: Absolute Monarchy (Sultanate)
** Sultan: Ali Saifal al-Khalif (B 499 AD D 557 AD) (R 519 AD - Present), Mustafa Saifal al-Khalif (B 536 AD, still alive) (R 557 AD - Present)
** Hakim of Al-Sumali and Socotra: (R 490 AD - 524 AD), Mehmed al-Keret (B 500 AD, still alive) (R 524 AD - Present)
** Economy: Based around fishing, some agriculture and trading mostly, as well as taxing of the villagers and peasants. We are a central figure of the large spice trade across the Indian Ocean. We are trading with Ceylon, Gerrha, the Shapurid Dynasty, Gupta, Roma Centrum and Atlas. Currently the economy is being stressed due to the Surabanese War of Independence.
** Capital: Muscat
** Demographics:
*** Population:
*** Muscat: 7152
*** Ibri: 2906
*** Salala: 3647
*** Duqm: 3311
*** Shoqra: 2406
*** Al-Mukalia: 2306
*** Tamreda: 1240
*** Sur: 1802
*** Al-Hafu (Hafun): 823
*** Rural areas (AKA everything else): ~110,025
*** Ethnicities (counting Suraban): 68% Omani, 19% Surabanese, 8,5% Gerrhans, 2% Adnanites, 2% Azd tribes, 1% African tribes, 0,5% Mobambans.
*** Religion: 89% Zoroastrianism, 11% Other (Christianity, Paganism etc.)
** Wars and Conflicts (italics: Potential War):
*** Muscati-Saba War: There is mostly some small skirmishes occuring between the two sides. We send our large cavalry army out to invade, with a reinforcement army of 1500 ready to help if things go sour.
*** Naval Front: Most of the fighting in the Muscati-Saba War consists of naval clashes, ramming, arrow fire and the sabotage of ports and important ships using fire ships. We prepare ships not in the battles as reserves.
*** Surabanese War of Independence: With Shoqra retaken and the Surabanese weakened and having no central city for stability or unity, we push westwards, defending when necessary. Our generals call for Surabanese surrender as our troops continue ravaging through, ousting and killing the Surabanese living in occupied tribes in favor of our own people.
*** Defence of Al-Sumali and Socotra: Our colonies are garrisoned to ensure their safety.
** Military: Our conscription law is ~12% of the population
*** Reformed Shielded Spearmen: 2500
*** Reformed Swordmen: 3309
*** Reformed Bowmen: 2655
*** City Guards (found mostly in cities but smaller "squads" also exist in larger villages): 1432
*** Reformed Dromedary Forces: 2350
*** Sword Cavalry: 1521
*** Spear Cavalry: 1343
*** Javelin Cavalry: 1201
*** Horse Archers: 512
*** Reformed Javelineers: 1200
** Navy:
*** 90 transport ships (can hold around 8-12 men)
*** 300 trade ships
*** 180 warships (galleys pretty much)
*** 130 fire ships
*** 30 triremes
*** Although not part of the navy we have 450 fishing ships.
** Diplomacy:
*** Suraban: Die already.
*** Chola: Hmm, maybe we can buy spices from you?
*** Local Adnanites: May we march through your territory? Also, we will leave you alone and trade you nice wares if you attack Saba.
** Events:
*** Wootz Steel: We receive this specially made steel from our trade from Southern India. We start using this steel for different things, most notably weapons.
*** Tamreda Naval Base: Tamreda becomes quite the important naval base (basically Omani Pearl Harbor in the 6th century).
*** Exploration: We are exploring the seas along the East African Coast, down towards Madagascar and nearby islands (which we don't know exist yet).
==== Teuchitlan ====
* Government: Absolute Monarchy
** Ruler: King Gabor (B 480 - 542 AD) (R 496 - 542 AD)
** King Herabos (B 506 - 550 AD) (R 542 - 550 AD)
** King Cualli (B 526 - present AD) (R 550 - 552)
** Earl Ah-Cancum of Acagado is now leading the country because King Cualli is sick.
* Economy: Balancing between farming and fishing 
* Capital: Colima
* Demographics:
** Population: 56.243 (79% Rural 21% Urban)
*** 88% Teuchitlan 
*** 8% Mayan
*** 1% Tlapanec
*** 1% Teotihuacan
*** 2% Other (Tribes in the north)
** Religion: 99% Maya mythology 1% Other
* Military
** Swordman: 976
** Shielded spearman: 310
** Archers: 155
** Cavalry: 73
** City guards: 121
* Navy
** Trade ships: 4
** 'Exploring' ships: 6
** Small ships that hold men(5 - 10): 2
* Wars and Conflicts:
** At war with uprisings, I suppose 
* Diplomacy:
** All surrounding nations except for the uprisings: We must work together!
* Events:               
** The king is ill!: King Cualli was found sick in his bed throwing up on the 3 March 552 AD. Doctors said he was poisoned. The people of Teuchitlan blame the people from the uprisings for it.
** Explore the seas: Stops because of the conflicts.
** Explore the north: Stops because of the conflicts.
==== Republic of Vedena ====
* Government: Vedena is run by the Governor and the Senate, which are elected every 8 years by adult male landowners.
** Governor: Dobromir Capek (530AD-542AD); Svyatopolk Volyn (542AD-548AD); Dobromir Capek (548AD-554AD); Ognyan Voroshilov (554AD-560AD); Varban Karpov (560AD-now)
* Economy: Based on logging, agriculture, deep mining, and trade.
** Landownership expansion: because of our immigration policy, the number of landowners is growing dramatically.
* Capital: Lutsk.
* Demographics: 297'100 people
** Rural areas:~192'000.
** Biggest settlements: 105'100; 35.4% live in urban areas.
*** Lutsk: 68'900.
*** Mukachevo: 9'300.
*** Ivanyvsk': 8'500.
*** Other (population less than 1000): 18'400.
** Ethnicities: 42% are Volynians, 21% are Romans, 12% are the nomadic tribes, 25% is the rest (Greeks, Dacians, etc.).
** Religion: 65% are Judaist/Christians, 25% are Vedenian pagans, 10% is the rest beliefs (Illyrican, Bonra, and other pagans).
* Military:
** Shortswordsmen and crossbowmen: 6'000.
** City guards: 10'000.
* Navy: 350 little trade vessels, 50 medium ones.
* Diplomacy:
** Tartary: the World is so unstable and dangerous these days. It is better when small countries like us unite in order to defend against invaders. In addition, we would like to ask for a guarantee of free and protected trade through the Dnipro river, in exchange for a decent share of profits from the trade,
* Events:
** The restoration of Lutsk: Since we have returned to our ancient lands, we started rebuilding the former capital, Lutsk. It was known to be one of the greatest cities of all times and it is growing at incredible rates nowadays.
** Ever-growing landownership: Our immigration policy is providing new immigration with enough lands as their private property to self-sustain so that more and more people settle the territories. It attracts a lot of people across neighbouring regions and countries.
** A giant leap: This generation experiences much higher fertility rates, especially in the rural areas, thanks to a number of reasons such as better climate, for instance.
====Chiefdom of Mobamba====
*Government: Tribal Chiefdom
**Ruler: Chief Jamba (b.509, r.518-549), Chief Moniba (b.533, r.549-)
*Economy: Mainly based off of fishing and subsistence farming, with occasional trade between nearby tribes, Wakanda, and very occasionally, Gerrha and Muscat-Oman. Expansion to the west also allows limited stone and iron mining in the highlands of the newly-acquired territory.
*Capital: Sicko-Mobamba
*Demographics:
**Population: 90,000
***Sicko-Mobamba: 19,000
***Wata-Madinga: 4,000
***Sicko-Uwu: 10,000
***U-Nukalo: 3,000
***Obunga: 1,000
**Religion: 60% Knuckles traditional religion, 38% Black Panther Cult, 1% Zoroastrianism
**Ethnicities: 39% Mobamban, 53% other Knuckles tribes, 5% Wakandans, 1% Nilotic tribes, 1% other (mainly merchants of Gerrhan and Omani descent)
*Military: 3,000 spearmen, 1,000 swordsmen, 500 archers, 75 elephant chariots
*Events:
**Black Panther Cult: Widespread tensions between Black Panther Cultists and practitioners of the Knuckles traditional religion in northern and eastern Mobamba continues. Although Chief Moniba has issued an edict of toleration to the Cultists in Sicko-Mobamba, widespread discrimination continues across the country, with Wata-Madinga’s mayor expelling all Black Panther Cultists from the city. Although many of those make the trek to Sicko-Mobamba, seeking better treatment and protection, some more extreme and zealous Cultists seek protection from Wakanda, and begin to regroup and form an insurgent army.
**Infrastructure projects: Streets in major cities are paved with stone. A wide dirt road connecting cities and towns on the coast of OTL Lake Victoria is also constructed. This road is wide enough for two elephant chariots to pass each other.
**Introduction of the Arabic script: A learned Omani merchant has transcribed the Mobamban language on his native Arabic script. The first written works in Mobamban are a translation of the Avesta (the Zoroastrian holy book), and a transcription of the Knuckalic creation myth.
**Expansion: Mobamba expands along the Dinga River (OTL Victoria Nile), founding the city of Obunga where the river flows into OTL Lake Albert. Expansion is detailed in the map below:
*Diplomacy:
**Wakanda: Can we Black Panther Cultists take refuge in your lands and regroup and form an army in your territory?
====Honshu to Shikoku no Toitsu Kokoku====
*Government: Union of Monarchies, with exception for Ainu Tohoku (Democratic Tribalism, now Autonomous State)
**Mikado of Yamato: Empress Saika Ichiban-me (Until 547 AD), Empress Saika Niban-me (548 AD onwards, born 523 AD)
**Mikado of Izumo: Empress Misato Sayaka (Until 543 AD), Empress Misato Futaba (550 AD onwards, born 532 AD)
**Mikado of Kibi: Emperor Katagiri Shinichi (Since 535 AD)
**Economy: The economy kicks into gear for war. With a large merchantile industry formed out of mass-producing naval craft, partcularly the Chokyori-sen and Kyushu-sen, for both our and the Gojoseon armies, a temporary economic boom occurs.
**Capital: Yamatai-koku (Consolidated capital)(Present-day Sakurai, Nara), Edo (Yamato), Kioku (Izumo), Umienomon (Tohoku), Naruto (Kibi)
**Demographics:
***Population: 4,201,000
***Religion: Non-mandated
***Ethnicities: 27% Yamato, 25% Izumo, 8.5% Ainu, 16% Kibi, 5% Nakoku, 5% Hayato, 5% Xia, 3.5% Gojoseon, 3.5% Ryukyu, 0.5% Zhang (Tohoku not included)
**Military: With 360 Chokyori-sen and 460 Kyushu-sen, 35,000 men are sent to Xia. 10,000 will remain on their various ships to engage in a large naval blockade of Xia, while the remaining 25,000 on 130 Chokyori-sen and 320 Kyushu-sen land in Taipei and begin clearing out the Zhang occupation force. 
**Wars/Conflicts: War with Zhang.
**Diplomacy: 
***Zhang: We declare war. 
====Empire of Gojoseon====
*Government: Heredity absolute monarchy.
**Emperor: Hyon Sang-Chol (224-)
*Economy: Coinage is almost fully implemented and will be completed next turn. Economy is still based around agriculture and trade.
*Capital: Songrim.
*Demographics:
**Population: 1,010,012 (87% Korean, 12% Yang, 1% other)
**Religion: 97% Confucianism, 3% other.
*Korean Military
**Infantry: 32,500
**Archers: 6,000
**Calavry: 12,000
*Korean Navy
**Attack Ships: 40
**Transport Ships: 25
**Trading Ships: 60
*Wars and Conflicts
**Zhang War: We join in against Zhang after Yamato declares war on them, for now we dont do much besides sending some supplies and sending some ships to help blockade Xia.
*Diplomacy
**Xiongnu: We agree to your deal. So go ahead my new friend, we will attack once they are fully distracted. (Next turn)
*Events
**Fortification in Yan: In preparation for a war, we begin to build up fortifications in Yan on the borders with Qi, Xiongnu, and the Daevites, along with placing troops there in preparation for a war.
==== Roma Borealis (North Roman Empire) I Westro-Germanian Kingdom ====
* Leader: "The Green Emperor" Saturn Remus Neo-Claudian (B 490 - D 545) (R 510 - 545), Remus Augustus Neo-Claudian (B 520 - D 545), (R 25th June 545 - 12th august 545), Augustus Neo-Claudian (B 543 - still alive), (R 12th August 545 - 14th August 545), Warlord/King Adelhard Germanus von Hohenstol (B 523 - still alive), (R 545 to 547 as warlord and then 547 and onwards as king)
* Government: Absolute Monarchy ruled by an Emperor. The Whole title is Emperor of Roma Borealis, Protector of Germania, archidux of Westria and king of the eastern lands. New title is King of Germania and Archduke of Westria. Our current ruling dynasty switched from Neo-Claudian to von Hohenstol
** Demographics:
*** Population:
*** Wien: Population: 75,780
*** Eskos: Population: 36,400
*** Konigsberg: Population: 20,350
*** Konr: Population: 20,010
*** Rich: Population: 32,200
*** Munich: Population: 25,000
*** Miels: Population: 23,400
*** Rural and smaller towns population: 11,528,100
*** Total population: 11,702,340
*** Religion: Westrian paganism (6%), Roman Paganism (5%), Christianity (50%) and Germanic Paganism (39%)
*** Ethinicities: 16% Westrian, 31% Bavarii/irminonics aka Munichians, 15% Escosians, Latins 1%, Germanics 37%
* Economy: We are based on agriculture. We use our own coins which resembles a lot those of the old Roman empire
* Wars and conflicts: 
* Invasion from the east: We try to defeat them with 20,000 spearmen and 15,000 swordmen and 12,000 cavalry we have but it has been very unsuccesfull so far.
