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diff --git a/WORLDBUILDING.md b/WORLDBUILDING.md index a39a339..2b8d090 100644 --- a/WORLDBUILDING.md +++ b/WORLDBUILDING.md @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Song Huizong's northern campaigns succeed instead of ending in the Jingkang disa - The most industrialized nation in the world - Controls China proper + northern territories (Manchuria south) + likely South China Sea / Southeast Asian colonial possessions - Political system: evolved from Song's civil-military dual structure, possibly constitutional monarchy or some form of representative government evolved from the keju-scholar-official class -- Key V3 gameplay tensions: North-South divide, colonial management, relationship with Mongol-Rus Empire +- Key V3 gameplay tensions: North-South divide, colonial management, relationship with Great Khanate (Yeke Ulus) --- @@ -121,19 +121,19 @@ Song Huizong's northern campaigns succeed instead of ending in the Jingkang disa - Capital: Tabriz (northwestern Persia/Azerbaijan) - Eventually independent after succession crisis - **Already substantially Islamicized by ~1300** (historical pattern: Ghazan Khan converted 1295) -- Persian bureaucrats are the administrative backbone (mirror of Byzantium's role in Mongol-Rus) +- Persian bureaucrats are the administrative backbone (mirror of Byzantium's role in Great Khanate) - Culturally evolving into a Mongol-dynasty Persian-Islamic empire - **Egypt**: governed by Mongol military governor (replacing Turkic Mamluk elite). Mongol hereditary military aristocracy replaces the non-hereditary Mamluk slave-soldier system. Arab/Coptic administrative class retained. Al-Azhar and Islamic institutions preserved. Tendency toward autonomy over time (Egypt always separates eventually — Tulunids, Fatimids, Muhammad Ali pattern). By V3 era: likely a Mongol-blooded but fully Arabicized/Islamicized dynasty. -### Tolui Khanate (Far East) +### Mongol Khanate (Mongol Ulus) (Far East) - **Mongol homeland** (now the imperial periphery, not the center) - Northern Manchuria (Jianzhou/Jurchen tribal areas north of Song border) - Siberia and Russian Far East (nominally - actually scattered tribes) - Very sparse population, poor but strategically positioned - **Interesting V3 playable faction** with multiple gameplay paths: - - "Mongol Restoration": claim Great Khanate during Mongol-Rus instability + - "Mongol Restoration": claim Great Khanate during Great Khanate instability - "Mandate of Heaven": exploit Song internal crisis to invade, recreating the Qing scenario - - "Far Eastern Balancer": play Song and Mongol-Rus against each other + - "Far Eastern Balancer": play Song and Great Khanate against each other --- @@ -148,15 +148,15 @@ Ogedei dies (alcoholism, historical pattern). Succession crisis ensues, but fund - Resolved faster (proximity) but more violently ### Outcome: Possibility B (Rus core consolidates, periphery separates) -- **Mongol-Rus Empire**: Ogedei/Jochi lines merge. Controls Rus + Golden Horde territories + Hungary + direct corridor. Strongest successor state. +- **Great Khanate (Yeke Ulus)**: Ogedei/Jochi lines merge. Controls Rus + Golden Horde territories + Hungary + direct corridor. Strongest successor state. - **Chagatai Khanate**: Central Asia becomes fully independent - **Ilkhanate**: Middle East becomes fully independent, Islamicizes -- **Tolui Khanate**: Retains Mongol homeland + Far East, becomes a peripheral power +- **Mongol Khanate (Mongol Ulus)**: Retains Mongol homeland + Far East, becomes a peripheral power - Volga capital's geographic advantage: close enough to maintain stronger authority over Golden Horde and Central Asia than historical Karakorum, but still loses control of distant Ilkhanate --- -## The Mongol-Rus Empire (Post-Split, ~1300 onward) +## The Great Khanate (Yeke Ulus) (Post-Split, ~1300 onward) ### Nature: Between Ottoman Empire and Qing Dynasty - Not as many radically different ethnic groups as the Ottomans @@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ Ogedei dies (alcoholism, historical pattern). Succession crisis ensues, but fund ### Qing Dynasty