Konig des Menschen V (Archive 4)

This is the fourth archive for Konig des Menschen Chapter V (Map Game).
==Turns (1150 AD - 1200 AD)==
=== Turn XVI: 1150 AD - 1160 AD ===
==== Events & Great People ====
*Arnar's Voyage: A famed seafarer called Arnar Löfkirsson sails south along the Innuland coast down to what they would call "Beul Munnurinn", the great mouth. They were greeted with great hostility by the Amaiqac and were forced to return to Vinland. He later set out southward, following the coast of "Kjalka" the jaw. He would travel far south (OTL Fundy bay), being the first to make proper maps of his travels and even trading with the Mi'kmaq of the crevice of the Kjalka.
*A Prophecy of War: After a decade of infighting in Songhai, the radical Aresians have seized power, and vanquished the holders of more peaceful beliefs. The sacrifices are plenty for Ares, as tens of thousands bleed for him. Worries begin to mass in surrounding nations and many leaders convene to talk about what to do.
*Ares Cult: The Brotherhood of Rabat still wage their war in Iberia. After a decisive victory by a coalition of Leonite and Mauretanian forces, rebel Aresians, Christian crusaders and local closet Christians at Cordoba, the radical Aresian powers and the Brotherhood are pushed back to the Valencian coast. Andalousia and Kastilli are raised from the aftermath, populated by moderate Aresians with a reformist attitude. Grateful to the assistance by Christian crusaders, any existing bans on Christianity are lifted. They remain loyal to Mauretania, or at least the moderates within the Aftokratoria.
*Little Ice Age: The medieval warm period ends and a period of global cooling begins. Winters become -0,3 celsius colder than normal and so do summers. Some northenmost tribes turn away from farming and return to a hunter gatherer lifestyle. Trade between everything west of Iceland slows down.
*The Famine of 1153-1159: Thanks to the little ice age, a series of harsh winters destroys many crop yields, causing a shortage of food in the northern hemisphere. Ten thousand are presumed dead globally from the entire famine. The Famine hit especially hard to northern agrarian cultures, like Svearike, Vestkyst, the British isles and certain Yamato.
*Abu al-Idrisi: An Askari geographer, he publishes the Geography, a collection of maps, encompassing the Askari known world, Mauretania to Singapura and Sumali to the Baltics.
*The Golden Knot: The trade and friendship between Chola and Srivijaya blooms. A massive naval trade route network called the Golden Knot is formed in the Indian ocean between the two powers and their vassals. The two nations become the richest nations in the world.
*The Hemp Road: Consumption of hemp begins to be popular amongst philosophers and thinkers of the current times, allowing them to "go deep, like really deep bruh". It is also inconsistently used by monks and the like to try and talk to their gods. A trade route dedicated to the drug opens up from Fuzhou to Bariagaza. Despite this, it is viewed in a similar light as alcohol and tobacco.
*Frederick Barbarossa: A major hero in the Second Crusade (in the Levant) and emperor of the HRE. Many of those around him becomes astounded by his qualities being superhuman by nature: his ambition, his extraordinary skills at organization, his battlefield acumen and his political perspicacity. If things go well, soon he will have a new quality: longevity.
==== NPC Turns ====
*Ceylon: They make a personal alliance with Chola.
*Srivijaya: With a golden age dawning to their empire, expansion begins. Tanjung and Kuripan accept the proposal of becoming tributary states, in trade for protection and better trade opportunities to grow their economy. Kutai however outright rejects and an invasion is conducted. Kutai falls shortly and becomes part of Kuripan and Tidung. After these wars and the annexation of Medang, colonization begins. Thousands of settlers and conquerors arrive to the Sulu archipelago to colonize the region.
*Sami: After a forceful expansion by Svearike, they hit the northern outposts, wreaking havoc in the disorganized and hardly controlled far reach of the Swedish kingdom, driving the Sveans almost as far south as the southern Arktalasriika border.
*Karelia: They fracture into seven clans, after the death of a strong chieftain. His sons all try to take up his mantle and are prepared to kill each other for it. The chiefdom is then spillt into civil war. Rossopetsk partakes in the event and grabs some lands from the south.
*Komi: They continue their war against Yurzhinsk and expansion for Lebensraum.
*Ormuz and Mahdavi: They unify into the Rahmat Amirate.
*Avaland: They become known as the "Gate between East and West" for Europeans. They become a wealthy state thanks to intracontinental trade, between the Orthodox and the Catholics.
*Isetium: They begin an era of conquests. They invade Medina.
====Kingdom of Inkeri====
*Government: Feudal constitutional monarchy
**Ruler: King Jarno III (b.1123, r.1137-)
***Dynasty: Jukäinen
**Speaker of the Valtuusto: Miho Raikonen "the Fair (served 1142-1157), Rauke Siistamo (served 1157-)
**Capital: Kiaranlahti
*Economy: Mainly based on fishing, the fur and lumber industries, trade with nearby polities (e.g Svearike, Altprussen), and some mining operations.
*Demographics:
**Population:  1,200k
***Kiaranlahti: 48k
***Varntio: 30k
***Varantinjoki (Röttstadt): 12k
***Kultajoki (Geldstadt): 13k
***Aalepori: 11k
***Pietarranta: 10k
***Laatokanlinna: 7k
***Other towns and rural areas: 1,060k
**Religion: 94% Orthodox Christianity, 4% Catholicism, 1% Finnic paganism, 1% Christian heresies and other religions
**Ethnicities: 89% Finnic (58% Ingrian, 19% Vepsian, 13% Karelian, 7% Estonian, 2% other Finnic groups), 9% Varangian, 2% other (mainly Slavokans)
*Military:
**Army: 11,000 levy troops (10,000 standing)
***Light Infantry: 5,000
***Heavy Infantry: 3,000
***Light Cavalry: 2,000
***Heavy Cavalry: 1,000
**Navy: 52 transports, 21 galleys, 12 longships, 2 heavy ships, ~430 non-military merchant ships
*Wars and Conflicts:
**Restoration of Order to the Seven Clans of Karelia: Each of the Seven Clans of Karelia is made an offer: surrender their sovereignty and swear fealty to the Kingdom of Inkeri and each of the seven clans may be able to remain in power as counts and dukes under Inkeri rule, and be allowed a certain degree of autonomy. Failure to accept will be met with invasion. The majority of the Inkerian army is already stationed on the border of the former Karelian nation, ready to strike at a moment's notice.
**Sami Invasion of Svearike: Funds are sent to Svearike to aid in subduing the Sami incursion into their lands, and a small contingent of 300 troops makes the journey to the battlefields in northern Svearike to aid our ally.
*Events:
**Establishment of the Kauppalitto: One of the earliest trade leagues in Europe, the Kauppalitto (literally the Alliance of Merchants) was a league of associated merchant guilds and trading ports working together. Originally consisting of guilds in Kiaranlahti, Varntio, Laatokanlinna, Aalepori, and Pietarranta, the Kauppalitto would eventually spread across much of the eastern Baltic region and into the river systems of eastern Europe.
**Famine of 1153-1159: With famine hitting in several areas of the country, especially the northern provinces, we begin shifting food stocks from areas with surplus food into areas in need of food, and begin rationing in the most affected counties.
**Famine Relief Shipments: With as much food we can spare while leaving adequate food reserves for our people (which, by the way, isn't a large amount, but its the best we can do), we send shipments of much-needed food to the shores of Svearike, in the hopes of putting a dent to the devastating effects of famine there.
**Infrastructure: Road infrastructure continues to be constructed, with a road between Kiaranlahti and Laatokanlinna completed, with expansions towards Aalepori, Pietarranta, and perhaps even the former Karelian territories all the way up to the White Sea should we take control of them in a reasonable time frame. A road is also constructed from Kiaranlahti into Tallinn, as part of our efforts in integrating Maavald with Inkeri, and the port of Kiaranlahti continues to be expanded. The existing stretch of road between Kiaranlahti and Varntio is outfitted with inns and stables every 30 km, in order to give travelers a place to rest.
**Integrating Maavald: The political structure of Maavald begins to be integrated with the rest of Inkeri, and Inkerian commercial endeavors have also slowly begun infiltrating Maavaldian cities.
*Diplomacy:
**Seven Clans of Karelia: Ok, so you're fighting over the throne, and Rossopetsk is invading you guys. This fighting is just pointless, and is only going to lead to the dominance of Rossopetsk in Karelia. You don't want that, do you? Therefore, I make a genius offer to you: why not just join us? You'll still be in power as provincial rulers within Inkeri, you'll be able to join our market and trade your goods to the wider region, and we probably have more human rights than you do. And if you don't, you'll face consequences... 
**Cherno-Vedena: Hello? Trade agreement and alliance? I sent this to you a decade ago, you still haven't replied? Are you even here?
**Svearike: Here's a goody box. The tag says "To The Starving Peasants of Svearike", so please get it to them. It has cakes and stuff in it.
==== Kingdom of Vesnia ====
* Government: Feudal Monarchy (Kingdom)
** King: Bernhart I (B 1129, alive) (R 1145 - Present)
** Ruling House: House of Fleischer
** Economy: The Vesnian economy is stable, being based on trade mostly as well as fishing, mining and lumber. Gold coin currency is used in the realm. Vesnia is influenced by the overall economy of the Holy Roman Empire, of which it is a member. A special trade agreement between Vesnia and Svearike has been implemented.
** Capital: Burgenbrao
** Demographics:
*** Population: ~1 570 000
*** Burgenbrao: 93 000
*** Köslin: 50 000
*** Raustadt: 6 500
*** Heineg: 3 000
*** Rural areas (AKA everything else): ~1 417 000
*** Ethnicities: 93% Vesnian (4% Lechtenheimer nationality), 7% Prussian
*** Religion: 86% Catholic Christian, 13% Orthodox Christian, 1% Other
** Wars and Conflicts (italics: Potential War):
*** N/A
** Military: Total of 15 000 levy soldiers (1% of pop)
*** Deployed units: none
*** 5 000 infantry
*** 3 000 pikemen
*** 5 500 archers
*** 1 000 sword cavalry
*** 500 lancers
** Navy:
*** 20 transport ships
*** 8 galleys
** Diplomacy:
*** Danemark: How about a trade agreement? Vesnian merchant guilds can operate within your territory and vice versa.
** Events:
*** The Tale of Two Kingdoms: The marriage between Vesnia and Prussia is important, as this brought Prussian influence into the HRE and Vesnian influence outside of the HRE.
*** Orthodox Influence: Vesnia is subject to some more Orthodox influence from the previous marriage with the Orthodox Prussia. Also there may be some conversions from Orthodox priests shh, nobody will notice.
*** Famine: A famine has caused damage to the kingdom, much like it has done in many other realms around us. The famine has killed around 4 000 people within Vesnia, with 1 000 of them being in Heineg. Rationing is increased in the most affected areas. Small amounts of Vesnian effort is put into assisting nearby member states of the HRE, as well as Prussia with the situation created from the recent famine. Raustadt takes a hit as well, being a relatively new city with an inferior infrastructure compared to the rest of Vesnia.
*** Engelbrecht 'the Lucky': The lord of Raustadt, Engelbrecht, raised and army and fought in the second crusade. While not as successful as Dietmar, he is still respected and celebrated upon his return. He gains the nickname "the Lucky" after his numerous close calls with death during the crusade, most notably when first crossing onto Siracusa (nat 1), become common knowledge. He passed away in 1158 from injury-related causes.
==== Đại Việt ====
* Government: Absolute monarchy
** Ruler: Emperor Quảng Định Tông (b. 1129, still alive) (r. 1144 - present)
** Dynasty: Quảng
*** Parliament: None as of yet
* Economy: Đại Việt is a prosperous nation with a blooming economy. Of course, its economy remains in the shadow of the hegemonies of Chola and Srivijaya. Its economy is largely based upon both agriculture and trade. Its main exports include rice and silk, among other things. The Chinese innovation of paper currency became a boon for Vietnam when it was implemented under Emperor Quang Uy Tong.
* Capital: Hue
* Demographics:
** Population (excluding occupied lands): ~1,300,000 total
*** Ethnic Makeup:
**** Viets: 74%
**** Lao: 15%
**** Khmer: 6%
**** Cham: 4.2%
**** Other minorities (Muong, Jiang, Cantonese, etc): 0.8%
* Military:
** Army: 19,500 total (9,750 infantrymen, 6,000 cavalrymen, 4,000 ranged, 650 elite soldiers, 100 siege engines)
** Navy: 250 ships total (15 attack junks, 180 carrier ships, 45 barques, 15 river barges)
* Wars and Conflicts (italics for potential wars):
** Invasion of Annan: Due to being in a tropical climate, the Medieval Cold Period does not effect Dai Viet much. Dai Viet pushes further into Annan, seeking to partition it with Yun. 9,000 Viet soldiers march to capture the remaining portion of land that they will receive in the partition. Meanwhile, 120 ships are sent to capture Hainan.
* Diplomacy:
** Annan: Yun and I will destroy you. Surrender now or prepare to die.
** Yamato: Could you send over your navy to help us capture Hainan?
* Events:
** Assimilation of Minorities: We continue to attempt to assimilate the minorities of Dai Viet.
** Founding a New City: The city of Thăng Long (same location as OTL) is founded in northern Dai Viet.
** Growth of Hai Phong: The population of Hai Phong grows, due to more people, both Viet and foreign merchants, moving to the city. 
** Sự Nổi Lên Của Âu Lạc: A heavily dramatized version of Thục Phán's life is written by Phạm Thiên Ân. The drama is largely based upon a combination of romance (largely centered around his relationship with the fictional Xia princess Qian Hui) and court intrigue, assassinations, and plotting. 
** Colonization of Palawan: We begin to colonize Palawan. The Thanh Vọng (a transliterated version of the native name of the island) Colony is started in the settlement of Trấn Rừng (OTL Puerto Princesa). 
====Kingdom of Prussia (Old Prussia)====
*Government: Feudal kingdom
**King: Sigmar II (b. 1043 - d. 1102, r. 1076 - 1102), Wolfhard (b. 1079, r. 1102 - 1144), Rudolf (b. 1126, r. 1144)
**Dynasty: Pregel
*Military: There is nothing special about the (Old) Prussian army. They are largely comprised of occasional mercenaries (not counted here) and feudal levies from vassals, along with some of the King's own elite guards and levies that he trains them personally, for discipline of course! Prussian military is largely comprised of cavalry and foot soldiers, with pikes and spears to go by. Knights do exist, but the definition is quite different and they're more of an honorary role within the military and are permanent than say mercenaries and levies, which are largely peasants that are armed with weapons and trained to do so, in the expense of their need for loyalty.
**Land forces: (Courland not included; finally updated it in like 6 turns)
***24 500 levies
****9 000 spearmen
****3 500 swordsmen
****6 000 archers (incl. crossbow archers)
****6 000 melee cavalry
****3 000 pikemen and anti-cavalry
****Equipment included are catapults, battering rams and siege towers
***3 000 knights (largely swordsmen and spearmen that are trained harder than normal and honoured by the King)
***2 000 King's Guards (guards that have a sword and a shield that goes with them, wears a lot of armour; there's a disadvantage and that's the speed and agility of them)
**Navy: (Courland not included)
***18 transport ships (they carry only like a hundred once)
***6 galleys
*Economy: Prussia is a rural kingdom, although it has some manufacturing capacity but they're concentrated in major cities, which would occasionally be traded with neighbouring realms by Prussian merchants. Königsberg is a city that is the centre of trade for Prussia. In a post-Wolfhard reign, the retention for the city has declined, but the symbolic Vesnian and Old Prussian alliance remains as his standing legacy. Since the mid-12th century, Avaland, a neighbouring realm of the Prussian Kingdom is wealthy and is the boundary to the Orthodox-Catholic world, some Avars within Prussia who locally travel there are becoming wealthy, this has led to some division among the Old Prussian Germans and the Avars.
*Demographics: (Census is based on the 1155 Census that is finalised, adjusted for an 1160 estimate after a famine)
**Population: 3 112 000
***Königsberg: 95 000
***Danzig: 42 000
***Allenstein: 11 000
***Lustenbruck: 21 000
***Drusselstein: 50 000
***Posen: 30 000
***Breslau: 20 000
***Plytzk: 10 000
***Warsaw (Warschau/Varsava): 52 000
***Memel: 7 000
***Laibech: 12 000
***Rural areas (anything not included above): 2 710 000
**Culture: 70% Germanic (62% Prussian, 7% Vesnian), 27% Avar, 3% Other
**Religion: 86% Eastern Orthodox, 10% Catholic, 4% Other
*Diplomacy:
**N/A
*Events:
**Famine and Aftermath: About 8 700 are dead from the famine that saw the northern hemisphere plunging into the ice age. Most of them were those living in rural areas north of Prussia. King Rudolf was definitely worried about another famine if the harvest season when so poorly, so he decided to stockpile on food on his own and encouraged everyone to do the same, even though they would rot, they have been added with salt (not much though) to preserve food that is stored away in storerooms in forms of wooden barrels. This would allow it to survive for at least two months in hot days and in rare cases, three months. Snow could also be used to 'freeze' food too, but they would unfortunately melt after winter.
**Local Avars: As Avaland became prosperous and many Avars became wealthy over trade between the Catholic and Orthodox world, some of the Prussian Avars (those living in Old Prussia) have been noticeably growing resentment against Kingdom of Prussia. Warsaw is now just 58% Avar by 1160 thanks to assimilation and migration movements, but for those Varsavian Avars, they're not benefitting the wealth of Avaland. In fact, those living near Avaland were becoming wealthier, which makes the Prussian nobles of the north feel envy. These Avars are becoming more wealthy than the normal Prussian peasant and there was rising demands of some of the territory be ceded back to their homeland after a century of being occupied by Prussians. The current king did not approve this and he had started to fear that Avars would take over Prussia in few years' time, which is part of Prussian paranoia and consequence of a long-term outlook.
