Lords of the Earth
Campaign Twenty
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60 Second Summary
| The Orient | |
| Mercenary Troops | 10mc, 8mi, 11ms, 10mw |
| Mercenary QR’s | c03, s02, i03, w04 |
| Mercenary Leaders | Kotowari Haisen (M896) |
United States of Asia (Nihon)
Jenguku Tohiro, First Minister of the Diet
Diplomacy Koguryo (a)
Ozawa discovered that Nigata was already friendly. Owari tried to explore northeast of the Kurils, but a storm blew him hopelessly off course and he returned empty-handed. Mantap, Sikhote, Suifenhe, and Anshan were released from the Union. Toyama and Hokkaido were reduced to tributary.
In Toyama, ten thousand men labored to clear the land. With fire, axe, and saw, they cleared most of the trees in five years of backbreaking work. Now Toyama is cultivated.
The Kingdom of Mongolia
K000, Kucha Khan
Diplomacy None
All was well in northern Asia. Jasmir died of old age, and his son K000 took over at the age of six, with the help of General Khul.
Mao Cheng, Supreme Monarch of Lu'an
Diplomacy None
Mao Cheng hatched a plan to recover the rebel-held regions. He would get his Shensi and Ch'in allies to help him. The Dalai Lama sent a chunk of change. He assembled over twenty thousand infantry, and a few thousand siege engineers and light cavalry. The army proceeded south to Yen while Shensi and Ch'in gathered their forces. Mao Cheng was happy to find no defenses in Yen, but decent walls and a handful of sappers guarded the city of Yen-Ching. Before attacking, Mao Cheng announced that amnesty would be granted to anyone who left the rebellion and rejoined the original ruling House of Honan. No one took him up on his offer. Quickly tiring of the waiting, Mao Cheng ordered the immediate capture of Yen-Ching. The assault was short, and cost Mao Cheng only a few thousand troops because of his top-notch combat leadership. By the end of June 1026, Yen-Ching was his. Next, the army of Lu'an swept through Shangtung and its undefended city of Tsing'Dao. They then marched back through Yen to rendezvous with the Shensi army.
In the summer of 1027, the armies of Lu'an and Shensi converged on Hopei, the last region held by the Yen rebel faction. No troops guarded the region or the city, and Kaifeng's walls were not strong. As before, Mao Cheng offered amnesty to the rebel soldiers. Only a trickle of soldiers answered the call. During the assault, Qin Tianyou (the Shensi heir) was captured, then rescued hours later when the assault was over. Mao Cheng prepared to march on Honan, but there was some confusion about whether Qin Tianyou and the warrior princess Qin Boqing would bring the Shensi army along, or stay in Hopei. Mao Cheng thought they should come with him, while Qin Tianyou and Qin Boqing thought they should stay and guard Hopei. Mao Cheng didn't push the issue too hard, because he knew Che Teh was sending a big army.
And indeed the Ch'in army was a large one. An army about twice the size of Mao Cheng's showed up in Honan to join with the Lu'an army. Che Hua (the Ch'in heir) and the gifted General Dong Wan were happy to help Mao Cheng recover his former capital. Again the rebels hid behind city walls. Having learned of Mao's extraordinary battle savvy, Chaing Lu sent his assassins to take out Mao Cheng, but they couldn't get past the alert guards. But the assassins sent to kill Chaing Lu found their mark. After that, only the mediocre general L641 was left to lead the defense of Pienching. But the worst (or best, from Mao Cheng's point of view) was yet to come. The Lu'an Security Agency did a great job convincing the Honan soldiers to come over to the loyalist side. Around one third of them came into Mao Cheng's service before the assault. So the allies ended up taking only several thousand losses, even though they wiped out over twenty thousand rebel troops.
Mao Cheng was happy to recover most of the government, espionage, and the university from the rebellion.
The Yen Chinese Kingdom
Chou'En, Dead Monarch of Yen-Ching
Diplomacy None
Crushed by Lu'an and Shensi. See Lu'an.
The Honan Chinese Kingdom
Chaing Lu, Dead Monarch of Pienching
Diplomacy None
Crushed by Lu'an and Ch'in. See Lu'an.
