Turn: Two, Fourth May

In France, feudal lords in St. Quentin and Tours struggled with peasant uprisings. Hundreds of local subsistence farmers laid siege to their rightful lords’ estates, wielding torches and pitchforks, and demanding bread and pork. They demanded to know why they should deliver tithes up to their lordships, offering the toil of their backs and beasts, working 20 whole hours per week on average while the gentry live in sloth. Unrest lasted through the winter of 1523, with the King offering no help from Paris.

Meanwhile in the New World, France sent their intrepid explorers to discover riches, and charted the Amazon River. Unimaginable rainforests are now under French Dominion, and Francis I intends to continue the voyages of exploration and conquest to expand his empire.

Also in the New World, the former English colony of the United States experienced unrest as a result of continued ethnically motivated extrajudicial executions by roving bands of paramilitary forces. The state security forces started opening fire on civilians in ethnic minority areas, further escalating tensions. The political leader, a game show host, who was elected in a proceeding rated as questionable by the united nations, expressed his desire for increased use of military force to put down the unrest and deployed additional militias to the cities experiencing unrest.