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Lords of the Earth
Campaign Twenty-Eight
Turn Forty-Four
1618 C.E. ~ 1619 C.E.

	THE ISLES
		Available Mercenaries for Turn 046	Hired Contracts for Turn 045
		None.	None.

The Gaelic Empire
( Cork in Munster )
Protestant Christian, Tech Level 010 - Renaissance
Emperor Arlen MacAngus
Colonies: None
Claims: [01A] Dyffed [R]
Hostilities: None

Missionary Work: None.
Diplomacy and Warfare: Cornwall [N/E], Dublin [-EA] in Lienster, Douglas [T] in Man

Public Works continue to be expanded across the nation's regions, taking advantage of the new Agricultural developments. Investigations continue in Galway, Cork, Strathclyde and Ulster.

The Protestant Reformation
( London is Sussex )
Protestant Catholic, Tech Level 009 - Renaissance
Aelred I

Missionary Work: Hebrides [+20%], Kopparborg [N/E], Edinburgh [+40%] in Lothian, Nottingham [+20%] in Mercia, Stettin [N/E] in Pomern, Belfast [+5%] in Ulster, Vasterbotten [N/E]
Diplomacy and Warfare: None.

Road constructed in Norway, public works in two cities, London expanded.

	NORTHERN EUROPE
		Available Mercenaries for Turn 046	Hired Contracts for Turn 045
		5mc, 24mi, 1ma	None.

The Danish Empire
( Newtown in Denmark )
Protestant Christian, Tech Level 010 - Renaissance
Emperor Harald II
Colonies: None
Claims: [01A] Kolozero (R)
Hostilities: None

Missionary Work: Jamtland [+25%,+5%], Uppsala [N/E]
Diplomacy and Warfare: Gavle [+YFC] in Kopparborg [+YFC]

Gold to Bjornsson. Tundra in the north is claimed to better adopt a secure border with Karela. The victorious Emperor returns to the capital.

The Empire of Latvian Karela
( Karela in Latvia )
Eastern Orthodox, Tech Level 010 - Renaissance
Emperor Ariel
Colonies: None
Claims: None
Hostilities: None

Missionary Work: None
Diplomacy and Warfare: Kymia [N/E], Turku [NT]

King Ariel, fearing his small nation would be weak in the face of many larger neighbors, approached the childless Empress of Latvia with a bold proposition. The two Kingdoms would merge in a Royal Marriage, gaining the strength of both. the Empress, already long worried about her lack of an heir, was persuaded.

	WESTERN EUROPE
		Available Mercenaries for Turn 046	Hired Contracts for Turn 045
		1mi	None

The French Empire
( Paris in Ile De France )
Reformed Catholic, Tech Level 010 - Renaissance
Emperor Alexandre I
Colonies: None
Claims: None
Hostilities: [05A] Tuscarora [HS]

Missionary Work: None.
Diplomacy and Warfare: Nouveau Calais [EA] in Dyffed [-UN], Barmouth [T] in Gwynned, Lancashire [F]

Maximized Irrigation Systems completed. Four regions in the new world are colonized, displacing the native Iroquois from the land.

The Burgundian Empire
( Antwerp in Brabant )
Reformed Catholic, Tech Level 010 - Renaissance
Emperor Demetre Constantin
Colonies: None
Claims: None
Hostilities: None

Missionary Work: New Poitou [+25%,N/E,+20%]
Diplomacy and Warfare: Gotland [T], Cologne [N/E] in Lorraine

Scout Balloons and Structured Factories researched. Peace is reached with Poland once the Polish Emperor withdraws from the island of Gotland, leaving it to Burgundy.