**After the Crusades: The Prussians failed a lot with the deaths of Franz von Hiedler and Prince Reinhard, all thanks to bad luck. Their luck hasn't received well compared to Franz's relative, Adolf von Hiedler, who in the earlier years of the First Crusade, won decisively before crashing down. Also, a Courish general named Daumantas however successfully fought against some of the neo-Hellenists from Atlas, creating a crusader state called Melita, which is literally a vassal of a vassal. (I don't mention a lot about events related to Courland since I am only focusing on events in Old Prussia but I added it in because the person who played as that character wanted me to include it)
==== Liao / Great Liao (Offical) / Khitan State ====
* Head of the State: The Laozeng Emperor (B 1100 - still alive), (R 1148 - present)
** Head of the Government: Archchancellor Möngke Hulugu (Ethnicity: Mongolian) (B 1112 AD - still alive), (R 1037 AD - present)
*** Government: Celestial Absolute Monarchy ruled by an Emperor. The title is Emperor of Great Liao, Great Khavara of the Khitans and Beg Khan of the hui. Our ruling dynasty is Yelü. We also have an Archchancellor who work as a top adviser and leader of departments and ministries
** Demographics:
*** Population:
*** Liangzhou: Population: 155,620
*** Wuwei: 52,540
*** Altai: Population: 14,970
*** Rural and smaller towns population: 2,666,100
*** Total population: 2,889,230
*** Religion: Tengrism (85%) Buddhism (14%) and others (1%)
*** Ethinicities: 49% Khitans, 20% Mongols, 13% Hui, 10% Tanguts, 7% Jin, sha and other chinese groups and 1% others
** Economy: We make our own currency which resembles those from the now dead Han Dynasty (It is just worse quality), The original economic activities of the Khitan were stockbreeding, fishing, and hunting. But under the influence of the neighbouring states, the Khitan have since engaged in farming and cropgrowing.
* Adminstration: We have 6 different provinces/states in our country they are governed by a Viceroy or a Yabeg.
* Wars and conflicts: 
** Commander of our forces:  Our great khavara
** Army: Total of
** Spearmen: 6,430
** Swordsmen: 7,230
** Bowmen: 3,280
** Cavalry: 10,302
** Crossbowmen: 2,000
*** Events:
**** Maybe a threat?: We see the increasing power of the Tuvan khanate as a threat to our own sovereignty. There is talk to attack them before they attack us.
* Diplomacy:
==== Svearike ====
* Government: Hereditary Monarch. 
** Ruler: Svea (<- till 1156) Amura 
** Dynasty: Thorfi
* Economy: consisting of fishing, lumbering, trading with Vestkyst, Inkeri, Danemark and Vesnia.
* Capital: Stockholm
* Demographics: 
** Population: 362k (Mainland & islands (<- Åland, Gotland, Öland) 318k, Finish territory: 44k) 
** Rural areas: 297,1k
** Cities: 64.9k
*** Stockholm: 33 600
*** Vasteviki: 21 300
*** Kalmar: 4 000 
*** Åbo: 3 000
** Ethnicity: Nordicite Gothic, Sami, Finns.  
** Religion: Norse (Minority 2%) Catholicism (Majority 98%) 
** Allies: Inkeri.
* Wars and Conflicts:thumb|388x388px
** The Sami war: We send 75% (5 430) of our standing army to push them back towards the original borders, when we reach the original borders we will continue to the north and take as much land as we can.
* Military:
** Royal Guards: 200
** Active Guards: 100 (patrolling cities and rural areas to keep everything under control).
** Border Guards: 700 (They will be patrolling close to the borders with neighboring nations, currently they are assigned to Arktalasriika's border focusing more on the western side.)
** Army: Main army: 2% (7 240), Reserves: 3% (10 860)
** Main army:
*** Swordsmen: 1 684
*** Swordsmen with shields: 1 514 
*** Archers: 1 414
*** Cavalry with swords: 1 364
*** Cavalry with spears: 1 264
** Reserves:
*** Swordsmen: 2 526
*** Swordsmen with shields: 2 271 
*** Archers: 2 121
*** Cavalry with swords: 2 046
*** Cavalry with spears: 1 896
* Navy: 35 Long galleys (capacity ~120/ship) Transport ships 3.
* Diplomacy:
** Inkeri: Thank you for your support and we will give all the food you sent to help to our starving people. And thank you for helping us against the Sami as well.
* Events:​​​​​​
** Infrastructure: With the road be between Stockholm and Vasteviki being finished we start expanding it towards the city of Kalmar.
** New city: We make a new city on the island of Gotland that we will call Gotsky.
** New city: We make a new city in northern Svastland which we will call: Sana (Svean finnic territory).
** The famine: Around 1 400 Sveans have died from this terrible famine, We appreciate the help and support we've gotten from our ally Inkeri and hope we'll be able to repay them in the future. To make it so that a similar situation doesn't happen in the future we will store away some of the food we make. 
** Ice age: Around 100 Sveans have died from this colder temperature. 
** The Crusade: It's Devestating to hear that our Second prince Karl Fritz died in the Crusade, We will hold a funeral on the southern Crusader state of Sardinia: Norsolia. 
==== State of Yun: ====
Government: Absolute Monarchy
* Emperor: Wangdeng (age 47, ascended at age 38.)
* Dynasty: Wu 
* Parliament: Nonexistent
Alliances: Allied with Dai Viet, part of the Union of Seaborne Nations (composed of Nihon, Wu, Wang, and Liang.
Economy: The economy is mainly agriculture based, with Wuhan and Changsha being major commercial hubs. In many parts of the nation, there is a strong fishing industry. Paper money is well established and often used. Our major exports are Rhubarb, musk, honey, and hemp. The Lake Donting area, the geographic and administrative center of our nation, grows ramie, a type of tea. Changsha is located on a major trade route stretching from the Khitan Steppes to the lands of Lavo and Srivijaya. Specialized crafts like ceramics and paper-making are also present. The city of Shu is the beginning of a trade route to India and Myanmar. 
Capital: Changsha 
Administration: 4 different commanderies (Jun) governed by a Taishou (Great Administrator). Every Jun is divided into prefectures (Zhou) (28 in total), which in turn are divided into urban counties (Fu) and Rural counties (Xian). Most prefectures are only composed of 2-5 counties.
Demographics:
* Population (excluding occupied territories): ~17,880,000
* Changsha: 452,000 
Ethnic makeup: 
* ~30% Xiang Chinese (Yun)
* ~37% Southwestern Chinese (Han subgroup)
* ~11% Gan Chinese
* ~9% Miao  
* ~6% Tujia
* ~5% Dong
* ~`2% other
Religion: 
* 58% Chinese Folk Religion 
* 9% Pure Tianism
* 2% Regional Religion
* 31% Mahayana Buddhism
Military: 
* Active Land Forces: 62,500(~0.35% of population) 
* Swordsman: 27,400
* Spearman/Pikeman: 16,600
* Ranged (Bowman): 10,400    Ranged (Crossbowman): 7,100
* Gunpowder-wielding-infantry (also serve as elite infantry): 600
Siege engines: 35
* Cavalry : 1000
* Reserves:  108,000 (0.64% of population) 
* Navy: 140 ships 
Events: 
* Shihuoshu (Book of Proper Living): The Shihuoshu, or the Book of Proper Living (适活书), is published by a philosopher by the name of Yang Zi. A book on how to behave for anyone, regardless of social status, age, gender, and ethnicity. While the book borrowed heavily from existing Confucian or Buddhist beliefs, it gave them a twist. While in traditional religions you typically weren’t rewarded for your good actions, and achieving enlightenment was difficult, Tianism states that all that you need to do to receive fortune and go to an afterlife that is certainly better than the world here is to follow Tianist teachings. Tianist values differ slightly from Daoist values by also emphasizing Devotion (to Tian), and Hard Work, and Control. In addition, Tianism is against Feng Shui, saying that it is not reliable, and that the notion that the prospertity of a family or shop relies small differences in position is absurd. Due to the use of the moveable print, and that a lot of Tianist beliefs strike a chord with many people, Tianism experiences a huge increase of followers.
* New City: The town of Yucheng (Chongqing), grows large enough for the government to consider it a city, and is made of the seat of Ba province.
Wars and Conflicts: 
* War with Annan: Being rather south, the start of a cold period doesn’t impact us too much, so we can continue our war with Annan without any repercussion. We continue our march towards Zhangjiang, and once we capture the city we’ll sweep up all land between the Leizhou peninsula and the western border of Wang. All generals who are sent to siege Zhanjiang are given orders to keep as the city intact as possible, because it’s the only major port city that we’ll capture. 
=== Turn XVII: 1160 AD - 1170 AD ===
==== Events & Great People ====
*Horseman of WAR: The Tuvans, being surrounded by armies, started to feel overwhelmed by the Kimeks and Kanids in late 1160s. It was not until an army led by a Adevel Alka(?), an esteemed general born from a noble Tuvan tribe of alchemists in 1144. He singlehandedly defeated the Kanid Khanate and Kimek Khaganate. His reputation for singlehandedly defeating the two Khans without a single loss in the span of 12 battles has earned him the nickname "The Horseman of War". He will soon took over his tribe leadership in 1176, under the name Alka Khan. This has worried the Tuvan neighbors of Dzungar and Tochar, which immediately formed a coalition against it. They invite anyone (specifically their neighbors) to join them against the Tuvans.
*Aimar "The Red" Inarinpoika: The Karelian chieftain of the northern clan asks for the aid of Inkeri. He is a bastard son of the old chief, born far north a Sami woman, hence the name Inarinpoika, son of Inari, the place where he was birthed. He is intrigued by christianity and willing to convert, if he should be made the earl of Karelia, pledging allegiance to the king of Inkeri.
*Karelian War of Reunification: The clan led by Aimar The Red begins to conquer other clans after signing a treaty with Inkeri. They are able to entirely conquer the teal coloured clan, forming a border and supply line with the Inkeri. He also conquers Kormi's clan in the south, the yellows. He also begins a war with Grigo, the eldest son, leader of the orange clan. During this war Aimar executes his two brothers: Kormi and Mitfona, after they refused to bow to him, he also burns their wives and children in a great pyre, along with his brothers corpses. This earned him the nickname of "The Red". Iroda, the second son (blue) makes an alliance with Rossopetsk and conquers his brothers in the south.
*Liuhe Pagoda: It's built in Hangzhou, Wu. It quickly becomes a landmark and symbol of Wu. It also serves as a lighthouse.
*The Vestkyster Law of Succession: After the death of the king, a new law to determine who should claim the throne of the king after he should pass is created. If the oldest son was not fit to be king, a council of sixty representatives should select another of the legitimate royal sons. After this they could choose between another of the royal heirs. If the king had no suitable heir, the council could choose whoever they thought would better "guard God's right and the laws of the land". If the representatives could not agree, the bishops of the Church should decide the election.
*The Alexiad: a historical biography of Byzantiums interactions with the crusades and the situation of the middle east, where four faiths clashed for dominance, the Jews, the Christians, the Arzhamites and the Isetians. The biography is written by byzantine historian and princess, Anna, daughter of the emperor.
*The Prussian Tensions: With the failures suffered militarily in the crusades and a famine killing nearly ten thousand, many see Prussia as weak, and especially the Avars, who see the prosperity of Avaland and dream of rejoining their prosperity, or rebel to bring back those once held territories.
====NPC Turns====
*Sami: They do their best to hold back the Svean armies, but they can't fight against their numbers, and fight a war of attrition. They're pushed back to the old border. While taking advancements to claim as much land as possible as commanded by the Svean king, the Svean army becomes encircled. The narrow passage south is cut off by 4 000 Sami, who'd passed through Arktalasriika territories. They're left surrounded by a superior force of 8 000 to 3 800. The Svean army attempts to fight the Sami but are devastated by their archers and slingers, and finally by their infantry. 3 000 die and the rest are taken captive and taken to the far north. No word of this event passes into the knowledge of the Sveans, until the silence tells ill news. The Sami fall down on Svean territories again, taking even more land from further south. The Svean army is crippled with most capable soldiers and officers dead or captured.
*Srivijaya: They continue colonization, also founding the city of Pemagarong on the Zamboangan peninsula of Mindanao. They also request that Dai Viet clear off from Palawan as "they got there first".
*Chola: They invade Shu.
*Tavastia: They make a land trade treaty with Svearike to claim some lands which once belonged to the Tavastians.
*Komi: They keep on warring with Yurzhinsk. News from Yurzhinsk refugees arrive to Rostov and Kostroma of a great nation in the east, which is expanding.
*Isetium: They conquer Medina and Bega. Their expansion begins to send words of worry in the halls of Europe and the Middle-East.
*Annan: They surrender after losing thousands of men and tens of battles.
*Kiev: They conquer more of Gothia, gaining a shoreline for naval trade.
*Ahuras: They annex Al-Tayy.
====Kingdom of Inkeri====
*Government: Feudal constitutional monarchy
**Ruler: King Jarno III (b. 1123, r. 1137)
***Dynasty: Jukäinen
**Speaker of the Valtuusto: Rauke Siistamo (served 1157-1162), Peikka Nöltta (served 1162-)
**Capital: Kiaranlahti
*Economy: Mostly based on fishing, the lumber and fur trapping industries, trading with nearby nations (Svearike, Altprussen, Cherno-Vedena), and some small mining operations.
*Demographics:
**Population:  1,350k
***Kiaranlahti: 50k
***Varntio: 33k
***Varantinjoki (Röttstadt): 17k
***Kultajoki (Geldstadt): 18k
***Aalepori: 13k
***Pietarranta: 12k
***Laatokanlinna: 8k
***Mustajoki: 5k
***Other towns and rural areas: 1,185k
**Religion: 94% Orthodox Christianity, 4% Catholicism, 1% Finnic paganism, 1% Christian heresies and other religions
**Ethnicities: 89% Finnic (58% Ingrian, 19% Vepsian, 13% Karelian, 7% Estonian, 2% other Finnic groups), 8% Varangian, 2% Svean (1.7% Svean Goths, 0.3% Svean Nordicites), 1% other (mainly Slavokans)
*Military:
**Army: 13,000 levy troops (12,500 standing)
***Light Infantry: 5,500
***Heavy Infantry: 3,500
***Light Cavalry: 2,200
***Heavy Cavalry: 1,300
**Navy: 52 transports, 21 galleys, 12 longships, 2 heavy ships, ~430 non-military merchant ships
*Wars and Conflicts:
**Restoration of Order to the Seven Clans of Karelia: With Ainar's rule more or less solidified, we pull slightly more than half of our troops from northern Karelia, leaving a force of 4000 troops in the. Meanwhile, we officially declare war on Rossopetsk, citing their alliance with Iroda's clan and intervention in the internal affairs of an Inkerian vassal state. 6000 troops flood into the western reaches of Rossopetsk, with orders to capture the bulk of the populated area in the country, along Lake Ääninen (Lake Onega). The 4000 troops marching with Ainar's army are to subdue Grigo's clan as soon as possible, then attack Iroda's clan and eventually attack Rossopetsk from the north, catching them on two fronts.
**Northern War (Svearike-Sami Conflict): 31 ships detach from the main Inkerian fleet and sail west, towards Svearike. This contingent of 31 ships supplies much-needed military supplies, such as food and new weapons forged in the blacksmiths of Kiaranlahti. 1000 troops accompany these ships, ready to disembark and fight upon Svean request.
*Events:
**Wagons North!: With Ainar "the Red" converting to Christianity and swearing fealty to the Kingdom of Inkeri, the process of modernization of the Earldom of Karjala begins. In order to help Karjala transition from a disorganized tribal society into an organized, well-administered and civilized feudal society, we turn two of the most important settlements in the slice of Karjala under our control, Aimarijärvi (OTL Kostomuksha) and Kemi (OTL Kem) into full-fledged towns, with town halls, paved streets, and newly-constructed churches to spread Christianity into this pagan land. Roads are also extended from Pietarranta all the way to Kemi. Many Orthodox priests, determined to spread the word of Christ into Karjala, begin migrating into the northern lands. Merchants, eager to exploit the plentiful amounts of wildlife, such as bears and reindeer, for the fur trapping industry, as well as excited for mining prospects in the region, also begin setting up shop in Karjala, with the Kauppalitto expanding into Aimarijärvi and Kemi almost immediately after their foundation. 
**The Svean Quarter: With cordial diplomatic and mercantile ties maintained between Inkeri and Svearike for decades at this point, many major cities have begun sprouting "Svean Quarters"; city districts that are mostly comprised of ethnic Svean Nordicites and Goths. Mostly located near marketplaces in the outskirts of cities, these Svean enclaves would be hotspots for Catholicism and Nordic culture in Eastern Europe, and have managed to more or less preserve Svean culture in Inkeri right up until the modern day (Inkerians today often joke that meatballs made in the Svean Quarter of Kiaranlahti are better than the meatballs in Svearike itself).
**Infrastructure Never Stops: Roads are extended south to Varantinjoki (Röttstadt) and Kultajoki (Geldstadt). These roads are, again, outfitted with inns and stables every 30 km, to provide a place to rest for every traveller. Meanwhile, granaries are constructed in every city and major town, to curb the amount of deaths from future famines.
**A New City: After serving as the first Speaker of the Valtuusto, Miho "the Fair" Raikonen retired to his personal estate in the far southeast of the country, practically on the border with Rostov. He spent the rest of his life designing a city, meant to be a shining jewel of Inkerian progress and ingenuity, located right on his vast estate. Upon his death in March of 1167, he donated his entire personal fortune to the Duke of the constituent Duchy of Metsämaa, on the condition that he immediately use this money to construct his planned city. Construction of this city, known to history as Mustajoki (OTL Moscow) began in the fall of 1167. Much different to the unsanitary and dense cities of medieval Europe, Mustajoki was designed to be a pleasant place to live, boasting wide, tree-lined boulevards designed in the pattern of a wheel, with the major streets radiating out from a central park named after Miho himself, as well as the best examples of medieval Inkerian architecture. 
**Integrating Maavald: Inkerian officials begin intervening more in the affairs of Maavald, sometimes collecting taxes instead of Maavaldian officials, especially in areas near the border with Inkeri. The Grand Duke of Maavald, King Jarno III and the Valtuusto have begun preliminary negotiation for the terms of full integration of Maavald into Inkeri.
* Diplomacy:
**Ainar "the Red" Inarinpoika: We accept your offer. Your baptism, vow of fealty, and crowning as the Earl of Karjala will be in the cathedral at Pietarranta, 8am on the 27th of August, 1161. Be there or be square.
**Rossopetsk, Iroda's clan: Please kindly commit stop resisting.
**Svearike: Sending some food, weapons and troops through the mail. Same-day shipping hasn't been invented yet, so my shipments might be a little slow, sorry.
==== Most Serene Republic of Vedena and Chernobyl ====
* Government: Vedena is a Republic.
** Governor (Leader of the Council): Guido "Sidewinter" Mista (1110AD-1134AD), Palaestrio Cicero (1134AD-1143AD), Guido Cicerius (1143AD-1158AD), Chalinus Titius (1158AD-nowadays). Elected by adult male landowners every 6-10 years.
