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MDF gave me permission to pick this back up again. If you do not know me, I am the first one to have done this game (to my knowledge) on this forum. It will update considerably faster than MDF's does; about once a day in the beginning. As with his thread, the first 15 players to sign up will get slots. Anybody after that will be put on reserve for dropouts. You will send private messages via this forum to me to dictate what your nation does.
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To sign up, fill this out:

Nation Name: (don't be obscene)
Location: (Coordinates, general location, or the name of an IRL city)
Color: (RGB values or color name, not white, black, or grey)
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The map I will use is Earth's. We will start at about 3k BC and progress rather rapidly towards the modern age. Unless you influence them, the other regions of the world will progress rather historically. I won't give you any hints because I want it to be open ended; as you play you will get the general idea of what works and what doesn't.

Once I have an appropriate number of players I will post a map and a first turn.

Nation: Nationitia
Location:The Silk Road
Color: whatever Dark Green.

Man Syndic lets do this.

IN!

Nation Name: Syserror (The nation of the great crash shall rise again!)
Location: Canberra
Color: #0000FF

Nation Name: Crimsonia
Location: Hmm let's try Boston, United States
Color: Crimson

I am so glad I checked the forums at 3 AM now

Nation Name: Prederian Empire
Location: London? (if not randomly place me.
Colour: Red

Nation Name: Nowote
Location: Wisconsin Usa
Color: Light Bule

Name: Fasier
Location: Japan
Color: FFBB66

Nation Name: Megarch
Location: Rome
Color: Royal Blue

Nation Name: Neodream
Location: Australia
Color: Australium Gold

Nation Name: Angmar
Location: Ukraine
Color: Dark Gray

Also, is there a specific turn format?

Name: Molossia
Location: Rio De Janerio
Color: Piss Yellow

Name: Seccians
Location: Quebec (I'd use Toronto, but that'd put me ridiculously close to notso and I don't quite know his playstyle so…)
Colour: Orange

Considering the events that have occurred in the past RP's, I am really looking forward to this

Yeah, I'm sorry for what happened in the last one. The network I use decided to block KYM. (Some do-gooder on campus got us reported for porn…) I can still post on the site using my phone & do my forum moderator functions but if I want to make more complex posts using images and whatnot I need to do it via my laptop, which requires walking a good 15 minutes to the nearest starbucks. So, updating the last RP became kind of difficult.

>Reported for porn
whut

Some guy apparently got offended by the image Chris posted to the Daily Dose entry. This campus actually blocks porn sites, and seeing as it is a pornographic image…
My campus is just really, really paranoid I guess.

1st Turn: 3000BC – 2000BC
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Political Map
The World at Large
-Population explosions occur along the Nile, Indus, and Tigris rivers, resulting in the first centralized states.
-Anachronisms abound! Some places may develop culturally/technologically faster than IRL because you, the player, insisted that these regions were settled before they really were.
-The Neolithic revolution is sparked rather globally. Most cultures settled on fertile grounds have begun small farming initiatives. Many, however, remain dependent upon hunting and gathering, while others are still largely nomadic.
-Egypt, Indus, and Sumer have entered the Chalcolithic age, utilizing copper in basic tools.
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The Nationitians
Jelly Ann Hiro
Epoch: Mesolithic
Lifestyle: Pastoral Nomads
Gov't: Tribal Confederacy
Culture: Aryan
-Indo-Iranian tribesmen band together in a loose confederacy of peoples known as the Nationitians.
-With no permanent home, the Nationitians remain nomadic, grazing their beasts in new pastures each season.
-The Indus civilization to the south is met occasionally for trade and raids, although the mountain ranges have made such contact extremely scarce.
-First contact is made with the chariot builders of the northwest. They are greatly feared by the Nationitian people.
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Syserror
Blue Screen (of death)
Epoch: Mesolithic
Lifestyle: Fishing Villagers
Gov't: Tribal Communalism
Culture: Pama–Nyungan
-The early aboriginal Australians settle into a small coastal spit of land called Syserror.
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Crimsonia
Jolly Crimson Locks
Epoch: Mesolithic
Lifestyle: Nomadic Hunter Gatherers
Gov't: Shamanic Despotism
Culture: Mohawk
-A group of Mohawk move east to the coast.
-The land is hard and filled with stone, making plant growth woody and sparse. The people must be on the move to find new food each season.
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Prederia
LiamMayhem
Epoch: Neolithic
Lifestyle: Settled Hunter Gatherers
Gov't: Tribal Communalism
Culture: Celtic
-Celtic tribesmen from the mainland arrive in Britannia, settling in a region known as Londonium.
-The land is cold and harsh, but limited grain farming does occur.
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Nowote
Notsocool the Dewott
Epoch: Neolithic
Lifestyle: Farmers
Gov't: Palace Despotism
Culture: Souix
-Souix tribes band together and move east, settling in the upper Mississippi river valley.
-Corn farming is common enough to build up a sizable population.
-Farming villages spring up downstream.
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Fasier
DarkErmac
Epoch: Neolithic
Lifestyle: Settled Hunter Gatherers
Gov't: Tribal Communalism
Culture: Ainu
-Indigineous people to the Japanese islands, the Ainu, begin to become more organized and form a settled community with limited farming.
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Megarch
Megalolzors
Epoch: Neolithic
Lifestyle: Settled Hunter Gatherers
Gov't: Tribal Communalism
Culture: Etruscan
-The Etruscan peoples finally settle in the Tiber river valley. Limited farming does occur, but they are still largely at the mercy of nature.
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Neodream
Etemonkey
Epoch: Mesolithic
Lifestyle: Fishing Villagers
Gov't: Tribal Communalism
Culture: Garawan
-Ancient aboriginals settling in northern Australia have built up a string of cooperating fishing villages along the coast.
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The Angmans
Cale the Witch King of Cats
Epoch: Mesolithic
Lifestyle: Pastoral Nomads
Gov't: Tribal Confederacy
Culture: Yamna
-The nomadic grave diggers of Yamna move into western Ukraine.
-Chariot builders to the northeast are heard about, but no significant contact has been made.
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Molossia
Captain Falcon
Epoch: Mesolithic
Lifestyle: Fishing Villagers
Gov't: Tribal Communalism
Culture: Tupi
-Ancient Tupi people to the south of the Amazon basin have banded together along the coast.
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Seccia
Slappy the Fish
Epoch: Mesolithic
Lifestyle: Fishing Villagers
Gov't: Tribal Communalism
Culture: Nunavik Eskimo
-A small population of traditional fishing villagers have grouped together in North Quebec.