* Chief Commander: Suspended the last one being Germanus aristainus who leads the remains of the North Roman army in the east.
* Army: Total of
* Spearmen: 45,050
* Swordmen: 38,040
* Bowmen: 12,530
* Cavalry: 20,482
* Pioneers: 1,374
* Crossbowmen: 1,150
** Events:
*** Romanization: The romanization stops at 545.
*** The rise of Christianity: Christianity continues to spread as it is both promoted and accepted
*** The Fall of the North Roman Empire: In 545 tragic striked the nation when the Emperor died at age of 55. His heir quickly took the role as Emperor but to bad not to long after becoming emperor he died in battle agaisnt the ostgermanikers leaving his 2 year old son on the throne. His son Augustus reign only lasted two days before General Abdelhard who feared that the whole empire would collapse took control first as warlord trying to hold the empire togheter but soon in 456 he decided to declare the old Westrian region with the Germanic lands aquired with the peacedeal with Daevites before the split of the Roman Empire indpendendt. He leaves the rest of the now dissovled empire to its fate.
* Diplomacy:
*note that the statistic on religion, ethncity, army and demographics shows Roma Borealis and not the Westro-Germanian Kingdom
====Kingdom of Caledonia====
Royal Family (Seosaidh's Dynasty):
*Seosaidh I (Ruled 465AD-523AD)
**Kyrillian I (Rules 523AD-Present)
***Edgum (born 527AD)
****Fume (Born 553AD)
****Megatain (Born 555AD)
****Tebazed (Born 559AD)
***Byrr (born 533AD)
****Edgard (Born 547AD)
****Byllina (Born 551AD)
**Prince Thorris (born 500AD)
**Prince Arys (born 510AD) (died to natural causes 543AD)
*Government: Hereditary Monarchy, Led by Kyrillian I Since 523AD
**128/142 Town Mayors are now Romanized
*Economy: The economy is largely unaffected by the war and retains the sloppy growth of an agrarian economy.
**Fifth Issue: The economy procedes as normal, even during wartime.
*Demographics: A population boost is given by the conquered territories.
*Population: 153,000 (95,0% rural, 5,0% urban)
*Military: 
**The First Army (led by Kyrillian I* (As of Present )): 1400 Trained Archers, 2900 Levy Archers 195 Noble Spearmen, 5000 Levy Spearmen.
**The Second Army (led by Prince Thorris* (As of Present)): 800 Trained Archers, 1900 Levy Archers, 90 Noble Spearmen, 3000 Levy Spearmen
**~2400 enlisted Military Police(Town guards, etc).
**23 Manned Warships, 2 Transport Ships
(*Due to their old age, they lead rather as armchair commanders, giving orders from the back and the orders being carried out by other officials)
*Wars and Conflicts:
**Caledonian conquest of Britannia: Kyrillian and Thorris march south, pillaging and attacking any Romans that come in their way.
==== Chiefdom of Bayelsha ====
*Government: Tribal confederation under a non-hereditary monarchy
**Shugaba: Hadava 
*Economy: Dependent on hunting, agriculture becomes more prominent
*Capital: Haɗawa
*Demographics:
**Population: ~30,100
**Religion: Hausa shamanism 100%
*Wars and Conflicts: Diplomacy:
**Bantu tribes: We ask you to join our nation, we will provide equal represantation in the tribal council and the free practice of your religion
*Events:
**Expansion: A proposal was accepted to expand east to the Bantu border by the tribal council, including the Shugaba himself
**Female representation: After one of the tribal leaders have died without a male heir, and the tribe has split into many smaller ones, to avoid this from happening, women can now inherit the tribal leadership, but there are many restrictions, for example they cant lead armies
*Territories: Modern Bayelsha State, Nigeria, and everything between the nation and the Bantu tribes, with the northern border being the same distance from coast as its current northern border
=== Turn XVII: 560 AD - 580 AD ===
==== Events & Great People ====
*A New Wave of Migrations: The Ostgermaniks continue their great march to claim the weakly held lands. They claim swathes of land from Roma Borealis with their might of 50 000 warriors, reaching the river Elbe. The Irminonics rise up and begin fighting the Ostgermaniks and the Romans south of Vesnia. The Ostgermaniks also begin to pour into Vedena, claiming the northern lands, massacring those who opposed their march and reclamation of their power. The Slavokans also continue their march, claiming Hadan and Ridstau. A tribe of 2 000 nearly reached Kuma, but were butchered in front of the gates of the city.
*Beowulf: The mighty Gothic warrior is born in 561. He lives his life near the southern border, fighting the Ostgermaniks his whole youth. He leads many battles against the Ostgermaniks, gaining reputation and honor with his massive kill tally. By the age of 17, he is summoned by the Danish king to Danska, to fight the Vesnians for him and to slay a mythical and rumoured beast which plundered the halls of a major village on Falster in exchange for a title of nobility in the kingdom of Danska. Myth tells that Beowulf slays a mythical beast named Grendel and it's mother. He leads his small group of warriors against the Vesnians when they attempt an invasion and drive them back to the sea with the aid of other levied troops. Beowulf becomes the earl of Ärhus.
*Buddhism: it spreads to Japan, to the port of Fukuoka, Nakoku from Gojoseon. From Nakoku word of the teachings of Buddha reach Yamato in 574. Roughly 8 000 people have been converted by the newly arrived faith.
*Wolves at the Gates: With the Gothic tribes closing in on Bergen every day, the king of Nordicium, Yngvarr tries to desperately hold off the massing hordes of Goths. The Norrmarkung are the first Goths to reach the city of Bergen, sieging it for two weeks, but are forced to retreat after reinforcements arrived. A naval invasion from Västermark and Athalarica arrive at the ports, but are just and just repelled by the few remaining defenders. There are no more men to supply the Nordicium army, and only 2 000 soldiers remain. The Goths begin to turn to infighting and many tribes slaughter each other. The Athalarica grow, assimilating new tribes and assassinations run rampant in all the Scandinavian kingdoms. Bergen is at the verge of collapse.
*Gerrhan Collapse: After years of dissent and insurgencies, the nation of Gerrha has collapsed into several minor states.
==== NPC Turns ====
*Gothic Kingdoms: The kingdom of Sydstrand is formed in Kristiansand and Norrmarkung between Bergen and Västermark. Ståkkårå expands northward.
*Danska and Vesnia: Danska lose the northern regions of their kingdom to the Goths. Vesnia's eastern border is harassed by the Ostgermaniks and the southern border by the Irminonics. Both nations sign a ceasefire and focus on the invading barbarians.
*Surabanese Revolt: They reconquer Shoqra and take Al-Mukalia. The massive military of Muscat-Oman has drained it's economy, and almost 2 000 soldiers defect from the front, fleeing either to their homes or joining the Surabanese, who seem to offer them more if they fight for them, than Muscat-Oman. The nations begins to crumble under the stress of a long and expensive campaign.
*Danes of Camulodonum: More Danes from Danska flee to the region, totaling 12 000 people at the moment. They expand northward, capturing more land from Roma Occidental.
*Albion: They capture Isca Silurum and most of Wales.
*Pyu: They invade Manipur, annexing it with ease. They also continue their slow advance on Shu.
*Langkasuka: They annex Mong through a bloody campaign.
*Qi: They offer Feng a chance to form an alliance with them and Zhang, they accept.
==== Sultanate of Muscat-Oman ====
* Government: Absolute Monarchy (Sultanate)
** Sultan: Mustafa Saifal al-Khalif (B 536 AD, still alive) (R 557 AD - 565 AD), Fariar Saifal al-Khalif (B 540 AD, still alive) (R 565 AD - Present)
** Hakim of Al-Sumali and Socotra: Mehmed al-Keret (B 500 AD, still alive) (R 524 AD - Present)
** Economy: Based around fishing, some agriculture and trading mostly, as well as taxing of the villagers and peasants. We are a central figure of the large spice trade across the Indian Ocean. We are trading with Ceylon, Gerrha, the Shapurid Dynasty, Gupta, Roma Centrum and Atlas. It is in need of rebuilding due to the large strain it has had on our nation.
** Capital: Muscat
** Demographics:
*** Population:
*** Muscat: 7173
*** Ibri: 3041
*** Salala: 3587
*** Duqm: 3311
*** Shoqra (occupied): ~2000
*** Al-Mukalia (occupied): ~1900
*** Tamreda: 1291
*** Sur: 1820
*** Kalba: 2300
*** Al-Hafu (Hafun): 854
*** Rural areas (AKA everything else): ~108,112
*** Ethnicities: 77% Omani, 9% Surabanese, 8,5% Gerrhans, 2% Adnanites, 2% Azd tribes, 1% African tribes, 0,5% Mobambans.
*** Religion: 89% Zoroastrianism, 11% Other (Christianity, Paganism etc.)
** Wars and Conflicts (italics: Potential War):
*** Muscati-Saba War: Time to end it.
*** Surabanese War of Independence: Time to end it.
** Military: Our conscription law is ~1% of the population
*** Reformed Shielded Spearmen: 200
*** Reformed Swordmen: 200
*** Reformed Bowmen: 200
*** City Guards: 200 (exempt from conscription)
*** Reformed Dromedary Forces: 200
*** Sword Cavalry: 50
*** Spear Cavalry: 50
*** Javelin Cavalry: 50
*** Horse Archers: 50
*** Reformed Javelineers: 200
** Navy:
*** 91 transport ships (can hold around 8-12 men)
*** 305 trade ships
*** 150 warships (galleys pretty much)
*** 110 fire ships
*** 30 triremes
*** Although not part of the navy we have 451 fishing ships.
** Diplomacy:
*** Suraban and Saba: This conflict has gone on for far too long, let us end this. We will recognize Suraban's independence and they may receive the lands they occupy, except Al-Mukalia. We shall pay reparations as well, I hope we can forget our long hatred of eachother and establish good relations.
** Events:
*** End of the Era of Warfare: As things took a turn for the worse, the al-Khalif family saw that there was no way out of this war except to accept Suraban's ultimate independence. Mustafa, however, refused to acknowledge any sort of thing. Going along with the secularization of Muscat-Oman, the family together with angry citizens forced Mustafa to abdicate and he was replaced by his brother Fariar as he had no heir. After over 100 years of warfare, peace is finally pursued.
*** Conscription: It was earlier at a ridiculous number only set because of the huge amount of years that Muscat-Oman was at war in. This cracked down the economy (which is what supplies the army in the first place) and was reduced by Fariar to just 1% after he took power.
*** Casualties: A lot of people have died and left the nation after such a bloody era.
*** Times of Worry: Our Sultanate has become unstable, mostly because of the war, this has caused protests that have led to injured citizens and in some cases deaths. The Sultan is trying to rebuild society, but it will take a long time.
==== Republic of Vedena ====
* Government: Vedena is run by the Governor and the Senate, which are elected every 8 years by adult male landowners. The Senate is quite stratified and each social class tries to achieve the majority and leadership in it.
** Governor: Varban Karpov (560AD-572AD), Milo Vlaev the Librarian (572AD-now)
** Senate: 
*** Merchants: 98 
*** Nobility: 103
*** "Librarians": 21
*** Religious: 43
* Economy: Based on logging, agriculture, deep mining, and trade.
** The ever-growing number of landownerships: Because of our appealing immigration policy, the number of landowners is growing dramatically in different regions of Vedena, but usually across Lutsk.
** The ever-growing amount of trade: Ancient Vedena was founded by merchants. The amount of trade and, respectively, the influence of the merchants as a cast has slightly increased last decades and doesn't seem to stop expanding.
* Capital: Lutsk.
* Demographics: 320'100 people
** Rural areas:~195'900.
** Biggest settlements: 124'200; 38.8% live in urban areas.
*** Lutsk (and the nearest territories across it): 82'900.
*** Mukachevo: 10'600.
*** Ivanyvsk': 10'300.
*** Other (population less than 1000): 20'400.
** Ethnicities: 48% are Volynians, 17% are Romans, 14% are the nomadic tribes, 21% is the rest (Greeks, Dacians, etc.).
** Religion: 70% are Judaist/Christians, 22% are Vedenian pagans, 8% is the rest beliefs (Illyrican, Bonra, and other pagans).
* Military:
** Swordsmen and crossbowmen: 30'000.
** City guards: 16'000.
** Feudal armies: Nowadays, the strongest of the nobility have their own, yet little (for now), armies, which may help us halt the barbaric invasion from the north.
** Big standing army: In order to be protected from the barbarians, we have to have a standing army. Thus, a lot of new city guards, swordmen and crossbowmen were recruited. Unfortunately, it cripples out budget a little.
