The Art of Diplomacy and War

[Franconicus]

Welcome autolycus! Good to have you in the game

divitorobert is still missing. Maybe one or two other jump on, too.
Please try to gather your information until end of the week. Obviously it is very important to have an idea abut your forces, your economy. Also a statement about your religious intentions would be nice (does not have to be the historical one, of course).

By the way, maybe this helps you a bit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...lation_in_1600

Population in 1600:

Spain:
Kingdom 8 mio
Naples: 2 mio
Portugal: 2 mio
Spanish Netherlands: 2 mio
Sicily: 1.8 mio

France: 20 mio

HRE: 20 mio (Habsburg: 5.5)

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth: 8 mio

England: 4 mio
Ireland: 1.2 mio
Wales: 0.25 mio
Scotland 0.8 mio

Sweden: 1.3 mio

Russia: 14 mio
Dutch: 1.5 mio
Denmark: 1 mio