The Kingdom of Portugal
( Lisbon in Portugal )
Reformed Catholic, Tech Level 010 - Renaissance
King Manoel
Colonies: None
Claims: Adrar [R], Cape Verdes [R]
Hostilities: None

Missionary Work: Bubi [+5%], Adrar [+30%], Neuvo Leon [N/E,N/E]
Diplomacy and Warfare: Adrar [FA], Bubi [-YFC], Cape Verdes [N/E], Fortaleza [T] in Console del Sol, Marampa [EA], Porto Real [NT] in Nuevo Leon

Culture Flowers. Investigation into Lisbon. Gold to Magellan. Manoel sires a daughter with his African Wife. Otherwise, he concentrates on bringing the outposts lost back into the fold. This puts a strain on the nation's foodstuff. The new Feudal Ally in Adrar suddenly finds himself attacked by a group of Muslim zealots. Luckily, their commander is extremely inept, and he suffers no losses to the ragtag group of dissidents.

The Spanish Empire
( Madrid in New Castille )
Reformed Catholic, Tech Level 010 - Renaissance
Queen Cilia
Colonies: None
Claims: None
Hostilities: None

Missionary Work: None
Diplomacy and Warfare: Seesuseesu [Revolts] in Djolu [Revolts]

Slept. Turmoil strikes the Spanish colony in the inner-Kongo. The Governor is warned that a very important religious object has been stolen from the local priests. The priests claim it was done by a white-man. The Governor attempts a token investigation, but with the crown issuing no orders this cycle, there is little behind it. Native frustration begins to mount, and then bursts. During the night, the 2,000 man garrison of Djolu is ambushed. Pygmy warriors, faces painted for war, attack from the underbrush, poison darts killing almost instantly when finding flesh. Djolu falls.

	CENTRAL EUROPE
		Available Mercenaries for Turn 046	Hired Contracts for Turn 045
		27mc, 27mi, 27ms, 27ma	None.

The Holy Roman Empire
( Kolberg in Pomerania )
Protestant Christian, Tech Level 010 - Renaissance
Emperor Auerspurg I
Colonies: None
Claims: None
Hostilities: None

Missionary Work: Wroclaw [N/E,+12%] in Kauyavia
Diplomacy and Warfare: Kauyavia [+YFC]

Kauyavia and Wroclaw see continued diplomatic and religious attention. Erfurt is converted to a Port City.

The Swiss Confederation
( Zurich in Switzerland )
Protestant Christian, Tech Level 010 - Renaissance
Over-Speaker Gotzon
Colonies: None
Claims: None
Hostilities: None

Missionary Work: None
Diplomacy and Warfare: Norwich [F] in Anglia, Wurzburg [F] in Franconia

Intermediate Crop Improvement, Basic City Militia, and Dynamic Interest Rates researched. City Fortress constructed in Wurzburg.

The Austrian Empire
( Vienna in Austria )
Reformed Catholic, Tech Level 010 - Renaissance
Emperor Helmut I
Colonies: None
Claims: None
Hostilities: None

Missionary Work: Little Poland [N/E,N/E,+16%], Silesia [+22%]
Diplomacy and Warfare: None

Continued preaching in Little Poland and Silesia. Public works destroyed in the war begin to be rebuilt.

	ITALY
		Available Mercenaries for Turn 046	Hired Contracts for Turn 045
		23mc, 31mi, 25ms, 24ma, 9mw, 39mt	Venice: 21mc, 29mi, 23ms, 22ma, 8mw, 36mt ( In Venice )

The Milanese Empire
( Milan in Savoy )
Reformed Catholic, Tech Level 010 - Renaissance
Emperor Alfonzo Sforza I
Colonies: None
Claims: [05A] Oneida [R]
Hostilities: None

Missionary Work: None.
Diplomacy and Warfare: None

Slept. Oneida cultivated.

The Republic of Genoa
( Genoa in Liguria )
Reformed Catholic, Tech Level 010 - Renaissance
Doge Dante
Claims: [01B] Heraclea [R] in Thrace
Hostilities: None

Missionary Work: Macedonia [N/E]
Diplomacy and Warfare: Togo [N/E], Kosha [-UN] in Alwa

Basic City Militia Researched. Corsica Cultivated. Adal steals Kosha away through a royal marriage.