* Navy: 420 little trade vessels, 50 medium ones.
* Diplomacy:
** Negotiations with the Ostgermaniker: The barbaric invasion must be stopped at any cost! Therefore, we try to sign peace with them in exchange for permission to settle in the northern lands as the autonomy of Vedena with its own military, and internal policy.
* Events:
** The restoration of the Great Lutsk Library:​​​​​​ The Great Lutsk Library, often called as "The Northern Library of Alexandria", which contained a lot of great works of art, science, and philosophy, was destroyed by disgusting barbarians a few centuries ago. Fortunately, Milo Vlaev, the elected governor of Vedena, has commissioned reconstruction of the Great Lutsk Library in the City Centre. It was rebuilt in 7 years, outmatching the previous shame of it. It is time to praise knowledge again!
** The Lutsk Wall: Accounting for the fact Lutsk was violently obliterated last time, Varban Karpov, and later Milo Vlaev commissioned the construction of a big wall across Lutsk in order to protect it from possible invasions. It is said to be one of the greatest walls in lands of the former Roman Empire. Will it save Vedena from future invasions? Time will tell!
* Current features of Vedena: 
** The restoration of Lutsk: Since we have returned to our ancient lands, we started rebuilding the former capital, Lutsk. It was known to be one of the greatest cities of all times and it is growing at incredible rates nowadays.
** Ever-growing landownership: Our immigration policy is providing new immigration with enough lands as their private property to self-sustain so that more and more people settle the territories. It attracts a lot of people across neighbouring regions and countries.
====Chiefdom of Mobamba====
*Government: Tribal Chiefdom
**Ruler(s): Chief Moniba (b.533, r.549-)
*Economy: Mainly based off subsistence farming and fishing, although outside trade occasionally occurs and mining has started to become a factor in the local economy.
*Capital: Sicko-Mobamba
*Demographics:
**Population: 98,000
***Sicko-Mobamba: 20,000
***Wata-Madinga: 5,000
***Sicko-Uwu: 12,000
***U-Nukalo: 4,500
***Obunga: 1,900
**Religion: 58% Knuckles traditional religion, 41% Black Panther Cult, 1% Zoroastrianism
**Ethnicity: 35% Mobamban, 56% other Knuckles tribes, 6% Wakandans, 2% Nilotic tribes, 1% other (mainly Ifriqiyans, Omani and Sumali merchants)
*Military: 4,000 spearmen, 2,000 swordsmen, 500 archers, 100 elephant chariots
*Events:
**Black Panther Cult insurgency: After the mayor of Wata-Madinga expelled Black Panther Cultists from the city, some more extreme and zealous Cultists begin to group together under the leadership of a certain N’Jadaka “Killmonger”, and begin an insurgency in the jungles north of Wata-Madinga. Although they are currently just a minor annoyance, they are skilled fighters, and many in the north fear that they may grow stronger and wreak havoc amongst Mobamban society.
**Elephant Chariots: A regiment of elephant chariots is formed, made of the finest warriors in Mobamba, and trained specifically by the Chief.
**Elephants used in other ways: The rich have started a new fad, where they use elephants, elephant driver slaves, a large carriage, and the “new” wheel to carry themselves across town in style.
**Expansion: Slight expansion to the south.
*Diplomacy:
**Ifiriqiyah: I see you have broken away from your former masters in Gerrha. Would you be interested in continuing the trade relations of your predecessors?
==== Roma Borealis (North Roman Empire) I Kingdom of Westro-Germania ====
* Leader: Warlord/King Adelhard Germanus von Hohenstol (B 523 - still alive), (R 545 to 547 as warlord and then 547 and onwards as king)
* Government: Absolute Monarchy ruled by a King. Title is King of Germania and Archduke of Westria. Our current ruling dynasty is von Hohenstol
** Demographics:
*** Population:
*** Wien: Population: 75,780
*** Eskos: Population: 36,400
*** Konr: Population: 20,010
*** Rich: Population: 32,200
*** Munich: Population: 25,000
*** Miels: Population: 23,400
*** Rural and smaller towns population: 8,308,100
*** Total population: 8,382,340
*** Religion: Westrian paganism (7%), Roman Paganism (6%), Christianity (58%) and Germanic Paganism (29%)
*** Ethinicities: 26% Westrian, 33% Bavarii/irminonics aka Munichians, 20% Escosians, Latins 1%, Germanics 20%
* Economy: We are based on agriculture. We use our own coins which resembles a lot those of the old Roman empire
* Wars and conflicts: 
* Migration wars: We try to hold our postion in the north with about 60% of our remaining troops. the rest are guarding other places in the realm. It is hard defending when the army is crumbling.
* Chief Commander: Suspended the last one being Germanus aristainus
* Army: Total of
* Spearmen: 23,050
* Swordmen: 21,040
* Bowmen: 9,530
* Cavalry: 5,482
* Pioneers: dead
* Crossbowmen: 1,150
** Events:
*** The rise of Christianity: Christianity continues to spread as it is both promoted and accepted
*** Roma-Borealis name change: As we don't see us as Roman anymore we switch name to Westro-Germania even though it maybe will be changed in the future because of all germanic tribes trying to break free and that escosians seem to be a better party to co-operate with since they haven't revolted yet.
* Diplomacy:
* Korona: If you are allowed to settle in our northern lands will you accept peace? 
====Central Roman Empire | Roma Centrum====
*Government: Imperial Monarchy
**Emperors: (I'm lazy)
***Justin II (r. 555-578) (b. 508)
***Remus (r. 578-) (b. 539)
**Hellenisation of Cities: Obvious insert Hellenisation into cities, so we got rid of Aleppo, Ottozul (anachronism) and Hattusa, but we also remove Troy from existence because its obscure now.
*Military: Approximately 70,000 to 90,000 in total, most of them are styled like the late Roman imperial army, but is shifting towards disorganisation over this century, though still very formal. Cataphracts are also prominent when Romans (probably?) adopted it in the 3rd century, still used by the Central Roman Empire, along with ballistae and many more.
*Economy: It is based around trading with the Romans, along with those far and wide. Currency exists in the Central Roman Empire and is minted with riches like silver and gold, although it is slightly crude by modern standards, it bears the Emperor still on every coin when it was minted, of course.
*Demographics:
**Population: 20,000,000 (approximate)
***Constantinople: 600,000
***Large cities: 1,200,000
***Small settlements: 4,000,000
***Rural areas: 14,200,000
**Religion: 85% Christian (of the Nicene Creed, ehhhhh?), 3% Zoroastrian (those people in the far east of the Central Roman Empire), 12% Other (pagans, Jews and others that I missed out)
**Culture: 40% Greek, 10% Armenian, 10% Illyrian (totally not Albanians lol), 15% Thracian (lol idk), 5% Assyrian, 1% Jewish/Israelite (they did move across Europe though), 19% Other
*Events:
**Mount Athos (what am I doing): A church was built in the middle of Mount Athos from 563 to 580 by some Christians. it was the first time this area was marked with churches again since 380. Though there is a pagan Greek temple around the area, it will soon be marked with change.
**Roman Fall, but is the Centre sane?: With all Romes falling, except Atlas (or the Southern Roman Empire officially), the Central Roman Empire remains quite strong while the nomadic and tribal north has started to push Roman influence back into the dark ages. Rome's influence will live on through Latin and few influences, though the Central Roman Empire is becoming technologically stagnant across the century from many factors, notably Rome being split in 510 was one thing. Then there will be another threat in few decades' time, from the east - perhaps a new religious or united ethnic threat, which will make the Central Roman Empire deepen its insanity.
====Honshu to Shikoku no Toitsu Kokoku====
*Government: Union of Monarchies, with exception for Ainu Tohoku (Democratic Tribalism, now Autonomous State)
**Mikado of Yamato: Empress Saika Niban-me (Until 578 AD), Empress Saika Sanban-me (578 AD onwards, born 552 AD)
**Mikado of Izumo: Empress Misato Futaba (Until 575 AD), Empress Koriyama Yotsuba (576 onwards, born 552 AD)
**Mikado of Kibi: Emperor Katagiri Shinichi (Until 561 AD), Emperor Katagiri Koichi (562 AD onwards, born 541 AD)
**Economy: Businesses are set up in Shonan Xia, with merchants pouring into the liberated nation. The agricultural needs of the country continues to grow, with farmers scared off by Ainu tribes in Northern Tohoku fleeing south to Yamato once again. The war economy continues, with naval craft production making up half of all naval-related business in the nation.
**Capital: Yamatai-koku (Consolidated capital)(Present-day Sakurai, Nara), Edo (Yamato), Kioku (Izumo), Umienomon (Tohoku), Naruto (Kibi)
**Demographics:
***Population: 4,356,000
***Religion: Non-mandated
***Ethnicities: 27% Yamato, 25% Izumo, 8.5% Ainu, 16% Kibi, 5% Nakoku, 5% Hayato, 5% Xia, 3.5% Gojoseon, 3.5% Ryukyu, 0.5% Zhang (Tohoku not included)
**Military: The 25,000 men on Xia are supplemented by another 10,000 in order to fully secure Xia and restore the former nation. Meanwhile, the campaign to harass Zhang naval craft continues, with most naval craft outside those already devoted to the protection of Xia being diverted to stopping Zhang's trade in the ocean. As of current, 450 Chokyori-sen and 670 Kyushu-sen harass the waters of Zhang, hoping to starve it into peace.
**Wars/Conflicts: War with Zhang.
**Diplomacy: 
***Shonan Xia(Occupation Authority): As an ally of Xia, the country is immediately entered into an alliance with the Toitsu Kokoku.
***Rusonto: We offer a military alliance as well as a free movement deal similar to that offered to other Japanese nations, with the addition of additional funding for Rusonto's continued southwards expansion and naval craft to set up settlements south.
==== Western Roman Empire | Roma Occidental ====
* Government: Imperial Dynasty: Neo-Claudian. Absolute Monarchy.
** Ruler (Emperor): 
** Murcius I 
** Londius I
** Lutetius I
** Oolius I
** Anderius I
** Caralius I
** Tarantus I
** Syrius I
* Economy: Roman coinage. Based around trade regarding farming, fishing, mining, and various other things. Major hubs around the Empire help provides for this. We are now building up the military to fight the enemies on the British island.
* Capital: Rome
* Demographics:
** Population: ~35 Million. 40.5% Latin, 4.8% Greek, 5.7% Celtic, 3% German, 0.5% Persian, 46% Other.
** Religion: Pagan 2.8%, Christian 95.2%, Other 2%.
* Military: Conscription 1%
** Soldiers: STANDING: 100,000 (rank 7/10), 120,000 (rank 4/10), 130,000 (rank 2/10) Total: 350,000. 
** Legions: 10 Legions (rank 7/10), 12 Legions (rank 4/10), 13 Legions (rank 2/10), Total: 35 Legions (10,000 men each)
** Navy: We have the second largest Navy of the 5 after Atlas.
* Wars and Conflicts:
** War against Ablion tribes: 
*** Front: We send 6 (rank 4) Legions to push to the west.
** War against Danskan refugees: 
*** Front: We send 4 (rank 4) Legions to push to the east.
** War against Caledonia:
*** Land Front: We send 8 (rank 7) Legions to push to the north.
*** Land front reserves: 2 (rank 4) Legions
*** Naval Front: 2 (rank 7) Legions will attack their navy.
* Events: 
** Military Conscription change: We change the conscription to 1%
** Military ranking system: We make a system to determine the strength of the soldiers, the ranking goes from 1-10, 1 being the weakest, 5 being avarage and 10 being the strongest. 
** Legion change: Each Legion will now have 10,000 men.
====Empire of Gojoseon====
*Government: Heredity absolute monarchy.
**Emperor: Hyon Sang-Chol (224-261) Kang Dong-Chol
*Economy: Coinage is fully implemented and the current economic system.
*Capital: Songrim.
*Demographics:
**Population: 1,031,901 (87% Korean, 12% Yang, 1% other)
**Religion: 97% Confucianism, 3% other.
*Korean Military
**Infantry: 32,500 (10,000 from newly raised militia)
**Archers: 6,000
**Calavry: 12,000
*Korean Navy
**Attack Ships: 40
**Transport Ships: 25
**Trading Ships: 60
*Wars and Conflicts
**Great Chinese War: We recruited a new fresh group of 10,000 soldiers. We rush to meet them up with the smaller groups of our army (around 15k men), while marching the troops around Yan and on the frontiers (around 25k) to group up and swing behind the Qi armies while the smaller army distracts. After hopefully surrounding them we will quickly crush their smaller army then recapture Liaoning.
*Diplomacy
**Yamato: If you are able to we request help killing the Qi blockade, we can sneak our ships out of port and meet up with you and try to beat their navy.
*Events: None.