** Parliament: the Council, which consists of four major factions with their own goals
*** Nobility: 116. Stand for the further stratification of society and developing the feudal system.
*** Romans: 102. Stand for a complete dissolution of current traditions and religion and support "relatinisation". Currently, the fastest-growing faction in the Council.
*** Christian merchants: 90. Stand for decreasing the bureaucracy and merchant taxes, and creating trade unions with the other countries. 
*** Judaist merchants: 77. Stand for increasing the tariffs for the foreign merchants and aggressive approach in trade. In addition, they combat the idea of trade unions.
*** Chernobyl': 63'. Stand for status-quo of Chernobyl position in the commonwealth.
*** "Librarians": 24. Stand for increased patronage of arts and science.
* Economy: mostly based on logging, agriculture, and trade.
** Trade unions: the traders of Lutsk, L'viv, and other major centres run merchant guilds in each of the cities in order to maintain the influence of their factions in the Council and public life in general, promote their cause and protect the conditions of merchants. In addition, trade unions begin springing up on the newly acquired territories. On the other hand, Judaist merchants oppose the creation of trade unions.
* Capitals: Lutsk and Chernobyl
* Demographics (including occupied territories): 2'558k people
** Rural areas:~2173k.
** Urban areas: 385k; 15% live in urban areas.
*** Lutsk (and the nearest territories across it): 102k.
*** Chernobyl: 46k
*** L'viv: 29k
*** Other (population over 2'500): 208k.
** Culture: 36% are Vedean, 20% are Romans, 15% are Ost-Riken, 29% is the rest
** Religion: 62% are Christians (22% are Orthodox, 13% are Catholic, 27% are local churches), 11% are Roman pagans, 9% are Judaist, 18% is the rest beliefs.
* Wars and Conflicts: peace :3
* Diplomacy:
** Inkeri: sure
* Military:
** Feudal armies: the sizes of feudal and mercenary armies are growing stable as a result of the gradual development of the feudal system.
** Army size: ~30'000
* Events:
** Third Rome: Although the Third Rome is proclaimed to be both Lutsk and Chernobyl, it is now certain that power and influence shifts to Lutsk and the elite of Chernobyl are in the process of assimilation.
** Rise of art: It goes without saying that the aesthetics and art of antiquity have become relevant again. A variety of art forms reappear in the centres of culture such as the Great Library of Lutsk. In addition, the local cultures are enriched with new traditions and arts.
** "Reject modernity, embrace traditions!": this slogan is very popular among the intellectuals in Vedena. More and more people begin embracing the culture of their ancestors. The majority is from the nomadic pagan tribes. Most of them reject Christianity and convert to local pagan beliefs, leading to further disjoint of society.
==== Kingdom of Vesnia ====
* Government: Feudal Monarchy (Kingdom)
** King: Bernhart I (B 1129, alive) (R 1145 - Present)
** Ruling House: House of Fleischer
** Economy: The Vesnian economy is stable, being based on trade mostly as well as fishing, mining and lumber. Gold coin currency is used in the realm. Vesnia is influenced by the overall economy of the Holy Roman Empire, of which it is a member. A special trade agreement between Vesnia and Svearike and Vesnia and Danemark has been implemented.
** Capital: Burgenbrao
** Demographics:
*** Population: ~1 570 000
*** Burgenbrao: 93 000
*** Köslin: 50 000
*** Raustadt: 6 500
*** Heineg: 3 500
*** Rural areas (AKA everything else): ~1 418 000
*** Ethnicities: 93% Vesnian, 7% Prussian
*** Religion: 85% Catholic Christian, 14% Orthodox Christian, 1% Other
** Wars and Conflicts (italics: Potential War):
*** N/A
** Military: Total of 15 700 levy soldiers (1% of pop)
*** Deployed units: none
*** 5 200 infantry
*** 3 800 pikemen
*** 5 200 archers
*** 1 000 sword cavalry
*** 500 lancers
** Navy:
*** 20 transport ships
*** 8 galleys
** Diplomacy:
*** Svearike and Danemark: Vesnia has a special trade agreement with both of you, however we all have one with eachother?
** Events:
*** Orthodox Influence: Vesnia has seen an increase in Orthodoxy in the last years. While the marriage that started this whole thing is long dead, the Vesno-Prussian alliance is still a thing and the marriage allowed the Orthodox Church to gain a foothold in Vesnia. The increase of Orthodoxy isn't as prevalent as when the Vesno-Prussian marriage occured and existed, but the Orthodox minority is here to stay now.
*** Famine: Recovery is slow from the famine from earlier. The slight civil unrest that followed has practically been dealt with, but the kingdom itself needs time to recover.
*** Heineg Merchant Guild: It grows from being able to operate in Svearike and Danemark.
*** Trade Routes: Three definite naval trade routes are established: one from Heineg to Kobenhavn, one from Heineg to Kalmar and one from Raustadt to Kobenhavn.
*** The Horseman of War?: Word of a militant man far in the east, known as the Horseman of War, has reached the Vesnian borders. It's first passed off as rumours, but when Vesnia discovers that many other nearby states have experienced the same thing, Vesnia knows better. King Bernhart I and his vassals don't really believe Vesnia has anything to fear, but some more military efforts are made just in case.
====Kingdom of Prussia (Old Prussia)====
*Government: Feudal kingdom
**King: Sigmar II (b. 1043 - d. 1102, r. 1076 - 1102), Wolfhard (b. 1079, r. 1102 - 1144), Rudolf (b. 1126-1178, r. 1144-1178), Sigmar III (b. 1150, r. 1168)
**Dynasty: Pregel
*Military: As the failure of the Prussians in the Second Crusade had gone by, the morale of the Prussians have gone down quite a lot. Things are quite bad now, the Avars are getting more resentful against the Prussians, because they sought to reap the benefits and are experiencing some wealth growths within their own towns too, which makes the nobles of Old Prussia even more envious. The military is now being used to suppress any form of dissident and any form of peasant uprising, but some modern historians argue that they are being used to promote the Prussian culture itself even more, especially in Warsaw, where there has been violence in the city quite lately.
**Land forces: (Courland not included; finally updated it in like 6 turns)
***24 500 levies (60% of the levies are raised)
****9 000 spearmen
****3 500 swordsmen
****6 000 archers (incl. crossbow archers)
****6 000 melee cavalry
****3 000 pikemen and anti-cavalry
****Equipment included are catapults, battering rams and siege towers
***3 000 knights (largely swordsmen and spearmen that are trained harder than normal and honoured by the King)
***2 000 King's Guards (guards that have a sword and a shield that goes with them, wears a lot of armour; there's a disadvantage and that's the speed and agility of them)
**Navy: (Courland not included)
***18 transport ships (they carry only like a hundred once)
***6 galleys
*Economy: Prussia is a rural kingdom, although it has some manufacturing capacity but they're concentrated in major cities, which would occasionally be traded with neighbouring realms by Prussian merchants. Königsberg is a city that is the centre of trade for Prussia. In a post-Wolfhard reign, the retention for the city has declined, but the symbolic Vesnian and Old Prussian alliance remains as his standing legacy. Since the mid-12th century, Avaland, a neighbouring realm of the Prussian Kingdom is wealthy and is the boundary to the Orthodox-Catholic world, some Avars within Prussia who locally travel there are becoming wealthy, this has led to some division among the Old Prussian Germans and the Avars.
*Demographics: (Census is based on the 1155 Census that is finalised, adjusted for an 1160 estimate after a famine)
**Population: 3 112 000
***Königsberg: 95 000
***Danzig: 42 000
***Allenstein: 11 000
***Lustenbruck: 21 000
***Drusselstein: 50 000
***Posen: 30 000
***Breslau: 20 000
***Plytzk: 10 000
***Warsaw (Warschau/Varsava): 52 000
***Memel: 7 000
***Laibech: 12 000
***Rural areas (anything not included above): 2 710 000
**Culture: 70% Germanic (62% Prussian, 7% Vesnian), 27% Avar, 3% Other
**Religion: 86% Eastern Orthodox, 10% Catholic, 4% Other
*Diplomacy:
**N/A
*Events:
**"Blame the Avars": The Prussian nobles and general subjects who identify themselves as Prussian began blaming the Avars as "money stealing people" as they do not have anything that they can point their finger with. This led to ethnic violence and tensions rising between the Prussians and Avars. The Old Prussian golden age has ended, but many say that the royal family is partially delusional ever since Prussia had won conquests against Avaland a century ago. They blame the Avars for the woes and downfall, calling for assimilation and settlement of Avar territory to Germanise the area and make it harder for them to regain their territory back. As a result, some Prussians are moving out from their old homeland and settle more into Warsaw (Varsava).
**Prussian Levies Raised: Under King Rudolf, he knew that he needed to take action and keep Prussian integrity. He raised 60% of the levies to patrol and watch for any rebellion in Avar-majority territories.
**Assassination of the King: On 13th February 1169, the king is poisoned by a chef. This further escalated Avar-Prussian tensions. His son, Sigmar is coronated as King Sigmar III, who is known to be quite xenophobic against Avars...
**Violence: In Warsaw, ethnic tensions have continued to rise with more Germans settling into the city within a span of 10 years (not a lot though) and nearby towns to push the Avar population out. This had led to violent attacks starting at 1169 between both ethnic groups as the city has become a battleground for being assimilated into the Old Prussian culture. Thousands of Prussian levies and few knights have arrived to quell the violence, but many of the Avar subjects blame that the forces that want to suppress both rebellions are "directly attacking" them and beating them by their heads. King Sigmar III has become extremely hardliner against these rebellions and began turning Rudolf's own raised levies to issue curfew-like policies against Avars across cities and towns, while using Warsaw as a scapegoat to encourage Prussians to assimilate the Avars by overwhelming their towns by the numbers.
==== Liao / Great Liao (Offical) / Khitan State ====
* Head of the State: The Laozeng Emperor (B 1100 - still alive), (R 1148 - present)
** Head of the Government: Archchancellor Möngke Hulugu (Ethnicity: Mongolian) (B 1112 - D 1167), (R 1037 - 1167), Archchancellor Yelü Zhigar (Ethnicity: Khitan) (B 1145 - alive), (R 1167 - present)
*** Government: Celestial Absolute Monarchy ruled by an Emperor. The title is Emperor of Great Liao, Great Khavara of the Khitans and Beg Khan of the hui. Our ruling dynasty is Yelü. We also have an Archchancellor who work as a top adviser and leader of departments and ministries
** Demographics:
*** Population:
*** Liangzhou: Population: 157,620
*** Wuwei: 53,540
*** Altai: Population: 10,960
*** Rural and smaller towns population: 2,673,100
*** Total population: 2,895,220
*** Religion: Tengrism (85%) Buddhism (14%) and others (1%)
*** Ethinicities: 49% Khitans, 20% Mongols, 13% Hui, 10% Tanguts, 7% Jin, sha and other chinese groups and 1% others
** Economy: We make our own currency which resembles those from the now dead Han Dynasty (It is just worse quality), The original economic activities of the Khitan were stockbreeding, fishing, and hunting. But under the influence of the neighbouring states, the Khitan have since engaged in farming and cropgrowing.
* Adminstration: We have 6 different provinces/states in our country they are governed by a Viceroy or a Yabeg.
* Wars and conflicts: 
** Commander of our forces:  Our great khavara
** Army: Total of
** Spearmen: 7,230
** Swordsmen: 7,630
** Bowmen: 3,590
** Cavalry: 13,302
** Crossbowmen: 2,400
*** Events:
**** Horsemen of war: With the increasing power of the Tuvans, People in Liao start growing uneasy. They start moving away from the Western part and more to the eastern part in Altai already over 4 thousand people have left. Wanting not to be raided by Tuvans. The emperor have come up to a solution what would happened incase they attacks. More people are drafted in the army just incase the attack would happen and the solution doesn't really work.
* Diplomacy:
==== Đại Việt ====
* Government: Absolute monarchy
** Ruler: Emperor Quảng Định Tông (b. 1129, still alive) (r. 1144 - present)
** Dynasty: Quảng
*** Parliament: None as of yet
* Economy: Đại Việt is a prosperous nation with a blooming economy. Of course, its economy remains in the shadow of the hegemonies of Chola and Srivijaya. Its economy is largely based upon both agriculture and trade. Its main exports include rice and silk, among other things. The Chinese innovation of paper currency became a boon for Vietnam when it was implemented under Emperor Quang Uy Tong.
* Capital: Hue
* Demographics:
** Population (excluding occupied lands): ~2,000,000 total
*** Ethnic Makeup:
**** Viets: 77%
**** Lao: 13%
**** Cantonese: 5%
**** Khmer: 3%
**** Cham: 1.3%
**** Other minorities (Muong, Jiang, etc): 0.7%
* Military:
** Army: 30,000 total (15,000 infantrymen, 8,000 cavalrymen, 6,000 ranged, 750 elite soldiers, 250 siege engines)
** Navy: 250 ships total (15 attack junks, 180 carrier ships, 45 barques, 15 river barges)
* Wars and Conflicts (italics for potential wars):
** Cholan and Srivijayan War (only if they attack): Defenses are mounted in Thanh Vọng and on the mainland against the invaders. (if Srivijaya attacks) 50 ships and 5,000 troops are sent to defend the city of Thanh Rung against Srivijayan forces. (if Chola attacks) The rest of the Viet army stays back to defend the border with Chola and the coastline of Dai Viet, along with 75 ships.
* Diplomacy:
** Srivijaya: We refuse to back away from Palawan. Finders keepers, loser weepers.
** Yun: Could you help us out here? Srivijaya wants me off the island, and Chola may attack us soon.
** Liang: Could you help us out here? Srivijaya wants us off the island, and Chola may attack us soon.
** Wu: Could you help us out here? Srivijaya wants us off the island, and Chola may attack us soon.
** Wang: Could you help us out here? Srivijaya wants us off the island, and Chola may attack us soon.
** Nihon: Could you help us out here? Srivijaya wants us off the island, and Chola may attack us soon.
** Ganbo-ji: Please help us against Srivijaya! They are a threat to your sovereignity and to us.
** Senshu-koku: Please help us against Srivijaya! They are a threat to your sovereignity and to us.
** Mei-nira: Please help us against Srivijaya! They are a threat to your sovereignity and to us.
** Ruzon-koku: Please help us against Srivijaya! They are a threat to your sovereignity and to us.
* Events:
** Assimilation of Minorities: We continue to attempt to assimilate the minorities of Dai Viet, especially the Cantonese of Annan and the Dayak of Palawan.
** Founding New Cities and the Renaming of a City: The cities of Tề Sơn (OTL Qiongshan/Haikou) and Tam Á (OTL Sanya) are founded as port cities in Hainan. Nam Ninh (OTL Nanning) is established on the mainland. Meanwhile, Fangcheng is renamed to Phòng Thành.
** Economic Exploitation of Hainan: Dai Viet immediately begins to tap into the economic resources of Hainan. Coconuts, tea, black pepper, and other agricultural goods become major crops for both personal use and export. Meanwhile, the fishing industry in Hainan blooms. 
** Colonization of Palawan: We continue to expand Thanh Vọng. The colony grows to cover the rest of Palawan.
** Building More Ships: Emperor Quảng Định Tông orders the building of more ships for the navy.
** Thien Mu Pagoda: The Pagoda of the Celestial Lady is built in the capital city of Hue.
==== Svearike ====
* Government: Hereditary Monarch. 
** Ruler: Amura 
** Dynasty: Thorfi
* Economy: consisting of fishing, lumbering, trading with Vestkyst, Inkeri, Danemark and Vesnia.
* Capital: Stockholm
* Demographics: 
** Population: 376k (Mainland & islands (<- Åland, Gotland, Öland) 327k, Finish territory: 49k) 
** Rural areas: 307,8k
** Cities: 68.2k
*** Stockholm: 34 000
*** Vasteviki: 22 000
*** Kalmar: 4 700 
*** Åbo: 3 900
*** Sana: 2 300
*** Gotsky: 1 300
** Ethnicity: Nordicite Gothic, Sami, Finns.  
** Religion: Norse (Minority 0.5%) Catholicism (Majority 99.5%) 
** Allies: Inkeri and Cherno-Vedena.
* Wars and Conflicts:
** The Northern War: 
*** Land front: We send 78% (8 800) of our First army to push the Sami and the nation of thumb|220x220pxArktalasriika to the north, focusing a bit more on Arktalasriika. (red)
*** Naval invasion: We send 10% (1 128) of our First army, the 1000 troops sent by Inkeri, and all of our Second army (2 106) to make a landing in northern Arktalasriika in order to turn the war into a 2 front war. (Yellow)thumb|220x220px
*** Naval support team: we send 8% (902) of our First army in order to send supplies to the naval invasion force (Green) 
* Military: 
** Royal Guards: 200
** Active Guards: 100 (patrolling cities and rural areas to keep everything under control).
** Border Guards: 700 (They will be patrolling close to the borders with neighboring nations, currently they are assigned to Arktalasriika's border focusing more on the western side.)
** Army: First army: 3% (11 280), Second army: 0,56% (2 106), Inkeri troops: 1 000, Captured or Dead: 1.44% (5 430)
*** First army: 11 280
**** Swordsmen: 2 610
**** Swordsmen with shields: 2 355 
**** Cavalry with swords: 2 130
**** Cavalry with spears: 1 980
**** Archers: 2 205
*** Inkeri troops: 1000 
*** Second army: 2 106
**** Swordsmen: 701
**** Swordsmen with shields: 702 
**** Cavalry with swords: 401
**** Archers: 302
*** Captured or Dead: 5 430
**** Swordsmen: 1 684
**** Swordsmen with shields: 1 514
**** Cavalry with swords: 1 364
**** Cavalry with spears: 1 264
**** Archers: 1 414
** Navy: 36 Long galleys (capacity ~120/ship) Transport ships 6, 
** Diplomacy:
*** Inkeri: Thank you for your support. And thank you for sending us troops to help in our war.
*** Arktalsriika: You let our enemies pass through your teeritory in order to surround our forces, we take this as a threat to our kingdom, thus we will invade you (1160 January 3rd ~12:00) (Invasion: 1160 January 3rd ~15:00 
** Events:​​​​​​
*** Infrastructure: We start sending people out to different villages close to the cities and ask if they want a road connecting them and the cities, if they do, roads will be built between the villages and the cities as said. 