Dang, man. Not even 24 hours for sign-ups? If you're still letting more people join, I'd like to.

Signups are open until they aren't.

So go ahead. You've missed very little.

Also, there is no format to sending turns to me. However, make sure to follow these rules:
-Include the next turn in the title. Your present PM should read "Nations RP turn 2"
-Do not write way too much
-If you must edit what you wrote, send a new PM with ALL of your actions in it including the edits. i will only read the latest PM from you

Alrighty then. Never got to finish the last Nation RP you hosted, so this should be fun.

Nation Name: Cattonia
Location: Central China
Color: #416600

A bit of a tidbit about my country's name: Molossia is an actual micronation.

Okay do we send in “Nations RP turn 1" now? OR are we waiting for a few more guys to join

Also what are the rules for giving our civilizations commands?

No, turn 1 is over. The next PM you send should include the number two somewhere in it.

Commands should be logical. For instance, most of you lack a centralized nation state, so things like standing armies or written law can not be easily done. Your possibilities will expand as you either settle in a farm-favorable region and the population expands, or when you loot and adopt culture and tech from a civilization that already has.

'Aight Syndic, I'm in if there's room.

Name: Neo North
Location: Alberta to Alaska (A picture of this is in my gallery, if you want to see what I'm thinking.)
Colour: (RGB#) 8757B8

@Syndic

Alright, I'm assuming the the command rules from the last game still apply as well. I.E: no more than 6 commands and technology upgrades require their logical pre-requisites

I'll rephrase my first sentence: Okay do we send in “Nations RP turn 2" now?

-Include the next turn in the title. Your present PM should read “Nations RP turn 2”

@Madcat

Yes, I realize that now.

technology is much less important in this than I suppose you remember it being. I want you to focus on the geopolitical and cultural elements; technology will evolve alongside it, based partly around random chance. Besides, ancient peoples did not establish research projects anyway. you need the scientific method, which ancient people had no concept of, and a centralized state capable of funding it, which did not come about until a while after the roman empire fell.

I think I counted 13 players so I'd like to join as
Medicea
233b2f
The West of Kazakhstan.