=== Turn XVIII: 580 AD - 600 AD ===
==== Events & Great People ====
*Arturia the Great: Arturia grew up in Roman Britannia for most of her life, hidden away from society by her adoptive inhibiri father. After her father died, she went out to the world, exploring Britannia. Here is where she fell in love with the island (not Ireland). Over the decades, she had acquired young followers that grew with her and became trained "knights". They later formed a group called the "Knights of the Round Table" led by Arturia. Despite recently turning 40, people have commented that she seems to not have aged. When she saw the Albion had begun invading her lands, she was furious and spent the next couple decades gathering more followers and pulled a sword from a stone called Caliburn. When the year hits 560, she, along with her army of followers, attacked the Albions (but made target practice of the Scandinavians), pushing them out from Wales, but they took ships with them. Arturia now had a problem; the Albions would keep on coming. She needed to destroy the threats at the core. After exploring ways to build good ships that would withstand the crossing. She found the lady of the lake, which given her a sword called Excalibur (formerly the sword of the Emperor of Roma Borealis). The lady of the lake also gave her a vision that Arturia would rule a vast land due to her grand ships. Arturia, using her memory, ordered her followers to build the ships. They went on to invade the Albions, taking over the territory. Drekisson and the Kingdom of Albions were scared and attempted to assassinate or take down Arturia. On 570, she invaded both realms with her knights and annexed them. Merlin, a mysterious wizard like outcast from Ireland who had helped Arturia get the lay of the land and achieve victory, had Arturia crowned the Queen of Britannia (or Ireland, Eires), naming Ireland part of the Britannian region and isles rather than its own by 580.
*Augustine of Canterbury: The Benedictine monk leads a mission to christianize Britain from paganism and found the English church. He becomes the archbishop of Canterbury and succeeds in his mission, with big minority of christians already existing in Roman Britain already being christian.
*Chandra Calendar: A luni-solar calendar is created in Chandra, with the starting year of 594.
*Beowulf: He becomes a decorated general and respected councilor to the king of Danska. The inept king dies in battle with the Goths, and Beowulf decides to take matters to his own hands and makes himself king of Danska. At the twilight of his life according to myth a dragon came to wreak havoc upon Odense. Beowulf slays the beast with a young warrior, but dies of third degree burns and worse after the battle.
*A New Wave of Migrations, Part Deux: The Ostgermaniks and Irminonics continue their march west and south. They've heard of the great city of Lutetia, and plan to plunder it. The Ostgermaniker march south, crashing down on Vedena, claiming Kalichatow. Drusselstein and Galizien warriors march further south, seizing land. Galizien also invades Vedena, eyeing a grand prize of the famed rebuilt city of Lutsk. More Irminonic, Ostgermaniker and Slavokan tribes rise up in Roma Borealis, Tartary and Vedena. More tribes from the Irimonics and Ostgermaniks settle down into various kingdoms.
*Total Mesoamerican Collapse: Following decades of revolts and general instability, the entire region falls to the hands of civil strife and chaos. As the dust settled, self-proclaimed kingdoms rose up, as well as a new religion borne of a branch of classical Mayan religions. The Nahuatl religion, followed by a score of west Mesoamerican states, is identifiable by a list of gory rituals and brutal sacrifices. In many ways, reminiscent of the Daevite folk beliefs of ages past. Future historians would look back and notice multiple unnerving similarities between the two.
*Britannia Falters: Their economy begins to wither, as corruption begins to grow. Their armies aren't accustomed to fighting in the British woodlands and get their buttocks handed to them in almost every battle.
*Arzha: An average Kandahar merchant, Arzhang claims to be the final Prophet of God (not specified which god this is) and amasses a following in Kandahar which grows fairly quickly due to its consideration for Kandahari culture and traditions, not to mention the redaction of class systems into the background. Publicly considered as a religion in its own right, most of the population of Kandahar is Arzhist by the end of the 6th century.
*Hellenic Reformation: After centuries of stagnation, the Hellenic gods are in the midst of being forgotten. In a new philosophical movement, the Renovanem, the pantheon is legitimised by establishing clear cut boundaries between deities, and eventually uniting several entities into a few set gods. New legends and myths are created, old ones rewritten to fit a "modern" narrative. Taking a page from Christianity, the 14 Olympian Decrees are created to try and instil social order and stability within the populace. Other reforms lead to classical Hellenic Paganism going extinct as the so-called Neo Hellenism takes off as the leading religion in Atlas.
==== NPC Turns ====
*Danska: Under the banner of Beowulf, the kingdom begins a reconquista and takes back the island of Zealand.
*Slavokans: They assimilate their nearby Proto-Balt tribes and push further into Tartary. They also expand into Ugrian territories.
*Bonra: They sack the cities of Davas, Armafa, Aragat and Qabala.
*Nordicium: Their age of prosperity is over. The Goth tribes finally overrun Bergen in 583. The Alarung tribes form the kingdom of Alarsrik. After a dreadful siege and a series of deadly blows, a mere 7,000 people remained in the city. All those who didn't flee by ship to Danska or the Faroes are first beaten, raped and then or sacrificed by the Alarung. A total of 4,500 people are sacrificed in 583, making it the largest single sacrificial rite in the history of the world. so far.
*Ostmark and Korona: They begin having some serious border disputes, leading to some battles and later to war. The latter sends a diplomatic message to the Westro-German Empire, demanding the entirety of their northern and currently occupied provinces.
*Chandra: They annex Arakan.
*Trade in West Africa: The Red Sea trade routes are being plundered so often, that most Arab states refuse to go south to trade with Mobamba or Wakanda, and therefore cut the trade routes.
*Ostgermaniker Tribes to Vedena: Some tribes kill the messengers before they could even recite their message, others send them back and ask, would we need to pay tribute to you?
*Zhang: They are able to keep their people fed with their massive farms and keep the economy running, with trade being rerouted to other Chinese nations by land. Their navy of 1,800 ships protect them from a naval invasion. They puncture the Yamato blockade and send 12,000 men to reinforce the island of Xia and facilitate evacuation of important persons to the mainland. They begin building ships on a massive scale. 30 ships are built every week, boosting the military might of the nation exponentially. They are preparing to kick the Yamato out of Xia.
*Qi: They lose some land in the west to the Xiongnu, but with the help of the Feng armies are able to push the Xiongnu back to Xi'an. They are able to hold naval superiority in the Yellow Sea, aided by the Wu fleet. They dispatch two major armies, 15,000 thousand men march towards Simyang and 35,000 towards Songnim, preparing to siege the city.
====Central Roman Empire | Roma Centrum====
*Government: Imperial Monarchy
*Emperors:
**Remus (r. 578-590) (b. 539-590)
**Leo (r. 590-597) (b. 556-597)
**Leo II (r. 597-present) (b. 588) - under a regency (sort of)
*Military: Approximately 95,000 in total, most of them are styled like the late Roman imperial army, but is shifting towards disorganisation over this century, though still very formal and organised by army, it is that legions shielding each other was becoming less of a thing in the Central Roman army, adopting for spreading out. Cataphracts are also prominent when Romans adopted it in the 3rd century from the Persians, which are still used by the Central Roman Empire, along with the ballistae and many more.
*Economy: It is based around trading with the Romans, along with those far and wide. Currency exists in the Central Roman Empire and is minted with riches like silver and gold, although it is slightly crude by modern standards, it bears the Emperor still on every coin when it was minted, of course.
**Early Urbanisation: Urbanisation was slow even during the time of stagnation, but it is proving to be a change with the Central Roman Empire with Constantinople growing. Early forms of a local census was carried out by a governor in Constantinople showed that more are moving into larger cities for a while.
*Demographics:
**Population: 20,340,000 (approximate)
***Constantinople: 640,000
***Large cities: 1,300,000
***Small settlements: 4,500,000
***Rural areas: 13,900,000
**Religion: 85% Christian, 3% Zoroastrian, 1% Neo-Hellenism (around the boundaries of Atlas), 1% Judaism, 10% Other
**Culture: 40% Greek, 10% Armenian, 10% Illyrian (totally not Albanians lol), 15% Thracian (lol idk), 5% Assyrian, 1% Jewish/Israelite (they did move across Europe though), 19% Other
*Events:
**The Southern Pagans: With Atlas starting to see Neo-Hellenism growing to be a powerful religion, the Central Roman Empire is also seeing some of their own messengers arriving and trying to convert Greeks back to their old, but reformed religion, in few numbers. The dominantly Christian empire have seen this as a threat of reverting back to 'uncivilised ways' and by 599, under the regency of Leo II, they imposed a controversial full pagan ban all across the Central Roman Empire. Zoroastrianism and Judaism are sanctioned religions permitted by the regent. Not only this ban made some of the lower class farmers and craftsmen interested in converting to this faith especially from one Roman realm, it could also see nobles trying to embrace this in secret.
**Regency of Leo II: After the death of Emperor Leo on April 597, his son Leo II assumed Emperor. Because he's too young to take leadership, it was taken over by a regency until he is able and fit for rulership at the age of 16. Known as the Age of Regency, the council of Roma Centrum was overtly Christian and despised pagans, supported extreme centralisation of the empire and to help out Roma Borealis, Orientalis and Occidental through few thousand troops (though that is still not much) as fellow Romans. Leo II may have different motives to what the regency council thinks he wants, but that would have to wait until 604.
**Roman Fall, but is the Centre sane? (Repeat): With all Romes falling, except Atlas (or the Southern Roman Empire officially), the Central Roman Empire remains quite strong while the nomadic and tribal north has started to push Roman influence back into the dark ages. Rome's influence will live on through Latin and few influences, though the Central Roman Empire is becoming technologically stagnant across the century from many factors, notably Rome being split in 510 was one thing. Then there will be another threat in few decades' time, from the east - perhaps a new religious or united ethnic threat, which will make the Central Roman Empire deepen its insanity.
==== Sultanate of Muscat-Oman (FINAL TURN) ====
* Government: Absolute Monarchy (Sultanate)
** Sultan: Fariar Saifal al-Khalif (B 540 AD, still alive) (R 565 AD - Present)
** Hakim of Al-Sumali and Socotra: Mehmed al-Keret (B 500 AD D 589 AD) (R 524 AD - 580 AD), Ummar Faraj (B 558 AD, still alive) (R 580 AD - Present)
** Economy: Based around fishing, some agriculture and trading mostly, as well as taxing of the villagers and peasants. We are a central figure of the large spice trade across the Indian Ocean. We are trading with Ceylon, Gerrha, the Shapurid Dynasty, Gupta, Roma Centrum, Chola and Atlas. It is in need of rebuilding due to the large strain it has had on our nation.
** Capital: Muscat
** Demographics:
*** Population:
*** Muscat: 7204
*** Ibri: 3064
*** Salala: 3629
*** Duqm: 3352
*** Al-Mukalia: 1967
*** Tamreda: 1311
*** Sur: 1820
*** Kalba: 2304
*** Al-Hafu (Hafun): 898
*** Rural areas (AKA everything else): ~108,200
*** Ethnicities: 77% Omani, 9% Surabanese, 8,5% Gerrhans, 2% Adnanites, 2% Azd tribes, 1% African tribes, 0,5% Mobambans.
*** Religion: 89% Zoroastrianism, 11% Other (Christianity, Paganism etc.)
** Wars and Conflicts (italics: Potential War):
*** Dismantling of Navy: Several of our warships are dismantled and used for other wooden things due to our nation not being as focused on warfare.
** Military: Our conscription law is ~1% of the population
*** Reformed Shielded Spearmen: 200
*** Reformed Swordmen: 200
*** Reformed Bowmen: 200
*** City Guards: 250 (exempt from conscription)
*** Reformed Dromedary Forces: 200
*** Sword Cavalry: 50
*** Spear Cavalry: 50
*** Javelin Cavalry: 50
*** Horse Archers: 50
*** Reformed Javelineers: 200
** Navy:
*** 92 transport ships (can hold around 8-12 men)
*** 310 trade ships
*** 100 warships (galleys pretty much)
*** 110 fire ships
*** 30 triremes
*** Although not part of the navy we have 451 fishing ships.
** Diplomacy:
*** Suraban and Saba: We pay war reparations.
** Events:
*** End of the Era of Warfare: Muscat-Oman had been at war for over a century, finally it has come to an end, but at what cost?
*** Time of Worry: The Sultanate was shook after the war with Suraban, the economy has been drained and as protests and troubles become more apparent, Fariar looks on and hopes that a peaceful future is still possible.
*** Al-Sumali: The strain and fall of the Omani economy leads to the colonies being harder and harder to pay.
*** The Future: Originally a small, insignificant state in the Arabian Peninsula, Muscat grew and grew, through trade and warfare. The nation prospered and entered several eras of new ideas, wealth and expansion. But as it's allies fell back and it bit off more land than it could chew, over 100 years of war has pushed the nation back. The Sultan is eager to return Muscat-Oman to a new glory, a better era for the people and the Sultanate. But a question rings in all the people's minds every day... Can Muscat-Oman recover?
==== Empire of Westro-Germania I Roma Borealis (Resurrected) ====
* Leader: Warlord/King Adelhard Germanus von Hohenstol (B 523 - 585), (R 545 to 547 as warlord and then 547 to 583 as king), Wien Council (R 583 - 587), Augustus I Neo-Claudian (B 543 - D 597), (R 587 - 595) was also Emperor (R 12th August 545 - 14th August 545), Lazarius I Neo-Claudian (B 567 - still alive), (R 595 - present)
* Government: Absolute Monarchy ruled by a emperor. Title is Emperor of Germania and Archduke of Westria. New title say Emperor of Roma Borealis and archduke of Westria and Prince of Escosia. Our current ruling dynasty has gone from von Hohenstol to Neo-Claudian.