=== Turn XVIII: 1170 AD - 1180 AD ===
==== Events & Great People ====
*Horseman of War (Part 2): After the ascension of Alka Khan in 1176. The tensions between the Coalition against them, consisted of Dzungar, Tochar, Dusanbe, Herat Velyats, boiled over and war was declared. After a few years of harsh fighting, the coalition was swiftly defeated by Alka Khan, who had sent a spy over to manipulate all the leaders to travel through a valley for an ambush. The leaders and their armies were all trapped in the valley and were subsequently killed. Dusanbe, Herat, Dzungar, and Tochar (along with Kimek) surrenders by 1180 and were annexed by the Tuvans. By now, the Tuvans now declare themselves the Tuvan Empire.
*Non C'est Une Fucking Pomme: The King Harold II of England has died without an heir, leaving his younger brother and nephew of his deceased elder brother to fight over the throne. Bean, Prince of Walesland and Gerald de Rougé of Anjou. The latter proves more popular amongst certain regions of the English kingdom, who believe Gerald is the rightful successor after Bean's ascension to the throne. With support from Eire and Caledon, Gerald de Rougé fights his uncle for the throne and dominion of England, however with deeply divided lines, it may erupt into a war of independence for a kingdom for de Rougé.
*Prussian Tensions: Rebellions begin to pop up, with the local Avars attacking the peacekeepers and the xenophobic Prussians, killing them or driving them away. Most of these rebellions are silenced before they cause too much trouble or bloodshed, but Ossat falls into open rebellion after a massacre of Prussian knights and settlers.
*Karelian War of Reunification: Aimar is baptized in Pietarranta and becomes officially the first christian chief of Karelia. Although his baptism he still doesn't know that much about christianity or it's ways. He gains a brutal reputation from his war against Grigo as he finally kills Grigo in the battle of Ahvenlampi, where he brawls with Grigo, falling into the lake and finally drowning him. He gives Grigo a proper burial and allows his family to live, but sending them to exile to the north, where they according to legend are eaten by wolves. He then gives an ultimatum to Iroda, which Iroda accepts and becomes Lord of Äänislahti. The two then invade Rossopetsk. After battles in the forests you could find Rossopetsk soldiers hung up to trees. Those who didn't surrender were hung into trees and mangled by Aimar, to instill fear to the Rossopetsk army. He would have the men cut and wounded, but alive so that they'd suffer for a day until bleeding out. This torture and execution method became a staple of Karelian customs.
*Purgatory: The Christian notion of purgatory develops, as people begin to use and tell of such a thing in their daily lives. It is not officially accepted by the church, but many priests seem to think of it as at least worth a thought. The idea had taken it's roots from ancient Judaist teachings, and some claim pagan roots to be of a foundation as well. The idea is that there is a place where the soul and body is purified by fire, to be clean enough to enter Heaven.
*The Chinese Knowledge of the World: Chinese writer Zhou Qufei, a Guangzhou customs officer, writes of an island far west in the Indian Ocean, Madagascar, from where people with skin "as black as lacquer" and with frizzy hair were captured and purchased as slaves by Askari merchants. The Chinese world becomes aware of Madagascar.
*Kievan Fortifications: With their capital being so close to Cherno-Vedena, they begin building large fortifications around and to the city. The greatest walls of Eastern Europe begin to rise in the city and outposts along the border begin to pop up.
*World Population: The World now has a total population of 350 million people.
*Universities: Schools of higher education are built in Paris, (England) Salamanca, (Leontos) and Alexandria (Isetium) to provide more knowledge to the men of their nations.
*Khosrow and Shirin: The tale of the two royals are written. The story of King Khosrow's seeking for the love of princess Shirin, a fictionalized account of the historical figures and events of ancient Persia, is written by the Askari author and poet Nizami Ganjavi.
*The First Grammatical Treatise of Norse: The work of grammar is published in Vestkyst by an unknown author. The book tells of how Norse should sound and look like. The Treatises standards quickly become the norm and goal to strive towards in Norse speaking regions.
====NPC Turns====
*Srivijaya and Chola: The former quickly occupies Dai Vietan Palawan, while the latter pours into southern Indochina via their proxies and vassals. Nanzhou is not involved in anything as of yet, however Wang, Wu and Liang have dispatched their navies to assist.
*Alagadda Azarkhate: They break free from the declining Askari Azarkhate.
*Vestkyster Amsterdam: They revolt and break free of Vestkyst, joining the HRE.
*Vestkyst: They keep expanding northward along the coast, driving away or assimilating local Sami.
*Gothia: They're vassalized by Kiev when threatened by a third invasion. The old king, tired of war and suffering sees this as the better alternative.
*Avaland: With the "persecution" of Avars in Prussia, the Avars of Avaland ask Prussia to cease their efforts of destroying the Avarian culture and people in their lands. They give an ultimatum: "Stop your mistreatment of our people, or war will be the word of tomorrow"
*Nanzhou: They ally themselves with Chola.
*Shu: They're defeated and vassalized by Chola.
*Arktalasriika: They're not caught offguard, and put up a fight. The northern landing is successful, but the Svean and Inkeri forces are sieged there. The southern front begins to crumble.
*Sami: They retreat after the major assault by Sveans, fighting a war of defense once again. They try to tire out the Sveans in what seems like unlimited wilderness.
*Volga Bulgaria: They invade Akashar.
*Isetium: They conquer Makuria.
*Komi: They conquer more of Yurzhinsk and also begin to pour into Kostroma.
*Finns: With the Sami war against the Sveans, Finnic tribes take advantage of this and claim some southern wilderness lands from the Sami for hunting and fishing.
*Mauretania: They begin a holy war on Atlas, with the goal to capture lands as far as Ilysium. They invade by sea and land, quickly overrunning Kalapolis and Orrato, but begin fighting with the bigger bulk of Atlasioi soldiers in Goreseum.
==== Kingdom of Vesnia ====
* Government: Feudal Monarchy (Kingdom)
** King: Bernhart I (B 1129 D 1172) (R 1145 - 1172), Wilhelm III (B 1153, alive) (R 1172 - Present)
** Ruling House: House of Fleischer
** Economy: The Vesnian economy is stable, being based on trade mostly as well as fishing, mining and lumber. Gold coin currency is used in the realm. Vesnia is influenced by the overall economy of the Holy Roman Empire, of which it is a member. A special trade agreement between Vesnia and Svearike and Vesnia and Danemark has been implemented.
** Capital: Burgenbrao
** Demographics:
*** Population: ~1 574 000
*** Burgenbrao: 93 000
*** Köslin: 50 000
*** Raustadt: 8 200
*** Heineg: 3 500
*** Schneidemühl: 800
*** Rural areas (AKA everything else): ~1 419 000
*** Ethnicities: 93% Vesnian, 7% Prussian
*** Religion: 85% Catholic Christian, 15% Orthodox Christian
** Wars and Conflicts (italics: Potential War):
*** N/A
** Military: Total of 15 700 levy soldiers (1% of pop)
*** Deployed units: none
*** 5 200 infantry
*** 3 800 pikemen
*** 5 200 archers
*** 1 000 sword cavalry
*** 500 lancers
** Navy:
*** 20 transport ships
*** 8 galleys
** Diplomacy:
*** Prussia, Westria, Mecklenburg, Svearike: Improve relations.
* Events:
** Orthodox Influence: Vesnia has seen an increase in Orthodoxy in the last years. While the marriage that started this whole thing is long dead, the Vesno-Prussian alliance is still a thing and the marriage allowed the Orthodox Church to gain a foothold in Vesnia. The increase of Orthodoxy isn't as prevalent as when the Vesno-Prussian marriage occured and existed, but the Orthodox minority is here to stay now.
** The Avar Situation: Wilhelm III controversially expresses his support for the Prussians in the situation involving the "persecution" of Avars within Prussia. The joint status of Vesnia and Avaland as HRE member states makes this quite controversial. He is not ballsy confident enough to send actual volunteers yet however.
** Orthodox Quarters: Certain parts of cities (mostly Koslin due to being the city closest to Orthodox Prussia) start being seen as having two different sides, one more Catholic part and other quarters inhabited more by Orthodox Christians.
** Lechtenheim's Infrastructure: It has practically been fully integrated now. The center of the lands of Lechtenheim is the settlement of Schneidemühl (irl Pila, Greater Poland), which is not considered a full city due to its low population.
** Def not Spreading Religion lmao: Through trade and other envoys from Vesnia to Danemark/Svearike, Orthodox faith arrives on their shores from time to time.
==== Most Serene Republic of Vedena and Chernobyl ====
* Government: Vedena is a Republic.
** Governor (Leader of the Council): Chalinus Titius (1158AD-1173AD), Bretik Orelik (1173AD-nowadays). Elected by adult male landowners every 6-10 years.
** Parliament: the Council, which consists of four major factions with their own goals
*** Nobility: 123. Stand for the further stratification of society and developing the feudal system.
*** Romans: 98. Stand for a complete dissolution of current traditions and religion and support "relatinisation". Currently, the fastest-growing faction in the Council.
*** Christian merchants: 90. Stand for decreasing the bureaucracy and merchant taxes, and creating trade unions with the other countries. 
*** Judaist merchants: 77. Stand for increasing the tariffs for the foreign merchants and aggressive approach in trade. In addition, they combat the idea of trade unions.
*** Chernobyl: 60. Stand for status-quo of Chernobyl position in the commonwealth.
*** "Librarians": 20. Stand for increased patronage of arts and science.
* Economy: mostly based on logging, agriculture, and trade.
** Trade unions: the traders of Lutsk, L'viv, and other major centres run merchant guilds in each of the cities in order to maintain the influence of their factions in the Council and public life in general, promote their cause and protect the conditions of merchants. In addition, trade unions begin springing up on the newly acquired territories. On the other hand, Judaist merchants oppose the creation of trade unions.
* Capitals: Lutsk and Chernobyl
* Demographics (including occupied territories): 2'607k people
** Rural areas:~2201k.
** Urban areas: 406k; 15,6% live in urban areas.
*** Lutsk (and the nearest territories across it): 115k.
*** Chernobyl: 43k
*** L'viv: 32k
*** Other (population over 2'500): 216k.
** Culture: 40% are Vedean, 21% are Romans, 13% are Ost-Riken, 26% is the rest
** Religion: 59% are Christians (20% are Orthodox, 12% are Catholic, 28% are local churches), 12% are Roman pagans, 10% are Judaist, 19% are the rest beliefs.
* Wars and Conflicts: peace :3
* Diplomacy:
* Military:
** Feudal armies: the sizes of feudal and mercenary armies are growing stable as a result of the gradual development of the feudal system.
** Army size: ~30'000
* Events:
** Third Rome: Although the Third Rome is proclaimed to be both Lutsk and Chernobyl, it is now certain that power and influence shifts to Lutsk and the elite of Chernobyl are in the process of assimilation.
** Rise of art: It goes without saying that the aesthetics and art of antiquity have become relevant again. A variety of art forms reappear in the centres of culture such as the Great Library of Lutsk. In addition, the local cultures are enriched with new traditions and arts.
** "Reject modernity, embrace traditions!": this slogan is very popular among the intellectuals in Vedena. More and more people begin embracing the culture of their ancestors. The majority is from the nomadic pagan tribes. Most of them reject Christianity and convert to local pagan beliefs, leading to further disjoint of society.
====Đại Việt ====
*Government: Absolute monarchy
**Ruler: Emperor Quảng Định Tông (b. 1129, still alive) (r. 1144 - present)
**Dynasty: Quảng
***Parliament: None as of yet
*Economy: Đại Việt is a prosperous nation with a blooming economy. Of course, its economy remains in the shadow of the hegemonies of Chola and Srivijaya, though depending on how the war with Chola and Srivijaya goes, the tables may just turn. Its economy is largely based upon both agriculture and trade. Its main exports include rice and silk, among other things. The Chinese innovation of paper currency became a boon for Vietnam when it was implemented under Emperor Quang Uy Tong.
*Capital: Hue
*Demographics:
**Population (including land occupied by Chola and Srivijaya): ~2,000,000 total
***Ethnic Makeup:
****Viets: 77%
****Lao: 13%
****Cantonese: 5%
****Khmer: 3%
****Cham: 1.3%
****Other minorities (Muong, Jiang, etc): 0.7%
*Military:
**Army: 30,000 total (15,000 infantrymen, 8,000 cavalrymen, 6,000 ranged, 750 elite soldiers, 250 siege engines)
**Navy: 280 ships total (25 attack junks, 190 carrier ships, 55 barques, 15 river barges)
*Wars and Conflicts (italics for potential wars):
**Cholan and Srivijayan War: The entire Viet army continues to mount a defense against the threat of Chola. Guerrila tactics are used on the mountainous parts of the front, and the Viet troops attempt to encircle the Cholans in the land between Phan Rang and Quy Nhon. The Chola-occupied land between Phan Rang annd Quy Non is attacked so that the Cholans are trapped between Dai Viet forces and the coast. Meanwhile, guerilla tactics are used on the mountainous border to keep out the Chola troops, taking advantage of the difficult terrain. Extra pressure is put on Cholan troops entering Hue, and 10,000 men are stationed in Quy Nhon and Phan Rang to give the Chola army a hard time. If Yun supplies the Viet army with incendiary weapons, we will use them against the Chola army.
*Diplomacy:
**Yun: Could you help us out by sending troops and weapons?
**Yamato: Could you help us out in Indochina and Palawan? Also, please convince the Marehito nations to help me, please.
**Chola: Pfft, what a bunch of ladies! Could you fight any softer? (We write an offensive letter to the king of Chola.)
*Events:
**Đắk Tô Citadel: A defensive citadel is built near the village of Đắk Tô to guard a strategic location against Cholan advances.
**Okay, Retard: The emperor of Đại Việt writes an insulting letter to the king of Chola.
====Nihon no Toitsu Kokoku====
*Government: Union of Monarchies, Ainu Tohoku operating under a Tribal Electoral system.
**Mikados: Michiko no Roku-ban (Yamato), Akihiko no Sanban (Kibi), Sato Kiritsugu(Izumo), Katagiri Yuri (Nakoku), Kirigaya Izuku (Hayato), Zhang-Suzumiya Itsuki (Xia)
**Kohaku of Tohoku: Sanzen'in Kaito
**National Capital: Yamatai-Koku (Present-day Sakurai, Nara)
**United Kingdoms Armed Forces:
***Active members: 50,000
****Army: 40,000 (Majority stationed in Xia and Kyushu)
*****Honshu Defence Force: 12,500
*****Shikoku Defence Force: 11,500
*****Kyushu Defence Force: 24,200
*****Xia Defence Force: 43,800
****Navy: 94,000 (Stationed in Xia and Yamato)
*****Fleet of the North: 47,900
*****Fleet of Xia: 91,100
***Reservists: 219,000
****Army: 109,000
*****Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu: 30,000
*****Xia: 25,000
****Navy: 65,000
***Technology: 'Kappa boats', or Kawataro-fune are developed and begin service. These boats have large layers of shielding on their deck, preventing easy boarding, as well as cannons procured from China; all captains of said boats must have prior knowledge of astronomy, allowing these boats to navigate independently of land features and giving more strength to these boats.
*Demographics
**Population: 14,210,000
***Honshu: 7,570,000
***Shikoku: 2,540,000
***Kyushu: 1,930,000
***Xia: 2,240,000 (Not inclusive of aboriginals, estimated to be 78,000)
**Ethnicity: Yamato (18.5%), Izumo (22%), Kibi (13.5%), Nakoku (10%), Hayato (7%), Xia (19%), Tohoku (8.5%), Other (0.5%)
*Economics: Between starvation and military re-armament the economy of the United Kingdoms goes into rapid and unprecedented change, leaving behind many artisans and skilled labourers not involved with the military or agriculture. This becomes a cause for concern, although no effort is made to allay fears of economic regression.
*Events:
**To War We Go: Yamato goes to war, launching an invasion of the island of Palawan under the basis that Srivijaya colonisation threatens the very existence of the various nations in Syonan. A third of the fleet of Xia lands at Thanh Rung in order to take control of the island, while another third travels down to Bintan, Brunei and Api, beginning to harass naval trade between Srivijayan vassals. At the same time, the remaining third of the Fleet of Xia stays in the waters off Xia, Wang, and Dai Viet, protecting the region from incursion by any naval forces.
*Foreign Policy:
** We implore the nations of Syonan not already in the alliance to join the war against Srivijaya, promising land and resources in return.
**
====Kingdom of Prussia (Old Prussia)====
*Government: Feudal kingdom
**King: Sigmar II (b. 1043 - d. 1102, r. 1076 - 1102), Wolfhard (b. 1079, r. 1102 - 1144), Rudolf (b. 1126-1178, r. 1144-1178), Sigmar III (b. 1150, r. 1168)
**Dynasty: Pregel
*Military: As the failure of the Prussians in the Second Crusade had gone by, the morale of the Prussians have gone down quite a lot. Things are quite bad now, the Avars are getting more resentful against the Prussians, because they sought to reap the benefits and are experiencing some wealth growths within their own towns too, which makes the nobles of Old Prussia even more envious. The military is now being used to suppress any form of dissident and any form of peasant uprising, but some modern historians argue that they are being used to promote the Prussian culture itself even more, especially in Warsaw, where there has been violence in the city quite lately.
**Land forces: (Courland not included; finally updated it in like 6 turns)
***24 000 levies (95% of the levies are raised)
****8 500 spearmen
****3 500 swordsmen
****6 000 archers (incl. crossbow archers)
****6 000 melee cavalry
****3 000 pikemen and anti-cavalry
****Equipment included are catapults, battering rams and siege towers
***2 700 knights (largely swordsmen and spearmen that are trained harder than normal and honoured by the King)
***2 000 King's Guards (guards that have a sword and a shield that goes with them, wears a lot of armour; there's a disadvantage and that's the speed and agility of them)
**Navy: (Courland not included)
***18 transport ships (they carry only like a hundred once)
***9 galleys
*Economy: Prussia is a rural kingdom, although it has some manufacturing capacity but they're concentrated in major cities, which would occasionally be traded with neighbouring realms by Prussian merchants. Königsberg is a city that is the centre of trade for Prussia. In a post-Wolfhard reign, the retention for the city has declined, but the symbolic Vesnian and Old Prussian alliance remains as his standing legacy. Since the mid-12th century, Avaland, a neighbouring realm of the Prussian Kingdom is wealthy and is the boundary to the Orthodox-Catholic world, some Avars within Prussia who locally travel there are becoming wealthy, this has led to some division among the Old Prussian Germans and the Avars.