The Republic of Florence
( Florence in Tuscany )
Reformed Catholic, Tech Level 010 - Renaissance
Doge Benito
Colonies: None
Claims: None
Hostilities: Ghat-Al-Barkat [HS]

Missionary Work: None.
Diplomacy and Warfare: Tripoli [Revolts] in Gefara

Slept. Captian Inigo finds himself besieged in Tripoli when the natives, spurred on by fundamentalists Muslims, revolt. He makes it out of the city just in time.

The Roman Empire
( Venice in Verona )
Reformed Catholic, Tech Level 010 - Renaissance
Ceasar Zanipolo I
Colonies: None
Claims: None
Hostilities: None

Missionary Work: Attica [N/E], Crete [+5%], Tripoli [+10%] in Gefara, Rabat [N/E] in Idjil, Ife [+10%], Kabilya [+10%]
Diplomacy and Warfare: Naples [NT] in Campania [NT], Durazzo [N/E] in Dalmatia, Butrinto [N/E] in Epirus, Togo [NT]

National Debt Relief researched. Fortress in Venice is restored. The Ceasar adds more troops to his retinue. Agents strike and damage the Mameluke Government and Intelligence agencies, but are unsuccessful in hunting down the Sultan himself. A few old Senators urge the Caesar to adopt the name of the 'Venetian Empire,' presumably to guarantee accordance with old treaties and arrangements. Zanipolo agrees to honor the past efforts, but refuses to give up his Roman Empire.

	EASTERN EUROPE
		Available Mercenaries for Turn 046	Hired Contracts for Turn 045
		22mc, 27mi, 12ms, 9ma	None.

The Teutonic Empire of Latvia
( Riga in Latvia )
Reformed Catholic, Tech Level 010 - Renaissance
Empress Asenka
Colonies: None
Claims: None
Hostilities: None

Missionary Work: None.
Diplomacy and Warfare: None.

A Royal Wedding merges the country with Karela.

The Polish Empire
( Vilna in Lithuania )
Traditional Catholic, Tech Level 010 - Renaissance
Emperor Zbygniew I
Colonies: None
Claims: [05B] Niski Narod [U]
Hostilities: Pechneg

Missionary Work: Kiev [+15%]
Diplomacy and Warfare: Chernigov [F], Gotland [-UN], Turku [N/E]

The Russian Empire
( Moscow in Muscovy )
Russian Orthodox, Tech Level 010 - Renaissance
Czar Yuri II
Colonies: None
Claims: [01B] Islamabad [R] in Taman
Hostilities: [01B] Isauria [H] [01B] Bolgar [H] [02B] Khazar [H], Patzinak [H]

Missionary Work: Kymia [+15%], Islamabad [N/E] in Taman [+5%]
Diplomacy and Warfare: Bolgar [N/E], Kymia [N/E], Islamabad [FA] in Taman

Basic Loan Oversight researched. Gold and Agro sent to the Mamelukes. Evgeni, the Heir, secures a Feudal alliance from Islamabad by taking a Muslim bride. Diplomatic competition with Karela in Kymia is a wash.

The Russian Orthodox Primacy
( Moscow in Muscovy )
Russian Orthodox, Tech Level 008 - Renaissance
Metropolitan Dimitrius

Missionary Work: Livonia [+50%]
Diplomacy and Warfare: None.

Livonia sees a lot of Religious Conversion, while Russia and Karela both see Influence Increases.

	THE BALKANS
		Available Mercenaries for Turn 046	Hired Contracts for Turn 045
		50mc, 46mi, 26ms, 28ma	Venice: 48mc, 42mi, 24ms, 26ma ( In Cattaro )
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The Hungarian Empire
( Buda in Alfold )
Reformed Catholic, Tech Level 010 - Renaissance
Emperor Nicholas Corvinus II
Colonies: None
Claims: [01B] Bulgaria [U], Ludgorie [U], Ochirida [U] in Serbia [U]
Hostilities: None

Missionary Work: None.
Diplomacy and Warfare: None.

Slept. Improved Cultivation Techniques researched.