Parallels -| Qing Dynasty | Mongol-Rus Empire | +| Qing Dynasty | Great Khanate (Yeke Ulus) | |---|---| | Manchu minority rules Han majority | Mongol minority rules Slavic majority | | Adopts keju examination system | Adopts Orthodox Church + Slavic civil service | @@ -191,12 +191,12 @@ Ogedei dies (alcoholism, historical pattern). Succession crisis ensues, but fund ## Vassal and Neighbor States -### Hungary: Absorbed into Mongol-Rus Core +### Hungary: Absorbed into Great Khanate Core - Hungarian Plain = western terminus of the Eurasian Steppe - Directly incorporated, not vassalized - Mongol/Kipchak/Cuman nomads settle the eastern plain - Magyar population pushed to margins (Transdanubia, northern mountains/Slovakia) -- By 1836: ethnically mixed region (Mongol/Turkic/Slavic/Magyar), core province of Mongol-Rus Empire +- By 1836: ethnically mixed region (Mongol/Turkic/Slavic/Magyar), core province of Great Khanate (Yeke Ulus) - Magyar identity possibly extinct or reduced to minority status (like historical Avars) ### Poland: "Korean Model" Vassal @@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ Ogedei dies (alcoholism, historical pattern). Succession crisis ensues, but fund - Teutonic Order destroyed by Mongol advance - German colonization of Prussia interrupted -> Prussian Germans remain a small minority - Teutonic Order remnant: submits to some power for protection, eventually becomes a German-minority autonomous district (parallel to historical Livonian Order fate) -- Region managed by Novgorod as the Mongol-Rus Empire's Baltic proxy +- Region managed by Novgorod as the Great Khanate (Yeke Ulus)'s Baltic proxy - Baltic tribal peoples (Latvians, Estonians, Old Prussians) persist without German colonization pressure - Denmark may retain northern Estonia @@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ Ogedei dies (alcoholism, historical pattern). Succession crisis ensues, but fund - **Possibly bypassed** by main Mongol thrust along the northern plain - Czech national identity too strong for absorption into German nationalism - Silver mining wealth, industrial potential -- Strategically positioned between Greater Germany and Mongol-Rus sphere +- Strategically positioned between Greater Germany and Great Khanate sphere - In V3: mid-tier independent power ### The Partition of France and the Plantagenet Kingdom @@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ Mongol raids into northern France (Flanders, Picardy, ~1240s-1250s) weaken the C - **Formation**: Capetian cadet branch declares independence as France collapses - **Territory**: Duchy of Burgundy (Dijon) + County of Burgundy / Franche-Comté (Besançon) - **Language**: Almost entirely French-speaking (~100%). The Franco-German linguistic border runs along the Vosges Mountains; Burgundy is fully on the French side. Franche-Comté was in the HRE but linguistically Romance. -- **Relationship with Greater Germany**: Strategic ally but NOT part of German unification. German ethnic nationalism cannot absorb a purely French-speaking state. Alliance based on shared threats (Plantagenet France to the west, Mongol-Rus to the east). +- **Relationship with Greater Germany**: Strategic ally but NOT part of German unification. German ethnic nationalism cannot absorb a purely French-speaking state. Alliance based on shared threats (Plantagenet France to the west, Great Khanate to the east). - **Claims**: May claim to be the legitimate successor to the French crown (Capetian blood vs. Plantagenet usurpers) - **V3 role**: Mid-tier independent French-speaking state, buffer between Plantagenet France and Greater Germany @@ -339,11 +339,11 @@ Mongol raids into northern France (Flanders, Picardy, ~1240s-1250s) weaken the C - **Kalmar Union will form** (even more pressure than historical): - Anglo-French union across the Channel - Earlier unified Greater Germany - - Mongol-Rus Empire with Novgorod buffer -- Denmark may lose northern Estonia to Mongol-Rus sphere + - Great Khanate (Yeke Ulus) with Novgorod buffer +- Denmark may lose northern Estonia to Great Khanate sphere - Sweden continues Finnish expansion unopposed - Norway maintains Atlantic