Dominions Nations Evaluations ;)

[Wrana]

Of course, you are perfectly free to post that Bogarus has 1 for early game. Though it would be nice if you also posted other stats for it... Maybe even with longer comments?
Considering Bogarus army I should point out that while their voi infantry are unimpressive - but these are MILITIA! In stats and cost both. And on militia duty, i.e., to absorb damage they perform admirably due to better armor. Their cavalry, on the other hand is something else again. Actually, they are the only nation afair that has horse archers with Pre 10... Once you have massed these, the early expansion against indies is piece of cake. Rushing is something else again, surely, but to stop the rush, the same horse archers can be applied and their mobility allows to concentrate them. Maybe their early game isn't 4, but I already saw it being assessed too low...
Considering MA Tien Chi - I actually had the largest territory in the current game during initial expansion. Of course, part of it was due to SC Pretender, but few turns ago I have actually put him on research duty just to have something to do with my other armies... So it seems that I at least can expand with those troops fast enough.
Shinuyama has excellent Kappa which can be massed fast and excellent Dai Bakemono. Bandits/Bakemonon-Sho are excellent in absorbing enemy fire/lances. What else do you need? With Kappa I expanded through independents with hardly a scratch - and they can cripple enemy elites to stop rushes as well. THey are costly, of course, and Dai Bakemono, as I said, require time to amass.
To Amhaizair:
Yes, of course, I assessed the nations I'm better familiar with, including the ones I'm trying MP with currently. I'm not familiar enough with late game which is the reason for ?? there. As an aside, I would probably assess Agartha - especially MA - as 1-2 for early expansion, but I did not play it so may not know some tricks...