The Era of the Enlightened(OOC/Sign UPs/AH-RP)

[Sanabel]

I'm too salty at them, because if they could potentially have colonies, I should too.

Well, you're at the center of the Med Sea. You should be a trading power, therefore having a large economy. You can have colonies, in my opinion. In fact, you should be the richest Italian state.

I'm the richest and best. I'm in the Med's dead center, and could control access between ten sea's east and west halves.

Might as well claim some colonies. I claim the IRL original Cape Colony, so the area around the Cape of Good Hope. It was IRL established in 1690.

[The Greater Dutch Republic]

Well, you're at the center of the Med Sea. You should be a trading power, therefore having a large economy. You can have colonies, in my opinion. In fact, you should be the richest Italian state.

I'm the richest and best. I'm in the Med's dead center, and could control access between ten sea's east and west halves.

Might as well claim some colonies. I claim the IRL original Cape Colony, so the area around the Cape of Good Hope. It was IRL established in 1690.

Yay for Sanabel, my favorite RPer ever.

[The Kingdom of Glitter]

Did Venice ever colonize? Oh wait no. There we go

[Sanabel]

I'm the richest and best. I'm in the Med's dead center, and could control access between ten sea's east and west halves.

Might as well claim some colonies. I claim the IRL original Cape Colony, so the area around the Cape of Good Hope. It was IRL established in 1690.

Yay for Sanabel, my favorite RPer ever.

I do hope that wasn't sarcasm...either way, I will accept it and consider it a compliment.

[New Granadeseret]

Did Venice ever colonize? Oh wait no. There we go

Let's not completely discount Venice. If they worked with sailed ships, they could easily get across the Atlantic. The problem is... well, population base. An island made mostly of marble isen't exactly in the best position to get you the kind of population you need to support colonies beyond trading posts. But they'd still be a notable power on the mainland

[Dainava]

Reservation
Nation Name: Kingdom of the Balts
Location/Claims: http://i.imgur.com/ajiWEc1.png
This is my reservation, there are many like it but this one is mine.
~Part of the Kool Kids Klub~ Do not delete

[Elepis]

Muhgals aren't.... And Granada doesn't seem kin on giving up it Caliph title either... So it's not 'united' but making threats against their religion will only unite them...

It's not like the Mughals would be actively helping the other Muslims if there was a large alliance anyway.
1) we're too far away
2) we have our own problems.

It's funny, there was an Ottoman Mughal alliance IRL and the Mughals were on campaign when the Ottomans asked for help and they pretty much went "sorry, can't lol, killing Hindu rebels"

I'm now seriously considering changing the Mughals to Zoroastrians or Nestorian Christians. Probably the former if I do it.

I reserved Zoroastrian Mughals on page 22 I think, sorry

[Elepis]

Reservation
Nation Name: Afsharid Dynasty/ Greater Persian Empire/Persia
Location/Claims: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/The_maximum_extent_of_the_Safavid_Empire_under_Shah_Abbas_I.png add the rest of Afghanistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan and take any bits claimed by India and Georgia and who ever else
This is my reservation, there are many like it but this one is mine.
~Part of the Kool Kids Klub~ Do not delete

decided to be a non-European Zoroastrian power fore once

[Terminus Alpha]

Generic Info
Nation Name: al-Khilāfah al-‘Abbāsīyah | لخلافة العباسية‎
Symbols:

• Flag

Homeland Population: 15 Million (Not many sources, so I just guesstimated.)
Imperial Population: N/A
Location/Claims: http://i.imgur.com/RHYNDjN.png
Capital City: The Caliphate's religious center is Mecca, but the administrative center is located in Cairo.

Government Info
Government Type: Hereditary Caliphate
Brief Explanation of Government: The Caliphate originally was similar to an elective monarchy, but has since become something similar to the monarchies of Europe. The Caliph does have some limits upon his power, however. If the Caliph does not live up to the ideal of the Prophet and does not perform his obligations to the public, his subjects are allowed to disobey him and impeach him.
Ideology: Islamism, Expansionism, divided between Mu`tazila and Ash'ari schools of thought.
Leader/s: Caliph Al-Musta'sim II

Population Info
Brief Description of your people:
Religion: Sunni Islam, with significant minorities of Christians and a small minority of Jews.
Ethnicity: Semitic
Main/Accepted Culture(s): Sunni Arab and Sunni Kurd.
Other Cultures: Everyone else.

