Post 388426 in the Wishlist thread has some more information:
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Kristoffer O.:
The number of nations is tricky. Themes are reworked and put into the three ages. Niefelheim becomes Jotunheim in the middle era and is Utgård in the late era. Some nations do not exist in some eras etc. What earlier was a theme is now considered a nation in its own right which makes modding much easier. Thus I do not know exactly how may nations there will be, but about 60 is probably right. Entirely new ones (with early and late versions excluded) there are perhaps ten new ones. Sauromatia is very different from Pythium, but could be considered an early version. They do have Hydras, but Witch Kings are very different from Arch theurgs. Likewise Yomi is quite different from the later form Shinuyama and the last "nipponese" nation Jomon. The semblances between early middle and late Caelum are stronger.
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Yomi -> Shinuyama -> Jomon
Vanheim is probably
Helheim - Vanheim - Midgård
My quess that there are some alternative timelines. As an example, Ulm can be either Black Forest or Black Steel, and those exist in the same era (I think). Marignon, Ulm and Pythium didn't exist before the Cataclysm (undead Ermor themes). Marignon turned to priesthood to keep the undead at bay, Ulm abandoned magic and Pythium tries to hold the memory of the old ways.
I except Middle Era to be quite similar to base themes. I think Early Era is more about units and less about humans and more about raw power than magic (with the Vanir, the Tuatha, the Niefel etc around). There could be exceptions (Spring&Autumn, Golden Era in a way), but I think really powerful magic will be mainly Late Era. With at least one undead theme of Ermor, Black Forest, whatever Late version of Mictlan is, possibly Miasma, Utgård... Also, I think Humans will become more common as the time goes by, as seen in Blood of Humans and Utgård. However, the human nations themselves will also change, to interesting directions... Maybe more corrupted humans along the lines of Black Forest and Diabolical Faith?
I don't know much about Machaka or Africa, but it and Mictlan could become very interesting later on...