OT: The ambiance and setting (part 3)

[Omnirizon]

Originally Posted by Endoperez

If you want to be serious about I, I suggest having MA Marignon without inquisitors influence France-equivalent while LA Marignon with diabolists/inquisitors influence Spain-equivalent.

the spanish state was only forming going into the early modern period, so what you suggest here is really pretty accurate, Endo.

Mari appears to be more a signifier for the continental western Holy Roman Empire, which was more of a nation than any collection of feudal states in what is now Spain or France. However, the theme of separation from a church identity and the beginning of the creation of nation-states under the sovereignty of a monarch is _the_ historical marker of the early modern period that I'm wanting to work with.

To that effect, I really need a France. A single 'Mari' with a little 'Man' picking up the northern continental slack while covering Britain works for pre-modern times, but there has to be a state which is basically annexes of bits of Man, Mari, and Ulm; because that's what France is and that's what it was doing right in this time period. It is too significant to ignore for a game that wants to utilize history (specifically the historical bricolage already picked up in dominions) _and_ be in the early modern period.

What is needed is a name. Historical events combined with the narrative already started in Mari can fill in the details.