pre-snekIOT

[Seon]

Kingdom of Italy reporting.

Original Capital: Spoleto. As the original seat of power for the House of Spoleto, this ancient city is still the heart of Italy for culture and military.

Capital: Rome. The formation of the Kingdom of Italy saw the movement of its capital to the city of Rome--a move that outsiders criticized as being another proof of the Pope being nothing but an Italian puppet state. The Queen-consort currently rules as regent for her son, Umbrigo, following an unfortunate accident involving a horse parade. Current palace, and the assembly, is located atop the Capitoline hill, the traditional seat of government in Rome.

 

[gay_Aleks]

Full official name: The Most Holy Patriarchate of Bulgaria
Unofficial/national name: Bulgaria
Form of government: Absolute Theocracy, with limited
Capital: Solun. Previous capitals during the various periods of growth were: Initially, Sofia, during the great retreat as the Bogomilist heresy swallowed the lands to the north of the Balkan. Later on, as order was restored, Plovdiv was designated as capital, until Thessaloniki (now renamed to Solun) was conquered in the early 1300s and then declared as the new capital.
Other regional centres: Mostly centred on the fortresses designed to keep the state safe. Highlights include:

• Sofia: An ever-important city in Bulgaria; it is where the first Patriarch of the Sword rallied together the populace and the clergy to fight against the Bogomilist. A mighty fortress before, and now.
• Plovdiv: If one would have to trade, invade or just enter Bulgaria from the north, one has to enter through Plovdiv. Its imposing fortifications hide a rich and cosmopolitan city, with nationalities from the Balkans and beyond living there.
• Patropolis*: Until the conquest of Solun, the area around was just a few hamlets. That, however, soon changed, due to the realisation of its strategic location as an approach towards the capital. It soon grew, as people moved there to work on the construction of the fortification lines.
• Adrianople: The ancient city has been forever an important centre. Ever an approach against or towards Constantinople, today its an important centre of trade.
• Burgas: The only major Black Sea port Bulgaria currently has, it is growing with trade from places as Armenia and the Pontic League.

Official language: Bulgarian.
Official religion: Orthodox Catholic. The increasingly puritanical attitude of Bulgaria however essentially resulted into an independent church of its own, whose canons are now slowly slipping off from the mainstream church, seeking a different faith.
Current ruler:

• Patriarch of the Sword: Kliment V
• Patriarch of the Book: Euthymius II

Flag:

Spoiler :

Administrative division: Dioceses are the primary ruling unit, centred around the larger cities.

*OTL Grevena

 

[Grandkhan]

The Khanate of Bilyar

Leader: Krum III, Khan of Bilyar and Volga Bulgaria, Khan of the Bulgars, the Tartars, and the Alans, Defender of Circassia and Novgorod and Prince of All the Rus.

(It dawns on me that I don't really know how Islamic titles work. Did Khans (specifically Islamic khanates eg. Golden horde, Timur) give themselves multiple grandiose titles like that?)

Capital: Bilyar, duh.

 

[SouthernKing]

Capital: Ulaanbaatar

The rest is fine but after looking into it Ulaanbaatar (which actually means red hero) didn't get named that until Communists came to power in the 20th century. Örgöö or Urga is the older name.

(It dawns on me that I don't really know how Islamic titles work. Did Khans (specifically Islamic khanates eg. Golden horde, Timur) give themselves multiple grandiose titles like that?)

Not really, that kind of thing is an entirely European creation. To my knowledge, you'd stick to one grandiose title.

 

[Ahigin]

Leader: The Sword-Patriarch (official title of Bulgaria's ruler) Kliment, the 43rd Sword-Patriarch since the Bogomilist heresy rose. The Sword-Patriarch essentially unifies the "secular" and the "religious" spheres under his sceptre; there is no cesaropapism, nor papocesarism. Only one Sword-Patriarch, who rules as his will desires to.

Maybe "Patriarch Sword-bearer?" I'm not Bulgarian, but from what I know about the Bulgarian language (very similar to Russian), "Sword-Patriarch" will sound rather strange, because "sword" can't be an adjective in that language. Pretty much, it'd be just a sword that's a patriarch among other swords.

On a different note, here's some basic info about Minsk:

Full official name: the Grand Principality of Minsk (or "Minskaye Velikaye Knyastva" ("Mінскае Вялікае Княства")).
Unofficial/national name: White Rus' ("Belaya Rus'" ("Белая Русь"))
Form of government: Magnate monarchy (with a primitive proto-constitution existing in a form of the Princely Charter ("Knyaskaya Gramata"))
Capital: Minsk
Other regional centers: Zaslavl', Logoysk, Borisov, Drutsk, Orsha, Vityebsk, Braslav, Polotsk
Official language: White Russian (analogous to IRL Belorussian)
Official religion: Orthodox Catholic Church, led by Minsk Mitropolit (or Metropolitan Bishop)
Ruling dynasty: Khovansky (since 1403)
Curent ruler:Grand Prince Gleb III Izyaslavovich Khovansky, 45 years old
Other major noble houses: Bel'sky, Bulgakov, Golitsyn, Volynsky, Zaslavsky, Kobrynsky, Koributovich, Kurakin, Nesvitsky, Patrikeyev, Sangushko, Trubetskoy, Matushkevich, Ostyk, Borovsky, Pstrukh
Parliament: Boyarskaya Duma (36 most noble boyars; upper house), Zemskay Sobor (142 elected members from low aristocracy, trade elite, artisan guild-owners, and leaders of commoners; lower house)
Flag:

Spoiler :

Royal colors: cerulean blue (primary) and light-gray
Administrative division: udzelnaye knyastva (autonomous principality) with a capital in one of the major cities, ruled by the head of one of the major noble houses; the position of the udzelny knyaz is hereditary, but the Grand Prince has to approve the candidate or force the house to skip the top candidate in favor of the next one in the line of succession

 

[gay_Aleks]

Well, initially I made that name in mind for the lovely English speakers out there. However, you just gave me a cool idea: in Bulgaria, there would be two powers: the Patriarch, largely spiritual and symbolical, and the Patriarch of the Sword, who would be running the earthly matters.

 

[Angst]

How did Scandinavia come to be?

In pre-union Scandinavia, the Viking Age shaped itself up much differently. The numerous prehistoric wars that shaped the post-Viking kingdoms had the outcome of three elective kingdoms – Denmark, Sweden and Norway. The outcome of elective kingdoms grew from the electory traditions in real world history, where the democratic Ting were historically established in Iceland, and where Norway had an elective monarchy going into the Kalmar Union. (Which was later reformed into Danish hereditary law.)

In this timeline, these three elective monarchies went into the medieval age intact. The symbolic heroisms of Norse mythology survived the spread of Christianity, providing even more relative freedom and egalitarianism among the common folk. With what would eventually become the establishment of Skiringssal Christendom, the idea of God bestowing legitimacy to earthly kings never truly overtook the Scandinavian nobility. Instead God was a guidance to the heroic king, his wisdom shared through the glorious stories in the Sagas. A king should earn his worth through warlike merit, and if he dies in glory, he would join God's table at a Valhalla-like Heaven with the heroes of the sagas.

The Danish Margaret, appended “the Valkyrie”, managed to politically Norway and Sweden by the end of the 14th century through being elected by all three courts. The massive extension of this polity had severe problems at birth, especially with costly wars in Holstein, and the Swedish nobles were never truly happy about the Danish queen. Margaret did still establish a central elective court in Roskilde that caused outrage among the Swedes. Although the polity underwent numerous Swedish rebellions for about a hundred years, Denmark, Norway and Holstein slowly consolidated Swedish lands under Scandinavian rule. Perhaps this was possible because Sweden was less powerful, never having conquered Finland.

The current Scandinavia has an elective monarchy where queens are elected almost as often as kings and where the Scandinavian languages never diverged much away from each other, developing from Old Norse as a common language rather than several distinct ones. The regional dialects vary severely, of course, but that's not uncommon to this period's nations, not in real world history either.

EDIT: Also I imagine Nordic Jesus to be more overt and physical than Catholic Jesus, being kind of inspirited by Norse religious tradition. Probably beat up a few people.

 

[Ahigin]

Well, initially I made that name in mind for the lovely English speakers out there. However, you just gave me a cool idea: in Bulgaria, there would be two powers: the Patriarch, largely spiritual and symbolical, and the Patriarch of the Sword, who would be running the earthly matters.

Patriarch of the Book and Patriarch of the Sword? Sounds really, really nice.

 

[thomas.berubeg]

The Empire of Albion
The Imperial Court
Emperor: Arthur Lestrange, Totius Albionis Imperator Augustus
Queen Consort: Bridgette Payne
Prince of Flanders, Heir to the Throne: Caradoc Lestrange
Senechal: Duncan Pendergrast
Captain of the Guard: Jason Smith
The Witengamot
Grandwitan: Percy Macready
Keeper of the Doors: Balthazar Vroom
Church's Witan: Cardinal William D'Ireland
164 Other Witans
Churchmot of Canterbury:
Envoy to the Witengamot: Cardinal William D'Ireland
Angland: Cardinal James Knollys
Ireland: Cardinal Peregrin O'Brian
Flanders: Cardinal Thomas Moore
Kymry: Cardinal Jason Glynda
Brittany: ??
Westermark: Cardinal Charlus Neville
Lenore: Cardinal Gawain Stephens
Drakesland: Cardinal Baldwin Harding

 

[arya126]

I would like to request Finland please?

 

[SouthernKing]

sure, it's yours.

 

[Angst]

Good to hear you joined the true faith @arya126

Finland is going to be interesting because Sweden never conquered it. The Swedish-Norse influences that Finland has had in the real world don't exist here. EDIT: Or, well, the religion thing is a thing, but that's going to be much different. Same goes for the Baltic countries, Denmark never conquered territory here. So you have two locations that develop independently of those powers that really shaped their cultures in the real world. There is a huge creative possibility here.