Military Info
Army: The Abbasid army is semi-professional, based around the Mamluks - who were once simple slave-boys taught to fight, but now the term refers to any sort of professional soldier employed by the Caliphate directly. These professional soldiers serve either as elites, who both inspire the common soldiers and serve as a disciplined fighting force. They are equipped either as a unit of elite cavalry - used to either harass enemy formations or strike at flanks/artillery - disciplined line infantry, or as artillerymen.

The common footsoliders are drawn from those who volunteer for military service in times of peace and drafted from the male population in times of (catastrophic) war. They are most commonly equipped with a musket and bayonet, given basic training and drilled in the use of both the musket and bayonet they are given. They usually serve as the covering fire for Mamluk strikes or fire in volleys for pure casualties.

The Abbasid Caliphate also maintains a sizable force of camel-cavalry, whose mounts make trekking through the deserts of Arabia easier.
Navy: Neglected and mostly kept around to clear out pirates and protect fishing boats.

Other Info
Brief Description of your Economy: Islamic economy
Goals:

• Expand Dar-al-Islam
• Secure Persia
• Return to the position supreme power of the Muslim world that Caliph entails.

History: Essentially the same up until the Sack of Baghdad. After the Ilkhanate took Iraq, the Abbasids fled to Cairo and were protected by the Mamluks, who dealt the Mongols a devastating blow and halted their expansion. While in OTL the Caliph was more or less a figurehead for the Mamluks, ITTL he was able to secure the loyalty of the Mamluks and replace the Sultan of Egypt with himself. After the palace coup, the Caliph re-established the political Caliphate and began to secure his throne through both conquest and economic expansion. The first Caliph of Cairo died in 1300, after personally overseeing the reclamation of the holiest cities in Islam - Mecca and Medina - from the remaining Mamluk dynasty that controlled the area. Conquest continued until the Caliphate reached it's current size, around halfway through the 16th Century. Since then, the Caliphate has mostly looked inward and focused upon improving the infrastructure and economy.
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Reservation
Nation Name: Afsharid Dynasty/ Greater Persian Empire/Persia
Location/Claims: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/The_maximum_extent_of_the_Safavid_Empire_under_Shah_Abbas_I.png add the rest of Afghanistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan and take any bits claimed by India and Georgia
This is my reservation, there are many like it but this one is mine.
~Part of the Kool Kids Klub~ Do not delete

decided to be a non-European Zoroastrian power fore once

I own Iraq and that one part of Syria.

[Elepis]

Generic Info
Nation Name: al-Khilāfah al-‘Abbāsīyah | لخلافة العباسية‎
Symbols:

• Flag

Homeland Population: 15 Million (Not many sources, so I just guesstimated.)
Imperial Population: N/A
Location/Claims: http://i.imgur.com/RHYNDjN.png
Capital City: The Caliphate's religious center is Mecca, but the administrative center is located in Cairo.

Government Info
Government Type: Hereditary Caliphate
Brief Explanation of Government: The Caliphate originally was similar to an elective monarchy, but has since become something similar to the monarchies of Europe. The Caliph does have some limits upon his power, however. If the Caliph does not live up to the ideal of the Prophet and does not perform his obligations to the public, his subjects are allowed to disobey him and impeach him.
Ideology: Islamism, Expansionism, divided between Mu`tazila and Ash'ari schools of thought.
Leader/s: Caliph Al-Musta'sim II

Population Info
Brief Description of your people:
Religion: Sunni Islam, with significant minorities of Christians and a small minority of Jews.
Ethnicity: Semitic
Main/Accepted Culture(s): Sunni Arab and Sunni Kurd.
Other Cultures: Everyone else.

Military Info
Army: The Abbasid army is semi-professional, based around the Mamluks - who were once simple slave-boys taught to fight, but now the term refers to any sort of professional soldier employed by the Caliphate directly. These professional soldiers serve either as elites, who both inspire the common soldiers and serve as a disciplined fighting force. They are equipped either as a unit of elite cavalry - used to either harass enemy formations or strike at flanks/artillery - disciplined line infantry, or as artillerymen.

