User:TheKnightOfOyashiro/A Different Europe

A Different Europe is the name of the new Chat Roleplay that Myself (YuriKaslov), Charcoal121, Slopijoe, Rampantlion, and UK13 are going to commence soon. It centers around an alternative timeline in which the Romans had not withdrawn from the British Isles, thus leaving them to their fate, and instead continued to persist, offering not just one true successor state to the Roman Empire, but two -- in the form of Romana-Britana. The resulting alterations cause a number of changes to the timeline of history.

Rules
Same general ruleset as in the last RP:
 * No using other peoples' nations without permission
 * No using non-player nations unless said nation are a stated ally of the person using that nation.
 * Be realistic
 * Be civil

Romana-Britana (YuriKaslov)
Romana-Britana (pronounced roh-MAN-ya bri-TAN-ya) was one of two successor states to the Roman Empire, and was one small bastion of pure Roman influence that survived the dark ages of the Fall of Rome. In the Romanské tongue, "Romana-Britana" can be interpreted as either "Roman Brittany" or simply "Britain". The Romano-British portion of what would be England gradually consolidated power; as a result of the larger numbers of Romans who remained as a result of the lack of a withdrawl, the Romano-British held a numberical advantage over their Gaelic-speaking counterparts on the rest of the Isles. Leveraging this advantaged, they repulsed attempt after attempt by the Celts at retaking the Isles, and ultimately outlasted them; in the 800s, the Vikings appeared and wreaked havoc upon the Celts, but their barbaric behaviors were comparatively less effective against the highly disciplined Romano-British legions. When the Vikings finally receded, the Romano-British, who by this point had begun a blending of cultures, seized the day and conquered both Wales and Scotland.

Over time, the rulers of Romana-Britana consolidated their powers. Generally, Romana-Britana was ruled by military governers as opposed to kings as was the case on the mainland. However, one military governer, while maintaining that title, declared bloodline succession, whereby the first-born male of the family became the new military governer. Gradually that title ("Rektor") came to be synonymous with "king".

Romana-Britana, as a result of the prestige and fame that came with the crusades in the 1000s and 1100s, gained Papal sanction for the invasion of the Western Isle, which had prior preached a heretical form of Catholicism. Although it took close to a century, the Romanské completely subdued the Irish, and subsequently gained minor holdings in Northwestern France, from the Loire to the Seine river. However, being an Island Nation, Romana-Britana primarily focused on naval advances, and while initially mediocre at best due to the severely outdated ships the Romanské used from the state's official founding until 1300, between 1300 and 1600, the Romanské became one of the world's foremost naval powers, outdoing even the Muslim navies that had previously been superior to all European fleets.

The Romanské were also one of the first nations to employ both professional militaries and widespread gunpowder technology. Following the Hellenic Kingdom's example, Romana-Britana adopted a constitution guaranteeing certain rights for the common folk.

Alongside Andalucia and Leon, Romana-Britana was one of the first nations to enact wide-scale colonization of the New World, gaining large holdings throughout North America (named "Atlantis" in this timeline due to the lack of an actual Amerigo Vespucci)

Prusija (Charcoal121)
Prusija is the resultant state founded following the failure of expansion onto the British Isles.