*Demographics: (Census is based on the 1155 Census that is finalised, adjusted for an 1160 estimate after a famine)
**Population: 3 112 000
***Königsberg: 95 000
***Danzig: 42 000
***Allenstein: 11 000
***Lustenbruck: 21 000
***Drusselstein: 50 000
***Posen: 30 000
***Breslau: 20 000
***Plytzk: 10 000
***Warsaw (Warschau/Varsava): 52 000
***Memel: 7 000
***Laibech: 12 000
***Rural areas (anything not included above): 2 710 000
**Culture: 70% Germanic (62% Prussian, 7% Vesnian), 27% Avar, 3% Other
**Religion: 86% Eastern Orthodox, 10% Catholic, 4% Other
*Diplomacy:
**Avaland: Our handling of the Avars is an internal matter of the Prussian Kingdom and must not be interfered. Anyone who dares to wage war on Prussia will be set upon the wrath of the King being sent as a general to crack down any form of your support of the rebellions.
**Vesnia: We support their diplomatic measures for Prussia, for acknowledging to not interfere in internal matters of Prussia.
**Anyone else: Our handling of the Avars is an internal matter. No realm outside of the Prussian Kingdom is allowed to interfere our way of handling the Avars of Prussia.
*Events: (italics is top secret!!!)
**Violence Escalates! Scorched Earth Policy Activated!: With violent peasant uprisings culminating in Avar-majority towns and villages, hundreds, if not thousands of Prussians were killed at the same time too. Organised attacks by Avars are increasing every year. This led to many of the Prussian levies and knights becoming ever more violent, even leading them to their deaths. King Sigmar III secretly called for scorched earth policy, by harvesting and burning Avar farmland as much as possible, in a deliberate move to 'forcibly assimilate' or let them die. This is done slowly and not rapid, as it could lead to people noticing. They also plundered the riches of Avars living in Prussia and transferred them bit by bit to the north, for Sigmar III as part of the scorched earth policy.
**Decadence and Censorship: As King Sigmar III continues to bring about his delusions and anger over the uprising, he started to live his life even more lavish. Some of the wealth of the Avars living near Avaland were seized and are spent to lowly Prussian peasants by the decision of Sigmar III, believing that he could convince them with money to buy plots of land from the Avars living in southern Prussia and encourage them to migrate there with a 'higher ground'. There's also a bit of censorship too, with Prussian knights and levies being ordered to silence people from getting the message out in southern Prussia by killing those or torturing those who try to get the message out of the violence hellscape.
**"A Prussian is worth 3 Avars" (top secret!!!): King Sigmar III, in the plight of peasant uprisings and the massacre, has declared a shocking statement to his own King's Guards. He said the following: "From the light of the money-loving Avars, I have come to make a decree. From now on, any Avar subjects belonging to the Prussian Kingdom will be worth 1/3rd of their lives to a Prussian. They are not worthy. Unless they prove themselves they can be a Prussian through acceptance and tolerance, they will not be worth living." In other words, he literally said "a Prussian is worth 3 Avars." This message is dispatched to levies, knights and all other KIng's Guards and that they must stop violence. But if an Avar has tried to kill a Prussian settler or a soldier, then their lives will be tossed away without mercy. The term 'kill' is not to be used, rather the euphemism 'utilise' (or 'dispose of') would be favoured over that. The only acceptable use of the words 'kill', 'die' or 'massacre' is if the Avars targeted Prussians deliberately.
**Ossat: Newly raised levies and part of the King's Guard (the most loyal soldiers within the Prussian army yet) are ordered to retake Ossat from the seemingly unstoppable uprising. Over ~300 knights and 120 settlers are thought to be killed in Ossat, a town of 7 200. Under the directive of King Sigmar III, because he decreed that a Prussian killed is worth three Avars being killed (1 260 are to be 'utilised' under his verbal command), they are ordered to massacre and not allow anyone escape through. Message has already come through to the King that the Avar peasants have killed knights and settlers there. If anyone escaped through, there will be extra levies from the raised levy to track down and execute them near Ossat when they're occupying the town and villages nearby. No message is to be spread to nearby towns and settlements and any villager who tells them will be tortured with a hundred lashes. Prussian settlers there will be introduced slowly after the assault (should it be successful) as to fill the gaps.
==== Liao / Great Liao (Offical) / Khitan State ====
* Head of the State: The Laozeng Emperor (B 1100 - D 1178), (R 1148 - 1178), The Liazeng Emperor (B 1140 - still alive), (R 1178 - present)
** Head of the Government: (R 1037 - 1167), Archchancellor Yelü Zhigar (Ethnicity: Khitan) (B 1145 - alive), (R 1167 - present)
*** Government: Celestial Absolute Monarchy ruled by an Emperor. The title is Emperor of Great Liao, Great Khavara of the Khitans and Beg Khan of the hui. Our ruling dynasty is Yelü. We also have an Archchancellor who work as a top adviser and leader of departments and ministries. The emperor appoints his successor which often is one of his own sons.
** Demographics:
*** Population:
*** Liangzhou: Population: 155,620
*** Wuwei: 53,340
*** Altai: Population: 10,360
*** Rural and smaller towns population: 2,676,900
*** Total population: 2,896,220
*** Religion: Tengrism (84%) Buddhism (15%) and others (1%)
*** Ethinicities: 50% Khitans, 20% Mongols, 12% Hui, 10% Tanguts, 7% Jin, sha and other chinese groups and 1% others
** Economy: We make our own currency which resembles those from the now dead Han Dynasty (It is just worse quality), The original economic activities of the Khitan were stockbreeding, fishing, and hunting. But under the influence of the neighbouring states, the Khitan have since engaged in farming and cropgrowing.
* Adminstration: We have 7 different provinces/states in our country they are governed by a Viceroy or a Yabeg.
* Wars and conflicts: 
** Commander of our forces:  Our great khavara
** Army: Total of
** Spearmen: 7,330
** Swordsmen: 7,730
** Bowmen: 3,790
** Cavalry: 13,302
** Crossbowmen: 2,510
*** Events:
**** Horsemen of war: With the increasing power of the Tuvans, People in Liao start growing uneasy. They start moving away from the Western part and more to the eastern part. A few thousands have already left the capital for the eastern part. Most of the people that move are Khitans but Hui people and Mongols sometimes move to the eastern parts too. Hui people prefer to generally move more southwards into the previous owned Qin area
**** Death of the Laozeng Emperor: Our beloved emperor died at the age of 78 on the 21st September 1178 he was quickly succeded by his son.
* Diplomacy:
==== Svearike ====
* Government: Hereditary Monarch. 
** Ruler: Amura 
** Dynasty: Thorfi
* Economy: consisting of fishing, lumbering, trading with Vestkyst, Inkeri, Danemark and Vesnia.
* Capital: Stockholm
* Demographics: 
** Population: 387k (Mainland & islands (<- Åland, Gotland, Öland) 335k, Finish territory: 52k) 
** Rural areas: 315,7k
** Cities: 71,3k
*** Stockholm: 34 500
*** Vasteviki: 22 500
*** Kalmar: 5 300 
*** Åbo: 4 500
*** Sana: 2 800
*** Gotsky: 1 700
** Ethnicity: Nordicite Gothic, Sami, Finns.  
** Religion: Catholicism (Majority 99.6%) Orthodox Christianity (0.4%)
** Allies: Inkeri and Cherno-Vedena.
* Wars and Conflicts:
** The Northern War: [ ] = will be changed if plans work out.thumb|220x220px|All the plans are on this picture
*** First Land front: We send 78% (9 056) of our First army and 70% (5 418) of our Third army to push the Sami and the nation of Arktalasriika to the north.
*** Northern front: 12%[-4] (1 393 [-464=929]) of the First army will Push the Sami to the north to the border, when/if that is done 4% (464) will go help the North eastern front to help (Purple. (Red)
**** If they Agree to leave our lands and pursue peace: 
***** 3.5% (406) of the First army will go and help the North-eastern front (ORANGE). 
***** 3.5% (406) of the First army will go and help the Southern front (Blue)
*** North-eastern front: 24%[Reach the old Sami border:+4%= 28%] [Peace with Sami:+3.5%=31.5%] (2 786 [+464=3 250] [+406=3 656]) of the First army will push the Arkatalsriika'ns to the east to get control of the northern part of the lake and a bit to the north. (Green)
*** Southern front: 42% [Peace with Sami:+3.5%=45.5%] (4 876 [+406=5 282]) of our First army will, along with the Third army (5 418), a total of (10 294 [^+406=10 700^]) try to push the Arktalasriika'n army to the north in order to get control of the south eastern part of the lake and the land south east of it. (Blue)
*** Second Land front: We send 70% (5 418) of our Third Army to help the First army in the South. (as Showed above)
*** Naval front: The 10% (1 161) of our First army, the 1000 troops sent by Inkeri, and all of our Second army (2 167) will try to break out of the Siege.
*** Naval support team: We send 8% (929) of our First army and 8% (619) of our third army, at total force of (1 548) to help the Northern front in breaking the Siege and sending them supplies.
*** Coastal Defense: 15% (1 161) of our our third army will guard the northern coast of our nation. (Dotted Golden color)
* Military: 
** Royal Guards: 200
** Active Guards: 500 (patrolling cities and rural areas to keep everything under control).
** Border Guards: 300 (They will be patrolling close to the borders with neighboring nations)
** Army: First army: 3% (11 610), Second army: 0,56% (2 167), Third army: 2% (7 740), Inkeri troops: 1 000, (Captured or Dead: 5 430)
*** First army: 11 610
**** Swordsmen: 2 676
**** Swordsmen with shields: 2 421 
**** Cavalry with swords: 2 196
**** Cavalry with spears: 2 046
**** Archers: 2 271
*** Inkeri troops: 1000 
*** Second army: 2 167
**** Swordsmen: 713
**** Swordsmen with shields: 714 
**** Cavalry with swords: 413
**** Archers: 314
*** Third Army: 7 740
**** Swordsmen: 1 700
**** Swordsmen with shields: 1 700  
**** Cavalry with swords: 1 500 
**** Cavalry with spears: 1 340
**** Archers: 1 500
*** Captured or Dead: 5 430 (won't do anything to the Economy since they're either dead or captured).
**** Swordsmen: 1 684
**** Swordsmen with shields: 1 514
**** Cavalry with swords: 1 364
**** Cavalry with spears: 1 264
**** Archers: 1 414
** Navy: 37 Long galleys (capacity ~120/ship) Transport ships 8, 
** Diplomacy:
*** Inkeri: Thank you for your support. And thank you for all the help you've given.
*** Sami (the ones we are fighting): We ask for you to leave our lands and return our soldiers to us, if you do this we promise that we will leave you alone for a while.
*** Pohjanmaa: Improve relations.
** Events:​​​​​​
*** Infrastructure: We start sending people out to different villages close to the cities and ask if they want a road connecting them and the cities, if they do, roads will be built between the villages and the cities as said. Also a road between Sana and Åbo is being constructed.
==== State of Yun: ====
Government: Absolute Monarchy
* Emperor: Sunzong (Age 32, asended at age 24) 
* Dynasty: Wu 
* Parliament: Nonexistent
Alliances: Allied with Dai Viet, part of the Alliance of Seaborne Nations (composed of Nihon, Wu, Wang, and Liang.
Economy: The economy is mainly agriculture based, with Wuhan and Changsha being major commercial hubs. In many parts of the nation, there is a strong fishing industry. Paper money is well established and often used. Our major exports are Rhubarb, musk, honey, and hemp. The Lake Donting area, the geographic and administrative center of our nation, grows ramie, a type of tea. Changsha is located on a major trade route stretching from the Khitan Steppes to thelands of Lavo and Srivijaya. Specialized crafts like ceramics and paper-making are also present. The city of Shu is the beginning of a trade route to India and Myanmar. 
Capital: Changsha 
Administration: 5 different commanderies (Jun) governed by a Taishou (Great Administrator). Every Jun is divided into prefectures (Zhou) (31 in total), which in turn are divided into urban counties (Fu) and Rural counties (Xian). Most prefectures are only composed of 2-5 counties. 
The Government is structured into a system of bureaus and offices, with the Emperor at the government’s head. The system is meritocratic, with exams determining which candidates are given which position. We have a standard Judicial system, like the one used by the Han. The military and the central government are not separated, with The Emperor at the head of both. The Emperor, or his senior commanders are to always lead campaigns, to ensure unity of command. The Cabinet is made of 12 Officials (they also serve as his advisers), who oversee their respective bureaus or offices. The Taishous are military leaders, appointed by the Emperor, who also manage the militia in their respective commanderies. A universal tax system, in which villages must submit 20% of their yields (in the form of the crops themselves or as money) to their commandery government. This is used to support the military and any infrastructural development.  
Demographics: 
* Population (excluding occupied territories): ~22,980,000 
* Changsha: 450,500 
Ethnic makeup: 
* ~59% Southwestern Chinese (Xiang and Qiang)
* ~7% Miao
* ~25% Cantonese 
* ~9% Other (Tujia, Zhuang, Dong, Viet) 
Military: 
Active Land Forces: 81,000(~0.4% of population, not a lot are drafted from annan though)
* Swordsmen: 30,000
* Spearman/Pikemen/Dagger-axe: 23,500
* Ranged (Bowmen): 13,400
* Ranged (Crossbowmen): 9,600
* Gunpowder-wielding-infantry (Fire Lances, Hand Cannons): 2,250
* Cavalry : 3000
Siege Engines
* Hu Dun Pao (Gunpowder Trebuchet): 55
* Standard Trebuchet: 45
* Multiple Bullets Magazine Erupter (Proto-Cannon): 25
* Flying-Cloud Thunderclap Erupter (Proto-Cannon): 25
Reserves:  149,300 (~0.65% of population) 
Navy: 200 ships  (Yangtze River Defense Force)
* 15 Ships (Nanhai Defense Force) 
Events: 
* Dream of an Ancestor (Last Turn):  Emperor Wangdeng, has a dream of his father speaking to him. He can’t seem to remember what he said except for one sentence. “Zhifou, Zhifou? Mazhu Zhangling Xitian. Beishi yiguo.” (Can’t you see, can’t you see? The horse-lord has occupied the western lands, the time for preperation is already over). The face of his father fades, and right before he wakes up, he sees the figure of a man riding a horse, under a red sky. He orders the expansion of the navy the next day, and orders the construction of more factories, which produce weapons, armor, and incendiaries. 
* Expansion of the Navy: 75 Ships are built in 20 years to help defend the Yangtze river and the South China Sea. All ships  are checked to see if they are up to standard. In addition, old ships are repaired. 
* Death of Emperor Wangdeng (Last Turn): Emperor Wangdeng died 2 weeks after having the dream about his father, in the year 1172 (Age 69). He died of unknown causes
* Ascension of Emperor Sunzhu: Emperor Sunzhu ascends on April 12th, 1172, the adopted son of emperor Wangdeng (Wangdeng was Celibate). He lacks the self-control of his father, and the genius of his grandfather, but makes up for that with sheer madladery. This could be simply atributed to him being a young and ambitious man. 
* Improvement in Gunpowder weapons: Reusable barrels made of durable paper are invented for Fire Lances. This greatly decreases production costs. Fire arrows, and Hand Cannons are being used more widely. Most Hand Cannons and Fire Lances now contain Co-Viative projectiles, such as Iron Pellets and Pottery Shards. Some larger Hand-Cannons are made to be used as artillery, though they are quite cumbersome to move around, so they are only used on a few Ships in the Nanhai defense force. A more common type of Naval Artillery are small trebuchets that launch bombs (ceramic or bamboo). Around 3/4ths of the navy are fitted with some sort of gunpowder weapon. 
* Naming Issues: For some reason, Yucheng (Chongqing) still doesn’t appear on a lot of official documents. This issue is to be quickly resolved (i.e, give Yucheng a name on the map.)
* Integration of Annan: Annan continues to be integrated into our nation.
Wars and Conflicts: 
* Chola-Srivijaya War: Chola has been increasing it’s influence in Asia for a long time, but the invasion of Dai Viet and the allying of Nanzhou is the last straw. In doing so, Chola has brung it’s armies to our doorstep. We ⅓ of the standing army to Vietnam to help fight against Chola (27,000). Our troops will mostly be supporting the Vietnamese troops, and defending locations. The city of Ba will be our logistical base during this campaign, so large amounts of our troops will be concentrated in that area. Not all troops will be defending the north though, 5,000-7,000 troops will be sent to the southern front as well. 
Diplomacy: 
* Dai Viet: We hear that you’re having (lots of) trouble with Chola. Have some of our Fire Lances, Bombs, and Hand Cannons. Don’t let these bad boys get into Cholan Hands, because having an advantage is nice. Expect a few troops too.  
====Kingdom of Inkeri====
*Government: Feudal constitutional monarchy (divided into 17 constituent duchies)
**Ruler: King Jarno III (b. 1123, r. 1137-)
***Dynasty: Jukäinen
**Speaker of the Valtuusto: Peikka Nöltta (served 1162-1177), Matti Kolhunen (served 1177-)
**Capital: Kiaranlahti
*Economy: Mostly based on fishing, the lumber and fur trapping industries, trading with nearby nations (Svearike, Altprussen, Cherno-Vedena), and some small mining operations.
*Demographics:
**Population:  1,800k
***Kiaranlahti: 55k
***Varntio: 38k
***Varantinjoki (Röttstadt): 23k
***Kultajoki (Geldstadt): 20k
***Aalepori: 21k
***Pietarranta: 15k
***Laatokanlinna: 9k
***Mustajoki: 11k
***Tallinn: 13k
***Riga: 27k
***Other towns and rural areas: 1,560k
**Religion: 87% Orthodox Christianity, 11% Catholicism, 1% Finnic paganism, 1% Christian heresies and other religions
**Ethnicities: 91% Finnic (39% Ingrian, 24% Estonian, 19% Vepsian, 13% Karelian, 3% Livonians, 2% other Finnic groups), 5% Varangian, 2% Latvian, 1% Svean (1.7% Svean Goths, 0.3% Svean Nordicites), 1% other (mainly Latgalians, Lithuanians, and Slavokans)
*Military:
**Army: 14,000 levy troops (13,500 standing)
***Light Infantry: 5,700
***Heavy Infantry: 3,800
***Light Cavalry: 2,500
***Heavy Cavalry: 1,500
**Navy: 52 transports, 21 galleys, 12 longships, 2 heavy ships, ~430 non-military merchant ships
*Wars and Conflicts:
**Rossopetsk Conflict (part of the Restoration of Order to the Seven Clans of Karelia): With Karjalan armies invading Rossopetsk from the north, we push into Rossopetsk full-force from the west, with the goal of occupying as much land around Lake Äaninen (Lake Onega) as possible. A half-ultimatum, half-peace proposal is sent to the Rossopetsk ruling class, demanding a a narrow strip of land around Lake Äaninen be ceded to Inkeri lest they face more grave consequences.