** Demographics:
*** Population:
*** Wien: Population: 75,880
*** Eskos: Population: 37,400
*** Konr: Population: 20,030
*** Rich: Population: 33,200
*** Munich: Population: 26,000
*** Miels: Population: 23,800
*** Rural and smaller towns population: 7,995,100
*** Total population: 8,373,560
*** Religion: Westrian paganism (6%), Roman Paganism (4%), Christianity (62%) and Germanic Paganism (28%)
*** Ethinicities: 26% Westrian, 33% Bavarii/irminonics aka Munichians, 20% Escosians, Latins 1%, Germanics 20%
* Economy: We are based on agriculture. We use our own coins which resembles a lot those of the old Roman empire
* Wars and conflicts: Even though we got some help from Roma Centrum our army seems not to be good enough. We still try with most of our army to hold them back. We just hope they'll be happy with the peace deal for now
* Migration wars: 
* Chief Commander: Lax Styrhielm (B 572 - still alive), in office since 585.
* Army: Total of
* Spearmen: 24,950
* Swordmen: 20,040
* Bowmen: 6,530
* Cavalry: 3,482
* Pioneers: dead
* Crossbowmen: 1,150
** Events:
*** The rise of Christianity: Christianity continues to spread as it is both promoted and accepted
*** Roma Borealis Resurrected: In 583 our nobles and commanders have got enough of our king and ousted him from office as they saw him as to old and he was never a legtimate king as he took power in the first place overthrowing the old dynasty. The Wien council took emergency powers trying to fix a peacedeals with the German tribes they also decided to switch back the offical name to Roma Borealis (North Roman Empire) since every other nations still call them that and the previous name was just making more problems than it solved. Our new Emperor was Augustus I Neo-Claudian that was emperor for two days as a child.
* Diplomacy:
* Korona: We accept your peace deal as we don't have any better choice 
==== Atlas ====
* Government: Absolute Monarchy
** Ruler : Misaphris II
* Economy: Trade is a huge part of the Atlan economy, mostly trading with other states in the Mediterranean. Agriculture is also somewhat important, along the Nile River. Pirating is a small but frustrating strain on the Atlan economy.
* Capital: Atvasiom
* Demographics:
** Population: ~9.4 million. 65% Egyptian, 26% Berber, 8% Greek, 1% other.
** Religion: 
* Military: 
* Soldiers: Around ~45,000 troops. ~5,000 cavarly. ~1,000 mercenaries.
* Navy: One of the largest and strongest in the world. 
* Wars & Diplo: None at the moment.
* Events: 
** The Library of Alexandria is expanded to accomodate for newer reads and texts from far away lands.
** A new system is put in place to govern the rowdy Egyptian cities. Less autonomy will be handed to them, and any issues that may arise between the cities, as well as the governance of the Egyptian area, will be headed by a tribune located in Memphis.
** Exploration, mapping, and colonization of the Moroccan coast begins. Fleets are sent to explore the islands off the coast of Morocco (OTL Canary Islands), and they shall be named the Adranes Islands.
====Mobamba====
*Government: Tribal Monarchy
**Rulers: Chief Moniba (b. 533, r.549-)
*Economy: Mainly consisting of fishing and subsistence farming, with occasional mining for stone and iron.
*Capital: Sicko-Mobamba
*Demographics:
**Population: 110,000
***Sicko-Mobamba: 22,000
***Wata-Madinga: 6,500
***Sicko-Uwu: 15,000
***U-Nukalo: 5,000
***Obunga: 2,000
***Vibakso: 1,000
**Religion: 59% Knuckles traditional religion, 40% Black Panther Cult, 1% Zoroastrianism
**Ethnicity: 35% Mobamban, 53% other Knuckles tribes, 7% Wakandan, 2% Buhari, 3% other
*Military: 5,000 spearmen, 2,500 swordsmen, 700 archers, 150 elephant chariots
*Diplomacy: Nothing much, as the trade routes have been cut by raiders for now.
*Events:
**Insurgency: As what is now known as the Black Panther Rebellion incites conflict in northern Mobamba, several battles are fought between the Mobamban military and N’Jadaka’s forces. The Black Panther Rebellion, amongst other hostile activity on the East African trade routes, is the main reason for the end of Mobamban trade amongst the wider world.
**Rise of the Buhari: Commonly held to be the descendants of Gerrhan and Omani merchants and native Mobambans, the Buhari people were historically known to be the merchant, scholar and diplomat class of Mobamba, and would later be a major driving force of the feudalization of the nation. They continue to be a major East African ethnic group in the 21st century.
**Propagation of the Written Word: Omani merchants first transliterated the Mobamban language into the Arabic script for ease of doing business a couple decades before, and written Mobamban would pass down from those merchants to their Buhari descendants. However, writing is currently unknown outside of the Buhari ethnosphere, and it would take another century for writing to fully catch on.
*Expansion: Further expansion to the south occurs, with the city of Vibakso being founded at OTL Musoma, Tanzania.
==== Western Roman Empire | Roma Occidental ====
* Government: Imperial Dynasty: Neo-Claudian. Absolute Monarchy.
** Ruler (Emperor): 
** Lorius
** Corius
** Marius
** Darius 
** Larius
** Darius
** Lorius
* Economy: Roman coinage. Based around trade regarding farming, fishing, mining, and various other things. Major hubs around the Empire help provides for this. We are now building up the military to fight the enemies on the British island.
* Capital: Rome
* Demographics:
** Population: ~35.8 Million. 40.8% Latin, 4.8% Greek, 5.7% Celtic, 2.7% German, 0.5% Persian, 46% Other.
** Religion: Pagan 2.6%, Christian 95.3%, Other 2.1%.
* Military: Conscription 1%
** Soldiers: STANDING: *20,000 (rank 8/10), *80,000 (rank 7/10), *50 (rank 5/10), *70,000 (rank 4/10), 70,000 (rank 3/10), 60,000 (rank 2/10), 8,000 training Total: 358,000. 
** Legions: 2 Legions (rank 8/10), 8 Legions (rank 7/10), 5 Legions (rank 5/10), 7 Legions (rank 4/10), 7 Legions (rank 3/10), 6 Legions (rank 2/10), Total: 35 Legions (10,000 men each)
** Navy: We have the second largest Navy of the 5 after Atlas.
* Wars and Conflicts:
** War against Ablion tribes: 
*** Island Front: We send 7 (rank 4) Legions to push to the west.
*** Mainland front: We send 6 (rank 3) Legions to oushe them out of Brittany.
** War against Danskan refugees: 
*** Front: We send 5 (rank 5) Legions to push to the east.
** War against Caledonia:
*** Land Front: We send 8 (rank 7) and 2 (rank 8) Legions to push to the north.
*** Naval Front: 4 (rank 2) Legions will attack their navy.
==== Republic of Vedena ====
* Government: Vedena is run by the Governor and the Senate, which are elected every 8 (sometimes 6) years by adult male landowners. The Senate is quite stratified and each social class tries to achieve the majority and leadership in it.
** Governor: Milo Vlaev the Librarian (572AD-586AD), Tomo Horak (586AD-594AD), Rostik Shalamov (594AD-now)
** Senate: 
*** Merchants: 104
*** Nobility: 135
*** "Librarians": 19
*** Religious: 65
* Economy: Based on logging, agriculture, deep mining, and trade.
** The ever-growing number of landownerships: Because of our appealing immigration policy, the number of landowners is growing dramatically in different regions of Vedena, but usually across Lutsk.
** The ever-growing amount of trade: Ancient Vedena was founded by merchants. The amount of trade and, respectively, the influence of the merchants as a cast has slightly increased last decades and doesn't seem to stop expanding.
* Capital: Lutsk.
* Demographics: 363'100 people
** Rural areas:~209'600.
** Biggest settlements: 153'400; 42.2% live in urban areas.
*** Lutsk (and the nearest territories across it):100'300.
*** Mukachevo: 12'800.
*** Ivanyvsk': 9'400.
*** Other (population less than 1000): 30'900.
** Ethnicities: 52% are Volynians, 15% are Romans, 13% are the nomadic tribes, 20% is the rest (Greeks, Dacians, etc.).
** Religion: 73% are Judaist/Christians, 20% are Vedenian pagans, 7% are the rest beliefs (Illyrican, Bonra, and other pagans).
* Military: Due to the threat of invasion of the barbarians, we have to focus on military build-up.
** Swordsmen and crossbowmen: 20'000.
** City guards: 36'000.
** Cavalry: 8'000
** Feudal armies: Nowadays, the strongest of the nobility have their own, yet little (for now), armies, which may help us halt the barbaric invasion from the north. 
** Big standing army: In order to be protected from the barbarians, we have to have a standing army. Thus, a lot of new city guards, swordmen and crossbowmen were recruited. Unfortunately, it cripples out budget a little.
** War with the invaders: Even though the invaders are heading into our lands, it is us who were born here, not them. We hire the best military strategists and create the war plan to defend our mainland (Lutsk and the settlements near it)
* Navy: 420 little trade vessels, 50 medium ones.
* Diplomacy:
** Roma Centrum: We beg Roma Centrum for help in the fight against barbarians. 
* Events:
** The Lutsk Wall: Accounting for the fact Lutsk was violently obliterated last time, Varban Karpov, and later Milo Vlaev commissioned the construction of a big wall across Lutsk in order to protect it from possible invasions. It is said to be one of the greatest walls in lands of the former Roman Empire. Will it save Vedena from future invasions? Time will tell!
* Current features of Vedena: 
** The restoration of Lutsk: Since we have returned to our ancient lands, we started rebuilding the former capital, Lutsk. It was known to be one of the greatest cities of all times and it is growing at incredible rates nowadays.
** Ever-growing landownership: Our immigration policy is providing new immigration with enough lands as their private property to self-sustain so that more and more people settle the territories. It attracts a lot of people across neighbouring regions and countries.
====Empire of Gojoseon====
*Government: Heredity absolute monarchy.
**Emperor: Kang Dong-Chol (261-)
*Economy: Coinage system.
*Capital: Songrim.
*Demographics:
**Population: 1,059,821 (87% Korean, 12% Yang, 1% other)
**Religion: 97% Confucianism, 3% other.
*Korean Military
**Infantry: 32,500 (10,000 from newly raised militia)
**Archers: 6,000
**Calavry: 12,000
*Korean Navy
**Attack Ships: 40
**Transport Ships: 25
**Trading Ships: 60
*Wars and Conflicts
**Great Chinese War: We send out small groups to harass the bigger Qi army, trying to prevent them from marching on Songrim or helping out their other army fast. Meanwhile we send a group of 30k men to destroy the army thats marching towards Simyang.
*Diplomacy
==== Colima ====
* Government: proto kingdom
** Ruler King: Itzamna, Itzamna is a king born in a normal family in Colima. He was only 6 when he was 'chosen' to be the king. (B 586 - present) (R 512 - present)
* Economy: recovering from the collapse.
* Capital: Colima
* Demographics:
** Population: 56.883
*** Religion: Nahuatl 100%
** Military
* Wars and Conflicts: none
* Diplomacy:
** Tarascan: decrease relations
* Events: none
==== Shapurid Dynasty | Iranian Empire ====
* Government: Feudal Monarchy
** Ruler (King, President, etc.):
*** Jallal I
*** Jallal II
*** Parsa (declaration of Iranian Empire)
* Economy: The economy continues to be based around trade maintained through the Silk Route and various Silk-based coastal factories. Additional factors that continue to maintain the economy's stability are spices, textiles, carpentry, and pearls.
* Capital: Yazd
* Population: 15,750,000
** Religion: 75% Zoroastrian, 10% Christianity, 5% Folk Christianity, 10% Other.
* Military: Due to the surrounding rival Roman-based neighbors, most of the military is active at a rather stable 200,000 divided into five legions of 40,000 each. With the declaration of the Empire, much of the active soldiers are mobilized with imperial intentions in all directions.
* Diplomacy:
** Assyria: Become a vassal or become part of the body count.
** Arar: Become a vassal or become part of the body count.
** Elam: Become a vassal or become part of the body count.
** Sumer: Become a vassal or become part of the body count.
** Hormuz: Become a vassal or become part of the body count.
** Gerrha: Become a vassal or become part of the body count.
** Roma Oriental***: Become a vassal or become part of the body count.
** Kandahar: Become a vassal or become part of the body count.
** Muscat-Oman: Military alliance?
** Kushan: Military alliance?
* Events: 
** Parsa labels his successor, Parsa II.
=== Turn XIX: 600 AD - 620 AD ===
==== Events & Great People ====
*The Five Armies: As Roma Occidental continued to fight against multiple enemies on multiple fronts, it was clear that even the Britannicans loyal to Rome had enough of their homeland being nothing more than a battleground with all sides closing in. In secret dealings with Albion, the Danskan refugees and even the Caledonians, a truce between armies was agreed upon. A fair majority of Roman Britannicans felt that Rome was no longer an empire worthy enough to have Britannia, and decided a revival of the ancient Sealandic Kingdom was in order. Of course, through the centuries, it had become nothing more than a myth. On the other hand, Cernevii tribes took the opportunity to create their own kingdom, and negotiated their continued sovereignty. Upon reaching an agreement over claims and borders, the Five Armies managed to encircle and neutralise Occidental legions, forcing them back to Anderida. Their combined navy deterred more reinforcements from arriving immediately, but should the Mediterranean fleets come knocking, they may not last.
