So we are in the 1600's or the 17th century, and I want to clear the air on what that means. ([@Flagg] feel free to change anything I say) This is unofficial and just me trying to clear up the tech setting.

So real life stats about  the 1600's/17th century:

	It is considered apart of the early modern era which began in 1453 and ended in 1789(1815 for some historians). It has been 300 years since the start of the Italian Renaissance, 100 since the reformation, Hernan Cortez had been dead for over 50 years, Treaty of Tordesillas is signed 2 centuries ago (it split the world between Portugal and Spain), america was colonized, Britian was an empire, gun line formation had overtaken traditional formation, The French Musketeers (yes those guys) are founded, eastern Europe was mostly ottoman, Jamestown is founded, Leonardo Da Vinci been dead for over 100 years, which means 100 years after medieval castles became seen as obsolete due to increasing fire power and mortar and the introduction of star shape forts, 200 years since the fall of the Theodosian walls, marking the end of the late medieval period, artillery is being used, the winged hussars reach their pinnacle in the battle of vienna, marking the golden age of the Polish Lithuanian army, it has been over 200 years since the start of the gunpowder era, which marked the beginning of the decline of infantry based warfare seen in the middle ages. Longbows, crossbows had been completely replaced with guns for over a century, and the gun that replaced them (arquebus) was also being replaced now with the more versatile musket and were eventually completely phased out as the 17th century saw great advances with the musket.