The Age of an Enlightenment is dawning upon the world and its multitude of civilisations and nations - an Enlightenment that will be unlike any other.
The way of the world of posterity is creaking at the joints. The masses across all classes clamour for change, all of different sorts. The crowned heads of Europe dither and delay in the face of an outpouring of knowledge and thought.
The Holy Roman Empire faces an existential question of identity as new German powers seem to threaten the Habsburg dinosaur. The states of western Europe, locked in combat of supremacy, worry of both foreign invasion and colonial implosion. On the continents eastern frontier, the clashes over the Baltic and between Poland, Russia and the Ottomans grace the scene with a medieval flair. Asia remains on the wild mental horizons of most Europeans, but that does not confine it to inactivity as empires rise and fall rapidly. The Mughal Empire in India shakes in the face of new military powers, and even the colossus of the Qing Dynasty is not without crisis. Meanwhile, the New World and Africa beckon European explorers and early colonizers.
The POD is quite early, leaving 310 years for altering history. However, all applications should be realistic and not outlandish in the context. The Reformation, though not its extent, took place over a similar timeline as IRL. Similarly, the Thirty Years War took place around its appropriate time, though its extent and the exact belligerents are not fixed. The theme may be the same, but this Enlightenment shall no doubt be far different.
- All IC posts should be at least two substantial paragraphs and be written well, with correct spelling and grammar. There is no race to cover events; take things slowly in your plot.
- No godmodding in any form. The OP or Co-OPs will determine if this has been committed.
- Your AH state should be both imaginative but nonetheless realistic; even with 300 years to play around with from the POD, what you come up with must be realistic based on your specific choice of POD for your state.
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[b]Full name of state:[/b]
[b]Type of government (absolutist monarchy, republic):[/b]
[b]Capital:[/b]
[b]Head of state:[/b]
[b]Head of government:[/b]
[b]General government description:[/b]
[b]Territory (map if needed):[/b]
[b]Colonies:[/b]
[b]Population (metropolitan and colonial separate if required):[/b]
[b]Economic description:[/b]
[b]Religious description (by class):[/b]
[b]Popular ideologies and political beliefs (by class):[/b]
[b]Military description:[/b]
[b]Strengths and weaknesses of the military:[/b]
[b]General aims (territorial, etc):[/b]
[b]Foreign Policy:[/b]
[b]History:[/b]
ACCEPTED:
Cape Colony - Western Pacific Territories
Turcoman Empire - Krugmar
Kingdom of Kongo - Jaslandia
Gajapati Kingdom - Trotza
Ara Kalinago Wurari - The Ik Ka Ek Akai
France - Liecthenbourg
Swabian League - Plessur
Cherokee League - Alouite
Great Britain - Kisinger
Mughal Empire - G-Tech Corporation
Korea - Intermountain States
RESERVED:
'Western' Ottoman Empire - New Granadeseret
Bohemia - Great Confederacy Of Commonwealth States
China - Valentir
England and Ireland - Kisinger
Dutch Gold Coast - The Danish Confederacy
Portugal - Republic of the Cristo
Japan - Zostra
Scandinavian mess - Conchabira
Brandenburg of sorts - Alleniana
Poland-Muscovy - The Industrial States of Columbia
Charles V -esque Empire - Lunas Legion
Possibly Hungary - Caltarania
Italy - The imperial canadian dutchy