2nd Turn: 2000BC – 1500BC
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Political Map
The World at Large
-Egypt is invaded by the Hyksos nomads, and a series of wars weaken the region. However, this also shatters the facade of isolationism, and makes the Egyptians aware of the world around them
-Amorite nomads from Arabia raid Sumer, contributing directly to the downfall of the Ur dynasty. Babylon becomes their capital, and rapidly expands to be the most powerful city state in the region.
-The Indus become dominated by the massive city of Harappa under a rather centralized state.
-The Shang – or Yin – dynasty rises in China.
-The Mayan civilization begins making accurate predictions about the end of the world.
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The Nationitians
Jelly Ann Hiro
Epoch: Mesolithic
Lifestyle: Pastoral Nomads
Gov't: Tribal Confederacy
Culture: Aryan
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Syserror
Blue Screen (of death)
Epoch: Mesolithic
Lifestyle: Fishing Villagers
Gov't: Tribal Communalism
Culture: Pama–Nyungan
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Crimsonia
Jolly Crimson Locks
Epoch: Neolithic
Lifestyle: Farmers
Gov't: Shamanic Despotism
Culture: Mohawk
-The tribe moves south along the coast, skirting towards the Gulf of Mexico in search of more fertile lands, leaving a trail of Mohawk settlements in their wake. A few of these settlements are eventually assimilated into the Cherokee and Seminole cultures, but most retain their Mohawk roots.
-Upon reaching the Mississippi river, the population of Crimsonia explodes. Permanent agriculture based economic networks are rapidly established. With no natural barriers in their way, the Mississippi river valley civilization begins to colonize outwards, especially to the east, where there already exists a sizable Mohawk community.
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Prederia
LiamMayhem
Epoch: Neolithic
Lifestyle: Settled Hunter Gatherers
Gov't: Tribal Communalism
Culture: Celtic
-The dog is domesticated, becoming an important part of Prederian society.
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Nowote
Notsocool the Dewott
Epoch: Neolithic
Lifestyle: Farmers
Gov't: Palace Despotism
Culture: Souix
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Fasier
DarkErmac
Epoch: Neolithic
Lifestyle: Settled Hunter Gatherers
Gov't: Shamanic Despotism
Culture: Ainu
-The tribal shamans are slowly granted more power, and the Ainu of Fasier become more centralized under their rule.
-Shamanic bodyguards made up of the most able warriors are recruited into bullying property away from the landless, encouraging people to settle so that they may be properly taxed.
-A neighboring Ainu tribe is attacked by the shamanic forces. They abandon their nomadic lifestyle, and are eventually integrated into the Fasier people.
-Without metallurgy or a serious farming economy, the people of Fasier have no way or incentive to develop large farming equipment, including the plow.
-Wild foxes are captured, although domestication proves impossible and they are instead used as a supply of fur. The Ainu settle for the dog, a subspecies of the gray wolf, as their domestic companion of choice, which become popular.
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Megarch
Megalolzors
Epoch: Neolithic
Lifestyle: Farmers
Gov't: Tribal Communalism
Culture: Etruscan
-The transition to a farming community from a semi-nomadic gatherer lifestyle is made complete with the first construction of semi-permanent wooden dwellings.
-Shamans begin to double as herbalist doctors, attaching spirituality to physical well-being.
-The eastern side of the peninsula is settled. Local Etruscan peoples are integrated into the population of Megarch.
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Neodream
Etemonkey
Epoch: Mesolithic
Lifestyle: Fishing Villagers
Gov't: Tribal Communalism
Culture: Garawan
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The Angmans
Cale the Witch King of Cats
Epoch: Neolithic
Lifestyle: Settled Hunter Gatherers(west), Pastoral Nomads(east)
Gov't: Tribal Confederacy
Culture: Yamna(west), Turkic(east)
-The Angmans begin to farm in limited amounts, but remain largely based upon their livestock. therefor, most of their farming endeavors are meant for feeding their animals.
-Contact with the eastern chariot riders has resulted in a much more mobile society. Eventually, a schism in Angmans develops between the nomads and the settlers. The nomadic portion adopt the Altaic language of the chariot riders.
-With the increasingly settled nature of the Angmans, they enter the neolithic age, and agriculture becomes more common for it.
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Molossia
Captain Falcon
Epoch: Neolithic
Lifestyle: Settled Hunter Gatherers
Gov't: Shamanic Despotism
Culture: Falco-Tupi
-Linguistic properties resembling bird-calls make their way into the Molossian people's speech. This makes conversation with local tribes more difficult, but the sparsity of population in the region makes this fact largely irrelevant.
-Small animal trapping becomes a popular economic endeavor. Trade of furs and veal for fruits and wood occurs between the Molossians and other southern Tupi tribes.
-During this time period, written language was developed. It is utilized primarily to record the people's donations to the local patron god, Farukon.
-The Tupi people become more settled in their land, following Mollossian examples.
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Seccia
Slappy the Fish
Epoch: Neolithic
Lifestyle: Fishing Villagers
Gov't: Shamanic Despotism
Culture: Nunavik Eskimo
-Dogs are domesticated, and quickly become an integral part of Seccian life.
-Shamans become much more important in the people's daily lives as religious doctrine becomes recorded in proto-script writing.
-Homes are now more often constructed of wood rather than hide and bone.
-A few groups of settlers move southwards along the coast on dog-pulled sleds.
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Cattonia
madcat
Epoch: Neolithic
Lifestyle: Farmers
Gov't: Palace Despotism
Culture: Dravidian
-A caste system, with warriors and hunters representing the upper class, develops.
-Metalworking in copper becomes viable, but is far from being widespread.
-Fifteen seconds into the great search for water and stone tools, the high priests notify their king that the Ganges river flows right by his palace, and its banks are filled with all kinds of stones which are already in use because this is called the neolithic age for a reason.
-The population expands exponentially, and farming communities spring up all along the banks of the Ganges river to the Bay of Bengal.
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NeoNorth
Penz0id
Epoch: Mesolithic
Lifestyle: Fishing Villagers
Gov't: Tribal Communalism
Culture: Yupik Eskimo
-Rather complex musical instruments are developed by the Yupiks, and quickly spreads to the Neonordic people.
-Worship of nature and epic vistas becomes common among the Neonords. This religion is akin to the later Shinto beliefs, and may have developed along a similar cultural path.
-Early forms of agriculture develop, but the scarcity of fertile warm open lands makes this an extremely limited development; most of the population is still fed by fish.
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The Mediceans
RocketPropelledPanda
Epoch: Mesolithic
Lifestyle: Pastoral Nomads
Gov't: Tribal Confederacy
Culture: Turkic
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I swear to god, Molossia WILL be renamed to Kickassia eventually

…So is the Nation RP one of those endlessly recycled forum games here, then?

If it is, then I give my thumbs-up to the OP, who originally came up with the idea. It’s nice to see something like that every now and then.

Also, I might like to join as a reserve player.

Argh, how did I forget my turn!? I can be so ADD sometimes. I'm sending in turn 3 now before I forget again

bump.

