January 1509 sees the end of the Princedom of Lorraine, the small state is now part of the growing French empire. A messanger arrives and ask us to protest, we tell him that we don't care about Lorraine and put him in our finest cell.
Later that month Savoy declares war on Sweden, I don't know what the Savoyards are trying to achieve with this move. Navarre joins the Swedish side and Poland the other.
Only 2 months later Savoy is punished for it's agression when the English take Nice out of their hands.
The folowing 6 months news reaches us of the war in Venice, Poland, Austria and Bohemia. Tales of horrible battles, towns captured and lost and many christian soldiers send to the deepest pits of hell.
I thank Allah for the foolishness of the Infidel.
In august we found a trading post in Ciskei and Antsirana. Our colonial possesions are growing.
November sees the first loser in the great central-european war. Bohemia offers Silesia and Moravia to Poland in exchance for peace.
1510 starts with dire news, the Spanish have obtained Roussilion from the French. Curses, the Spaniard is growing strong again.
We hear Poland has obtained maps from large parts of the America's and decide to trade maps with them. The new maps reveal a nation of unwashed barbarians that call themselves Aztecs. Rumor is that they go to war naked, I pray for their soul and hope that they die quickly.
I commision 3 new transports for our fleet, I have some need for them in the future.
The Polish are losing ground quickly, in the first 2 months of 1511 they have to give Krakow to Hungary and Moravia to Austria.
A surprising message reaches us, the tiny kingdom of Brittany has annexed the even smaller kingdom of Navarre. Truly, the antics of barbarians can be amusing.
In August Venice cedes Istria to Austria, the Austrian emperor now has a port outside of holland. During the following years the sightings of Austrian warships increase.
May the fleas of a thousand camels infest their armpits! We have lost the Azores to a horde of rebels.
The second month of 1512 ends the history of Brittany, they are now a part of the French empire.
This suits us fine, the Spaniard won't like his neighbour growing fast and when he declares war...we're ready to jump at his throat.
The wise economical decisions of our beloved council finally pay of, Granada goes bankrupt. Morale and stability drop, the onliest thing that seems to rise is our inflation.
To make matters worse the Balleares revolt. We can not stop the rebels, our troops are so demoralised that they would flee from a child with a stick.
Only one bright light in the sea of economical darkness, we now own a trade post in the Table region.
The coming of the year 1517 brings a great scandal to the country, rumors have reached the population of the perverse habits of some of our Sheiks, espacialy the one about Murat al-Muktar, the goat and the three-legged stool seem to shock the devout moslims.
In april we found a trading post in the ivory rich province of Leone.
A miracle has happened, our inflation plumets thanks to the increased sale of goats and three-legged stools. Allah be praised.
The 18th of may the Irish decide to become part of the English empire. Rumors have reached me that the Irish are even less developed than the English, I am shocked.
In june the Baleares fall, I spend the summer designing horrible methods of torture for the leaders of the rebellion. One day they shall pay for their traison.
1514 is an exceptional year, the harvests are twice as fertile as normal, ofcourse we double the taxes.
In september the Algarve revolts our mighty army retreats and a second revolt joins the rebels besieging the town.
November sees the start of yet an other war between the Turks and the Mameluks.
January brings good news, a new religion has been created. They call themselve protestants and are enemies of the Pope. I read some of their works and am disgusted. They are even greater Infidels then the catholics and the orthodox, I decide that all protestant that live in Granada have to be banished.
The Algarve is lost, the 15th of march the city gates have opened the rebels controle the province. We send our armies to reclaim the province.
3 days later the Turks capture Jordan from the Hedjaz.
After a victorious battle the rebels are dead and the Algarve is back under Granadan rule.
The 16th of june is a day of many deaths, Alexandria falls to the Shiite dogs but Cataract is liberated by the Nubians.
In december the Turks capture Egypt and we have established a trading post in Casamance after only three trading missions.
To celebrate the new year we appoint a tax collector for the Algarve.
A rather vicious war breaks out between Rusia (Pskov, Denmark, Ryazan and Ethiopia) and the Golden Horde (Astrakahan and Persia). We don't wish them luck, everybody that allies with a Shiite deserves to be overrun by vodka-swilling peasants.
The war ends for the victorious Turk, since february 1516 Samaria and Lebanon are turkish.
July is another disgrace for our country, the 6000 men send to the Azores fail to defeat the rebels and return to Andalusia. 2000 men less.
The Golden Horde pays 41 ducats to Russia so that they can remain independant and continue their backward ways.
May 1517 brings us to another era of conquest, we declare war on Portugal, Pommerania and Brandeburg. In june we defeat a small army in Tago, they wanted to ship for Africa and die defending their capital. We start besieging Lissbon
In july we capture the Cap Verde isles with little losses. Sadly the transport that transported our men sinks while fleeing the Portugese fleet.
In 1518 we continue sieging Tago and send troops to Tangiers. We also renew our royal marriages with both the Hedjaz and Algiers.
In september lissbon falls. The Portugese maps show little new land.
A small group of 6000 Hanseatic horsemen start rampaging through Oporto, luckily they don't burn our refinery.
In august a corroption scandal breaks out, it would appear that alcohol has been sold for non-medicinal use. Inflation soars.
The first day of the year 1519 sees the rise of a new unholy emperor, Karl V of Austria. We offer 15 sheep to the man that kills him.
In june Portugal offers us the Cap Verde isles. We put the messanger in a cell and promise to let him go free when all Portugese became part of our nation.
5 months later Tangiers falls. We offer the Portugese to become part of our realm.... and they refuse!
Messangers are send to their allies and ever single one refuses a white peace. The fools.
We send 6 taders to Flanders in january 1520. They succeed in driving out 1 Portugese and 2 Hanseatic traders. Two of our traders manage to open a shop and one is found floating in a dock.
In august we build a trade post in Karoo and renew our royal marriage with Turkey.
In november 1521 a second Hansa army lands in Oporto and is quickly defeated. The same month the Portugese king offers us the Cap Verde isles for peace, we have the messanger boiled and send back.
In december the Turks wage war with the Mamaluks, again.
A Hansa army marches to it's death in Oporto, again. We use our newly invented arquebusses on the unlucky souls.
Seeing that they will not be rescued by their allies the Portugese accept our proposal of becoming part of Granada. May 1522 is a good month for our small state. We release the messanger we captured three years ago.
In june the Turks capture Egypt for the I-don't-know-how-maniest time.
January 1523 sees the Wurtemburgers turn towards the protestant religion, we couldn't care less.