The Shensi Chinese Kingdom
Qin Guan, King of China
Diplomacy Ordos (nt)
The Dalai Lama sent a chunk of change to help. The heir Qin Tianyou went with princess Qin Boqing to assist the original ruling house of Honan. See Lu'an. The ally from Lanchou finally died, and his son reaffirmed the alliance with Shensi.
The Ch’in Kingdom
Che Teh, Divine Overlord of the Middle-Kingdom, Lord of the River
Diplomacy Ganzhou (f), Fukien (nt)
The Dalai Lama sent a big chunk of change to help. The heir Che Hua and the able General Dong Wan helped Mao Cheng take out the Honan rebel faction. See Lu'an. Jong Mah talked Ganzhou into fully joining the Ch'in Kingdom. Lou Tsu and the Lord of Kienchou went to Fukien and got a low-level agreement.
Bacphan Zhuangzu
King Tzou, Overlord of South China
Diplomacy Gouangxi (ea), Champa (ne)
General Wu had trouble in Champa. The Hindu populance was.not interested in closer relations with a Buddhist nation.
Hong Kong and Saigon expanded. The port city of Taipei was founded in Taiwan, overlooking the Bashi Channel.
The Celestial Kingdom of the Jade Buddha
Singh Hao "the Generous", 4th Incarnation of the Blessed Jade Buddha, Light on the Path to Nirvana, Illuminator of the Human Soul, Thinker of Deep Thoughts, Mayor Shangri-La
Diplomacy Ghangde (mn)
Singh Hao the Generous sent a fraction of his huge treasury to China to help the alliance restore the original House of Honan (Lu'an).
| The Pacific Rim and Southeast Asia | |
| Mercenary Troops | 19mc, 20mi, 10ms, 25mw |
| Mercenary QR’s | c03,s04,i03,w03 |
| Mercenary Leaders | Korash Sharana (M846) |
The Katoomba Riders
Yamma Lamma, Chief He’e Nalu-sen
Diplomacy None
Open for a player.
The Molucca Seahold
Te Rangi, Arikara of the Molucca Te Anu
Diplomacy None
Time flies when you're having fun.
The Javan Federation
Ronoboraja, President Sirivjavan
Diplomacy None
Ronoboraja built a new port city on Luzon. It is called Manila and faces the Sulu Sea. In Kediri, years of work paid off, and the region became Buddhist. The populance of Perak is moving down the same path, under Ronoboraja's enthusiastic preaching.
The United Monarchy of the Avans
The Celestial, Virtuous, and Benignant King Anisakan II, Monarch of all Burmese People, Munificent Potentate of Pegu, Dispenser of all Avan Goodness and Benevolence
Diplomacy None
Open for a Player.
| India | |
| Mercenary Troops | 15mc, 15mi, 20ms, 13mw |
| Mercenary QR’s | c04, s04, i04, w02 |
| Mercenary Leaders | Shalbeb (M767) |
Palankala
Kanamori, Guardian of the Ganges, Divine Wrath of Kali
Diplomacy None
Open for a player.
Xanthi Empire of Xanadu
Palpatyn III, Grand Poobah of the Xanthi Zieterund, Rajah of the Rajputs
Diplomacy Avanti (a)
The silver-tongued Xorth joined Ramesevka in Avanti, and even though Xorth died an early death from a snake bite, they convinced the locals to ally themselves fully with Xanadu. Palpatyn III reduced Ajmer from a feudal ally to a non-paying tributary.
Another leg was added to the Royal Road system. It now connects from Kayal to Limu. Palpatyn snorted with derision when he heard of the new Abbasid road. "A feeble cartpath next to my highway," he quipped. His eyes would have popped out of his head if he saw the Incan highway. The aqueducts and sewers of Xanth were upgraded to make Xanth the cleanest city in the nation.
The Chola Mandalam
Hamari, Mandala Chola
Diplomacy Kakatiya (fa, rebelled), Chela (nt, rebelled), Vengi (fa)
Hamari conducted a census. Then he went to Sri Lanka to help the Seylan Raj in his conversion efforts. Fasyai was in Kakatiya, talking them into a feudal alliance, and Bayataska was in Chela, convincing them to join the kingdom.