Falcon, I don't think you need to bump this thread after only 18 hours >.>

3rd Turn: 1500BC – 1000BC
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Political Map
The World at Large
-Nearly every corner of the globe has entered some form of agricultural endeavor by this point. The last mesolithic stone age tribes enter the neolithic era.
-The western Zhou dynasty comes to power in China after the destruction of the Yin capital.
-The Israelites found their own state in Judea, and Judaism becomes the world's first major monotheistic religion.
-Babylon is sacked by the Assyrians.
-The Nahuatl move south into Mexico.
-The transition from high Bronze age to early Iron age results in a series of political and cultural upheavals in nations bordering the eastern Mediterranean.

The Nationitians
Jelly Ann Hiro
Epoch: Bronze
Lifestyle: Pastoral Nomads
Gov't: Khanate
Culture: Aryan
-The tribe moves west, in search of better things.
-Babylon is encountered, weakened by the Assyrians. The nomadic Aryans invade, and occupy the grand cities of Mesopotamia.
-Assyria is shortly afterwards occupied as well. The natives despise their Nationitian overlords, and revolts are frequent.
-Whilst in Babylon, the Nationitians take up many new ideals and technologies, including metalworking and astrology.

Syserror
Blue Screen (of death)
Epoch: Neolithic
Lifestyle: Fishing Villagers
Gov't: Tribal Communalism
Culture: Pama–Nyungan
Faith: Crashtianity
-Settlers move out and colonize the coasts both to the north and southwest.
-Sky worship comes about, and temples are constructed to the great blue screen.
-In an effort to find stone for new monoliths, some villagers begin constructing their homes from the sturdy material, resulting in more permanent settlements.
-Fishing expansion has resulted in the discovery and settlement of new islands.

Crimsonia
Jolly Crimson Locks
Epoch: Chalcolithic
Lifestyle: Farmers
Gov't: Shamanic Despotism
Culture: Mohawk
-Permanent stone structures are constructed, and copper tools become common. Crimsonia enters the Chalcolithic age.
-Dog ownership becomes an integral part of the social structure of Crimsonians.
-Ideals of Crimsonian civilization has spread to neighboring tribes, who begin to settle and build stone structures as well. The Seminole barbarians have begun raiding the southeastern portions of Crimsonia.

Prederia
LiamMayhem
Epoch: Chalcolithic
Lifestyle: Settled Hunter Gatherers
Gov't: Tribal Communalism
Culture: Celtic
-Metalworking knowledge arrives from the mainland, and mining settlements are established in Wales.

Nowote
Notsocool the Dewott
Epoch: Chalcolithic
Lifestyle: Farmers
Gov't: Palace Despotism
Culture: Sioux
-Copper tools are traded with the southern Crimsonians and Shawnee. Eventually the knowledge of metallurgy reaches Nowote and becomes common.

Fasier
DarkErmac
Epoch: Neolithic
Lifestyle: Farmers
Gov't: Shamanic Despotism
Culture: Ainu
-Expansion westwards begins with colonial settlements, and then breaks into a warpath. The Yamato people are among those subjugated and assimilated into the Ainu culture.
-The first wet paddy rice farms come to be, and their popularity sweeps Fasier into a farming era, dominated by settled tribes of agrarian communities. The population expands wildly.

Megarch
Megalolzors
Epoch: Chalcolithic
Lifestyle: Patrician Elitism
Gov't: Monarchial Despotism
Culture: Etruscan
-As the workload and jobs diversify in Megarch, an elite class of patricians rise. Among them, a single despot stands out, and is proclaimed king after having seized the most wealth.
-Settlers continue to spread out in Italy, making first contact with the Greeks to their south and Celts to the north.
-Bronze is being used in limited amounts in tools through trading, but it has not yet been discovered how to make it.

Angmar
Cale the Witch King of Cats
Epoch: Chalcolithic
Lifestyle: Farmers
Gov't: Tribal Confederacy
Culture: Turkic
-The eastern Angmans move west once more, raiding west Angman lands before disappearing into central Europe.
-As a result of their subjugation under the west Angmans, Angmar has become linguistically Turkic.
-Copper is being used increasingly in tools and weapons.
-The tribal governmental system is breaking down as the nation expands, and nomads are raiding the borders frequently.

Molossia
Captain Falcon
Epoch: Neolithic
Lifestyle: Settled Hunter Gatherers
Gov't: Theocratic Despotism
Culture: Tupi
Faith: Farukoism
-Tupi becomes the primary culture as the Falconi language elements become an impediment to communication. As a result, those with stronger language bases in Falconi move south.
-Colonialism spreads the Molossian people south and west, as far as the Falkland Islands.
-One of the first monotheistic religions emerges whenthe legendary Farukon is mandated as not just a patron god, but the only god.
-Written language becomes common among the high priests as the Bibble, a text detailing Farukon's exploits and demands, is written upon clay tablets.

Seccia
Slappy the Fish
Epoch: Neolithic
Lifestyle: Fishing Villagers
Gov't: Shamanic Despotism
Culture: Nunavik Eskimo
-Usage of canoes provides for further exploration and settlement southwards.
-Metal usage in tools becomes an uncommon occurrence in the far southern communities, where range to Crimsonia makes trade for such tools possible.