The common footsoliders are drawn from those who volunteer for military service in times of peace and drafted from the male population in times of (catastrophic) war. They are most commonly equipped with a musket and bayonet, given basic training and drilled in the use of both the musket and bayonet they are given. They usually serve as the covering fire for Mamluk strikes or fire in volleys for pure casualties.

The Abbasid Caliphate also maintains a sizable force of camel-cavalry, whose mounts make trekking through the deserts of Arabia easier.
Navy: Neglected and mostly kept around to clear out pirates and protect fishing boats.

Other Info
Brief Description of your Economy: Islamic economy
Goals:

• Expand Dar-al-Islam
• Secure Persia
• Return to the position supreme power of the Muslim world that Caliph entails.

History: Essentially the same up until the Sack of Baghdad. After the Ilkhanate took Iraq, the Abbasids fled to Cairo and were protected by the Mamluks, who dealt the Mongols a devastating blow and halted their expansion. While in OTL the Caliph was more or less a figurehead for the Mamluks, ITTL he was able to secure the loyalty of the Mamluks and replace the Sultan of Egypt with himself. After the palace coup, the Caliph re-established the political Caliphate and began to secure his throne through both conquest and economic expansion. The first Caliph of Cairo died in 1300, after personally overseeing the reclamation of the holiest cities in Islam - Mecca and Medina - from the remaining Mamluk dynasty that controlled the area. Conquest continued until the Caliphate reached it's current size, around halfway through the 16th Century. Since then, the Caliphate has mostly looked inward and focused upon improving the infrastructure and economy.
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429 - Do not remove. This is for tracking purposes.

I own Iraq and that one part of Syria.

okay

[Elepis]

did Tamerlane happen in this?

[Liecthenbourg]

It's not like the Mughals would be actively helping the other Muslims if there was a large alliance anyway.
1) we're too far away
2) we have our own problems.

It's funny, there was an Ottoman Mughal alliance IRL and the Mughals were on campaign when the Ottomans asked for help and they pretty much went "sorry, can't lol, killing Hindu rebels"

I'm now seriously considering changing the Mughals to Zoroastrians or Nestorian Christians. Probably the former if I do it.

I reserved Zoroastrian Mughals on page 22 I think, sorry

Dude.
I was accepted before you even applied. I'm just changing my Muslim Mughals to Zoroastrians.

[Elepis]

I reserved Zoroastrian Mughals on page 22 I think, sorry

Dude.
I was accepted before you even applied. I'm just changing my Muslim Mughals to Zoroastrians.

Oh, sorry, I meant Persians, I was thinking about Mughals, meant Persians (as it says on my app)

[Liecthenbourg]

Dude.
I was accepted before you even applied. I'm just changing my Muslim Mughals to Zoroastrians.

Oh, sorry, I meant Persians, I was thinking about Mughals, meant Persians (as it says on my app)

No biggie.
Just know that I am the Shahanshah of the Indias

[Sanabel]

So, what do you guys, (besides Dutchy; he's biased out of love for me) think about Napolistan having maybe one colony, somewhere? It would probably be small. Like tiny.

[Elepis]

Oh, sorry, I meant Persians, I was thinking about Mughals, meant Persians (as it says on my app)

No biggie.
Just know that I am the Shahanshah of the Indias

and I shall be Shahanshah of Perisa and a few southern Stans, we could start a Shahanshah club.

Is Aurangzeb still Shah in your India?