possessions (Iceland, Greenland, Faroe Islands) -- No Great Northern War equivalent (Mongol-Rus doesn't prioritize Baltic access - their window is Black Sea/Constantinople) +- No Great Northern War equivalent (Great Khanate doesn't prioritize Baltic access - their window is Black Sea/Constantinople) ### Italy (~1300: No significant divergence yet) - Protected by Alps from Mongol invasion - no direct impact @@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ Mongol raids into northern France (Flanders, Picardy, ~1240s-1250s) weaken the C ## Key Trade Routes ### Silk Road (Enhanced) -Song goods -> Central Asia -> Mongol-Rus territory -> two routes: +Song goods -> Central Asia -> Great Khanate territory -> two routes: 1. **Northern route**: -> Novgorod -> Hanseatic League -> all of Europe 2. **Southern route**: -> Black Sea -> Constantinople (Byzantine) -> Mediterranean @@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ Song goods -> Central Asia -> Mongol-Rus territory -> two routes: - Site of Song's northern industrial expansion - Jurchen minority gradually sinicized - Key to Song's industrialization story (labor scarcity -> mechanization) -- **Northern Manchuria** (Heilongjiang, outer Manchuria): Tolui Khanate sphere +- **Northern Manchuria** (Heilongjiang, outer Manchuria): Mongol Khanate (Mongol Ulus) sphere - Forest/tundra, very sparse population - Jianzhou and other Jurchen tribes maintain semi-independent hunting/fishing lifestyle - Too cold and poor for Song expansion, too marginal for Mongol attention @@ -386,14 +386,14 @@ Song goods -> Central Asia -> Mongol-Rus territory -> two routes: - Historical Manchu unification required: weak Ming control of northeast + space for Jurchen consolidation - In this timeline: Song industrial control in south + Mongol sphere in north = two strong powers squeezing Jurchens - Jurchens never unify into a single state -- By 1836: minority ethnic group split between Song (assimilated) and Tolui Khanate (tribal) +- By 1836: minority ethnic group split between Song (assimilated) and Mongol Khanate (Mongol Ulus) (tribal) --- ## Religion in This World ### Eastern Orthodoxy -- Becomes the dominant religion of the Mongol-Rus Empire +- Becomes the dominant religion of the Great Khanate (Yeke Ulus) - Mongol ruling class likely converts to Orthodoxy (similar to Bulgars converting after conquering Slavs) - Reasoning: ruling a majority Orthodox population, deep integration, Orthodox Church provides administrative network - Constantinople remains the spiritual center (under Byzantine vassal state) @@ -433,10 +433,10 @@ All major regions defined at the 1300 checkpoint. Summary of world powers: | Power | Center | Nature | |---|---|---| | Song Dynasty | China (Kaifeng/Hangzhou) | Industrial superpower, expanding into SE Asia | -| Mongol-Rus Empire | Volga River | Largest land empire, Orthodox, Mongol-Slavic hybrid | +| Great Khanate (Yeke Ulus) | Volga River | Largest land empire, Orthodox, Mongol-Slavic hybrid | | Ilkhanate | Tabriz | Islamicized Mongol-Persian empire, controls Middle East + Egypt | | Chagatai Khanate | Samarkand | Central Asian, Islamicizing | -| Tolui Khanate | Mongolia/Siberia | Peripheral, poor, strategic position | +| Mongol Khanate (Mongol Ulus) | Mongolia/Siberia | Peripheral, poor, strategic position | | Plantagenet France | Paris | Atlantic power, cross-Channel, rising | | Greater Germany | Hanseatic cities | Commercial power, emerging from Mongol vassalage | | Crown of Aragon | Barcelona | Mediterranean + Languedoc | @@ -462,6 +462,6 @@ All major regions defined at the 1300 checkpoint. Summary of world powers: 4. **The Americas**: Who discovers/colonizes them? 5. **Africa and India**: Song colonial sphere? European competition? 6. **Song's North-South civil war**: When? Outcome? What does Song look like by 1836? -7. **Mongol-Rus internal evolution**: Slavic nationalism? Industrialization attempts? +7. **Great Khanate internal evolution**: Slavic nationalism? Industrialization attempts? 8. **Ilkhanate fragmentation**: Does Egypt break away? Persia's trajectory? 9. **1836 technology levels**: Who has what? Is Song far ahead of everyone? |