Cattonia
madcat
Epoch: Chalcolithic
Lifestyle: Farmers
Gov't: Palace Despotism
Culture: Dravidian
Faith: Hinduism
-Settlements continue to rapidly spread across India, and other Dravidian tribes are assimilated.
-Dravidian written language becomes much more common as clay tablets are developed to be used as record keeping for the palace.
-Copper tools become common as access to metals in the north and east is gained. Cattonia enters the Chalcolithic (copper) age.
-Harappan bronze tools are being imported in large numbers, and the skill of alloy production may soon spread into Cattonia.
-Kanpur, the nation's most extravagant city, is made the capital. A new grand palace is built there.
-The prevalence of Hinduism has become too much to ignore; the lords of Cattonia convert to keep their people happy.

NeoNorth
Penz0id
Epoch: Neolithic
Lifestyle: Farmers
Gov't: Tribal Communalism
Culture: Yupik Eskimo
-Materials for home construction moves from hide, bone, and ice to lumber and stone.
-Farming becomes more common, but the scarcity of fertile lands has resulted in the Neonords moving out across the northwest. Population density is extremely low because of this.
-Written language is developed, but it seems that every village has its own extremely unique form. This is likely due to the extreme distance between farming communities.
-Copper is used in extremely limited quantities. Its usage is scattered and infrequent enough that the knowledge of it may disappear altogether.

The Mediceans
RocketPropelledPanda
Epoch: Neolithic
Lifestyle: Pastoral Nomads
Gov't: Tribal Confederacy
Culture: Turkic
-The nation is raided by Angmans.

Are there still slots open?
If so:

Name: Neopia
Coordinates: 18.9647° N, 72.8258° E
Colour: Beige

The area you have indicated is already controlled by Harappa.

le fu
30.0686° N, 81.8606° W

That location is controlled by Seminole.
Have you looked at the map?
I would suggest starting somewhere in Europe (not along the Med) or south China.

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48°24′24″N 9°15′29″E / 48.40667°N 9.25806°E.

4th Turn: 1000BC – 500BC
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Political Map
The World at Large
-Remus kills his brother Romulus and flees south from the Palatine to build the Latin republic in southern Italy.
-The Persians rise to power in Mesopotamia.

Nationitia
Jelly Ann Hiro
Epoch: Bronze
Lifestyle: Agrarian Pastoralists
Gov't: Palace Despotism
Culture: Aryan
Faith: Judaism
-The Nationitians are ousted from Mesopotamia by the Persians. They manage to stall the empire's growth considerably, but in the end they are forced to retreat and seek new conquests.
-While moving through Judea, the monotheistic religion is adopted by the Khan.
-The Nationitians settle in western Arabia, displacing the local peoples there.
-The Khanate is replaced with a more permanent, palace based leadership.

Syserror
Blue Screen (of death)
Epoch: Neolithic
Lifestyle: Fishing Villagers
Gov't: Tribal Communalism
Culture: Pama–Nyungan
Faith: Crashtianity
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Crimsonia
Jolly Crimson Locks
Epoch: Bronze
Lifestyle: Farmers
Gov't: Monarchial Despotism
Culture: Mohawk
-Bronze fabrication is developed by settlers in the far east, and quickly spreads to the rest of the empire.
-The Shaman class has developed into an aristocracy.
-An organized military is developed to fight back the barbarians. The Seminoles are pushed into Florida.
-Border forts keep other tribes at bay.

Prederia
LiamMayhem
Epoch: Chalcolithic
Lifestyle: Farmers
Gov't: Tribal Communalism
Culture: Celtic
-Agriculture begins to take root as a powerful industry.
-Cow and sheep herding becomes more common.
-Expansion into central Britain continues.

Nowote
Notsocool the Dewott
Epoch: Chalcolithic
Lifestyle: Farmers
Gov't: Palace Despotism
Culture: Sioux
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Fasier
DarkErmac
Epoch: Chalcolithic
Lifestyle: Feudalism
Gov't: Monarchial Despotism
Culture: Ainu
Faith: Shinto
-The Shinto faith is now strongly integrated into the lives of the Fasier Ainu.
-Eastward expansion continues until the ocean is reached in that direction as well.
-Chinese script becomes the common written language.
-A capital city is made out of the Kyoto settlement.
-Road-laying becomes common between distant villages, connecting the new kingdom to its distant colonies.
-A feudal system is laid in place by one of the first kings to solidify the power and control his dynasty has. A tiered system of lords, daimyos, warriors, and peasant surfs are attached to the land upon which they dwell. While this system will stunt growth, it will also prevent the nation from experiencing collapse from the inside.
-As a result of their early feudalism, the Fasier become increasingly conservative and isolationist. Trade with China is decreasing, and domestic production is on the rise.
-Reduced interactions with China and Korea through trade has resulted in the advancement of Fasier's own metallurgy industries.
-Fasier enters the beginning of a long period of cultural growth, during which many of their most iconic art styles are developed.

Megarch
Megalolzors
Epoch: Chalcolithic
Lifestyle: Patrician Elitism
Gov't: Monarchial Despotism
Culture: Etruscan
-Latins begin encroaching upon Etruscan lands.

Angmar
Cale the Witch King of Cats
Epoch: Bronze
Lifestyle: Patrician Elitism
Gov't: Noble Republic
Culture: Turkic
-Friendly relations are established with the Thracians. As a result, advanced metalworking techniques become known by the Angman people.
-Turkic writing is slowly phased out for Greek, utilizing a Phonecian alphabet. However, spoken language is still Turkish.
-Cities become the centers for commerce, and a patrician elite forms.
-The patricians decide that tribal elders and confederalism is not a proper means of governance, and utilize their economic power to seize the nation militarily. They establish a republican monarchy, in which the king is elected from among the nobles.