The Reformed Catholic Church
( Buda in Alfold )
Reformed Catholic, Tech Level 010 - Renaissance
Pope John XXI

Missionary Work: None
Diplomacy and Warfare: Riga [-UN] in Latvia, Tunisia [-UN]

A minor earthquake near the city of Riga destroys the church built there. Influence increased in Burgundy, Milan and Rome. A local mob burns a church to the ground in Tunisia.

	MIDDLE EAST
		Available Mercenaries for Turn 046	Hired Contracts for Turn 045
		33mc, 23mi, 9ms, 25ma	Genoa: 30mc, 21mi, 8ms, 23ma ( In Phocea )

The Ottoman Empire
( Bursa in Phrygia )
Sunni Islamic, Tech Level 010 - Renaissance
Sultan Alparslan I
Colonies: None
Claims: None
Hostilities: [01B] Vaspurakan [HS]

Missionary Work: None
Diplomacy and Warfare: Galatia [N/E], Trebizond [N/E] in Pontus, Tripolotania [NT], Vaspurakan [-HS]

Access to the Sahara is gained, though the diplomat in Vaspurakan is wounded by the locals.

The Persian Sultanate
( Tehran in Persia )
Sunni Islamic, Tech Level 010 - Renaissance
Sultan Hasan al-Din
Colonies: None
Claims: [02B] Hamadan [R] in Media
Hostilities: Selucia [HS], Serbia [AW], Mand [HS],

Missionary Work: None
Diplomacy and Warfare: Colchis [N/E] in Abasigia, Bushehr [UN] in Mand, Hamadan [C] in Media

Diplomacy sees little effect.

	THE STEPPES
		Available Mercenaries for Turn 046	Hired Contracts for Turn 045
		12mc, 10mi, 2ms, 2ma	None.

The Baber Empire
( Bokhara City in Bokhara )
Sunni Islamic, Tech Level 007 - Civilized
King Baber III
Claims: None
Hostilities: [02B] Dhera-Dun [H], Firoz Kshi [H], Taklamaklan [H]

Missionary Work: None
Diplomacy and Warfare: Baluch [P], Edrosia [P]

The Empire continues to push the war against the Baluchistanis. The Baluchs withdraw to their last city, waiting for the final encounter.

	EAST AFRIKA
		Available Mercenaries for Turn 046	Hired Contracts for Turn 045
	:	4mc, 8mi	None

The Mameluke Sultanate
( Q'arum in Mansura )
Sunni Islamic, Tech Level 010 - Renaissance
Sultan Saladin
Colonies: None.
Claims: [01B] Darfur [R], Palmyra [R]
Hostilities: [01B] Axum [HS], Kordofan [AW]

Missionary Work: None.
Diplomacy and Warfare: None.

Slept.

The Sunni Caliphate
( Jerusalem in Levant )
Sunni Islamic, Tech Level 009 - Renaissance
Imam Ganthay

Missionary Work: Crete [+20%]
Diplomacy and Warfare: Abadan [CH], Afarsa [N/E] in Djibuti [N/E], Luxor [N/E] in Faiyum, Jerusalem [N/E] in Levant, Lyda [AB], Media [CH]

Troops are added to the defense of Jerusalem.

The Adalese Sultanate
( Afarsa in Djibuti )
Sunni Islamic, Tech Level 007 - Seafaring
Grand Sultan Gulzar II
Claims: [01B] Kosha [R] in Alwa
Hostilities: None

Missionary Work: Kosha [+10%] in Alwa, Funj [FA]
Diplomacy and Warfare: Kosha [C] in Alwa [T], Soba [+10%] in Funj

Axum colonized. Gains the upper hand in the diplomatic struggle with Genoa in Alwa.

	WEST AFRIKA
		Available Mercenaries for Turn 046	Hired Contracts for Turn 045
		24mc, 50mi	Venice: 22mc ( In Milven )
			Venice: 50mi ( In Phoebe )

The Songhay Despotat
( Timbuctu in Songhai )
Dongolan, Tech Level 009 - Renaissance
Emperor Ghana
Colonies: None
Claims: [01B] Ngazargumu in Kanem Bornu
Hostilities: None

Missionary Work: None.
Diplomacy and Warfare: None.

Slept. Kafin and Nupe cultivated.

The Atlantean Empire
( Bihotzharri in Aterpemend )
Atlantean, Tech Level 005 - Civilized
Emperor Azkar Garaitz
Colonies: None
Claims: None
Hostilities: Mendialdeamend [H]
Warfare: None

Missionary Work: None.
Diplomacy and Warfare: None.

Slept.

	Explorers and Adventurers

Magellan's Band
( Lisbon in Portugal )
Sponsors - Spain, Portugal, Florence
Jose Medio

Diplomacy and Warfare: None.

A small scandal erupts in the Lisbon office when, according to accountants, twelve percent of the treasury goes missing. In the Atlantic, Jose explores the Ashkabad Sea before disappearing into the interior of the continent. He does not come back out. A second leader drowns exploring the Gulf of Mannar when his expedition is caught by the Monsoon winds. A guide from Nuevo Leon dies of old age.

Bjornsson's Company of Adventurers
( Goteborg in Halland )
Sponsors - Denmark
Per Bjornsson

Diplomacy and Warfare: None.

A new guide is recruited in North Asia. Frederik Lundgren retires from service with a hefty pension. New leader is recruited in Goteborg.

Captain Morgan's Jolly Wanderers
( London in Sussex)
Sponsors - Gaels, Protestant Reformation, Switzerland
Captain Henry Morgan

Diplomacy and Warfare: None.

Slept.

West Afrikan Traders Limited
( Timbuctu in Songhai )
Sponsors - Songhay
Danaku

Diplomacy and Warfare: None.

Slept.

NPN Trading Nations

Darkest Afrika

Merchants: Austria [0 | 0], Genoa [0 | 0], Milan [0 | 0], Portugal [0 | 0], Songhay [0 | 0], Spain [0 | 0], Rome [4 | 0]

Merchants: Adal [0 | 0]

Merchants: Persia [0 | 0]

Merchants: Adal [0 | 0]

The Indian Subcontinent

Merchants: Adal [0 | 0], Baber [0 | 0], Mamelukes [0 | 0], Persia [0 | 0], Portugal [0 | 0]

Merchants: Adal [0 | 0], Baber [0 | 0], Mamelukes [0 | 0], Persia [0 | 0]

Merchants: Adal [0 | 0], Mamelukes [0 | 0], Persia [0 | 0]

Merchants: Adal [0 | 0], Mamelukes [0 | 0], Persia [0 | 0]

Merchants: Adal [0 | 0], Mamelukes [0 | 0], Persia [0 | 0]

Merchants: Adal [0 | 0], Mamelukes [0 | 0], Persia [3 | 0]

Merchants: Adal [0 | 0], Mamelukes [2 | 0], Persia [0 | 0]

Merchants: Adal [0 | 0], Mamelukes [0 | 0]

Merchants: Adal [0 | 0], Mamelukes [0 | 0], Persia [3 | 0]

Merchants: Adal [0 | 0], Mamelukes [1 | 0]

Merchants: Mamelukes [3 | 0], Persia [0 | 0]

Merchants: Mamelukes [0 | 0], Persia [0 | 0]

Merchants: Mamelukes [0 | 0], Persia [0 | 0]

Merchants: Baber [0 | 0], Mamelukes [0 | 0], Persia [0 | 0]

The Spice Isles

Merchants: Mamelukes [0 | 0]

Merchants: Mamelukes [0 | 0]

Merchants: Mamelukes [0 | 0]

Merchants: Mamelukes [0 | 0]

Merchants: Persia [0 | 0]

Merchants: Persia [0 | 0]

Merchants: Persia [1 | 0]

The Fabled Lands of Chin

Merchants: Baber [0 | 0], Persia [0 | 0]

Merchants: Baber [0 | 0], Persia [0 | 0]

Merchants: Baber [0 | 0], Denmark [2 | 0], Persia [0 | 0]

Phillipica / New Spain

Merchants: France [0 | 0], Milan [0 | 0], Portugal [0 | 0]