Nefulasa (the Mandala Chola) was in Vengi, having just married the local Raj's daughter. Then Nefulasa died of malaria. Since there was no heir, all three lieutenants (Fasyai, Bayataska, and Hamari) rushed to Vengi to collect the army for themselves. They all arrived at the same time, and the troops had to choose sides. Although Hamari was the youngest of the three, he was also by far the most convincing and likable. So they join him. Hamari promptly had Fasyai and Bayataska executed for treason. Then he took the army to Pandya. Luckily, there were no leaders there, so the capital was open for him to move in and take over.
Kakatiya and Chela recoiled from the violence. A few ditches and roads improved the countryside in Chola.
Sultanate of Sind
Mehmet, Mansurashah, Protector of the Indus, Barrier of Allah
Diplomacy None
A player has signed up. See ISI list.
Map corrections: Surashtra, Kutch, Edrosia, Sind, Bauluch, Sukkur, Ghazni, Punjab, Und, Afghanistan, and Balkh are Shi'a Islam (the C with the little star).
| The Middle East | |
| Mercenary Troops | 15mc, 12mi, 10ms, 20mw |
| Mercenary QR’s | c02, s03, i04, w04 |
| Mercenary Leaders | Pireheram (M965) |
The Shahdom of Merv
Uthman al’Saidar, Shah of Bactria
Diplomacy Kara-Khitai (t), Bactria (nt)
Ali ben-Kharj made himself useful in Kara-Khitai and Bactria. Open for a Player.
The Abbasid Caliphate
First, Kaliphat Rasul Allah
Diplomacy None
Mahtaub finally noticed the teeming masses of unemployed and the huge pile of gold in the treasury. "I know," he said, "I'll build some stuff." And so he did. First, he ordered the construction of a highway to better control the western reaches of the empire. Workers cleared and leveled the ground. The layers were built up: first sand; second, flat, squared stones set in mortar; third, a layer of gravel set in clay; fourth, a layer of sand concrete. Finally, he sent off to Egypt for the finest limestone around, almost marble, to pave the entire road, all the way from Baghdad thru Kraznovia [obviously named by an U.S.-military type; it grates on me to type the word in an eleventh-century history] and Kirkuk to Antioch. But Mahtaub did not live to see the completion of his dream. His tired body finally quit a few years after construction began, and his son Ali had to oversee the completion. Ali was more than happy to see his dad kick off, because he was beginning to feel old himself. He was right. Ali died in 1030, and was succeeded by his eleven-year-old son, First. Kuwait rebelled.
But the new construction was not limited to the mighty highway. Kamizak, Kirkuk, Kraznovia, Antioch, and Aljaz all got bigger. And very many new canals now crisscross Hahmar.
Imam Al Muslim
Ali Mahdi, Siadat Kuran, "The Sustainer"
Diplomacy None
The Sustainer rested..
The Fatimid Empire of Egypt
Jafan Amal, Guardian of the Holy Places, Emperor of Egypt.
Diplomacy None
Jafan took some time off.
| Eastern Europe | |
| Mercenary Troops | 7mc, 8mi, 10ms, 12mw |
| Mercenary QR’s | i03, c03, s03, w03 |
| Mercenary Leaders | none |
The Eastern Roman Empire
Justin, Imperator Romanus Orientalis
Diplomacy None
Justin's relatives came over, and stayed for five years. He never got around to liberating the European regions from rebel control. Open for a Player.
The Byzantine Empire
Theodore, Imperator Romanus Orientalis
Diplomacy None
Theodore couldn't find his way out of bed. Open for a Player.
The Varangian Empire of Kiev Rus
Piotyr Nechesik, The First Czar of Kiev Rus
Diplomacy Patzinak (fa)
Piotyr apologizes for the confusion: his capital did NOT move last turn; it is still in the city of Kiev.
Then he announced that the empire would henceforth be Roman Catholic. He gave his steppe regions the option of not converting. They were appreciative of his sensitivity. None of them converted. Of the non-steppe regions, only Daugava and Seversk rebelled. The rest (Kiev, Polotsk, Chernigov, Muscovy, Murom, and Mordva) are now Roman Catholic.
Several Kievan leaders travelled to Patzinak to discuss matters of alliance with the local khan. After years of negotiations, a feudal alliance was reached. Them Patzinakers don't listen too well to barbarian monotheists.
Kingdom of Russia
High Lord Vostov Borislov, the Wanderer, King of Russia
Diplomacy None
Vostov slept through the short summers and before he knew it, it was five years later.
