Politically the King, Louis XIV, liked to go to war for land. He did his best to expand and get more to be strong. He took land and said it was his families. Louis XIV went to war so much that other countries made an alliance called the Grand Alliance to fight him. They lost but made France poor. This led to France having a lot of land but it was still weak.

Economically, Louis XIV supported industry which helped him make money through taxes. The tax money was then given to his war minister, Marquis de Louvois, who spent it building the military. This led to France becoming more powerful and people traded with them, increasing their economic power exponentially.  

Religiously, Louis XIV was very Catholic and was against Protestants and took away the edict that allowed them to practice their religion. Their marriages were annulled and their kids all became illegitimate. Everyone had to be baptized and all the Protestants didn't like that. This made all the Protestants leave the country and left France weaker with a lower population.

Socially, Louis XIV liked to have big parties and built large houses all over France. He became friends with good artists and smart people. His parties had a lot of rich people and he became friends with them too because they were impressed by him. However, all these parties made the nation become poor and led to the commoners dislike him. This led to a gap between the aristocracy and commoners in France rather than having a more neutral mix.

Intellectually, Louis XIV's friend group was filled with smart people like playwrights and authors and composers. He saw himself as the leader in education and decided that he should become the patron of Académie Française, which means that he would decide how the French language should be and made many schools and colleges for people to learn about art and science and math. This allowed France to develop into a middle class where many people have a formal education.

Artistically, Louis XIV tried to promote it so that the rich people would be happy. He made many plays and acted in them. He also built a lot of buildings and gardens. Many people were influenced by this and began creating their own art. This chain of events led to France becoming a powerful home for fashion, music, and all the other arts as it is known for today.

Politically Russia had problems with the Ottomans because the Russians were trying to acquire more land, which happened to overlap with what the Ottomans claimed. For example, Peter went to war many times with the Ottomans and in the end, got access to the Black sea. Catherine took land in Poland which angered the Ottomans even more. These two empires warred often.

Economically the leaders of Russia tried to modernize it by increasing the number of people in the upper class and supporting commerce and industry. Peter in particular hired people to inform his court of technological advances. They created an alphabet which allowed for written trade to be done easier as well as creating a newspaper to inform their citizens better as well as create jobs.

Religiously Peter had a large effect on religion. He restructured the church, and instead of having one man in charge of it, he made it a council of 10 clergymen. He also made it so only the Tsar could choose bishops. Catherine, on the other hand, made large pilgrimages and when she fell sick, would ask for a priest. Many people believed this was because she was trying to show her devotion as she was a convert.

Socially Peter and Catherine the great were not popular within the lower classes. This is because their reforms excluded the lower classes. The lower classes felt excluded from their rulers and exploited by the system. This built up until a failed peasant revolution in 1773. Catherine then decided to make laws to appease the citizens by creating an education reform to promote education among the middle class.

Intellectually Catherine the Great made many laws and promoted education. This led to many philosophers seeing her in a positive light as she was against torture in her laws and supported advancement in her education reforms. Peter the Great created an alphabet so Russia had a written language as well as creating the first Russian newspaper, and this led to an easy communication system to many people.

Artistically Catherine the Great was much more superior to Peter the Great as she spent more time in Europe, surrounded by it. This allowed her to be more knowledgeable to these unlike Peter who was more exluded.She commissioned many paintings and books for her private collection as well as for gifts to courtiers. She collected so much art and kept it in such good condition that the State Hermitage Museum had an exhibit filled with her collection of porcelain.

Politically The Qing Dynasty was divided into many ranks, it made the government system so complex. The Qing system was headed by the emperor. There were six ministries, each of which had two presidents and four vice presidents. The Qing Dynasty had the more land than any other Chinese dynasty before them during their ruling period.

Economically The Qing Dynasty started off as a poor empire with major war losses that cause the empire to decline in the economy. The government forced the people to contribute to the market,which lead to a increase to economy and population. It was a time period of peace and stability. The Qing Dynasty had many infrastructures to support their country become an economic powerhouse.

Religiously The Qing Dynasty was mainly focused on Confucianism, but some people practice Buddhism and Daoism. All emperors adopted Confucianism and visited sacred altars to make sacrifices.The most important of these included sacrifices to Heaven at Beijing's Altar of Heaven. Christianity was banned near the end of the empire when it was fallen.

Socially The Qing Dynasty was very strict about their social structure which lead to abusive power.The order of the social structure goes: Emperor, Advisers, Generals, Nobles, Workers, Artisans, and Peasants. Each rank were treated respectfully but in different ways as the Emperor was treated incredibly well and people would bow to him, peasants were generally ignored by nobles who didn't have time for them.

Intellectually The Qing Dynasty was in a decline as the tests that they used to judge and distribute government positions were circumvented by some paying off government officials to pass them. This led to harder workers who would have helped the empire fail the test and since the leadership positions were filled with frauds, the government slowed down as it fell into a decline.

Artistically The Qing dynasty made efforts to support it in hopes more people would create art that they would like. Art was the most desired and was valued for money and trade. Most art are saved till this day and are represented as Chinese ancient art in various museums. Art was the most desired and was valued for money and trade.

Politically  Japan was entrenched in recurring civil war, so much so, that it took three successive military commanders to finally restore unity and internal peace within the country. Nobunaga, Hideyoshi,and Tokugawa Ieyasu were the three leaders that made the Tokugawa Shogunate as successful as it was through their great tactics in the civil war. 

Economically Once peace was established in Japan, agriculture improved and expanded; new seeds, tools and fertilizer produced greater harvests and allowed peasants to make more money. Japan had very little natural resources, their supply was depended on other countries resources. There was a high population of merchants and artisans because they only had imports from countries.

Religiously Shinto and Zen Buddhism were the main religions of the Tokugawa Japanese population. Religion shaped Japanese life in many ways such as requiring upper class men take part in landscape gardening, tea ceremony and flower arranging. Some women would be "Miko" which is a shrine priestess and they would perform certain rituals to appease the gods.

Socially Samurai and upper nobility were allowed to serve in the military and hold government positions and continued to follow Bushido. The Social classes: Shogun, Daimyo, Samurai, Peasant, Merchant.The shogun ruled everything and was the leader of Japan. The merchant was at the bottom but still broke the rules through their growing economic power.

Intellectualy The Japanese learned a lot from the west in education wise.Japan knew what the Europeans were capable of and were greatly affected by it. The Edo Bakufu , were the last feudal Japanese military government that lasted from 1603 to 1867. Japan's Tokugawa period,would be the final era of traditional Japanese government, culture, and society.