*Exodus of Xia: The Yamato invasion of Xia has been jarring to the Chinese kingdoms, and have thus executed an evacuation of the elites, artisans, craftsmen and philosophers. In the chaos, many peasants and farmers found their way aboard ships heading to Zhang amidst rumours of massacres and violence committed by the invaders. Soon after, the Yamato fleets managed to re-encircle the island and conquer the rest of it.
*Xuanzang: The monk Xuanzang traveled from China to India, before returning to Changsha in Bei to translate Buddhist scriptures.
*Windmills: The Persians begin to use windmills for irrigation.
*Plows and Beasts of Burden: The Germanic kingdoms, due to the more abundant food supply available, use the "moldboard" plow, introduced by the Ostgermaniks in Eastern Europe. The plow works the land with horses and oxen.
*Paper: Paper technology is imported into Yamato from Yan by the Gojoseon Buddhist priest, Dam Jing.
*The Chinese Calendar: The calculation of the Chinese calendar begins to use true motions of the sun and moon, modeled using two offset opposing parabolas. Developed in Feng, it is now used in most Chinese kingdoms.
==== NPC Turns ====
*Albion: Queen Arturia herself offers a peace deal to Roma Occidental, as shown in the map.
*Zhang: They sue Yamato for peace, citing that they've gotten what they wanted.
*Assyria, Arar, Sumer and Grane: They do not wish to give their hard-fought independence away, and request assistance from Roma Centrum with offers of periodic tribute.
*Elam: They agree to vassalship.
*Kandahar: They agree to become a vassal, but only if they are allowed to continue practicing the Arzham religion freely.
*Roma Orientalis: They outright refuse, and call on Roma Centrum to teach the Shapurids a lesson.
*Muscat-Oman and Kushan: They remind the Shapurids they already have an alliance.
==== Iranian Empire ====
* Government: Imperial (semi-Feudal) Monarchy
** Ruler (King, President, etc.):
*** Parsa I
*** Parsa II
* Economy: The economy continues to be based around trade maintained through the Silk Route and various Silk-based coastal factories. Additional factors that continue to maintain the economy's stability are spices, textiles, carpentry, and pearls.
* Capital: Yazd
** Population: 16,000,000
** Religion: 65% Zoroastrian, 20% Christianity, 10% Arzham, 5% Folk Christianity
* Military: Due to the surrounding rival Roman-based neighbors, most of the military is active at a rather stable 200,000 divided into five legions of 40,000 each. With the declaration of the Empire, much of the active soldiers are mobilized with imperial intentions in all directions.
* Wars and Conflicts: 
** Assyria: A formal declaration of war is made, and with that, an extensive legion of 75,000 troops are sent to siege the capital, Alagadda, while the remaining legion of 25,000 is sent to secure Assur. With the policy of "Find it, it's yours", morality for the soldiers is high. Due to the vassalization of Elam, a force of 10,000 5,500 is sent to assist in the Siege of Alagadda, bringing the campaign forces in Alagadda to 85,000, while the total forces in Assyria stands at 110,000 105,500. 
** Roma Oriental: With most of their largest cities close to the Iranian border, a legion is split in two: a minimal legion of 20,000 invades Qumis while another minimal legion of 20,000 is sent to Alexandria Herat. Additionally, seperatists are sent into the nation as a means of igniting a religious war in Oriental among the large plurality of Zoroastrians.
** Roma Centrum: With the Byzantine invasion anticipated, the home legion of 50,000 goes to counter-attack the Greco-Roman attempt at cutting supply lines after spies relay information regarding the movement of Greek soldiers into Roma Oriental.
* Events: 
** The introduction of Arzham in the Empire is dealt with in the same way that all religions are: religious tolerance. As such, Kandahar becomes a vassal of the Empire. 
====Central Roman Empire | Roma Centrum====
*Government: Imperial Monarchy
*Emperors:
**Leo II (r. 597-present) (b. 588) - under a regency (until 609)
*Military: 160,000 in total, most of them are styled like the late Roman imperial army, but is shifting towards disorganisation over this century, though still very formal and organised by army, it is that legions shielding each other was becoming less of a thing in the Central Roman army, adopting for spreading out. Cataphracts are also prominent when Romans adopted it in the 3rd century from the Persians, which are still used by the Central Roman Empire, along with the ballistae and many more.
*Economy: It is based around trading with the Romans, along with those far and wide. Currency exists in the Central Roman Empire and is minted with riches like silver and gold, although it is slightly crude by modern standards, it bears the Emperor still on every coin when it was minted, of course.
**Early Urbanisation: Urbanisation was slow even during the time of stagnation, but it is proving to be a change with the Central Roman Empire with Constantinople growing. Early forms of a local census was carried out by a governor in Constantinople showed that more are moving into larger cities for a while.
*Demographics:
**Population: 21,440,000 (approximate)
***Constantinople: 690,000
***Large cities: 1,450,000
***Small settlements: 4,800,000
***Rural areas: 14,500,000
**Religion: 85% Christian, 3% Zoroastrian, 1.5% Neo-Hellenism (around the boundaries of Atlas), 1% Judaism, 9.5% Other
**Culture: 40% Greek, 10% Armenian, 10% Illyrian (totally not Albanians lol), 15% Thracian (lol idk), 5% Assyrian, 1% Jewish/Israelite (they did move across Europe though), 19% Other
*Diplomacy: (Leo II's messages)
**Nabatea: We demand vassalisation, in exchange we give you Adol and Sura and a significant amount of territory surrounding that.
**Assyria, Arar, Sumer, Grane: We accept this proposal, that as provided, we will send thousands of troops to your realm to divert Persian troops away.
**Roma Oriental: As a fellow Roman state, we will be glad to support you.
**Vedena: Can't support a realm that broke away from the mighty Roman Empire. If you were still a Roman republic, you would be supported.
**Shapurids / Iranian Empire: An aggressor like you should be stopped. War is the only option, apparently.
*Events:
**End of a Regency: The regency of Leo II comes to an end on 609. Unfortunately, the regency council had decided to push the coronation of Leo II as de facto Emperor back by five years using the excuse that is following him being injured during martial training which saw his leg being accidentally cut off, making him maimed. However, inevitably, he would need to take assumption of control. At the time, the regency continued to impose the pagan ban, whilst sanctioning Zoroastrianism and Judaism, then by 605, the Alagadda cult (hmmmmmmmm). The council also voted in favour of helping Roma Oriental and any other domains that have been attacked as word had come from the east of Persians invading to the east, threatening the integrity of the whole Roman Empire. Once Leo II took control of the Central Roman Empire, he would be stuck with an eternal (at the time) war that the former Roman Empire had to face: to survive and preserve its legacy or to perish and let foreigners come in. Expeditionary legions (or at least the bare concepts) in Roma Occidental and Borealis begin to perish over time as they were sent here years ago, but Leo II called those troops back by message after being sent there to reallocate much of their focus to the Shapurids.
**Petra, Revived: The city of Petra, which is located in OTL Jordan has declined over the centuries under the Roman Empire (the city located wasn't part of Judea). By the 7th century however, there were minor attempts by local governors in the Central Roman Empire to resettle the city and turn it into a major merchant hub for Arabs and Romans. Whether that will be the success will lie to time.
**Hellenisation, Part II: Despite stagnancy continuing into the 7th century, Hellenisation begins to unfold a century after the breakup of the Roman Empire. Latin was no longer the de facto language spoken by leaders and nobles. Koine Greek was becoming the popular form for nobles of the Central Roman Empire, although a new form of Greek has been developed among the lower class, which would be the equivalent to medieval Greek. Although Neo-Hellenism began to exist in the Southern Roman Empire or what will be the left of it, Christianity is slowly becoming the norm and tradition of many Greeks living in their homelands instead, with only few hundred thousands (scattered across but mostly concentrated at the border of Egypt) practising underground as Leo II had not yet lifted the pagan ban.
**The Byzantine-Shapurid War (606-): On 606, the regency council had decided to vote and approve such invasion, with the approval of Leo II so that it could be legitimised and make sure there is no 'corruption' within the council. The number of troops and levy had rose quickly throughout the late 600s and 610s which aim to defend Assyria and Roma Oriental from capitulating to the Persian aggressors (albeit this is also ironic, the Romans were once imperialists, now the Central Romans want to keep themselves alive as long as possible). 60,000 troops were sent in total to Alagadda in support of Assyria and divert the attacking Persian troops to the west. A similar legion of 10,000 is sent to Assur with the same intent. To cut off the Shapurids of supply from their own homes, the 40,000 legion is sent through Roma Oriental to directly attack the Persians' supply with some support being allocated by Roma Oriental, although time will tell whether their support will wane. 5,000 soldiers are moved to support Roma Oriental in attacked cities (though not shown as it is not significant).
====Mobamba====
*Government: Tribal Monarchy, beginning feudalization
**Leaders: Chief Moniba (b.533, r.549-602), Chief Usaku (b. 579, r. 602-)
*Economy: Mainly based off subsistence farming and fishing, as well as stone and iron mining endeavors. Trade outside Africa is virtually nonexistent, thanks to bandits, Red Sea pirates, and the Black Panther Insurgency (before 604 AD).
*Capital: Sicko-Mobamba
*Demographics:
**Population: 135,000
***Sicko-Mobamba: 23,000
***Wata-Madinga: 7,000
***Sicko-Uwu: 16,000
***U-Nukalo: 6,000
***Obunga: 4,000
***Vibakso: 2,500
***Sicko-Waluigi: 1,000
**Religion: 53% traditional Knuckles religion, 41% Black Panther Cult, 4% Zoroastrianism
**Ethnicities: 31% Mobamban, 57% other Knuckles tribes, 7% Wakandans, 5% Buhari, 1% other
*Military:
**Army: 6,000 spearmen, 3,000 swordsmen, 1000 archers, 200 elephant chariots
**Navy: 3 small boats, 25 sailors
*Events:
**Chief Usaku: Often considered to be the greatest pre-Sultanate Mobamban ruler, Chief Usaku ruled Mobamba during much of the 7th century AD. He was a great conquerer. One of his first acts as Chief was to completely shatter the Black Panther Rebellion in 604 AD, and he would go on to unite the Knuckles tribes under one banner. However, he was also a genius, a patron of the arts and a reformer, supporting the improvement of Mobamban art and architecture and the beginnings of Mobamban literature (he was, in fact, the first literate Mobamban ruler) and encouraging the propagation of the written Mobamban language introduced by the Omani Arabs. However, he is best known for the Usakian Reforms, a series of reforms somewhat inspired by Omani law and governance, and the Obama Charter, the first written code of laws in Mobamba, and Central Africa as a whole. Many historians cite Chief Usaka as the most preeminent cause of the feudalization of Mobamba. (basically your average EU4 6/6/6 leader, I just wanna do this because I wanna unite the tribes and modernize faster so I can fulfill my plans, go jump continents and play as something else)
**Creation of the Mobamban Navy: The Mobamban Navy is created, currently consisting of 3 small boats patrolling the waters of Lake Waluigi (OTL Lake Victoria) and making sure no illicit trade goes on.
**Bandit Campaign: The Mobamban military has been sent to the trade routes between Mobamba and Wakanda in order to combat banditry.
**Infrastructure projects: A second large road is constructed, connecting Obunga and Wata-Madinga to Sicko-Mobamba. Streets in Wata-Madinga and Obunga are also paved.
**Expansion: Some expansion to the south and west happens. The city of Sicko-Waluigi is founded at OTL Bukoba, Tanzania.
==== Huastec ====
* Government: Tribal Monarchy
** 'Leader:' Pachkil Ocelotl (605 AD-Present)
* Economy: Mainly based off subsistence farming and fishing
* Capital: Tamtoc
* Demographics:
** Population: 21,234
*** Tamtoc: 8,234
*** Tamposoque: 2,000
** Religion: 70% Maya religion, 29% Chichimec beliefs, 1% Shamanist
** Ethnicities: 57% Huastecs, 20%Chichimecs 3% Aztec, 20% Coahuilteca
* Military:
** Army: 500 spearmen, 200 skirmishers, 100 clubbers, 50 atlatl spear throwers
** Navy: 1 boat, 25 sailors
* Events:
** Death of Wehnek: Wehnek dies of a heart attack on the year 605
** Creation of the Huastec Navy: The Huastec Navy is created, currently consisting of 1 boat patrolling the waters of the Sea of Chac
** Coahuila Campaign: The Huastec military has been sent to the frontier between the Huastecs and Coahuila
** Infrastructure projects: a road is constructed, connecting Tamtoc to Tamposoque and Tancahuitz
** Expansion: Some expansion to the north and west happens. The city of Tancanhuitz is founded at the west
====Roma Borealis (North Roman empire)====
*Leader: Lazarius I Neo-Claudian (B 567 - D 608), (R 595 - 608), Augustus II Neo-Claudian (B 688 - still alive), (R 608 - present)
*Government: Absolute Monarchy ruled by a emperor. The title is Emperor of Roma Borealis and archduke of Westria and Prince of Escosia. Our current ruling dynasty is Neo-Claudian.