[Dainava]

Generic Info
Nation Name: Kingdom of the Balts, The Baltic Kingdom (shortened: Baltica)
Symbols: The Columns of Gediminas - COA of the Royal Family, official flag

Homeland Population:
Lithuania: 1,500,000
Courland-Semigallia - 500,000
Pruthenia - 1,000,000

Total: 3,000,000
Imperial Population: -||-
Location/Claims: http://i.imgur.com/ajiWEc1.png
Capital City: Vilnius

Government Info
Government Type: Semi-Absolute Monarchy
Brief Explanation of Government: Similar to the absolute monarchies that are commonplace throughout Europe, though the KIng of the Balts does not have complete power. The Council of Lords, 30 of the most wealthy and powerful individuals appointed by the three main administrative territories (Lithuania, Pruthenia, Courland-Semigallia), have some power too and can also create laws, though the monarch is above them. The judiciary system is considered to be independent, though the government has a right to veto resolutions.
Ideology: Conservative Monarchism
Leader/s: Vytautas III 'the Golden' of House Gediminid, King of the Balts

Population Info
Brief Description of your people: After the Baltic Unification of the 13th century and the proceeding centuries of living together, the Baltic cultures have started molding into a unified nation again, with less and less differences between each 'tribe', though right now, they are mostly separate. The Balts are a group of hardy and hard-working people, valuing land and freedom over all else, and are also quite good at warfare, though have remained quite isolationist throughout the years. Traditionally, the people of this forest and swamp full land lived in small villages in isolation practicing slash-and-burn agriculture, but times change, and with new agricultural methods and artisanship and manufacturing rising in cities, the lifestyle of a Balt too changes.
Religion: Roman Catholic, though some traces of Lutheran Protestantism remain
Ethnicity: Baltic
Main/Accepted Culture(s): Baltic - Lithuanian, Samogitian, Curonian, Pruthenian, Scalovian, Semigallian, Lettigallian, Yatvingian, probably more.
Other Cultures: Ruthenian, Byelorussian, Polish

Military Info
Army: (branches, number of troops, quality of army, etc,)
Navy: (branches, number of troops, quality of navy, etc,)

Other Info
Brief Description of your Economy:
Goals:
History:
RP Sample: (required)
429 - Do not remove. This is for tracking purposes.

Still working on it.

[Liecthenbourg]

No biggie.
Just know that I am the Shahanshah of the Indias

and I shall be Shahanshah of Perisa and a few southern Stans, we could start a Shahanshah club.

Is Aurangzeb still Shah in your India?

Aurangzeb-esque individual. He's more tolerant of hindus, though.

[Neo-Assyrian Empire]

Generic Info
Nation Name: Kingdom of the Balts, The Baltic Kingdom (shortened: Baltica)
Symbols: The Columns of Gediminas - COA of the Royal Family, official flag

Homeland Population:
Lithuania: 1,500,000
Courland-Semigallia - 500,000
Pruthenia - 1,000,000

Total: 3,000,000
Imperial Population: -||-
Location/Claims: http://i.imgur.com/ajiWEc1.png
Capital City: Vilnius

Government Info
Government Type: Semi-Absolute Monarchy
Brief Explanation of Government: Similar to the absolute monarchies that are commonplace throughout Europe, though the KIng of the Balts does not have complete power. The Council of Lords, 30 of the most wealthy and powerful individuals appointed by the three main administrative territories (Lithuania, Pruthenia, Courland-Semigallia), have some power too and can also create laws, though the monarch is above them. The judiciary system is considered to be independent, though the government has a right to veto resolutions.
Ideology: Conservative Monarchism
Leader/s: Vytautas III 'the Golden' of House Gediminid, King of the Balts

Population Info
Brief Description of your people:
Religion:
Ethnicity:
Main/Accepted Culture(s): (Cultures that are dominant and the government favors)
Other Cultures: (Cultures that aren't accepted by the government/people)

Military Info
Army: (branches, number of troops, quality of army, etc,)
Navy: (branches, number of troops, quality of navy, etc,)

Other Info
Brief Description of your Economy:
Goals:
History:
RP Sample: (required)
429 - Do not remove. This is for tracking purposes.

Still working on it.

IIRC, Sweden owns the Baltic.

[Elepis]

and I shall be Shahanshah of Perisa and a few southern Stans, we could start a Shahanshah club.

Is Aurangzeb still Shah in your India?

Aurangzeb-esque individual. He's more tolerant of hindus, though.

could India and Persia be friends or at least not killing each other (we are both Zoroastrian)

does anyone know what the population of Perisa and the southern stans was at this time?

