It's 1333, the Ming are pushing the Mongols back, but at a slow pace. A small 32 man group gets lost in west Siberia. They're mostly killed by a remote but skilled tribe of hunter gatherers. The three men that survive teach them how to make gunpowder, mathematics and Islam. In the Years to follow, Sibeland, soon renamed Siberia, will become an industrial and economic power, and form a strong alliance with China.