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					Originally Posted by Immaculate  Firstly, TirN'Nog has an awake pretender and is using it to expand.  How do i know this?  Well, their dominion is way above anyone else's (thus an awake pretender with a strong dominion) and they have 3 provinces instead of 2 like most other players. | 
	
 True.
You can look at research too : first turn research is often an awake pretender (there's exceptions of course, like Sauromatia which starts with a mage, but most nations starts with a regular commander and a scout).
(And high dominion is important for Awe, which is important in early SC pretenders)