[Dainava]

Generic Info
Nation Name: Kingdom of the Balts, The Baltic Kingdom (shortened: Baltica)
Symbols: The Columns of Gediminas - COA of the Royal Family, official flag

Homeland Population:
Lithuania: 1,500,000
Courland-Semigallia - 500,000
Pruthenia - 1,000,000

Total: 3,000,000
Imperial Population: -||-
Location/Claims: http://i.imgur.com/ajiWEc1.png
Capital City: Vilnius

Government Info
Government Type: Semi-Absolute Monarchy
Brief Explanation of Government: Similar to the absolute monarchies that are commonplace throughout Europe, though the KIng of the Balts does not have complete power. The Council of Lords, 30 of the most wealthy and powerful individuals appointed by the three main administrative territories (Lithuania, Pruthenia, Courland-Semigallia), have some power too and can also create laws, though the monarch is above them. The judiciary system is considered to be independent, though the government has a right to veto resolutions.
Ideology: Conservative Monarchism
Leader/s: Vytautas III 'the Golden' of House Gediminid, King of the Balts

Population Info
Brief Description of your people:
Religion:
Ethnicity:
Main/Accepted Culture(s): (Cultures that are dominant and the government favors)
Other Cultures: (Cultures that aren't accepted by the government/people)

Military Info
Army: (branches, number of troops, quality of army, etc,)
Navy: (branches, number of troops, quality of navy, etc,)

Other Info
Brief Description of your Economy:
Goals:
History:
RP Sample: (required)
429 - Do not remove. This is for tracking purposes.

Still working on it.

IIRC, Sweden owns the Baltic.

???

[Elepis]

Generic Info
Nation Name: Greater Persian Empire/Afsharid dynasty
Symbols: Flag, emblem
Homeland Population: 19 million (guess form population of other countries)
Imperial Population:
Location/Claims: Iran, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan that bit of Uzbekistan that is left
Capital City: Tehran

Government Info
Government Type: Unitary State with a Federal Structure under an Absolute Monarchy
Brief Explanation of Government: The Empire is divided into various Satrapies that all answer directly to the Shah. He is the executive, judicial and legislative leader of the Empire and his word is law; but his governors have autonomy to run their Satraps as they wish; as long as they comply to the administrative techniques and other such ruling devices employed by Nader Shah Afshar
Ideology: Monarchism, (light) Liberalism, Zoroastrianism, Militarism, Imperialism (but not expansionism)
Leader/s: Shahanshah Nader Shah Afshar

Population Info
Brief Description of your people:The largest linguistic group comprises speakers of Iranian languages, like Persian, Kurdish, Gilaki, Mazandarani, Luri, Talysh, and Balochi. Speakers of Turkic languages, most notably Azerbaijanis, but also the Turkmen, and the Qashqai peoples, comprise a substantial minority. The remainder are primarily speakers of Semitic languages such as Arabic and Assyrian. There are small groups using other Indo-European languages such as Armenian, Russian, Pashto; Georgian (a member of the Kartvelian language family), spoken in a large pocket only by those Iranian Georgians that live in Fereydan, Fereydunshahr. Most of those Georgians who live in the north Iranian provinces of Gilan, Mazandaran, Isfahan, Tehran Province and the rest of Iran no longer speak the language but keep a Georgian conscience. The Circassians in Iran, a very large minority in the past and speakers of the Circassian language, have been strongly assimilated and absorbed within the population in the past few centuries. However, significant pockets do exist spread over the country, and they are the second-largest Caucasus-derived group in the nation after the Georgians.
Religion: Zoroastrianism is dominant in Iran, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. Georgian Chrisitianity is a significant minority in Iran, centered on the north-west of the country around Tabriz. Shia Islam is practiced in south-west Iran along the border with the Caliphate.
Ethnicity: The majority of people of Iranian, Kurds, Georgians and Arabs make up a considerable minority in Iran proper. Uzbeks, Turkmens and Afghans are the dominant groups in their respective states.
Main/Accepted Culture(s): Iranian, Afghan, Turkic, Uzbek, Kurds
Other Cultures: Arabs, Georgians, Turks