The Polish Kingdom
Marko Brodzinski, King of Poland
Diplomacy Pomern (fa), Franconia (a), Bavaria (c), Bohemia (fa), Moldavia (nt)
Marko's diplomats were very busy. He was relieved to finally regain control of Moldavia. Now he can rebuild the port city there, and then got some nice trade going.
Baron Igor grabbed a few thousand troops and headed off to the northeast to do some slaving. While tramping through the forests, they came across several wild boars. One of them charged Igor, and before the nearest soldiers could stop it, Igor was skewered. Leaderless, the men drifted away into the woods. Some of them made it back to Poland.
Praha got bigger.
The Liao Horde
Tung, Liao Khan
Diplomacy None
Through Galich, Goryn, Pechneg, Atelkuzo, Levedia, and Torki, the Liao travelled unmolested. They crossed the Volga and continued east, reaching Tabolsk by the end of 1030. Open for a Player.
The Osman Horde
Sokhi, Osman Khan
Diplomacy None
The Osman Horde followed closely behind the Liao, but stopped and set up camp in Bolgar, unsure of their next course of action. Open for a Player.
| Western Europe | |
| Mercenary Troops | 10mc, 10mi, 5ms, 22mw |
| Mercenary QR’s | c03, s03, i05, w04 |
| Mercenary Leaders | Mario "the Younger" Orsini (M557) |
Denmark
Halfner, Imperator Danmark
Diplomacy Orkney (ea)
After listening to Forkbeard for five years, the Orkneys agreed to give all their money to Denmark. Halfner fathered a couple of baby girls, and worked on internal matters.
Grand Duchy of Verona
Leonardo Maquina, Grand Duke of Verona, Defender of Italy, Chosen of Christ, Shepherd of the Faithful
Diplomacy None
Things were pretty quiet in Verona.
The Lombard Kingdom of Italy
Ludovico Orsini, Rex Sognari
Diplomacy Swabia (t)
Diplomatic progress in Swabia was slow, because Nunzio offered Ludovico's hand in marriage, even though Ludovico was absent. The local duke said he'd prefer to actually see his daughter's prospective husband first. But at least trade can now resume to the northern nations.
In Tuscany, by the sea, a fortress surrounded by a city rose, clean and new, from the rocky beach. It is called Florence. More residents moved to Genoa and Milan.
The Roman Catholic Papacy
Innocent V, Il Papa, Bishop of Rome, Vicar of Christ
Diplomacy None
The Vicar of Christ prayed for five years.
Soloman II, King of Turquis, Champion of the True Faith, Lord of the Franks
Diplomacy Lorraine (a), Provence (a)
Soloman decided that his kingdom needed more peasants with good, solid Turqish heritage. So, an army of almost thirty thousand horsemen descended upon Burgundy. Every last Frenchman was rounded up and thrown into slave pens. Soloman led the procession of Turqish colonists into Burgundy. Every village and farm got new residents. The Turqs put their captive Frenchmen to work building new paths and storm sewers. Then Soloman marched toward the English Channel and did the same thing in Ponthieu.
Bishop Verdi headed east, over hill and dale, chasing after the Liao horde. Soloman had ordered him to find them and get them to join the kingdom. But Verdi got sick and tired of tromping the endless miles, and decided not to come back.
A few young Turqs worked on the road from Paris to Nivernais.
Altan the Red-Handed, Thunder Lord, Khagan of the Khitan
Diplomacy Kingdom of Eire (nt)
Hearing of Soloman II's ideas on proper treatment of foreign speaking regions, Altan declared that some serious, big time enslavement needed to occur. The Tatar Khan started in Holland, working his way southwest. Altan and the Tangut Khan went after Mercia and Lancashire. Inconveniently, the Grim Reaper came to visit many of the elderly Khitan leaders.
The Tatar Khan enslaved Holland, bypassing Karnkorb, and populated the region with Tatar peasants. As soon as he went to Brabant, Karnkorb revolted, rejoining Denmark. Then the Tatar Khan died of old age. The horde's new boss decided to remain in the empire.