**Demographics:
***Population:
***Wien: Population: 78,880
***Eskos: Population: 37,800
***Konr: Population: 20,030
***Rich: Population: 33,310
***Munich: Population: 26,000
***Miels: Population: 24,000
***Rural and smaller towns population: 5,595,100
***Total population: 5,976,270
***Religion: Westrian paganism (3%), Christianity (79%) and Germanic Paganism (18%)
***Ethinicities: 31% Westrian, 35% Bavarii/irminonics aka Munichians, 23% Escosians, Latins 1%, Germanics 10%
*Economy: We are based on agriculture. We use our own coins which resembles a lot those of the old Roman empire
*Wars and conflicts: Nothing for now
*Chief Commander: Lax Styrhielm (B 572 - still alive), in office since 585.
*Army: Total of
*Spearmen: 18,950
*Swordmen: 13,540
*Bowmen: 4,730
*Cavalry: 1,912
*Pioneers: 1,620
*Crossbowmen: 1,650
**Events:
***The rise of Christianity: Christianity is declared as the offical state religion
*Diplomacy:
*Roma Centrum: We send a 3,500 troops to help you in your and Roma Oriental struggle against the persians it isn't much but well we don't really have very much manpower compared to the other Romes.
==== Kingdom of Suomia ====
* Government: Absolute Monarchy
** King: Aarno I (607-??? AD)
* Economy: Local merchants begin to leave the nation to find more nations or tribes to possibly start trade with and invite people to visit the newly formed kingdom. The capital is being built along with few other tribal-style villages taking example of said capital. Economy is mainly based off of farming and fishing.
* Capital: Helsinki
* Demographics:
** Population: 7,221 people, 100% Finns
* Religion: 97% Finnic Paganism, 3% Atheism
* Wars and Conflicts: N/A
* Military:
** 80 men, equipped with poor military equipment.
* Diplomacy: N/A
* Events:
** Birth of a New Kingdom: At 607 AD, a man soon to be named the first King of Suomia had gathered up people of the local tribe and encouraged them to work together to build a better tomorrow under the names of Suomi Pagan Gods. He took example of many other nations out in the world and birthed a kingdom of their own; People would strive to work together and would build better shelters in Helsinki under King Aarno's guidance, calling it the "great capital of Suomia".
==== Kingdom of Galatoi ====
* Government: Absolute Monarchy (Kingdom)
** King: Teutagonus I (B 577 AD, still alive) (R 599 AD -  Present)
** Economy: Based around fishing, agriculture and trade. We are trading with Timbuktu.
** Capital: Advorix
** Demographics:
*** Population:
*** Advorix: 1296
*** Rural areas (AKA everything else): ~10000
*** Ethnicities: 99,5% Galatoi, 0,5% Timbuktuvian
*** Religion: 99,5% Afro-Gallic Paganism, 0,5% Timbuktuvian beliefs
** Wars and Conflicts (italics: Potential War):
*** N/A
** Military: Our conscription law is ~0,09% of the population
*** Spearmen: 20
*** Swordmen: 20
*** Bowmen: 20
*** Torchers: 20
*** Javelineers: 10
** Navy:
*** 10 transport ships (can hold around 5-7 men)
*** 10 trade ships
*** Although not part of the navy we have 30 fishing ships.
** Diplomacy:
*** Timbuktu: We wish to maintain our trade.
*** Bayelsha (if we find them): Hello stranger! We come from the west and are looking for others to co-operate with, shall we establish relations and trade?
** Events:
*** Galatoi's Tale: Galatoi's history begins when the Iberian state of Valcanor conquered southern Gallic tribes in the 13th century BC. A large number of tribes, located in Iberia were separated and saw no other fate than fleeing. Centuries of migrating eventually led the Iberian Gauls as they were called, to Africa, down the west coast from Morocco and eventually settling in the more fertile region of Senegal, eventually forming a state that has sat in peace ever since, setting up trade with the Timbuktuvian state further to the east. Things change as the new king, Teutagonus, arrives on the throne.
*** Advorix: A capital for the kingdom is settled and built on in OTL Banjul to take advantage of the Gala river (Gambia river).
*** Expansion: Settlers are sent to the Bissagos Archipelago, as well as to the south and a bit to the east, to get ever so closer to our trade partners, Timbuktu.
*** Exploration: Exploration along the coast going southwards starts.
*** Donnius: An important fishing village in OTL Dakar (not a city).
*** Timbuktuvian Merchants: Most Timbuktuvians in Galatoi are merchants that stay. They set up markets and sell different items in the "square" of Advorix.
====Empire of Gojoseon====
*Government: Heredity absolute monarchy.
**Emperor: Kang Dong-Chol (261-602), P'yon Hae-Chol (602-611), Ko Chol (612-)
*Economy: Coinage system.
*Capital: Songrim.
*Demographics:
**Population: 1,081,391 (87% Korean, 12% Yang, 1% other)
**Religion: 97% Confucianism, 3% other.
*Korean Military
**Infantry: 42,500 (20, 000 from newly raised militia)
**Archers: 6,000
**Calavry: 12,000
*Korean Navy
**Attack Ships: 40
**Transport Ships: 25
**Trading Ships: 60
*Wars and Conflicts
**Great Chinese War: We basically keep up the same strategy by using hit and run tactics to pick off smaller Qi armies while focusing on our bigger army to slowly push back their Qi army.
*Diplomacy: None.
=== Turn XX: 620 AD - 640 AD ===
==== Events & Great People ====
*Byzantine-Shapurid War: Former allies, now turned enemies as imperialistic Persians take power in the Shapurids. The Fertile Crescent, threatened by the Persians, are rallied together to fight back. Sumer, Nabatea and Arar begin sending forces to help the Assyrians fight off the Persians knowing that if Alagadda falls, the Fertile Crescent is most probably doomed to another century of oppression or two. Grane remains relatively quiet about the whole thing, along with Hormuz. Conscripts from all nations involved outside Byzantium and Iran amount to a total of 89,400 troops, albeit slightly disorganised, which are prepared to defend their homes.
*Gallic Disorder: Following an accidental Albion landing in Brittany where they thought to be Wales, the lost armies have carved their own place into the region, now constituting their own resistance even after being notified of their mistake. Meanwhile, the nearby Franks and Gauls are inspired to have their own uprisings. The Franks manage to secure Normandy, stopping short of Lutetia. It is without doubt that they may well try to invade the city for themselves. The Gauls on the other hand, have become relatively successful, taking Burdigala. As news of these resistances spread throughout Roma Occidental and beyond, the scales of balance are beginning to tip.
*Zero: Indian astronomer Brahmagupta writes the Brāhmasphuṭasiddhānta, an early mathematics book, including rules for computing with zero.
*Astronomical Advances: Li Chung Feng builds a celestial globe.
*Book of Yang: Yao Silian, Chinese historian, completes his Book of Yang. It contains the history of the Yang Dynasty.
*Burmese Calendar: 633 CE becomes Year 0 of the Burmese calendar, based on the Chula Sakarat, is also used in the mainland of Southeast Asia.
==== NPC Turns ====
*Nabatea: They accept the tempting offer of free land and protection from the Romans.
*Timbuktu: They agree to maintain trade.
*Chichimec, Totonac and Coahuilteca: They form a defensive pact to guard against Otomi, which they distrust.
*Faroe: They make contact with the Eileansear peoples.
*Sumer, Arar and Assyria: They request that Grane join the war against the Iranian aggressors. Grane does not give a response.
==== Kingdom of Suomia ====
*Government: Absolute Monarchy
**King: Aarno I (607-??? AD)
*Economy: Local merchants have left the nation to find more nations or tribes to possibly start trade with and invite people to visit the newly formed kingdom since a decade ago (last turn). The capital is continuing to be built along with few other tribal-style villages taking example of said capital. Economy is mainly based off of farming and fishing.
*Capital: Helsinki
*Demographics:
**Population: 9,319 people, 100% Suomian
**Religion: 96% Suomi Paganism, 4% Atheism
*Wars and Conflicts: N/A
*Military: 88 men, equipped with poor military equipment.
*Diplomacy:
**Latgalia (npc response needed): Hello, stranger! We come from the north and wish to start trade and perhaps a healthy relationship between our nations?
*Events:
**Expansion!: With more people being born each year, we send expeditions to claim a bit more land in east and west along the coast, our people willingly co-operating and agreeing to live a bit more far away from the capital.
====Central Roman Empire | Roma Centrum====
*Government: Imperial Monarchy
**Emperors:
***Leo II (r. 597-634) (b. 588-634)
***Justinian (r. 634-639) (b. 610-639)
***Theodore (r. 639-) (b. 614) - the younger brother
*Military: 175,000 in total, most of them are styled like the late Roman imperial army, but is shifting towards disorganisation over this century, though still very formal and organised by army, it is that legions shielding each other was becoming less of a thing in the Central Roman army, adopting for spreading out. Cataphracts are also prominent when Romans adopted it in the 3rd century from the Persians, which are still used by the Central Roman Empire, along with the ballistae and many more. The army peaks during the Byzantine-Shapurid War with conscripts willing to defend for their own domain against the Persian threat.
*Economy: It is based around trading with the Romans, along with those far and wide. Currency exists in the Central Roman Empire and is minted with riches like silver and gold, although it is slightly crude by modern standards, it bears the Emperor still on every coin when it was minted, of course. Trading from the east has been disrupted by conflict thanks to the Byzantine-Shapurid War, leaving the Mediterranean, the Arabian peninsula and Europe the only way to trade.
*Demographics: (Does not include Nabatea)
**Population: 21,750,000 (approximate)
***Constantinople: 650,000
***Large cities: 1,500,000
***Small settlements: 4,900,000
***Rural areas: 14,700,000
**Religion: 90% Christian, 3% Zoroastrian, 2% Neo-Hellenism (around the boundaries of Atlas), 1% Judaism, 4% Other
**Culture: 40% Greek, 10% Armenian, 10% Illyrian (totally not Albanians lol), 15% Thracian (lol idk), 5% Assyrian, 1% Jewish/Israelite (they did move across Europe though), 19% Other
*Diplomacy:
**Atlas: Do not drag yourselves to the feet of this war. If you side with our enemy, there will be price to pay with all of the Romans that supported you in the past.
**Grane (Gerrha?): We implore you to join the war on our side. If you do nothing now, you'll only bring doom to your own nation. When Alagadda falls, you will see what will happen. If you don't want to see that fate happening, you must help our side to do your bidding. (that is if they respond)
*Events:
**Vassalisation of Nabatea (625): The vassalisation of Nabatea is not that significant, but it is a close start to the Central Roman Empire's hold on being the 'peacekeeper' of the region. Many historians might justify it as imperialism in a different approach, but if the Persian threat continued to persist, then vassalising them is one way to keep them from pushing the agenda of 'gaining what they want'.
**Byzantine-Shapurid War (606-): The army with the intent of disrupting the Shapurids of their own supply during the sieges of Assur and Alagadda had been cut from 30,000 (10,000 killed) to 15,000 with most of them no longer acting as organised and quickly spread out across Assyria and the westernmost part of the Shapurids to ambush and plunder any food and water supply for the attackers, with major focus being put onto the Siege of Alagadda and defence of Assyria. 10,000 more are sent to Roma Oriental to prevent remaining cities of Roma Oriental from succumbing and to liberate those that have been currently occupied by the Shapurids.
***Siege of Alagadda: Over 52,000 troops (with 8,000 killed) are currently trying to defend and fight against the Persians that number over more than a hundred thousand, with reinforcements numbering 40,000 (including the 15,000 from the supply disruption campaign) arriving to push the number of those involved in Alagadda up to 92,000. Siege equipment like catapults and ballistae are also used to reduce numbers of Persian reinforcements to topple the city.
**Hellenisation, Part II: Despite stagnancy continuing into the 7th century, Hellenisation begins to unfold a century after the breakup of the Roman Empire. Latin was no longer the de facto language spoken by leaders and nobles. Koine Greek was becoming the popular form for nobles of the Central Roman Empire, although a new form of Greek has been developed among the lower class, which would be the equivalent to medieval Greek. Although Neo-Hellenism began to exist in the Southern Roman Empire or what will be the left of it, Christianity is slowly becoming the norm and tradition of many Greeks living in their homelands instead.
**Greek Fire?: Word has been told within the Emperor's court that Greek fire is secretly in the works that could keep them floating at a time of a still stagnant era. The formula to create what would be known as Greek fire today has been written by some scholars who believe that it could be beneficial should conflict with other Roman powers or foreigners managing to arrive at the Mediterranean and attack coastal cities ever happen.
==== Iranian Empire: ====
* Government: Imperial (semi-Feudal) Monarchy
** Ruler (King, President, etc.):
*** Parsa II
*** Justinian III (current)
* Economy: The economy continues to be based around trade maintained through the Silk Route and various Silk-based coastal factories. Additional factors that continue to maintain the economy's stability are spices, textiles, carpentry, and pearls. As with the state of war proving slightly successful, tribute from local warlords is recieved further, allowing for the economy to stay slightly more stable due to paying off the military debts from militarizing such a large army.