Molossia
Captain Falcon
Epoch: Chalcolithic
Lifestyle: Farmers
Gov't: Theocratic Despotism
Culture: Falco-Tupi
Faith: Farukoism
-The merger of Tupian and Falconi cultures between these nations has resulted in Molossia becoming, once again, a region of extreme diversity.
-The theocracy becomes stronger as the nation's caste system places the priests at the top, nullifying the power of nobles and soldiers.
-Rumors of a terrifyingly powerful and savage empire called Amazon reaches the Molossians. This inspires the holy texts that refer to the "Black Shadow" or king of demons.
-Permanent stone structures encourage long term settlement, and farming communities become more common than hunting and gathering lifestyles.
-Copper tools are now in use.

Seccia
Slappy the Fish
Epoch: Chalcolithic
Lifestyle: Farmers
Gov't: Palace Despotism
Culture: Nunavik Eskimo
-Contact with the Iroqouis confederacy has brought the concept of metalworking into Quebec.
-Access to more temperate regions has made farming increasingly popular.
-The more settled and centralized lifestyle of farmers has given rise to a palace based economy with a central king-like figure in charge of the system.

Cattonian Empire
madcat
Epoch: Bronze
Lifestyle: Patrician Elitism
Gov't: Monarchial Despotism
Culture: Dravidian
Faith: Hinduism
-Bronze working is introduced by the neighboring Harappan empire.
-Minting of coinage occurs, and a national economy solidifies.
-With the new currency, a palace economy based entirely upon agriculture becomes unsustainable. The royal family is forced to decentralize their reign.

Neonorth
Penz0id
Epoch: Chalcolithic
Lifestyle: Farmers
Gov't: Palace Despotism
Culture: Yupik Eskimo
-The tribe moves south, for the most part, settling in large numbers in California.
-More fertile soils and less frozen ground in the south result in a much larger population.
-Copper tools become commonly manufactured, especially in the southern regions.
-A central kingdom grows to become the supreme power, and levies a tax upon all subjects in the realm. Written language is developed to keep track of the palace's taxed goods.

Medicea
RocketPropelledPanda
Epoch: Neolithic
Lifestyle: Agrarian Pastoralists
Gov't: Tribal Confederacy
Culture: Turkic
-The Mediceans begin to settle in the Caucasian mountains region as they steadily take up more farming and construct long lasting stationary housing.
-Herbal lore becomes popular.

Neopia
FudgeGruck
Epoch: Bronze
Lifestyle: Farmers
Gov't: Tribal Confederacy
Culture: Celtic
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[insert long array of profanities]

I really, really hate missing turns

[insert continued profanites]

I'm going to subscribe to this thread, hopefully that will remind me when each turn is due.

Sending my next turn in now before I forget…again.

5th Turn: 500BC – 0AD

Political Map
The World at Large
-Alexander the Great of Macedon conquers a region of land stretching from Greece to Harappa. Upon his death there is no clear successor, and a series of disputes shatter his empire as quickly as it was formed.
-Remans attack Carthage at the request of the Greeks living in Sicily. They are victorious. This spurs on a lengthy series of conquests in which Reman warfare in the iron age revolutionizes any land it touches. A massive empire is constructed in a very short time.
-Tenochtitlan bands together in an alliance with two other city states, forming the Aztec Empire. They rapidly expand to engulf all Nahuatl land, and conquer the Mayans as well.
-The Great Wall of China is now in working order.
-China has fractured into several warring states, and is finally reunited by the Han dynasty.

Nationitia
Jelly Ann Hiro
Epoch: Iron
Lifestyle: Agrarian Pastoralists
Gov't: Palace Despotism
Culture: Aryan
Faith: Judaism
-Contact with the Remans leads to an introduction to the Iron age.

Syserror
Blue Screen (of death)
Epoch: Neolithic
Lifestyle: Fishing Villagers
Gov't: Tribal Confederation
Culture: Pama–Nyungan
Faith: Crashtianity
-A capital city is established in Canberra. To govern the nation, the series of tribes band together under a confederate alliance of sorts.
-A system of barter trade is established, although in the more populated regions the salt-based currency trade is more popular.
-Crashtianity becomes ever more popular as larger temples and obelisks are built, impressing people from across Oceania.

Crimsonia
Jolly Crimson Locks
Epoch: Bronze
Lifestyle: Farmers
Gov't: Monarchial Despotism
Culture: Mohawk
Faith: Shamanism
-An alliance is forged with the Cherokee. They begin to adopt the Mohawk culture and Crimsonian civilized ways.
-Written language is standardized over time as its usage becomes more frequent.
-Metal coinage is minted.

Prederia
LiamMayhem
Epoch: Bronze
Lifestyle: Farmers
Gov't: Palace Despotism
Culture: Celtic
Faith: Brythonism
-A capital is built upon Londonium. Located there is a palace from which the sole Monarch now rules Prederia.

Nowote
Notsocool the Dewott
Epoch: Bronze
Lifestyle: Farmers
Gov't: Palace Despotism
Culture: Sioux
-Contact with the Crimsonians leads to an introduction to the Bronze age.