Military Info
Army: 475,000 soldiers (2,5% of population)
Imperial Guard: 10,000 soldiers. Best training and equipment in the land forces, drawn from the best soldiers of each army. Armed with modern muskets and scimitars. based in Tehran City
Imperial Army: 60,000 soldiers. Excellent training and equipment. Armed with modern muzzle loading muskets, artillery and scimitars. Based in Shiraz Satrapy and Tehran
Army of the West: 150,000 soldiers. Best of the "Regular" armies. Armed with modern muzzle loading muskets, artillery and officers with scimitars. Based in Mashhad Satrapy
Army of Afghanistan: 100,000 soldiers. Second of the "Regular" armies. Armed with modern muzzle loading muskets, artillery and officers with scimitars. Based in Kandahar Satrapy
Army of the March: 100,000 soldiers. Third of the "Regular" armies. Armed with muzzle loading muskets, ageing artillery and officers with scimitars. Based in Mashhad Satrapy
Army of the North: 50,000 soldiers. Worst of the "Regular" armies. Armed with ageing muskets, ageing artillery and officers with scimitars. Based in Tabriz Satrapy
Navy: Compared to the prestigious and well funded army, the navy is nothing. Based in Bandar Abbas on the Straits of Hormuz its entire purpose is to protect the Persian coast and the Straits. Never leaves the Gulf of Persia.
30 Galleys
5 Second rate ships-of-the-line

Other Info
Brief Description of your Economy: This Persian economy is large and well managed. Administrative policies of the Afsharid dynasty has allowed an increase in the tax revenue. Trade is the most important part of the Persian economy, with the never ending flow of traders from the Middle East to India and China providing enormous revenues for the Empire. Agriculture is another major sector with vast agrarian regions lying across Iran and Afghanistan, based mainly in the world famous Shiraz region. Industry is relatively small but well managed and efficient with the industrial heartlands lying around Tehran and Tabriz.
Goals:
-Consolidate power of the Afsharids
-Keep good relations with India
-Continue modernization
-Forge relations with Georgia
-Halt expansion of Islam and China
History:
I would usually do this in overly detailed paragraphs but because of work load IRL, I shall have to do it in bullet points.

.633: After years of exhaustive war with the Byzantine Empire, the Sassanid regime of Persia is broke and war weary. In 633 CE, Arab Muslim armies invade Persian Mesopotamia form the deserts to the south. The depleted and underfunded Persian armies in the area are quickly defeated by the Arab armies and Persian influence is pushed back to the Tigris river
.636: The Arabs, under a new leader, Umma, again invade Persian Mesopotamia after taking large parts Syria from the Byzantine Empire. Umma's force break a large Persian force outside the walls of Cteisphon on the Tigris river, ending Persian power in the region.
.636-638: As the Sassanids retreat to their Persian homeland, Arab forces spread out across Mesopotamia taking city after city
. 641: The Arabs have consolidated their hold on Mesopotamia as well as seizing lands in the west from the Byzantine Empire. In this year they decide to launch another invasion of the Empire. However the Emperor has used this time to rebuild the Persian army, constructing a number of border forts in the west and building new roads to speed up mobilization. When the Arabs invade this time, they will face a much stronger enemy.
. 642: The Arabs invade with a 30,000 strong force under Saʿd ibn Abī Waqqās. This time the Persians hold their ground and outside the fortress city of Nahāvand a 150,000 strong Persian force under Yazdegerd III. After a long an hard battle, the superior numbers of the Persian eventually ware down the Arab forces, annihilating them and killing off the leaders of the Rashidun Caliphate. This will be the last Muslim invasion of Persia for many decades to come
.1218 - 1221: The Sassanid Dynasty is weakening after almost one thousand years in power. They have lost control of a number of their satraps and no longer whiled effective power outside Tehran. In the year 1218, after killing two Mongol ambassadors, the horse lords of the East invade Persia. Between the years 1218-1221 the Mongol hordes overrun Persia, destroying the Sassanid Dynasty and taking the ancient Empire for themselves. This is the first time Persia has been conquered since Alexander.
. 1256–1393: After the fall of the Mongol Empire, the Ilkhanate is established by the decedents of Genghis Khan. Though a large and powerful Empire, the new Khans to not have the same prestige of the old Sassanid Emperors. During the Ilkhanate, numerous rebellions by ambitious generals wear away the power of the Khans until they are put to rest by the Scourge of God.
. 1393: Timur Lenek, known as Tamerlane, invades from the north. A second Genghis Khan, he annihilates Persian army after Persian army, quickly bringing the Ilkhanate to heel. When Persia rises up against him, he returns and sacks her principle cities, building pyramids of skulls outside their walls.
. 18 February 1405: Tamerlane dies, a power vacuum ensues across his Empire and various Persian nobles try for the Golden Throne of the Emperors and Khans in Tehran.
. 1410: Hotak Empire established in Persia after years of war. The new Empire is plagued by rebellions and only controls the east of the country.
. 1470: Adil Afsha, the greatest Persian general of the time rises up against the Hotak Shah's. In a two year rebellion, he takes control of western Iran and in 1473 routes the Hotak forces on the shores of the Caspian Sea. He continues his campaign east, seizing Turkmenistan and is crownd the first Shahanshah of the Afsharid Dynasty.
. 1490: Afghanistan conquered.