* Capital: Yazd
** Population: 17,000,000
** Religion: 50% Zoroastrian, 20% Christianity, 20% Arzhan, 10% Folk Christianity
* Military: Due to the surrounding rival Roman-based neighbors, most of the military is active at a rather stable 200,000 divided into five legions of 40,000 each. With the declaration of the Empire, much of the active soldiers are mobilized with imperial intentions in all directions. 
* Wars and Conflicts: 
** Assyria: With successes seen so far, the current advancement towards Alagadda and Assur are continued with brutality. The Campaign to Assur is abandoned primarily due to the seriousness of the upcoming Battle of Alagadda, so the remaining troops nearing Assur are redirected to Alagadda. This brings the total Persian soldier count in Campaign of Alagadda to 102,000.
** Roma Oriental: With the capture of Alexandria Herat and Quimis, soldiers in Quimis are advised to move to Hecatomplyus as a means of capturing the other major Roma Oriental culture city. With a remaining force of 17,000, the soldiers are expected to catipulate the Oriental government after conquering the city, or rather the culture group supporting the Oriental government. Zoroastrians being oppressed in the state are asked, in occupied cities, to join the cause of securing the Iranian Empire's imperial ambitions, with the promise of wealth and land. As such, roughly 4,000 Zoroastrians join the Campaign of Hecatomplyus, bringing the number of invading forces of the city to 21,000.
* Diplomacy:
** Al-Sumal: A trade agreement is to be established, and African mercenaries are requested, promising land and loot for successes gained.
** Atlas: A trade agreement is to be established, and Roman-African mercenaries are requested, promising land and loot for successes gained.
** Aksum: A trade agreement is to be established, and Ethiopian mercenaries are requested, promising land and loot for successes gained.
** Gerrha: A mutual non-aggression pact is sent, as a sign of peace between both powers.
** Gupta: A trade agreement is to be established, and Indian mercenaries are requested, promising land and loot for successes gained.
** Ifriqiyah: A trade agreement is to be established, and African mercenaries are requested, promising land and loot for successes gained.
** Kushan: A trade agreement is to be established, and Indian mercenaries are requested, promising land and loot for successes gained.
* Events: 
** De-Romanization: Following the collapse of the Roman Empire and the subsequent vacuum of power, the Shapurid Dynasty turns towards a more ruthless and imperial form of siezing that power through a means of increasing the military, as well as removing most and all aspects of Roman culture in the nation. This includes architecture, as well as removing forms of western thought from the primary government, basing the system around much of the prior dynasties, such as the Seleucid, however it is updated so as to keep up with current Iranian nationalism and new discoveries.
** Arzham: Arzham spreads across much of eastern and central Iran.
==== Kingdom of Galatoi ====
* Government: Absolute Monarchy (Kingdom)
** King: Teutagonus I (B 577 AD D 626 AD) (R 599 AD -  626 AD), Caratillus (B 596 AD, still alive) (R 626 AD - Present)
** Economy: Based around fishing, agriculture and trade. We are trading with Timbuktu.
** Capital: Advorix
** Demographics:
*** Population:
*** Advorix: 1601
*** Rural areas (AKA everything else): ~10100
*** Ethnicities: 99,5% Galatoi, 0,5% Timbuktuvian
*** Religion: 99,5% Afro-Gallic Paganism, 0,5% Timbuktuvian beliefs
** Wars and Conflicts (italics: Potential War):
*** N/A
** Military: Our conscription law is ~0,09% of the population
*** Spearmen: 25
*** Swordmen: 20
*** Bowmen: 25
*** Torchers: 20
*** Javelineers: 15
** Navy:
*** 12 transport ships (can hold around 5-7 men)
*** 16 trade ships
*** Although not part of the navy we have 40 fishing ships.
** Diplomacy:
*** Atlas (if we find them): Oh, things have changed up here, we come in peace, would you like to establish trade and/or relations?
** Events:
*** Expansion: In part with exploration we go north, a bit east and south into the Guinea region, settling in more lush areas.
*** Exploration: Exploration to the north, by the coastline, hopefully to discover whatever power is holding onto North Africa.
*** Sea Exploration: Some Sea Exploration to the west.
*** Donnius: It is built upon and is the largest settlement other than Advorix, it is still however basically just a large village and hasn't attained city/town-status yet.
==== Honshu to Shikoku no Toitsu Kokoku ====
* Government: Union of Monarchies, with exception for Ainu Tohoku (Democratic Tribalism, now Autonomous State)
** Mikado of Yamato: Empress Saika Goban-me (Until 623 AD), Empress Saika Rokuban-me (624 AD onwards, born 601 AD)
** Mikado of Izumo: Empress Hakuba Ichika (599 AD onwards)
** Mikado of Kibi: Empress Yui (602 AD onwards)
** Economy: The autonomy of Shonan Xia as determined by the Toitsu Kokoku further encourages merchants and peasant farmers to seek work and a new future in Xia. A population boom emerges out of the end of the conflict,
** Capital: Yamatai-koku (Consolidated capital)(Present-day Sakurai, Nara), Edo (Yamato), Kioku (Izumo), Umienomon (Tohoku), Naruto (Kibi), Taipei (Shonan Xia)
** Demographics:
*** Population: 5,130,000
*** Religion: Non-mandated
*** Ethnicities: 25% Yamato, 24% Izumo, 6.5% Ainu, 11% Xia, 10% Kibi, 5% Nakoku, 5% Hayato, 5% Xia, 3.5% Gojoseon, 3.5% Ryukyu, 0.5% Zhang (Tohoku not included)
** Military: The 35,000 men on Shonan Xia are given reprieves and are allowed to settle with no cost. Multiple remaining vessels, 430 Chokyori-sen and 720 Kyushu-sen, are immediately transferred to the control of Gojoseon, with several naval advisors accompanying them to instruct on their usage
** Wars/Conflicts: None.
* Diplomacy: 
** Zhang: In the interests of peace, all those who formerly lived in Xia will be allowed to return without any threat of violence, and Xia will be inducted into the Toitsu Kokoku as an autonomous state. Similarly, their homes will be rebuilt to their liking and they will face no discrimination. We cease hostilities.
** Gojoseon: We offer to continue funding the war with Qi, sending ships (and hiring possible mercenaries for you). We are still allies after all.
==== Ostmark ====
* Government: Monarchy (Kindom)
** Ruler: King Germar I (B 598 - present) (R 518 - present)
* Economy: stable, more money to agriculture and focus on building more and bigger cities.
* Capital: Konigsberg
* Demographics:
** Population: 322.654
*** 80% Rural
*** 12% Capital
*** 3% Small settlements
*** 5% Big cities
** Religion: 
*** 86% Christian
*** 8% Germanic Mythology
*** 6% Nordic Mythology
** Military
*** Swordsmen 12.000
*** City guards 20.000
*** Cavalry 2.000
** Navy
*** 800 trading ships
*** 100 Medium "battle" ships (hold 20 - 30 men)
*** 200 Small "battle" ships (hold 15 - 20 men)
* Wars and Conflicts: Not yet
* Diplomacy:
** Vedena: Improve relations. Maybe make an alliance?
* Improving the palace: The king decides he wants a bigger, more luxurious palace. But he thinks investing in larger cities first is better.
====Mobamba====
*Government: Tribal Monarchy, transitioning into feudal monarchy
**Leaders: Chief Usaku (b. 579, r. 602-)
*Economy: Mainly based off subsistence farming and fishing, as well as stone and iron mining endeavors. Trade outside Africa is virtually nonexistent, thanks to bandits, Red Sea pirates, and the Black Panther Insurgency (before 604 AD).
*Capital: Sicko-Mobamba
*Demographics:
**Population: 150,000
***Sicko-Mobamba: 24,000
***Wata-Madinga: 7,400
***Sicko-Uwu: 16,700
***U-Nukalo: 6,500
***Obunga: 4,900
***Vibakso: 2,300
***Sicko-Waluigi: 1,700
**Religion: 51% traditional Knuckles religion, 39% Black Panther Cult, 6% Zoroastrianism
**Ethnicities: 31% Mobamban, 56% other Knuckles tribes, 8% Buhari, 6% Wakandans, 1% other
*Military:
**Army: 6,000 spearmen, 3,000 swordsmen, 1000 archers, 200 elephant chariots
**Navy: 3 small boats, 25 sailors
*Events:
**The Usakian Reforms and the Nukali Charter: Implemented by Chief Usaku in 632 AD, the Usakian Reforms were arguably the most important governmental reforms in Mobamban history. The Usakian Reforms reworked the entire governmental structure of Mobamba. Instead of having the Chief despotically rule over every single aspect of Mobamban administration, more power was delegated to the people. Under the Usakian Reforms, Mobamba was split into 7 provinces. These provinces were drawn in such a way as to completely ignore religious and ethnic boundaries, and according to one of Chief Usaku’s treatises, were designed to “foster unity between rival tribes and cement their loyalty towards the Chief and the institutions of the Mobamban state, instead of to their tribe”. The provinces were governed by governors, who were appointed by the Chief upon the previous governor’s death or resignation, and had to swear loyalty to the Chief. The Usakian Reforms also included the Nukali Charter, which is considered the first written code of laws in Central Africa, as well as the first African constitution. The Nukali Charter detailed the rights and freedoms of the people (which, amongst other things, included the right to adequate food, water, and shelter, the right of movement, and the right to protest an “unfair or unjust” law), as well as the laws of the land. The Usakian Reforms and the Nukali Charter would serve as a major instigator of the later feudalization of Mobamba.
**Propagation of the Written Word: By 640 AD, most of the Mobamban nobility, as well as many Buhari merchants and a very small number of non-noble Mobambans could read and write. The first instances of non-religious Mobamban text can be traced to around 620 AD, with the transcribing of Chief Usaku’s rants on almost everything under the sun, as well as the first instances of Mobamban fiction and the first native historical record of Mobamba.
**Expansion: Expansion continues, mostly focused on the west.
====Empire of Gojoseon====
*Government: Heredity absolute monarchy.
**Emperor: Ko Chol (612-635), Ryom Kwang-Su, (635-)
*Economy: Coinage system. Still agriculturally and traded base.
*Capital: Songrim.
*Demographics:
**Population: 1,101,602 (87% Korean, 12% Yang, 1% other)
**Religion: 97% Confucianism, 3% other.
*Korean Military
**Infantry: 42,500 (25, 000 from newly raised militia)
**Archers: 6,000 (4,000 from newly raised militia)
**Calvary: 12,000 (2,000 from newly raised militia)
*Korean Navy
**Attack Ships: 40
**Transport Ships: 25
**Trading Ships: 60
*Wars and Conflicts
**Great Chinese War: Under the leadership of general and later king Ryom Kwang-Su, the army swelled up even more as smaller parts of the army engaged in raids and hit and run tactics against the Qi army, but instead of going directly into battle, Ryom took 75% of the army in an aggressive stance to out flank one of the Qi armies and then enclose on them and push them back into the ocean. Ryom as well put in a contingency plan leaving the other 25% to hold the other areas that he didn't plan to attack to prevent/delay Qi from counterattacking.
*Diplomacy: None
*Events
**Fall of Chol: After the death of the old Ko Chol, the dynasty was left with no formal heirs, while some wanting his bastard kid to become the new king, many didn't like it, leading to the famous and popular general Ryom Kwang-Su to take up the position of king.
==== Roma Borealis (North Roman empire) ====
* Leader: Emperor Augustus II Neo-Claudian (B 588 - D 627), (R 608 - 627), Emperor Augustus III Neo-Claudian (B 600 - still alive), (R 627 - present)
* Government: Absolute Monarchy ruled by an Emperor. The title is Emperor of Roma Borealis and archduke of Westria and Prince of Escosia. Our current ruling dynasty is Neo-Claudian.
** Demographics:
*** Population:
*** Wien: Population: 80,880
*** Eskos: Population: 38,800
*** Konr: Population: 20,230
*** Rich: Population: 33,310
*** Munich: Population: 26,100
*** Miels: Population: 24,100
*** Rural and smaller towns population: 5,695,100
*** Total population: 6,079,670
*** Religion: Westrian paganism (1%), Christianity (81%) and Germanic Paganism (18%)
*** Ethinicities: 31% Westrian, 35% Bavarii/irminonics aka Munichians, 23% Escosians, Latins 1%, Germanics 10%
* Economy: We are based on agriculture and trade through the danube river. We use our own coins which resembles a lot those of the old Roman empire
* Wars and conflicts: Nothing for now
* Chief Commander: 
* Army: Total of
* Spearmen: 18,950
* Swordmen: 13,540
* Bowmen: 4,730
* Cavalry: 1,912
* Pioneers: 1,620
* Crossbowmen: 1,650
** Events:
*** none
* Diplomacy:
* Kologne, Holstein, Munster and the other 5 small nations above me: As you all are small nations I have a suggestion we could create a highly decentralised nation and the role of Emperor and Protector of this nation will be elected. This nation could be called the Roman German empire, Roman Confederation, Roma Borealis or anything like that, this could also include Vesnia, Henzein and other nearby nations (This is basically like the HRE and of course Roma Borealis would have to switch name and title if the small nations accept)
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