Altan and the Tangut Khan enslaved Mercia; then the Tangut Khan keeled over. The Tangut horde withdrew to Sussex to elect a successor. Without the Tangut colonists, Altan was unable to repopulate Mercia, and it reverted to forest. But he did enslave and recolonize Lancashire. The former residents of Mercia and Lancashire had the pleasure of beautifying Northumbria. The new khan of Tangut opted for a military-only alliance.
Turchuq travelled to Lienster to bring the Emerald Isle into the empire. He succeeded.
Bishop Kubli died before he could begin his work.
Kingdom of Eire
Roalf, Retired Defender of the Cross, Former High King of Eire
Diplomacy None
Altan's son Turchuq married Roalf's daughter, and Roalf turned his kingdom over to the Khitan.
Ummayad Caliphat Al Cordoba
Asad Nasir, Caliph al Cordoba, Infidel’s Bane
Diplomacy None
The Gebel-al-Tarik ally fell off a cliff in Catalonia and plummeted to his death. The new sheik adopted a much looser (non-paying tributary) relationship with Cordoba.
Still no attackers came into Iberia, so the defensive plans remained untested.
Asad Nasir ordered a new city. Settlers streamed into Portugal and built it around the port fortress there. It is called Lisbon. Work continued on the road to Bilbao.
| Afriqa | |
| Mercenary Troops | 19mc, 10mi, 4ms, 10mw |
| Mercenary QR’s | c02, s03, i04, w03 |
| Mercenary Leaders | Rayshey (M694) |
The Caliphate Al’Moravid
Caliph Siddig Al Farrd, "Zaban Nogreh", Lord of the Rif, Lion of Morocco, Sword of the Prophet
Diplomacy None
The Cheliff Sheik died, and the region degraded to non-paying. Open for a Player.
The Songhai Herdsmen
Dooga Kersil, Chieftain of the Herds
Diplomacy None
Dooga took a break.
The Kingdom of Tchad
Yambuku, King of the Dead, Omar Kanembu
Diplomacy Dogamba (a)
Yambuku could feel the money burning a hole in his pocket. He ordered city expansion of: Tillaberri, Zaria, Ngazargumu, Illo, and Mao. Not only that, but a new port city, Medeus, now graces the Upper Niger in the region of Zerma.
George went to north toward Gefara. He trudged through mile after mile of burning desert, glad to have accurate maps of the oases where he could water his camels, chat with the few locals, and replentish his own waterskins. The weeks dragged on into months and years. George was never heard from again.
Kingdom of Nigeria
K000, Emperor of Benin, Darkknife
Diplomacy None
K000 almost grew up.
Great Zimbabwe
Chunkulor, Shaka Zulu
Diplomacy Gorongo (nt), Melela (t), Makura (nt)
Chunkulor heard tales of great nations and riches to the north of Great Zimbabwe. Believing that a nation must reach out to grow, he began the task. The soon-to-be-great port city of Borwaham was built on the Inhambane coast of Phalaborwa. The coastal regions to the northeast were wowed with glimpses of glory and gold. It's fun to be king!
| The Americas | |
| Mercenary Troops | 14mi, 9ms, 12mw |
| Mercenary QR’s | s04, i05, w03 |
| Mercenary Leaders | Recka (M655) |
The Sonoma Kingdom
Leaping Bird, King of Sonoma
Diplomacy None
Leaping Bird hung around in Mokelumne, watching the constructions crews adding to the metropolis. He went to his favorite lookout point to gaze over the ever-sprawling city. Soon his nation would possess the most impressive set of cities in the world! As he turned to leave, he lost his footing on the crumbling rock. He tumbled down the hillside and cracked his head open on the boulders at the bottom. His fourteen-year-old son is the new King of Sonoma.
Patwin received more improvements. Albion, Ursa Minoris, and Mokelumne are reaching sizes near that of Baghdad.
Anasazi Republic
Crawling Fox, Chief Executive of the High Desert
Diplomacy None
Sitting Wolf found that controlling Mescalero, Tonkawa, and Caddo from so far away, through the deserts and forests, is no mean feat. If only he had more gold and manpower, a few postal roads could be built. Crawling Fox won the election.
More of Tahue became North Amerind. Additional settlers streamed into Caddo, colonizing it to 1 Gpv. They also built a city, Naschitti, on the Lower Great Snake.