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[Reatra]

Did Venice ever colonize? Oh wait no. There we go

Let's not completely discount Venice. If they worked with sailed ships, they could easily get across the Atlantic. The problem is... well, population base. An island made mostly of marble isen't exactly in the best position to get you the kind of population you need to support colonies beyond trading posts. But they'd still be a notable power on the mainland

No, population is no problem, they had more people than Spain in 1500. And I doubt their population has gone DOWN.

The problem is getting past the Muslims in Iberia into the Atlantic.

[Reatra]

So, what do you guys, (besides Dutchy; he's biased out of love for me) think about Napolistan having maybe one colony, somewhere? It would probably be small. Like tiny.

Tunisia?

[Krugmar]

Generic Info
Nation Name: Duchy of Brandenburg-Prussia
Symbols: Brandenburg Flag - Prussian Flag - Hohenzollern Coat of Arms
Homeland Population: 1.5 Million
Imperial Population: N/A
Location/Claims: Brandenburg, Old Prussia, Osnabruck, Cleves and the Mark
Capital City: Berlin

Government Info
Government Type: Absolute Monarchy
Brief Explanation of Government: Estates General is non-existent, Monarch is aided by a General War Commissariat.
Ideology: Prussian Virtues, Conservative, Pan-Germanism
Leader/s: Friedrich III, Margrave and Prince-Elector of Brandenburg, Duke of Prussia, Duke of Cleves, Duke of Pomerania, Count of Mark and Osnabruck
Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, President of the General War Commissariat.


Population Info
Brief Description of your people: The Germans of Brandenburg are of Saxon origin, but are often called Prussians despite being unrelated to the Old Prussians or those living in the Duchy of Prussia. They are a hardworking people, devoted to their work and their faith.
Religion: Catholic / Calvinist (Depends on whether the Reformation occurred, if so, Calvinist)
Ethnicity: German
Main/Accepted Culture(s): All Germanic groups
Other Cultures: Poles, Old Prussians

Military Info
Army: -1st Army of the Line - 45,000
--Princely Guard
---Princely Berlin Brigade
---Princely Prussian Brigade
--I Corps 'Army of Brandenburg'
---Berlin Division
---Kurstrin Division
---Mark Division
--II Corps 'Army of Prussia'
---Konigsberg Division
---Soldau Division
Navy: A few outdated vessels, essentially N/A

Other Info
Brief Description of your Economy: The Prussian economy was reorganised by Frederick William 'the Great Elector' after the Thirty Years War to solve the mounting debts and crippled infrastructure. A large emphasis was placed upon the Prussian army, allowing it to grow to tremendous amounts despite the small population it was sourced from. Contributions from the Junkers, as well as good relations with the nobility, has helped make the Prussian economy extremely strong.
Goals: -Take more of Poland-Lithuania
-Take more land in Northern Germany
-Get the Swedes out of Northern Germany
-Potentially become Emperor
-Become a King
History: Since this is OTL Prussian borders and monarchy, would the history be any different? Other than perhaps no Thirty Years War, if the reformation never occurs.
RP Sample: Guns, Drums and Steel
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