[HoneyBadger]

If you'd like, we could work together on this-we can still make our own distinct nations if you want (it's always nice to have something to call your own, and I tend to be stubborn about the directions I want creative projects to go), but sharing the research and concepts, and making sure that the nations we create are distinctive, might not be a bad idea-you're a good graphic artist (with access to the unit databases, which I lack), and I like to think I'm getting better, so helping each other out with sprites (pun completely intended) would help keep things on track, and get the work done more quickly for both of us.

Were you intending on making a generic nation, or one based on a specific part of the world?

The word "Cantabira" sounds Spanish/Iberian-and there haven't been any Spanish mods yet.
The Spanish had their faeries too.