The Iroquois Nation
King Talon, Prime Chief of the Council
Diplomacy None
Unshakable in his determination to expand toward the icy northern seas, King Talon sent his best warrior, Blue Tide, to woo Gronland into the empire. It turned out Blue Tide was spectacularly disloyal, and he went to the Caribbean to spend the rest of his life soaking up sunshine.
King Talon also sent a column of settlers across Lake Erie into Tobacco, colonizing it to 1/10 NA. The city of Cahokia got more citizens.
The Aztec Empire
Ometepec, God-Emperor, Divine Ruler of Mexico
Diplomacy None
Like his predecessors, Ometepec felt a little cramped having the Mayans so close to his empire. Unlike his predecessors, he did something about it. Ometepec declared, "Let every man and boy old enough to throw a spear twenty man-lengths be mobilized. Raise a corps of engineers large enough to fill any moat or batter through any wall." And so it was done. Around thirty thousand spearmen, and an impressive siege train, gathered in Mitla. To bless the assembled army, a day of sacrifices was held at the city temple. A hundred maidens and two hundred llamas met their maker on the altar. Thus was victory assured.
The host marched east, led by Calliacatl and Evil Eye. They easily captured Popoluca, but bypassed Chiapa to save time. Chontal, Yucatec, the city Lucatec, and Maya were also largely undefended. Each was pacified in turn. Only Chichen Itza itself posed any challenge. But not much, as they were outnumbered ten to one, and without walls. Bravely, Cacaquatal led the doomed defense. They were crushed like bugs. Calliacatl knew his father would be pleased with the booty: forty transports, a few thousand slaves, a bit of the university, and a couple hundred trunks of gold.
The Mayan Astronomers
Cacaquatal, Former Priest-King of the Yucatan
Diplomacy None
Without warning, thirty-some thousand Aztec warriors crashed through the kingdom and captured the capital. Without a single remaining friendly region, the Mayan Astronomers ceased to exist as a nation.
The Andean Incan Empire
Anapa, Emperor of the Heavens
Diplomacy None
Anapa stayed in Inca, watching over his growing realm. While there, he furthered his line, with another son. His oldest son Pachamac got married and celebrated by having a couple baby boys of his own.
Manco Capac travelled south, gathering the extensive garrisons together. He stopped in Arica to guard the southern frontier. In 1030, he kicked the bucket, leaving the leaderless troops parked in Arica.
From Galapagos, Lloque Yupanqui gathered the northern garrisons and went to Chimu to watch the northern approaches.
A royal road nows cuts through the mountains from Jauja to Macchu Picchu. Every region in the empire is now connected by Anapa's mighty highway, by far the greatest in the world. From Cuzco, it takes no more than half a year to reach any region of his sprawling domain. New terraces and qanats improved maize production in Inca and Pucara.
Quiro Mapuche
Kniso, the Chosen
Diplomacy None
A huge noise woke Kniso. A stack of gold in his treasury had collapsed, killing two accountants. Kniso decided it was time to act. He spent a very impressive (unless you're the Dalai Lama) sum of cash. Aqueducts in N'Dru, irrigation canals in Mapuche and Poya, and the colonization of Guenakan (by the Atlantic Ocean) to 1/10 SA did the trick.
Kniso noticed that his twenty-three-year-old son was of age, and issued this statement: "My son, Marok, has proven himself worthy of being named my heir. As of this day, Marok will take his rightful place at my side, and Yuxan will become the crown prince of the nation. Yet let it be known that we give this title to Yuxan and his heirs as long as my line rules over this nation." Yuxan didn't think this was such a good deal, and he quit the royal service altogether.
Marok found himself a wife, and a baby boy was born to them. Torak sailed south from Guenakan and successfully explored the Malvinas islands.
Tilok must have drawn the short straw. His job was to sail north of Guenakan, along the entire eastern shoreline of the continent, and explore the unknown seas there and farther north and east. A loyal servant, he accepted his mission, and departed with a look of determination on his face. He was never seen again.
