Polish Kingdom

5AD - 199AD/217AD

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The **Polish Kingdom** was a kingdom based in eastern Europe which existed during most of the Classic Era. Although Poland by themselves did very little of note during their existence, they are primarily famous for being the main cause of the rift between Byzantium and Scotland, which ultimately spiraled into the First Worlda War. Much of their territory had been gifted to them by Scotland in an attempt to gain their favor. As a result, during its peak, it controlled most of Poland, the Baltics, and western Russia. For a very short time after the *Great Giveaways of Paris*, they also controlled much of Europe.

After losing most of their outside lands, they were eventually invaded and annexed by Finland in 199AD, but were re-established after their demise. For a few short years, Poland began to expand again, but they eventually left most of their new lands again. They were destroyed for good in 219AD by Normandy.

## History

Poland was founded by Ludmiła I, who united the Poles and expanded across central Poland, as well as part of Sweden. After her death, her daughter, Ludmiła II took over and continued to conquer more lands. However, for most of her reign, Poland did very little, rarely expanding at all. The reason for this is unknown, although it is possible that they did not plan on expanding further.

Ludmiła died in 97AD and her daughter Teodora took over. During her reign, Poland was granted massive territories all the way to the Ural Mountains by Scotland. These massive gifts of land were one of the main causes of the rift between Scotland and Byzantium, and thusly also the First Worlda War. Although Poland themselves were never involved in the wars, they were the main cause of them. Several years after the end of the war, Scotland gave Poland massive territorial expansions in the Great Giveaway of Paris. These short-lived expansions gave Poland control over most of Scotland's former territories in mainland Europe, stretching from the Atlantic to the Ob River.

They quickly were pressured by both protestors as well as Byzantium and were forced to leave most of these lands in 136AD, several years before the death of Teodora. Poland's territory continued to shrink under Natasza, until the nation's territory only consisted of most of modern-day Poland and some land in Belarus and Ukraine. Natasza died in 178AD. Her son Aleksander succeeded her. Poland did not attempt to reconquer any of their old lands, and remained neutral.

Scandinavia invaded the nation in the Plains Wars in 199AD and annexed them. During this time, Aleksander died. Poland became a very important part of the Finnish Empire. However, after 206AD, the First Finnish Empire collapsed and the Polish Kingdom became independent again under Aleksander's son Władysław. Starting in 213AD, Władysław began to expand Poland once more to fill the power vacuum of Central Europe, and reconquer old Polish territories.

Due to their new expansionist attitude, many of its neighbors began to view them as a threat. Poland declared war on the Baltic Union in 214AD, despite them having declared neutrality. During this war, the Asian Federation invaded Poland due to them having previously guaranteed the Baltic Union's independence, which forced Poland to declare white peace. Soon after this war ended, a rebellion in the Rhine region occurred. Although they were able to use their allies' help to push the rebels back, they ultimately chose to also make peace with them, and leave most of their recently conquered lands. In 217AD, the Norman Empire invaded and annexed Poland, bringing them to an end for good.