Kingdom of Poland

The Kingdom of Poland is played by Panch Molina. Now fighting the Danes and about to do war crimes on the Danes before the Geneva convention.

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''When Wladyslaw III fell in the battle of Varna both Poland and Hungary were robbed of their kings in one stroke. Without leadership it is now up to the nobles of the realm to appoint a new ruler. The most natural successor, Kazimierz Jagiellon, has been made Grand Duke of Lithuania 4 years prior. Crowning him would, however, require reaching an agreement that is acceptable to both Kazimierz, the Lithuanian and the Polish nobles.''

''Ever since the 1392 the two states have been bound together by a series of agreements seeking to integrate the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Poland in order to allow them to present a united front against their common enemies: the Knights of the Teutonic and Livonian Orders, the Tatars of the Golden Horde and the Crimean Khanate, and the Russian Principalities, lead by Muscovy in the north west. This cooperation has allowed the two countries to thrive despite their many enemies, but integrating the nobility of two such divergent states has not been an easy matter. Among both the Polish and the Lithuanian nobility there are some, the Magnates, who control very large estates and command great political influence. These families are in some ways the financial and political backbone of their states, but they are also a power factor that even kings might think twice before rejecting.''

''While large parts of their lands are sparsely populated there is little doubt that Poland and Lithuania could be among the most powerful states in Europe if they go forward with their integration. Their enemies are however quite formidable. In the far south the Ottoman Empire seems to be at the gates of Hungary, ready to expand up the flow of the Danube. To the north the highly militarized Teutonic Order consider the two states its main enemy. An uneasy agreement has been reached with the Knights following the Lithuanian Civil War, by which all parties agreed to recognize both the existing borders and the Polish-Lithuanian king. Perhaps most dangerous of them all however, is the Grand Duchy of Muscovy in the far north east. The Muscovites are rapidly creating a strong and expansive state to challenge the Lithuanian overlordship over the Ruthenian and Russian peoples that inhabit most of the Grand Duchy...''