# Nation Name MSI ESI Player Name Phone Number TV EMail Address 1 Ch'in Kingdom 174.5 1 Bob Nardone None 25.4 bnardone@mail.del.net 2 Xanthi Zeiterund 158.9 11 Charles Hurst None 11.9 charlesh@teleport.com 3 Fatimid Empire 139.7 7 (Ken McGee) 360-687-0421 21.4 keng@pacifier.com 4 U. States of Asia 134.5 5 RW Stevens None 45.8 tgreatahz@hotmail.com 5 Abbasid Caliphate 133.0 2 Marcus McKinley None 37.3 mckinlem@bulldog.georgetown.edu 6 Palankala 117.8 13 Open for a player 11.2 None 7 Lu'an Chinese 112.2 6 John Millsaps 801-484-7429 10.5 MillsapsJ@aol.com 8 Andean Incan Empire 110.8 3 Ron Meinung 707-822-2597 18.2 rsm4@northcoast.com 9 Kingdom of Sonoma 99.1 12 John Schmid None 28.2 magus@netcom.com 10 Shensi Chinese 92.3 26 John Chan None 7.5 j1weschan@aol.com 11 Lombard Italy 86.7 9 Mark Bailey 408-733-9874 15.5 markcb@bedevere.mfg.sgi.com 12 The Polish Kingdom 86.0 34 Mark Newman None 6.3 MNewman565@aol.com 13 Songhai Herdsmen 83.6 31 Marc Willner None 10.0 marc24@ix.netcom.com 14 Ummayad Cordoba 83.2 33 Jeffrey Smith 505-525-8271 8.9 kaladan@zianet.com 15 Chola Mandala 81.0 17 Ron Meinung 707-822-2597 8.9 rsm4@northcoast.com 16 Javan Federation 81.2 20 David Salter None 13.1 salterdj@aol.com 17 Varangian Kiev Rus 79.0 35 Ivan Mostinckx None 7.9 ivan.mostinckx@planetinternet.be 18 Bacphan Zhuangzu 78.6 8 Therence DeCorse 13.7 cdecorse@aol.com 19 Anasazi 78.2 32 Chris Wayne 7.3 cwayne@nmia.com 20 Iroquois Nation 76.1 15 (David Nardone) 302-838-0580 21.0 dnardone@inet.net 21 Imam al Muslim 72.3 10 (Darin Byrne) None 2.7 dbyrne@woudenberg.com 22 Kingdom of Tchad 66.9 30 Anonymous None 10.5 Rube021@aol.com 23 United Avans 66.3 21 Open for a player 10.3 None 24 Denmark 65.0 29 Steve Hogie None 14.5 SHogie@deltanet.com 25 The Dalai Lama 63.6 4 James Gemmill None 2.3 jamesgem@vpl.vancouver.bc.ca 26 Great Zimbabwe 63.8 22 (Jim Cochran) None 8.3 jcochran@unique-software.com 27 The Aztec Empire 62.5 14 James Marshall None 17.5 jmarshal@u.arizona.edu 28 Kingdom of Turquis 63.3 25 Todd St.Pe None 2.4 todd@mcia.com 29 Sultanate of Sind 62.3 18 Greg Aldous None 8.8 gwa3827@garnet.acns.fsu.edu 30 Quiro Mapuche 62.1 24 Steven Olson None 6.2 solsonesq@aol.com 31 Eastern Roman Emp. 59.8 23 Open for a player 6.7 None 32 The Island Khitan 59.7 28 John Little None 8.9 fusionflame@hotmail.com 33 R. Catholic Papacy 59.0 16 (Logan Vanderlinden) None 1.3 loganv87@hotmail.com 34 Shahdom of Merv 52.8 36 Open for a player 4.5 None 35 Byzantine Empire 50.5 39 Open for a player 5.7 None 36 Caliphate Moravid 48.0 19 Open for a player 9.0 None 37 Kingdom of Nigeria 38.4 27 (Tim Atchison) 12.2 tatchi6544@aol.com 38 The Molucca Seahold 34.2 37 (Mark Hilton) None 5.1 Mark.hilton@lineone.net 39 Katoomba Riders 30.0 38 Open for a player 2.5 None 40 Kingdom of Russia 25.3 41 Dan Funchion None 1.0 Dfunchion@sungardrs.com 41 Kingdom of Mongolia 21.6 42 Devin Cornwall 0.8 MaestroDC@juno.com 42 G. Duchy of Verona 20.5 40 (Ben Vincent) None 3.4 vinny@worldnetla.net 43 Osman Horde 8.5 43 Open for a player 1.7 None 44 Liao Horde 5.5 44 Open for a player 0.7 None Notes: