Henges - pregame discussion

[Squirrelloid]

Concerns:
-Not sure i agree with a research boost for Arco. Philosophy =/= magical might. And as i imagine you're already going to give them the 'cheap' end of the research spectrum... Does EA Arco even need any boosts at all? - they're already a powerful nation, and you've just freed all their oreiads up for SC duty.
-Undead isn't especially thematic for EA Ermor. And remember they have no D income to start with. Think of these guys as Roman Empire before the fall, death magic becomes a more major focus after their emperors are insane and screwing their inlaws =)
-Ulm's bonus would be perfectly thematic for *any other* era, but not for EA.
-TNN would benefit a lot more from bonus A gems. I've never been short on N with Eriu, and I imagine TNN feels the same way.
-Does EA Abysia actually need the help? Not that +1f is that significant.
-Parraganos is a very poorly balanced map, and very bad for UW nations. Possibly unplayable bad for UW nations.

Questions:
-Do pretenders still perform research normally?
-Do nations 'gatewaying' with more than one category get access to all variations? Ie, a DS nation can summon tarts and angels? If so, how much access to a path does a nation have to have to qualify for a particular type?
-How many RP/researcher? How much gold/researcher used? (a table is fine)
-Are any nations not allowed?
-Do you get the bonus gem site in your capitol? (Ie, if you have a forest capitol, you get a +1N site)

Edit: whoops, wrote agartha and meant abysia.