 

[Zappericus]

Edited my stuff. yeye

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=14102946&postcount=121

 

[thomas.berubeg]

Jalairid Khanate
Capital: Örgöö (The Jalairid are still mainly a nomadic empire, but a few permanent settlements dot their territories)
Leader: Möngdei Khan, Khan of Khans (age 34)
- Möngdei has claimed the name of Khan, declaring himself a direct descendant of the great uniter, Genghis Khan. Whether this was true or not, did not matter for the warlord. What mattered was the legitimacy, prestige and political power that followed with the claim.

Mongols weren't a big thing ittl, and Ghengis Khan never existed.

 

[Zappericus]

O-oh.

hiss

 

[Terran Empress]

Spoiler Carribian :

Spoiler Indian and East African :

 

[Robert Can't]

Dugelezh Breizh, The Duchy of Brittany

Capital: The Dukes of Brittany reside primarily in the county of Roazhon or Rennes. This is the traditional capital of the nation situated on the confluence of the Ille and the Gwilen rivers. Also residing in Roazhon is the Cathedral of Saint-Pierre de Rennes the mother church of the Archdiocese of Rennes, Dol and Saint-Malo. This represents the powerbase for the Cardinal of Brittany by Canterbry Law and Archbishop of Rennes, Dol and Saint-Malo - highest religious authority in Brittany.
Because of this influence and the expansion of overseas holdings of Brittany the cities of Naoned and Sant-Maloù have recently been favoured with more ducal attention often with the Duke holding a winter court in Naoned and a summer court in Sant-Maloù with court being held during the transition between the two in the old capital of Roazhon.

Language: Spoken language varies in the nation, official the Church uses French as its main language - the last legal remnant of the old Catholic influence - though it is much more common now for Breton to be spoken, also on the rise is the use of Norman with much of the clergy having trained in Albion. In courtly settings French and Breton are used extensively with Norman also slipping in. Most commoners speak only Breton and possibly some French. In the overseas territories it is much more common for people to speak Norman or French.

Colonies: The overseas territories of Brittany are various and profitable. In the Americas the mainland colony of Maloù Nevez contains a handful of rich ports however the true jewel in the Americas in Porzh Paol capital of the island chains north of al-Kuba known as Karaez Nevez. In the east the recently established colony flourishes in the island chain known as the Paolines so named for Roue Paol who had been the Duke of Brittany at the time.

Important Folk
Duke of Brittany: Yann IV of the House of Maloù
Rouanez of Brittany: Janed
Cardinal for Brittany: Cardinal Alis de Hugues, Archbishop of Rennes, Dol and Saint-Malo



More details to follow

 

[SouthernKing]

Just a heads up, about 40% done with stats, I'd say.

Thank you to everyone who has posted stuff so far, it has been an immense help and also a great pleasure to read!

 

[Traveller76]

Kingdom of Bihar​

Capital:Patna
Other Cities of Notes: Tosali, Ujjain, Suvarnagiri, and Taxila (Provincial Capitals)
Languages:Bengali, Magadhi
Religion:Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Ājīvika
Government:Absolute Monarchy. The head of the provincial administration is the Kumara (royal prince), who governs the provinces as king's representative. The kumara is assisted by Mahamatyas and council of ministers. This organizational structure is reflected at the imperial level with the Emperor and his Mantriparishad (Council of Ministers).
Emperor:Bipin the First (since 1699)
Currency:Panas

 

[Omega124]

French Colonies, gogogog

OTL Urguary: Joyeuse (Capital: Joyeuse, in which I'm assuming is the sole settlement there)

Puerto Rico: Rolandterre (Capital: Veillantif, which I assume is ITL San Juan)

Rest of antilles: Îles des Chansons (Too busy to list off individual islands and cities, but Rolandterre is considered a part of the island chain and is the main island)

For North American colonies, I drew the borders and put number. The dotted line between 5 and 6 is to establish that officially they are one colony but in reality the northern and southern half act de facto independently. The case would be the same for 3, if more people lived outside the tidewater at all.

NOTE: Numbers were due to me drawing borders IRL, and do not denote settling date. In fact, 1 would prolly have been settled /last/.

I would rank it 3, 2, 4, 5, 6, 1 in terms of actual order.

1: Forêterre (Currently there is no notable settlement that would serve as its capital: It's mostly just fur traders and independent farmers, the latter of which are there illegally but tolerated)

2: Nouvelle-Normandie (Capital: Nouvelle Caen, which is OTL NYC. It is, after all, a natural harbor)

3: Tabacterre (Capital: Colbertville, prolly somewhere around jamestown, where there is plentiful tabacco)

4: Massasoit (Capital: St. Margaret, which, would like NV be in OTL Boston due to natural harbor)

5: Garland (du Sud) (Capital: Durendal, which would be prolly otl New Haven)

6: Garland du Nord (The "Capital" would be Ft. Paladin, a military fort where the red dot is, in which a sizable town has developed around. Dissassication with the civilian government down south has led to the Fort authorities acting as a de facto government in the north, a situation that is expected to become official soon by royal decree)