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Originally Posted by 13lackGu4rd
Squirrelloid, if you wish to divide it Geographically into 4 teams than I have an alternative for you:
Central Europe: Arco(Greece), Ermor(Rome), Ulm(Germany), Pythium(Byzantines)
Northern Europe: Eriu(Ireland), Man(England), Jotunheim(Norse), Vanheim(Norse)
Middle East: Ashdod(Israel), C'tis(Egypt), Pangaea(Iran?), Marignon(Turkey?)
Far Asia: Shinuyama(Japan), TC(China), Bandar Log(India), Mictlan(supposed to be Aztecs, so Mexico, but as far as Dominions go it's closer to the real "Asian" nations).
not really sure about the Middle East team, I stretched it a bit in there. also Ashdod is considered "OP", however the other nations on its team are rather underpowered so it should somewhat balance itself out. this team still does have potential through to the late game so it's not hopeless for all but Ashdod.
also these teams seem to be more diverse as far as magic go, and also relatively balanced Imho.
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Classically, the mediterranean was a unifying feature (note expansion of the Roman Empire, which I use as one of my groupings), and Egypt had far more in common with Rome than it did with, say, Persia.
Caelum is based on zoroastrian beliefs, and is thus persian. Throw in Babylon (Abysia), and (Northwest) India (BL) and you have a fair representation of the Persian empire circa Darius II. Agartha seems suitable thematically because of all the mountains.
Also, Marignon is France/Spain. Isn't it painfully obvious? Pangaea is unspecified wilderness, presumably at the edge of greek wanderings (hence my placing it north of the Black Sea)
In the timeframe i chose, there were no 'germans' or 'english'. There were goths and celts (marignon, ulm, man, etc...), there was the roman empire in decline (incl. egypt, greece, italy, byzantium), there was Partha in the east centered in modern day Iran, and then the far east. This timeframe aligns with the MA nations passably well (ie, MA Ermor is clearly the Roman Empire in decline).
Despite being 'asian', there's no historical reason to put an Indian nation on the same team as a chinese or japanese nation. None. Trade was predominantly through Persian or the 'middle east' (actually called the near east until ~19th century) until the mongols. The chinese trade with the west went by way of the silk road - ie, across the steppes and north of the himalayas.