Fasier
DarkErmac
Epoch: Chalcolithic
Lifestyle: Feudalism
Gov't: Monarchial Despotism
Culture: Ainu
Faith: Shinto
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Megarch
Megalolzors
Epoch: Iron
Lifestyle: Patrician Elitism
Gov't: Republic (Reman Vassal)
Culture: Latin
Faith: Hellenism
-The nation is conquered by Remans, but is allowed to remain a tributary state.
-Subjugation by the Remans has led to a conversion to the Latin culture.
-Contact with the Remans leads to an introduction to the Iron age.

Angmar
Cale the Witch King of Cats
Epoch: Iron
Lifestyle: Patrician Elitism
Gov't: Noble Republic
Culture: Turkic
Faith: Hellenism
-Reman legions invade the western lands of Angmar.
-Contact with the Remans leads to an introduction to the Iron age.
-Black sea trade is stunted by Reman control of Byzantium.
-Roads, temples, and other architectural stone works are constructed across the nation.
-Gold is minted as a currency.

Molossia
Captain Falcon
Epoch: Chalcolithic
Lifestyle: Farmers
Gov't: Theocratic Despotism
Culture: Falco-Tupi
Faith: Farukoism
-Attempts to peacefully integrate the three kingdoms of Falconi, Tupia, and Molossia have failed.
-Amazon warriors cross the borders to the north, and continue their relentless conquest into Molossian lands.
-Attempts to negotiate with the Amazons fails; they are on a warpath, and will only stop when there is nothing left to conquer.
-Settlements to the west grow and expand further inland as people from the northern cities flee the Amazon onslaught.

Seccia
Slappy the Fish
Epoch: Bronze
Lifestyle: Farmers
Gov't: Palace Despotism
Culture: Nunavik Eskimo
Faith: Shamanism
-Animal domestication becomes common.
-Bronze working technology reaches Quebec from the south. Metal tools and weapons are improved upon.
-Colonialism is increased as beasts of burden and wheeled carts become more common and accessible.
-As the population in the south expands beyond the population in the fridgid far north, seperatist movements become more common. The palace is having a hard time taxing subjects so numerous and so far from home.

Cattonian Empire
madcat
Epoch: Iron
Lifestyle: Patrician Elitism
Gov't: Monarchial Despotism
Culture: Dravidian
Faith: Hinduism
-Macedon and Reme's conquests bring the knowledge of iron to Harappa and Cattonia.
-Harappa is requesting assistance in fighting the Remans.
-A succession of weak kings has led to a period of decline and internal strife.
-Fishing villages along the coast have spurred population increases there. As a result, trade with easterners has increased, and port cities become more common.
-Clay working becomes a popular recreational activity.

Neonorth
Penz0id
Epoch: Chalcolithic
Lifestyle: Farmers
Gov't: Palace Despotism
Culture: Yupik Eskimo
Faith: Shamanism
-Copper currency is minted.
-Very little room for expansion has slowed the territorial growth rate of the nation. Deserts, mountains, and the ocean have become the natural borders of the known world.
-Wheeled push-carts become common, especially in the absence of significant pack animals to move things for people.

Medicea
RocketPropelledPanda
Epoch: Iron
Lifestyle: Agrarian Pastoralists
Gov't: Tribal Confederacy
Culture: Turkic
Faith: Hellenism
-Contact with the Remans leads to an introduction to the Iron age.

Neopia
FudgeGruck
Epoch: Bronze
Lifestyle: Farmers
Gov't: Palace Despotism
Culture: Celtic
Faith: Celtic Polytheism
-Neopians are now being heftily taxed to support the conquests of a central monarch.

Send my turn in.

Man, I'm still way behind. Everyone else is past the bronze age already

This has a lot to do with you being one of the few players with zero contact with other civilizations.
Also, the following four turns will be in chunks of 250 years.

So just a quick question, but to establish trade relations with a player-controlled nation, should you also be contacting the player in control of that nation, and possibly vice-versa? I just want to clear up the necessary procedures is all

Unless they are mercantalists or communists, there is nothing stopping you from trading with their people. As for military alliances between players, they will not be displayed on the map. It is up to you if you want to help somebody else.

6th Turn: 0AD – 250AD

Political Map
Religion Map
The World at Large
-Palmyra revolts at the same time the Gauls and Lusitania invade Reme. This, combined with war on all borders, results in a general collapse of Reman leadership.
-China splits into three kingdoms.
-The Aztec Empire embarks upon a quest of world domination, believing that they have been tasked by Tezcatlipoca himself to rule the earth.
-The Amazons have slaughtered a majority of the Tupi population and colonized their empty villages with Amazoni people.
-The Jews are expelled from Israel by the Remans.
-Christianity is spreading across the Reman Empire rapidly.

Nationitia
Jelly Ann Hiro
Epoch: Iron
Lifestyle: Agrarian Pastoralists
Gov't: Palace Despotism
Culture: Aryan
Faith: Judaism
-An alliance is formed with the Reman Empire, primarily for the weapons trade.
-Palmyra is now at war with Nationitia, due to their alliance with Reme.