**Northern War (Svearike-Sami Conflict): Our troops, in conjunction with the Sveans, attempt to break out from our cornered position in northern Arktalasriika.
*Events:
**Annexation of Maavald: The Grand Duchy of Maavald was officially annexed to the Kingdom of Inkeri in 1174 AD, after years of deliberation and negotiation between Maavaldian nobles, the ruling Inkeri royalty and nobility, and the Valtuusto. Under this agreement, the Grand Duchy of Maavald would be broken up into three separate constituent duchies (becoming the 15th, 16th, and 17th constituent duchies of Inkeri); however, the Grand Duke of Maavald would be the titular Duke of each of these three constituent duchies. 
**The Arts, Sciences, and Literature: Our newfound alliance with Cherno-Vedena has provided a vector for Western ideas and knowledge to impact our nation. This, compounded with growing trade between us and the rest of Europe, has imparted upon us a rise in the arts, sciences, and literature, as many homegrown Inkerian artists and authors begin publishing their works. This period would also see the first significant literary works in Ingrian Finnic, or for that matter, any Finnic language, created.
**Infrastructure (again): The final leg of the Inkerian road systems is constructed, connecting the southern cities with the northern cities.
*Diplomacy:
**Rossopetsk: I demand T H E  L A K E
**Arktalasriika, Sami: can u dont invade svearike
==== Duchy of Bavaria ====
* Government: Feudal Monarchy
** Duke: Heinrich XII "The Lion"
** Ruling House: Welf
* Population: 900,000
** Munich: 35,000
** Regensburg: 5,000
** Ingolstadt: 3,500
* Economy: Feudal, mainly consisting of agriculture
* Military:
** Army: 20,000 pikemen, 15,000 archers, 6,000 knights, 10 catapults
* Diplomacy:
** Augsburg: we declare War
* Vassals:
** County of 'Cappadocia'
*** Government: Feudal Monarchy
**** Count: Sergei I "The Lame" (since 1142)
*** Population: 500,000
**** Hattria: 25,000
**** Caesarea: 15,000
*** Economy: Feudal, mainly consisting of agriculture
Military:
* 'Army: '10,000 pikemen, 8,000 archers, 3,000 heavy infantry, 6 catapults
==== Anglefriezen ====
* Government: Monarchy (Kingdom)
** King: King Poppo III (B - 1145 - present) (R 1165 - present)
*** Parliament: No
* Economy: Based on agriculture. Good economy for a tribalisch nation. The king wants to do more with technology. And he is secretly agnostic.
* Capital: Groningen
* Demographics:
** Population: 120.000 
*** 75% at the coast
*** 25% in land
** Religion: 
*** 80% Christian (Catholic)
*** 15% Frisian tribes religion
*** 5% Christian (Orthodox)
* Wars and Conflicts: None
* Army:
** 2.000 spearmen
** 500 swordsman
** 500 cavalry
** 250 archers
** 250 palace guards
* Diplomacy:
** France: Can we improve our relations?
** Danemark: Can we improve our relations and trade?
* Technolgy: The king said to the people: 'If you really want to know things and if you really want to be wise. Look for answers. Somewhere else than your bible!' Some people tried to find the answers with themselves like Jelle the Young. A young, but wise man. Some people like Timme von Groningen looked for answers in the world around him. He tried to figure out the structure of things. What everythings is made of. Some people like Rein de Lange suspected the king of not being faithful to the christian religion. Rein wants the king to be gone and is preparing an attack on the palace.
=== Turn XIX: 1180 AD - 1190 AD ===
==== Events & Great People ====
*Horseman of War (Part 3): To Alka Khan, all hostile nations he has conquered were forced to send their most powerful women to be part of his harem, which consists of former queens or princesses. The Khan asks all hostile nations to cease their hostilities and join him (non-hostile ones is asked to join as tributaries.). They will be handsomely rewarded for their actions. By now, the Khan has a son, named Tannudai Khan. A famous general who taken down Northern Askari Azarkhate, Akashar, Cumania, Tatars, and the Kirghiz. His father went east, taking the Oirats, the Mongols, and are now threatening the Liao Dynasty. They demand the Liao to surrender to him and they will be rewarded. Bulgaria, Kashmir and what remains of Askari have become Tuvan tributaries or vassals.
*Rise of the Samurai: Around 1185, Yamato saw the rise of the samurai under Imperial rule as they were “entrusted with the security of the estates” and were symbols of the ideal warrior and citizen. Originally, the Emperor and non-warrior nobility employed these warrior nobles. In time they amassed enough manpower, resources and political backing, in the form of alliances with one another, to establish the first samurai-dominated government. As the power of these regional clans grew, their chief was typically a distant relative of the Emperor and a lesser member of either the Fujiwara, Minamoto, Tachibana or Taira clans. Not to mention around this time, numerous Japanese clans, or Uji-na, start to appear on maps as they consolidated their own power and sovereignty enough as war brews itself in the front. Many are merely branch clans of the Big Four clans, however some exceptions exist. 
*Non C'est Une Fucking Pomme (Part 2): Gerald de Rougé and his men are victorious in their battles, establishing the Rougevin Empire spanning from England to Gascony. He proves to be a popular king, living up to his dynastic name as he is depicted in robes stained crimson by his slain enemies. French and English begin to coalesce in the kingdom, with citizens in Normandy and nearby regions beginning to assume a Anglo-French Creole. Meanwhile, the salty Bean raises his own kingdom in loyal lands northwestwards backed by Eire and Caledon. They distance themselves from "French fuckery" and grow closer politically, economically and linguistically, as English in Brittonia sees a fair amount of Eirish and Caledon meshing.
*Rush C: Cholan forces manage to cut off Dai Vietan troops in Hue, Quy Nhon and Phan Rang from the rest of the continent, and their navies directed to patrol the seas nearby. Naval skirmishes and clashes are frequent between the vast Srivijayan and Yamato navies, however both thalassocratic behemoths do not show any signs of letting up soon. Nanzhou allows troops access through their lands, leading to Cholan elephants coming down on the Red River Delta. Despite losses from the technologically advanced Alliance of Seaborne Nations, their vast pool of manpower offsets this disadvantage. Intelligence from Liang also suggests that Chola has already accessed the secrets of gunpowder and are beginning to develop their own firearms. They do not know which parties gave the secret away, however.
====NPC Turns====
*Avaland: It is noted that Prussian merchants in Avaland are frequently robbed, murdered, go missing or are kicked out of any bar they enter. Those that aren't are usually slapped whenever within range.
*Arktalasriika: They are able to take advantage of a cold winter to turn the northern front into a war of attrition. The southern front is less successful, and as a result, Svearikean troops have occupied parts of the south.
*Sami: If you lot stop trying to expand into our lands and attack our only sovereign representative entity we will cease hostilities. Until then, mana fal helvehii.
*Rossopetsk: They buckle to Inkerian pressure. They still get rekt by Karjala.
*France: kk
*Danemark: kk
*Mauretania: They continue their war with Atlas.
*Tuvan Khanate: They move their capital to Tashkent "to be at the centre of their empire" or some shit like that. I don't speak Tuvan.
==== Đại Việt ====
* Government: Absolute monarchy
** Ruler: Emperor Quảng Minh Tông (b. 1158, still alive) (r. 1186 - present)
** Dynasty: Quảng
*** Parliament: None as of yet
* Economy: Đại Việt is a prosperous nation with a blooming economy. Of course, its economy remains in the shadow of its overlords in Chola. Its economy is largely based upon both agriculture and trade. Its main exports include rice and silk, among other things. The Chinese innovation of paper currency became a boon for Vietnam when it was implemented under Emperor Quang Uy Tong.
* Capital: Hue
* Demographics:
** Population (including land occupied by Chola and Srivijaya): ~2,000,000 total
*** Ethnic Makeup:
**** Viets: 77%
**** Lao: 13%
**** Cantonese: 5%
**** Khmer: 3%
**** Cham: 1.3%
**** Other minorities (Muong, Jiang, etc): 0.7%
* Military:
** Army: 30,000 total (15,000 infantrymen, 8,000 cavalrymen, 6,000 ranged, 750 elite soldiers, 250 siege engines)
** Navy: 280 ships total (25 attack junks, 190 carrier ships, 55 barques, 15 river barges)
* Wars and Conflicts (italics for potential wars):
** N/A
* Diplomacy​:​​​​​​
** Chola: We surrender to Chola on the following conditions: Dai Viet becomes a vassal to Chola, but it will retain all of its Indochinese territory pre-conflict.
** Srivijaya: We cede our Palawan colony to Brunei.
** Yun: Hainan is ceded to Yun as a vassal state.
* Events:
** A New Emperor: The previous emperor dies. His son, Quang Liêm (known to history as Quảng Minh Tông), takes the throne.
** Nhục Nhã Dất Nước: A poem (title translates to "Humiliation of the Country") is written by an anonymous author lamenting the reduction of Dai Viet to a mere vassal and the loss of a colony to the enemy.
==== Kingdom of Vesnia ====
* Government: Feudal Monarchy (Kingdom)
** King: Wilhelm III (B 1153, alive) (R 1172 - Present)
** Ruling House: House of Fleischer
** Economy: The Vesnian economy is stable, being based on trade mostly as well as fishing, mining and lumber. Gold coin currency is used in the realm. Vesnia is influenced by the overall economy of the Holy Roman Empire, of which it is a member. A special trade agreement between Vesnia and Svearike and Vesnia and Danemark has been implemented.
** Capital: Burgenbrao
** Demographics:
*** Population: ~1 575 000
*** Burgenbrao: 93 000
*** Köslin: 50 500
*** Raustadt: 8 200
*** Heineg: 3 500
*** Schneidemühl: 900
*** Rural areas (AKA everything else): ~1 420 000
*** Ethnicities: 93% Vesnian, 7% Prussian
*** Religion: 84% Catholic Christian, 16% Orthodox Christian
** Wars and Conflicts (italics: Potential War):
*** N/A
** Military: Total of 15 700 levy soldiers (1% of pop)
*** Deployed units: none
*** 5 200 infantry
*** 3 800 pikemen
*** 5 200 archers 
*** 1 000 sword cavalry
*** 500 lancers
** Navy:
*** 20 transport ships
*** 10 galleys
** Diplomacy:
*** Bavaria: Tf are you doing?
*** Hanover: Improve relations.
* Events:
** Orthodox Influence: Vesnia has seen an increase in Orthodoxy in the last years. While the marriage that started this whole thing is long dead, the Vesno-Prussian alliance is still a thing and the marriage allowed the Orthodox Church to gain a foothold in Vesnia. The increase of Orthodoxy isn't as prevalent as when the Vesno-Prussian marriage occured and existed, but the Orthodox minority is here to stay now.
** The Orthodox Church: To please our ally Prussia, as well as because of the significant size of Orthodox Vesnians and the fact that several of those Vesnians are soldiers, smiths and other important people, King Wilhelm III recognizes the Orthodox church as a minority religion in Vesnia, separate from the Catholic church. He hopes that the two sides will live in peace and prosperity. 
** IDK what to name this event about Orthodoxy: Following recognition of Orthodoxy as a separate church, the Orthodox quarters really become Orthodox quarters as Orthodox churches are built there/become official. Köslin becomes known as the most Orthodox city in Vesnia, though the majority is still Catholic.
** Non, c'est une fucking pomme: An interesting development indeed.
** Mapping Out the Region: A man named Erich Riemann starts the project of creating a map of Vesnia with lots of detail (detailed by 12-13th century standards) and nearby places of interest, including Korona, Prussia, Mecklenburg, Danemark, Svearike, Schleswig and Brandenburg as well as parts of the Baltic Sea.
** Der Reiter des Krieges: The rumor of the Horseman of War becomes a legend in Vesnian folklore, passed around in villages and cities alike.
====Kingdom of Prussia (Old Prussia)====
*Government: Feudal kingdom
**King: Sigmar II (b. 1043 - d. 1102, r. 1076 - 1102), Wolfhard (b. 1079, r. 1102 - 1144), Rudolf (b. 1126-1178, r. 1144-1178), Sigmar III (b. 1150, r. 1168)
**Dynasty: Pregel
*Military: As the failure of the Prussians in the Second Crusade had gone by, the morale of the Prussians have gone down quite a lot. Things are quite bad now, the Avars are getting more resentful against the Prussians, because they sought to reap the benefits and are experiencing some wealth growths within their own towns too, which makes the nobles of Old Prussia even more envious. The military is now being used to suppress any form of dissident and any form of peasant uprising, but some modern historians argue that they are being used to promote the Prussian culture itself even more, especially in Warsaw, where there has been violence in the city quite lately.
**Land forces: (Courland not included; finally updated it in like 6 turns)
***24 000 levies (95% of the levies are raised)
****8 500 spearmen
****3 500 swordsmen
****6 000 archers (incl. crossbow archers)
****6 000 melee cavalry
****3 000 pikemen and anti-cavalry
****Equipment included are catapults, battering rams and siege towers
***2 700 knights (largely swordsmen and spearmen that are trained harder than normal and honoured by the King)
***2 000 King's Guards (guards that have a sword and a shield that goes with them, wears a lot of armour; there's a disadvantage and that's the speed and agility of them)
**Navy: (Courland not included)
***18 transport ships (they carry only like a hundred once)
***9 galleys
*Economy: Prussia is a rural kingdom, although it has some manufacturing capacity but they're concentrated in major cities, which would occasionally be traded with neighbouring realms by Prussian merchants. Since the mid-12th century, Avaland, a neighbouring realm of the Prussian Kingdom is wealthy and is the boundary to the Orthodox-Catholic world, some Avars within Prussia who locally travel there are becoming wealthy, this has led to some division among the Old Prussian Germans and the Avars. After incidents and rumours of Prussian merchants being harassed, King Sigmar III ordered merchants to decrease their activity in Avaland and move their trade routes to skip Avaland. Embargoes are not enforced, but they are encouraged to decrease activity, even though other nations would still trade with Avaland as the centre of the Catholic-Orthodox world anyway.
*Demographics: (Census is based on the 1186 Census, then is estimated by modern historians to fill the gaps)
**Population: 3 095 000
***Königsberg: 95 000
***Danzig: 42 000
***Allenstein: 11 000
***Lustenbruck: 21 000
***Drusselstein: 50 000
***Posen: 28 000
***Breslau: 15 000
***Plytzk: 10 000
***Warsaw (Warschau/Varsava): 50 000
***Memel: 7 000
***Laibech: 12 000
***Rural areas (anything not included above): 2 754 000
**Culture: 71% Germanic (63% Prussian, 7% Vesnian), 26% Avar, 3% Other
**Religion: 86% Eastern Orthodox, 10% Catholic, 4% Other
*Diplomacy:
**N/A
*Events: (italics is top secret!!!)
**Merchants: Prussian merchants are ordered to divert their course to go around Avaland and minimise trade under a decree by the King on 1183. This in turn would make the Prussians impoverished in the long-term as they do not have the luxury to access any goods that Avaland has from east and west. However, there's no embargo enforced on it, so a Prussian merchant may be allowed to cross over to Avaland to stop raising suspicion, but that might be too late if the King discourages them to trade. With rumours of murders of merchants, the numbers that were given to the King were highly variable in number, due to the lack of intelligence and knowledge of Avaland's own system. The lowest case for the number of merchants killed was 23 while the highest was around 578. However, the King chose the highest and thus he would order the execution of ~1 740 Avars in whatever village they are in.
**Treatment Against Avars and Top Secret Things: Violence continues between the Prussians and Avars with no sign of stopping out of sight. Demographics haven't changed a lot as Avars were now effectively unable to become assimilated, yet the demographics according to the 1186 Census that was partially filled in, said that there were ~1% less Avars than the reported 1155 Census with the reason of 'utilisation' of rebelling Avars when submitted to the King. The population had also went down too, due to violence and terrorising Avars being expelled from their villages and homes forcibly, although so far, there is no word for oppression. The policies set up by King Sigmar III remained the same, no change at all. The phrase "a Prussian is worth three Avars" is still used, so for any rumour or report being handed back from Avaland, which is very patchy and unreliable to say at least, which led to thousands being killed instead because the number of merchants killed or murdered was not very accurate.
**'The Poems of Terror': A set of poems written by an anonymous Prussian Avar poet under the name Ozyris Zalezhyi (honestly I don't know about Avar names) was written on 1187 and was secretly smuggled into Avaland to be published so that there could be justification to war before being killed off for treason after being found few weeks later and thus effectively been "utilised" by the Prussians. He was a frequent visitor to Avaland until violence came. He wrote down his experiences of persecution. This will probably ignite war and tensions further, with parts of the operations potentially exposed. (response needed)
==== Liao / Great Liao (Offical) / Khitan State ====
* Head of the State: The Liazeng Emperor (B 1140 - still alive), (R 1178 - present)
** Head of the Government: Archchancellor Yelü Zhigar (Ethnicity: Khitan) (B 1145 - alive), (R 1167 - 1183), Archchancellor Tuoba Deming (Ethnicity: Tangut) (B 1154 - still alive), (R 1183 - present)
*** Government: Celestial Absolute Monarchy ruled by an Emperor. The title is Emperor of Great Liao, Great Khavara of the Khitans and Beg Khan of the hui. Our ruling dynasty is Yelü. We also have an Archchancellor who work as a top adviser and leader of departments and ministries. The emperor appoints his successor which often is one of his own sons.
** Demographics:
*** Population:
*** Liangzhou: Population: 154,620
*** Wuwei: 53,440
*** Altai: Population: 10,370
*** Rural and smaller towns population: 2,678,920
*** Total population: 2,897,350
*** Religion: Tengrism (84%) Buddhism (15%) and others (1%)
*** Ethinicities: 50% Khitans, 20% Mongols, 12% Hui, 10% Tanguts, 7% Jin, sha and other chinese groups and 1% others
** Economy: We make our own currency which resembles those from the now dead Han Dynasty (It is just worse quality), The original economic activities of the Khitan were stockbreeding, fishing, and hunting. But under the influence of the neighbouring states, the Khitan have since engaged in farming and cropgrowing.
* Adminstration: We have 7 different provinces/states in our country they are governed by a Viceroy or a Yabeg.
* Wars and conflicts: 
** Commander of our forces:  Our great khavara
** Army: Total of
** Spearmen: 6,530
** Swordsmen: 6,930
** Bowmen: 4,790
** Cavalry: 14,002
** Crossbowmen: 2,910
*** Events:
**** Horsemen of war: With us accepting to become subject of the Tuvan Empire. Archchancellor Zhigar resigned in protest and was quickly switched out with a Tangut named Tuoba who is more optimistic.
* Diplomacy:
* Tuvan Empire: Your greatness can't be matched in this world and no armies can stop you. Of course we will become your subjects your highness.
====Kingdom of Inkeri====
*Government: Feudal constitutional monarchy (divided into 17 constituent duchies)
**Ruler: King Jarno III (b. 1123, r. 1137-1184), King Andreas (b.1149, r.1184-)
***Dynasty: Jukäinen
**Speaker of the Valtuusto: Matti Kolhunen (served 1177-)
**Capital: Kiaranlahti
*Economy: Mostly based on fishing, the lumber and fur trapping industries, trading with nearby nations (Svearike, Altprussen, Cherno-Vedena), and some small mining operations.
*Demographics:
**Population:  1,900k
***Kiaranlahti: 57k
***Varntio: 40k
***Varantinjoki (Röttstadt): 24k
***Kultajoki (Geldstadt): 20k
***Aalepori: 21k
***Pietarranta: 16k
***Laatokanlinna: 10k
***Mustajoki: 20k
***Tallinn: 14k
***Riga: 29k
***Other towns and rural areas: 1,740k
**Religion: 87% Orthodox Christianity, 11% Catholicism, 1% Finnic paganism, 1% Christian heresies and other religions
**Ethnicities: 91% Finnic (39% Ingrian, 24% Estonian, 19% Vepsian, 13% Karelian, 3% Livonians, 2% other Finnic groups), 5% Varangian, 2% Latvian, 1% Svean (1.7% Svean Goths, 0.3% Svean Nordicites), 1% other (mainly Latgalians, Lithuanians, and Slavokans)
*Military:
**Army: 14,000 levy troops (14,000 standing)
***Light Infantry: 5,700
***Heavy Infantry: 3,800
***Light Cavalry: 2,500
***Heavy Cavalry: 1,500
**Navy: 52 transports, 21 galleys, 12 longships, 2 heavy ships, ~430 non-military merchant ships
*Wars and Conflicts:
**Rossopetsk Conflict: Although we officially have made peace with Rossopetsk, we continue assisting our vassal of Karjala in their campaign in Rossopetsk. We also attempt to broker a peace between Karjala and Rossopetsk, with Karjala annexing the northern frontier of Rossopetsk.
**Northern War (Sami-Arktalasriika Conflict): We continue assisting Svearike.
*Events:
**Treatise with the Tuvans: With the rapid growth of the Tuvan Khaganate in the east, seeming like an unstoppable force, King Andreas, as well as several members of the Valtuusto, begin to realize that this new force could overrun Inkeri and all of its neighbors easily, and tales of death and devastation from refugees to the east bring forth the idea that to resist millitarily would be to forfeit the Inkerian nation and the Finnic people to the marauding hordes of Tuva. Thus, King Andreas, with the approval of an extremely narrow majority of the Valtuusto, makes a metaphorical "Deal with the Devil" with Alka Khan; Inkeri will pay a tribute equivalent to 25% of the current Inkerian tax income, and allow Tuvans to settle in Inkerian soil and gain access to the European markets by way of Kiaranlahti, and in return, the Tuvan Khaganate shall guarantee the safety of the Inkerian people, refrain from meddling in Inkerian internal affairs, and help us enforce our sovereignty over the neighboring kingdoms. In case of Tuvan rejection, however, we begin mobilizing the Army at full force, leaving them to garrison our cities, as well as ramo up production of melee and siege weapons to hopefully fend off the Tuvans. We advise our allies in Svearike and Cherno-Vedena to do the same. DEATH TO THE TUVANS!!!
**Finnicization: King Andreas, upon ascending to the throne, embarks on a massive Finnicization campaign across Inkeri. Local Varangian and Slavokan minorities are increasingly pressured to learn a Finnic language and take up the customs of mainstream Inkerian society. Varangians and especially Slavokans begin to be harassed based on stereotypes, and several cities, most notably Varntio, begin enacting ordinances forcing Slavokans in Inkeri to reside in segregated ghettos, as well as restricting Slavokan participation in public life. (the Sveans of Kiaranlahti are not harassed, as Svearike has had a good relatonship with Inkeri and has had one for two generations by now.) A notable effect of King Andreas's Finnicization policy is the official renaming of Röttstadt to Varantinjoki, and Geldstadt to Kultajoki. 
*Diplomacy:
**Tuvan Khaganate: You rule all between the Urals and Cathay. Your kingdom is so much greater than our petty excuse for a state. We bow prostrate to your Majesty, Alka Khan, and offer you a quarter of our wealth, if only you spare our pitiful kingdom from being smited from existence. If you help us prosper and become greater than our current state (but not, of course, better than Your majesty), we will be your loyal servants forever and ever. May your empire endure for the rest of eternity, and may your nations prosper for all time.
**Svearike, Cherno-Vedena: bravo six, going tuvan
==== Svearike ====
* Government: Hereditary Monarch. 
** Ruler: Amura 
** Dynasty: Thorfi
* Economy: consisting of fishing, lumbering, trading with Vestkyst, Inkeri, Danemark and Vesnia.
* Capital: Stockholm
* Demographics: 
** Population: 399.8k (Mainland & islands (<- Åland, Gotland, Öland) 343.3k, Finish territory: 56.4k)  
** Rural areas: 322k
** Cities: 77.8k
*** Stockholm: 35 620
*** Vasteviki: 23 430
*** Kalmar: 6 220 
*** Åbo: 5 920
*** Sana: 3 810
*** Gotsky: 2 710
** Ethnicity: Nordicite Gothic, Sami, Finns.  
** Religion: Catholicism (Majority 99.5%) Orthodox Christianity (0.5%)
** Allies: Inkeri and Cherno-Vedena.
* Wars and Conflicts:
** The Northern War: [ ] = will be changed if plans work out.
*** First Land front:  We send 78% (9 355) of our First army and 70% (5 597) of our Third army to push the Sami and the nation of Arktalasriika to the north.
*** Northern front: 8% (960) of the First army and 30% of the Second army (1 199) and 700 Inkeri troops, a total of (2 859) will Push the Sami north away from the border. (Red)
*** North-eastern front: 28% (3 358) of the First army and 55% (2 199) of our Second Army a total of (5 557) troops will push the Arkatalsriika'ns to the east and North-east to get control of the northern part of the lake and a bit to the north of the lake. (Green)
*** thumb|220x220px|N= Northern front (Red)
NE= North Eastern front (Green)
CD= Coastal Defense (Golden Dots)
SW= South-Western front (Darker Blue)
SC= South-Central front (BLUE)
SE= South-Eastern front (Lighter Blue)
Southern front: 50% (5 997) of our First army will, along with the Third army (5 597), a total of (11 594) try to push the Arktalasriika'n army to the north in order to get control of the North-eastern part of the lake, a part of the coast and push to the north.
**** South-Western front: 30% (3 190) will push to the north and north-east to get control of the north eastern part of the lake. (Darker Blue)
**** South-Central front: 48% (5 213) will push to the north so that the enemy doesn't get a chance to get an encirclement going. (blue)
**** South-East front: 30% (3 190) will push to the North and North-east in order to get control of som of the eastern coast. (Light blue)
*** Second Land front:  We send 70% (5 597) of our Third Army to help the First army in the South. (as Showed above)
*** Naval front: out of the (661) troops of our First army, the 700 Inkeri survivors, and the remaining Second army (1 668) troops, 2 729 were able to leave and return to the mainland. 300 are left there and hiding.
*** Naval support team: The 8% (960) of our First army and 8% (619) of our third army, a total of (1 548) are to return with the survivors of the naval invasion. When they arrive they will go and help the South-central front.
*** Coastal Defense: 15% (1 199) of our our third army will guard the northern coast of our nation. (Dotted Golden color)
*** Inkeri troops: the 700 troops will help on the Sami front.
* Military: 
** Royal Guards: 200
** Active Guards: 500 (patrolling cities and rural areas to keep everything under control).
** Border Guards: 300 (They will be patrolling close to the borders with neighboring nations)
** Army: First army: 3% (11 994), Second army: 1% (3 998), Third army: 2% (7 996), Inkeri troops: 700, (Captured or Dead: 5 430)
*** First army: 
**** Swordsmen: 2 994
**** Swordsmen with shields: 2 498 
**** Cavalry with swords: 2 273
**** Cavalry with spears: 2 123
**** Archers: 2 348
*** Inkeri troops: 700
*** Second army: 
**** Swordsmen: 1 174
**** Swordsmen with shields: 1 175 
**** Cavalry with swords: 874
**** Archers: 775
*** Third Army: 
**** Swordsmen: 1 751
**** Swordsmen with shields: 1 751  
**** Cavalry with swords: 1 551 
**** Cavalry with spears: 1 391
**** Archers: 1 500
*** Captured or Dead: 5 430 (won't do anything to the Economy since they're either dead or captured).
**** Swordsmen: 1 684
**** Swordsmen with shields: 1 514
**** Cavalry with swords: 1 364
**** Cavalry with spears: 1 264
**** Archers: 1 414
** Navy: 38 Long galleys (capacity ~120/ship) Transport ships 9.
** Diplomacy:
*** Inkeri: Thank you for your support. And thank you for all the help you've given.
*** Sami (the ones we are fighting): That's sad to hear, sadly we can't do as you want us to.
** Events:​​​​​​
*** Infrastructure: We start sending people out to different villages close to the cities and ask if they want a road connecting them and the cities, if they do, roads will be built between the villages and the cities as said.
*** Conscription Change: The Second army's conscription will go from 0.56% to 1%.
=== Turn XX: 1190 AD - 1200 AD ===
==== Events & Great People ====
*Non C'est Une Fucking Pomme (Part 3): Bean unites his empire with his relatives in Eire and Caledon. Gerald de Rougé manages to convince Albiony to become a vassal. The two go to war over dominion of OTL Cornwall. Gerald rides into battle alongside his son, a charismatic general that quickly takes control of Cornish cities. The frontlines in the north may look to be in Brittanic favour for now, but Gerald is rerouting his forces north...
*God's Chosen Order: The Teutonic Order were created in 1192 following the Third Crusade. The Teutonic Order was formed to aid Christians on their pilgrimages to the Holy Land and to establish hospitals. Its members have commonly been known as the Teutonic Knights, having a small voluntary and mercenary military membership, serving as a crusading military order for protection of Christians in the Holy Land during the Middle Ages. Their role may be expanded upon, though.
*Third Crusade: The Crusade (started in 1189 but not until 1190s that it went off) was an attempt by the leaders of the three most powerful states of Western Christianity (Rougevins, France and the Holy Roman Empire) to defend the Holy Land against Isetians. It was partially successful, defending the important city of Caesarea and Tyre. However, they failed to defend the southern part of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and Gaza, which were was captured by Saladin of Isetium. It ended the crusade, and many fled Jerusalem to avoid slaughter by cult forces. Kingdom of Cyprus was also established as a crusader state under Byzantine influence.
*Horseman of War (Part 4): Alka Khan gladly accepts the surrender of the Liao to them, taking their western territories and setting their government up as a tributary state. They tell the Liao that they would gain further land eastward (into OTL Manchuria) if the Tuvans spread more east. Meanwhile, the Tuvans are surprised by Inkeri's sudden support for them, and cautiously accepts the offer. The Inkeri will be set up as a tributary state later on. Bulgaria will be annexed around this time. The Tuvans make further conquests towards the east and absorb the rest of the Mongols.
*North Atlantic Ocean Denies Access!: After decades of rough weather conditions in the region, trade, communications and virtually all interactions between Vinland and their Vestkyster overlords have ceased. Even the cold-hardened Snaellanders have not been able to locate Vinland safely anymore. Vinland has found themselves independent in a brave new world.
*Sword Versus Sun: Atlas surrenders to Mauretania, who seize vast swathes of territory. Persecution of Apollyon Church followers begin.
*Battle for Palawan: Yamato forces manage to land on the island of Palawan after being assisted by Syonanese nations to navigate through the numerous islands, hiding out of Srivijayan sight. They manage to take Thành Rừng, but Srivijayan troops are quick to respond, and enemy forces are directed from Borneo towards the island.
====NPC Turns====
*Chola: They decide that Dai Viet is not really in a position to negotiate for such an outcome, and concerned about their propensity to have uprisings in the future, they redraw the borders ceding Lao-majority territory to Lao and Khmer/Champa-majority territory to Chenla. Dai Viet is allowed the choice to pull out of the current war, however. There is no ongoing front with Yun either.
*Avaland: They embargo Altpreußen fully, and encourage merchants to avoid the kingdom. Anti-Prussian sentiment increases greatly. One of the minor members of the Altpreußen royal dynasty was found dead while visiting Boiheim, leading many Prussians to believe that the Avars were behind this, despite the fact it is well known he died after falling through a garderobe.
*Boiheim and Lusatien: They ally themselves with Avaland for economic benefits. 
*Vestkyst: They move settlers into a notably depopulated area which suffered from the ongoing Svearike-Sami wars.
==== State of Yun: ====
Government: Absolute Monarchy
* Emperor: Sunzong (Age 42, asended at age 24) 
* Dynasty: Wu 
* Parliament: Nonexistent
Alliances: Part of the Union of Seaborne Nations (composed of Nihon, Wu, Wang, and Liang.
Economy: The economy is mainly agriculture based, with Wuhan and Changsha, and Zhanjiang being major commercial hubs. In many parts of the nation, there is a strong fishing industry. Paper money is well established and often used. Our major exports are Rhubarb, silk, tea, rice and. Other exports are musk, honey, and hemp and Star Anise. Changsha is located on a major trade route stretching from the Khitan Steppes to thelands of Lavo and Srivijaya. Specialized crafts like ceramics and paper-making are also present. The city of Shu is the beginning of a trade route to India and Myanmar. 
Capital: Changsha 
Administration: 5 different commanderies (Jun) governed by a Taishou (Great Administrator). Every Jun is divided into prefectures (Zhou) (31 in total), which in turn are divided into urban counties (Fu) and Rural counties (Xian). Most prefectures are only composed of 2-5 counties. 
The Government is structured into a system of bureaus and offices, with the Emperor at the government’s head. The system is meritocratic, with exams determining which candidates are given which position. We have a standard Judicial system, like the one used by the Han. The military and the central government are not separated, with The Emperor at the head of both. The Emperor, or his senior commanders are to always lead campaigns, to ensure unity of command. The Cabinet is made of 12 Officials (they also serve as his advisers), who oversee their respective bureaus or offices. The Taishous are military leaders, appointed by the Emperor, who also manage the militia in their respective commanderies. A universal tax system, in which villages must submit 20% of their yields (in the form of the crops themselves or as money) to their commandery government. This is used to support the military and any infrastructural development.  
Demographics:
Population (excluding occupied territories): ~22,741,000 
Changsha: 450,500 
Ethnic makeup: 
* ~59% Southwestern Chinese (Xiang and Qiang)
* ~7% Miao
* ~24% Cantonese 
* ~9% Other (Tujia, Zhuang, Dong, Viet) 
Religion:
* 56% Chinese Folk Religion 
* 12% Pure Tianism
* 2% Regional Religion
* 30% Mahayana Buddhism
Military:
Active Land Forces: 81,000
* Swordsmen: 30,000
* Spearman/Pikemen/Dagger-axe: 24,000
* Ranged (Bowmen): 13,300
* Ranged (Crossbowmen): 9,200
* Gunpowder-wielding-infantry (Fire Lances, Hand Cannons): 2,250
* Cavalry : 3000
Siege Weapons:
* Hu Dun Pao (Gunpowder Trebuchet): 50
* Standard Trebuchet: 40
* Catapult: 25
* Multiple Bullets Magazine Erupter (Proto-Cannon): 20
* Flying-Cloud Thunderclap Erupter (Proto-Cannon): 20
Reserves:  149,300 (~0.65% of population) 
Navy:
* 275 ships  (Yangtze River Defense Force)
* 60 Ships (Nanhai Defense Force) 
Events: 
* Naval Expansion: 80 Ships are built in 20 years.
* Guilin Shanshui Jia Tianxia: Guilin begins to be romanticized, with it’s clear waters and beutiful mountains. It’s scenic landscape becomes the subject of many poems. 
* Shijie Dituji: The Shijie Dituji, or The Book of the Maps of the World, starts to be compiled in the year 1192. Along with a plethora of maps, which cover places as far as Mauretania and Axum, it has a world map, which is quite innacurate when it comes to western lands, but it the most complete map drawn in Asia as of the moment.
* Southern Defenses: 5 forts are built on the border with Vietnamese Annan.
* More Gunpowder Stuff: The Iron bomb in invented by a Fox Trapper in a sudden moment of inspirationin the year 1189. Though they aren’t used widely, they make bombs a lot more deadly, with more shrapnel and boom-boom stuff. Some person decides to put all those large-shrapnel shooting hand-cannons on wheels, so that they can be moved around without having to be carried by 3 people each. Small advancements continue to be made in iron makings, so our proto-cannons don’t break as much.    
Wars and Conflicts: 
* Cholan-Srivijayan War: We formally pull out of the war, even though we actually pulled out in 1170. 
Diplomacy: 
* Dai Viet: We tried. 
* Chola: Trade agreement plez, it would benefit you too. 
====Kingdom of Inkeri====
*Government: Feudal constitutional monarchy (divided into 17 constituent duchies)
**Ruler: King Jarno III (b. 1123, r. 1137-1184), King Andreas (b.1149, r.1184-)
***Dynasty: Jukäinen
**Speaker of the Valtuusto: Matti Kolhunen (served 1177-92), Sarko Paivää (served 1192-)
**Capital: Kiaranlahti
*Economy: Mostly based on fishing, the lumber and fur trapping industries, trading with nearby nations (Svearike, Altprussen, Cherno-Vedena), and some small mining operations. Our government pays around 20-25% of its national budget (taxes and other forms of revenue) to the Tuvan Khanate, in return for our continued sovereignty.
*Demographics:
**Population:  2,000k
***Kiaranlahti: 60k
***Varntio: 43k
***Varantinjoki (Röttstadt): 25k
***Kultajoki (Geldstadt): 22k
***Aalepori: 21k
***Pietarranta: 17k
***Laatokanlinna: 10k
***Mustajoki: 20k
***Tallinn: 14k
***Riga: 29k
***Other towns and rural areas: 1,830k
**Religion: 87% Orthodox Christianity, 11% Catholicism, 1% Finnic paganism, 1% Christian heresies and other religions
**Ethnicities: 91% Finnic (39% Ingrian, 24% Estonian, 19% Vepsian, 13% Karelian, 3% Livonians, 2% other Finnic groups), 5% Varangian, 2% Latvian, 1% Svean (1.7% Svean Goths, 0.3% Svean Nordicites), 1% other (mainly Latgalians, Lithuanians, Slavokans, and a small number of Tuvan, Mongol, and Turkic merchants)
*Military:
**Army: 14,000 levy troops (14,000 standing)
***Light Infantry: 5,700
***Heavy Infantry: 3,800
***Light Cavalry: 2,500
***Heavy Cavalry: 1,500
**Navy: 52 transports, 21 galleys, 12 longships, 2 heavy ships, ~430 non-military merchant ships
*Wars and Conflicts:
**Rossopetsk Conflict: Although we officially have made peace with Rossopetsk, we continue assisting our vassal of Karjala in their campaign in Rossopetsk. We also attempt to broker a peace between Karjala and Rossopetsk, with Karjala annexing the northern frontier of Rossopetsk.
**Northern War (Sami-Arktalasriika Conflict): We continue assisting Svearike.
*Events:
**The Northern Frontier: Traders taking advantage of the great forests and abundant wildlife in the area begin making inroads into the coastal area immediately north of Karjalan jurisdiction. We begin meeting with tribal chiefs in the area, promising to help develop their loands and spread new innovations into their territory should they join Karjala. We also warn Karjala to not oppress and brutalize these tribes should they join but they shall have full power to do so if they refuse.
**Militarization: We send the majority of our army that is not fighting in overseas campaigns (total of ~12,500) to the border with Rostov, with orders to stand by and wait for further orders. It is expected that the order to invade Rostov will be made as soon as word is given of Tuvan advance into Rostovian territory.
**Life as a Tributary: Our first tribute to Tashkent is paid in 1191, with annual tribute being the norm throughout the years of Tuvan tributary status. A small amount of Tuvan, Mongol, and Turkic merchants and caravanserais (numbering around 100-300) have taken up shop in Kiaranlahti and Mustajoki.
*Diplomacy:
**Tuva: here, i gib money
**Coastal Finnic tribes: please join karjala, they have good contact with trade and stuff and we speak the same language, we also want your resources give us your resources
====Kingdom of Prussia (Old Prussia)====
*Government: Feudal kingdom
**King: Sigmar II (b. 1043 - d. 1102, r. 1076 - 1102), Wolfhard (b. 1079, r. 1102 - 1144), Rudolf (b. 1126-1178, r. 1144-1178), Sigmar III (b. 1150, r. 1168)
**Dynasty: Pregel
*Military: As the failure of the Prussians in the Second Crusade had gone by, the morale of the Prussians have gone down quite a lot. Things are quite bad now, the Avars are getting more resentful against the Prussians, because they sought to reap the benefits and are experiencing some wealth growths within their own towns too, which makes the nobles of Old Prussia even more envious. The military is now being used to suppress any form of dissident and any form of peasant uprising, but some modern historians argue that they are being used to promote the Prussian culture itself even more, especially in Warsaw, where there has been violence in the city quite lately. All Prussian soldiers are to kill Avars whenever they do actions that kill Prussians intentionally or not.
**Land forces: (Courland not included; finally updated it in like 6 turns)
***25 000 levies (95% of the levies are raised)
****8 500 spearmen
****4 500 swordsmen
****6 000 archers (incl. crossbow archers)
****6 000 melee cavalry
****3 000 pikemen and anti-cavalry
****Equipment included are catapults, battering rams and siege towers
***2 700 knights (largely swordsmen and spearmen that are trained harder than normal and honoured by the King)
***2 000 King's Guards (guards that have a sword and a shield that goes with them, wears a lot of armour; there's a disadvantage and that's the speed and agility of them)
**Navy: (Courland not included)
***18 transport ships (they carry only like a hundred once)
***9 galleys
*Economy: Prussia is a rural kingdom, although it has some manufacturing capacity but they're concentrated in major cities, which would occasionally be traded with neighbouring realms by Prussian merchants. Since the mid-12th century, Avaland, a neighbouring realm of the Prussian Kingdom is wealthy and is the boundary to the Orthodox-Catholic world, some Avars within Prussia who locally travel there are becoming wealthy, this has led to some division among the Old Prussian Germans and the Avars. A full embargo on Avaland and economic allies is officially issued by Sigmar III on 1192.
*Demographics: (Census is based on the 1199 Census, then is estimated by modern historians to fill the gaps)
**Population: 3 070 000
***Königsberg: 95 000
***Danzig: 42 000
***Allenstein: 11 000
***Lustenbruck: 21 000
***Drusselstein: 50 000
***Posen: 25 000
***Breslau: 12 000
***Plytzk: 9 000
***Warsaw (Warschau/Varsava): 45 000
***Memel: 8 000
***Laibech: 13 000
***Rural areas (anything not included above): 2 739 000
**Culture: 72% Germanic (64% Prussian, 7% Vesnian), 25% Avar, 3% Other
**Religion: 86% Eastern Orthodox, 10% Catholic, 4% Other
*Diplomacy:
**Avaland: We're going to embargo you and not allowing you to cross over our territory, even if your merchants are from the north, better go the other way.
**Lusatien and Boiheim: We're sanctioning you!!!!!
**Tuvan Khaganate: Our diplomat says "We are going to give you a middle finger so die and go to hell!!!!! Prussia will live on forever!!!!!"
*Events: (italics is top secret!!!)
**Embargo Time: Since Avaland has embargoed Prussian goods and merchants, even though King Sigmar III had explicitly said that they are to discourage, not fully embargo them and that they have reduced their presence a long time ago, before Sigmar III had issued this statement, something magnificent happens. King Sigmar III had slapped an issue containing an embargo order against Avaland, forbidding all Prussian merchants from using any Avar-traded products and all Prussian subejcts being forbidden to use their local products too. Prussian merchants are also warned not to travel to Lusatien and Boiheim. New orders are now issued to Prussian knights and levies to execute all Avar merchants if they are present in Prussia, as they are no longer exempt, as been for a while, even though their presence to Prussian soil since ethnic violence rose has diminished rapidly as they are obviously targeted. They are to be utilised like all Avars.
**Prussians! Do Not Meet With Avars!: An issue to forbid Prussians from marrying Avars and various personal orders under the "25 Commandments" is made by King Sigmar III. Any remaining Prussians who have relations or friendship with Avars in Prussia are temporarily tolerated for the next few years, but they are encouraged to break them entirely. This was a backlash to the death of a distant relative of Sigmar III and Duke of Lower Prussia, Siegfried.
**Public Language Ban: Avars are now fully banned in the 25 Commandments order by Sigmar III to speak their own language publicly. They are only allowed to speak their own language within their own households and their own districts, but not in public places like city centres, taverns and in Prussian districts. Doing so will result in 50 lashes, their ear and hand amputated or having their back being poured with boiling water.
**Not the Children!: On summer 1192, the death of Duke Siegfried, a distant kin of the current King was reported back. This led to many Prussians, as expected after a generation or two of rampant discrimination and hatred to the Avars, angry. They point to the Avars as the cause and deny any undeniable facts that were given to them. Unfortunately, King Sigmar III also followed the general sentiment of Prussians. So subsequently after, thousands of children were secretly abducted and then transferred to Prussians to be forcibly assimilated. Their parents were to be 'utilised'. Any children who resist were also 'utilised'.
**Utilisation Report of 1199: A full report to the King is provided on how many Avars that were killed over the course of ~40 years under his reign. This is obviously meant to be secret and has been known to record many Avar place names and some people that were killed in the process.
***1170 - 1180 AD: ~5 000 utilised
***1180 - 1190 AD: ~6 200 utilised
***1190 - 1199 AD: ~10 000 utilised
***Total: 21 200 utilised
==== Kingdom of Vesnia ====
* Government: Feudal Monarchy (Kingdom)
** King: Wilhelm III (B 1153, alive) (R 1172 - Present)
** Ruling House: House of Fleischer
** Economy: The Vesnian economy is stable, being based on trade mostly as well as fishing, mining and lumber. Gold coin currency is used in the realm. Vesnia is influenced by the overall economy of the Holy Roman Empire, of which it is a member. A special trade agreement between Vesnia and Svearike and Vesnia and Danemark has been implemented. Vesnia has placed a partial embargo on Avaland.
** Capital: Burgenbrao
** Demographics:
*** Population: ~1 575 000
*** Burgenbrao: 93 000
*** Köslin: 50 500
*** Raustadt: 8 200
*** Heineg: 3 500
*** Schneidemühl: 1 000
*** Rural areas (AKA everything else): ~1 420 000
*** Ethnicities: 93% Vesnian, 7% Prussian
*** Religion: 83% Catholic Christian, 17% Orthodox Christian
** Wars and Conflicts (italics: Potential War):
*** N/A
** Military: Total of 15 700 levy soldiers (1% of pop)
*** Deployed units: none
*** 5 200 infantry
*** 3 800 pikemen
*** 5 200 archers 
*** 1 000 sword cavalry
*** 500 lancers
** Navy:
*** 20 transport ships
*** 10 galleys
** Diplomacy:
*** Avaland: We denounce you for embargoing our ally. We enforce an embargo on certain products being traded to Avaland to threaten them but we do not go so far as to embargo every product.
*** Boiheim and Lusatien: We urge them not to take the side of the Avars and say they will benefit more if they stay out of this conflict.
* Events:
** Orthodox Influence: Vesnia has seen an increase in Orthodoxy in the last years. While the marriage that started this whole thing is long dead, the Vesno-Prussian alliance is still a thing and the marriage allowed the Orthodox Church to gain a foothold in Vesnia. The increase of Orthodoxy isn't as prevalent as when the Vesno-Prussian marriage occured and existed, but the Orthodox minority is here to stay now.
** Avar Conflict: Wilhelm III takes an approach to not interfere in Prussian affairs, but still assist them somewhat. Thus light measures are taken against Avaland, as described in Diplomacy.
** Schneidemühl: Schneidemühl has reached 1 000 inhabitants.
** Language: Centuries of time spent within the HRE and decades of time gone by while closely allied to Prussia, this has in a slow process changed up the Vesnian language to become a bit closer to the German(?) language(s?) around Vesnia.
** Mapping Out the Region: Slowly it continues.
** Der Reiter des Krieges: Well through the spread of information we know that this is real business, although some of the info on Alba Khan and the Tuvan Khanate we have is still colored by legends and rumors.
==== Liao / Great Liao (Offical) / Khitan State ====
* Head of the State: The Liazeng Emperor (B 1140 - D 1193), (R 1178 - 1193), The Tianzeng Emperor (B 1165 - still alive), (R 1193 - present)
** Head of the Government: Archchancellor Tuoba Deming (Ethnicity: Tangut) (B 1154 - still alive), (R 1183 - present)
*** Government: Celestial Absolute Monarchy ruled by an Emperor. The title is Emperor of Great Liao, Great Khavara of the Khitans (Even though Liao isn't that large anymore). Our ruling dynasty is Yelü. We also have an Archchancellor who work as a top adviser and leader of departments and ministries. The emperor appoints his successor which often is one of his own sons.
** Demographics:
*** Population:
*** Choibalsan (In today's choibalsan in Mongolia): Population: 10,120
*** Rural and smaller towns population: 243,320
*** Total population: 253,440
*** Religion: Tengrism (84%) Buddhism (15%) and others (1%)
*** Ethinicities: 83% Khitans, 14% Mongols, 3% others
** Economy: We make our own currency which resembles those from the now dead Han Dynasty (It is just worse quality), The original economic activities of the Khitan were stockbreeding, fishing, and hunting. But under the influence of the neighbouring states, the Khitan have since engaged in farming and cropgrowing.
* Adminstration: We have 2 different provinces/states in our country they are governed by a Viceroy.
* Wars and conflicts: 
** Commander of our forces:  Our great khavara
** Army: Total of
** Spearmen: 3,410
** Swordsmen: 3,280
** Bowmen: 2,090
** Cavalry: 5,002
** Crossbowmen: 810
*** Events:
**** Small empire: With us accepting to become subject of the Tuvan Empire we have become quite small. Many Khitans and a few from the other cultures in our before massive empire followed with us to what was left over from the old and big Liao dynasty. Questions start to arise if we should try to integrate Buyeo in our realm to try to strengthen our postion. Also with a smaller land and fewer people this means a constant drop off our army size which is still shrinking as people start to leave the army since we can't keep up having a too large army while having quite a small population.
**** Buyeo Integration Efforts: We try to find away to integrate our de jure vassal Buyeo into our realm. We maybe have to ask our overlord about it first just incase.
* Diplomacy:
* Tuvan Empire: We believe it would be much better if Buyeo would unite with us and form a bit stronger nation against the ones here in the eastwards region.
==== Kingdom of Rostov ====
* Government: Hereditary monarchy
** King: Aadolf I
*** Dynasty: Truvorids
** Leader of the Army: Paavo Juvonen
** Capital: Rostov
* Economy: Mostly based on lumbering and trade.
* Demographics:
** Largest cities: 
*** Rostov: 45,000
*** Yaroslavl: 35,000
*** Tihveri: 15,000
*** Joki: 10,000
*** Korvien: 6,000
** Rural areas: 150,000
** Religion: 85% Orthodox Christianity, 8% Catholicism, 5% Finnic paganism, 2% Other religions
** Ethnicities: 93% Finnic, 7% Other
* Military: 
** Army: 
*** Light infantry: 5,000
*** Heavy infantry: 2,000
*** Light cavalry: 2,000
*** Heavy Cavalry: 1,250
** Navy: 8 minor naval vessels
* Wars and Conflicts:
** Invasion of Rossopetsk: We invade Rossopetsk with an army of 5,000 men led by Paavo Juvonen. 5,250 reservists remain in Rostov.
* Events:
** The Inkeri Threat: We build fortifications along the border with Inkeri. We also assemble an army led by King Aadolf himself to counter a possible Inkeri invasion.
* Diplomacy:
** Tuva: We would like to come to an agreement with you. Rostov will become a tributary state under your suzerainity. In return, we expect that you will not invade us and grant us autonomy in our internal affairs.
==== Svearike ====
* Government: Hereditary Monarch. 
** Ruler: Karl 
** Dynasty: Thorfi
* Economy: consisting of fishing, lumbering, trading. 
* Trade partners: Vestkyst, Inkeri, Danemark and Vesnia
* Capital: Stockholm
* Demographics: 
** Population: 415.8k (Mainland & islands (<- Åland, Gotland, Öland) 352.3k, Finish territory: 62.4k)  
** Rural areas: 334k
** Cities: 81.8k
*** Stockholm: 36 276
*** Vasteviki: 24 106
*** Kalmar: 6 796 
*** Åbo: 6 496
*** Sana: 4 563
*** Gotsky: 3 563
** Ethnicity: Nordicite Gothic, Sami, Finns.  
** Religion: Catholicism (Majority 99.4%) Orthodox Christianity (0.6%)
** Allies: Inkeri and Cherno-Vedena.
* Wars and Conflicts:
** The Northern War: [ ] = will be changed if plans work out.
*** Arktalasriika'n front (before 1198): We send 70% (5 821) of our First army, 80% (3 326) of our Second army and 70% (5 821) of our Third army, a total of (14 968) to push the Arktalasriika'n troops to the north east.  
**** Northern front: 20% (​2 495) of our army will push to the north east along the vestkyst'an border. 
**** Central front: 20% (2 495) of our army will push to the north east along with the Northern front so that they don't get surrounded.thumb|220x220px|Same invasion plans (both times)
**** Southern front: 20% (2 495) of our army will push to the north and north-east along the coast. 
*** Inkeri troops: the 650 troops will help on the Sami front. 
*** Arktalasriika'n front (if they decline): We send 70% (5 821) of our First army, 80% (3 326) of our Second army and 70% (5 821) of our Third army, a total of (14 968) to push the Arktalasriika'n troops to the north east.
**** Northern front: 20% (​2 495) of our army will push to the north east along the vestkyst'an border. 
**** Central front: 20% (2 495) of our army will push to the north east along with the Northern front so that they don't get surrounded. 
**** Southern front: 20% (2 495) of our army will push to the north and north-east along the coast. 
* Military: 
** Royal Guards: 200
** Active Guards: 500 (patrolling cities and rural areas to keep everything under control).
** Border Guards: 300 (They will be patrolling close to the borders with neighboring nations)
** Army: First army: 2% (8 316), Second army: 1% (4 158), Third army: 2% (8 316), Inkeri troops: 650, (Captured or Dead: 5 430)
*** First army: 8 316
**** Swordsmen: 1 815
**** Swordsmen with shields: 1 815 
**** Cavalry with swords: 1 615 
**** Cavalry with spears: 1 455
**** Archers: 1 564
*** Second army: 4 158
**** Swordsmen: 1 214
**** Swordsmen with shields: 1 215 
**** Cavalry with swords: 914
**** Archers: 815
*** Third Army: 8 316
**** Swordsmen: 1 815
**** Swordsmen with shields: 1 815 
**** Cavalry with swords: 1 615 
**** Cavalry with spears: 1 455
**** Archers: 1 564
*** Inkeri troops: 650
*** Captured or Dead: 5 430 (won't do anything to the Economy since they're either dead or captured).
**** Swordsmen: 1 684
**** Swordsmen with shields: 1 514
**** Cavalry with swords: 1 364
**** Cavalry with spears: 1 264
**** Archers: 1 414
** Reserves: First army 1% (4 158), 
*** First Army: 
**** Swordsmen: 908
**** Swordsmen with shields: 908
**** Cavalry with swords: 808
**** Cavalry with Spears: 750
**** Archers: 784
** Navy: 39 Long galleys (capacity ~120/ship) Transport ships 10.
** Diplomacy:
*** Inkeri: Thank you for your support. And thank you for all the help you've given.
*** Arktalasriika: We give you 2 choices, 1. Surrender to us, if you surrender to us you will be fully annexed and will be a part of our country. 2. become our Vassal, if you decide to become our Vassal we will keep the territory we have taken, but we will give you money and food. (Year: 1198 AD) 
** Events:​​​​​​
*** Infrastructure: We start Building roads between all the villages and cities.thumb|220x220px
*** New City: We create a new city that we will call Tövle.
*** New City: We create a new city that we will call Ålhamn.
*** First army: the conscription on the first army will change from 3% to 2%.
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