Syserror
Blue Screen (of death)
Epoch: Neolithic
Lifestyle: Fishing Villagers
Gov't: Tribal Confederation
Culture: Pama–Nyungan
Faith: Crashtianity
-Salt mining in western and southern Australia increases colonization efforts there.
-The first whale hunters appear.
-Malayan pirates begin raiding the northern islands.
-The confederation is splintering as it grows in size, and a civil war looms on the horizon unless a more centralized leadership can arise.
-Whale hunting, along with the development of even more farm land, has increased settlement growth and exploration tendencies. More islands are colonized.
-Communalism becomes a core concept of Crashtianity. The increasing power of the clergy is making the idea of a theocracy more favorable to the people.

Crimsonia
Jolly Crimson Locks
Epoch: Bronze
Lifestyle: Farmers
Gov't: Monarchial Despotism
Culture: Mohawk
Faith: Shamanism
-A royal marriage with Crimsonia's ally, Cherokee, has resulted in a personal union of the two kingdoms.

Prederia
LiamMayhem
Epoch: Bronze
Lifestyle: Farmers
Gov't: Palace Despotism
Culture: Celtic
Faith: Brythonism
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Nowote
Notsocool the Dewott
Epoch: Bronze
Lifestyle: Farmers
Gov't: Palace Despotism
Culture: Sioux
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Fasier
DarkErmac
Epoch: Chalcolithic
Lifestyle: Feudalism
Gov't: Monarchial Despotism
Culture: Ainu
Faith: Shinto
-A naval force is developed, but its lack of use means that it falls into disrepair, and the nation's naval tradition remains far from being sustainable beyond meagre fishing fleets.
-Attempts to take control of Hokkaido fail. The fuedal daimyos have no personal interest vested in colonialism, and the lands are too sparse for outright conquest.
-Archery has become significantly more popular in the feudal armies.
-The tradition of Samurai has grown to be quite popular with the feudal lords.
-The Ainu people subside almost entirely upon rice and rice products. Attempts to diversify their diet results in the invention of the rice noodle.

Angmar
Cale the Witch King of Cats
Epoch: Iron
Lifestyle: Patrician Elitism
Gov't: Noble Republic
Culture: Turkic
Faith: Hellenism
-The Huns have appeared on the northern borders.

Molossia
Captain Falcon
Epoch: Bronze
Lifestyle: Farmers
Gov't: Theocratic Despotism
Culture: Falconian
Faith: Farukoism
-An alliance is formed with the Falconi to fight back the Amazons.
-As a result of the extermination of the Tupi and the increased relations with Falconi, the Tupian culture has all but entirely vanished from influence in Molossia.
-The Amazonian hordes have been halted, and the tide appears to have turned in Molossia's favor.
-Bronze metallurgy has arrived.

Seccia
Slappy the Fish
Epoch: Bronze
Lifestyle: Patrician Elitism
Gov't: Palace Despotism
Culture: Nunavik Eskimo
Faith: Shamanism
-The kingdom is split into two; South and North, with a secondary capital only a little further south. This is not nearly close enough to the bulk of the nation's populace, along the Great lakes and St. Lawrence River.
-Issues with governance have stunted the growth of the nation's colonies; westward expansion is mostly halted.
-Copper, gold, and silver are minted into a coinage system.
-Educational development in the society has resulted in the rise of a patrician elite of wealthy landowners.

Cattonian Empire
madcat
Epoch: Iron
Lifestyle: Patrician Elitism
Gov't: Monarchial Despotism
Culture: Dravidian
Faith: Hinduism
-Soldiers are armed with lances, bows, and shields. They are sent into battle alongside the Harappans, and win many glorious victories against the Reman Empire.
-Due to continued combat with the Remans, Cattonian warfare becomes increasingly systematic and Latinized.

Neonorth
Penz0id
Epoch: Chalcolithic
Lifestyle: Farmers
Gov't: Palace Despotism
Culture: Yupik Eskimo
Faith: Shamanism
-Coastal explorers make expeditions to the south. Contact with the Aztecs proves to be anything but positive; they declare war, and invade California.
-Lumber production increases as both naval expeditions and mansions grow in size.
-The Shamans make up stories to explain why their medicine works, where light comes from, and what stars are. These stories can usually be summed up with the phrase "a god did it," although the longer version is generally more entertaining.

Medicea
RocketPropelledPanda
Epoch: Iron
Lifestyle: Farmers
Gov't: Monarchial Despotism
Culture: Turkic
Faith: Hellenism
-The Huns have appeared on the northern borders.
-The alliance offer made to the Remans is rejected due to the Medicean sharing the "barbaric" language of the Angmans, Reme's hated enemy.
-Trading connections with Angmar grow.
-Agriculture outpaces livestock as the primary means of food production.
-A monarchy is established. The rule is matriarchal, which is actually not too uncommon in this region during this time period.

Neopia
FudgeGruck
Epoch: Bronze
Lifestyle: Farmers
Gov't: Republic
Culture: Celtic
Faith: Celtic Polytheism
-A trading alliance with Gaul is formed, evolving over time into a military arrangement.
-Westward expansion into Gallic lands is halted in the spirit of the alliance.
-Taxes are lowered, resulting in smaller armies and a more paranoid noble class.
-The concept of the republic is adopted, and taxes are raised once more.
-The idiots dance like idiots.

>The idiots dance like idiots
Thank you so much for putting that there.

Dayum Syndic. I love how you're running this. The in-depth research and map-making you put in to this is fantastic. Also, looks like the Aztecs get to be eliminated early. puts on cool glasses