[RedRover]

(I assume a new water nation is coming, so no more suggestions there.)

Here are a few candidates for new nations:

1. Make the Ashikaga Shogunate an official nation�that is, separate it from T�ien Ch�i so both can show up on the same board. Ramp up MP tests for balance on this one, and blunt the fatal weakness Cainehill mentioned.

1a. A new Oriental fantasy nation populated by spirit animals, ogres/oni, kami, tengu, and similar spirit/supernatural types, and mixing Chinese and Japanese fantasy traditions. Sort of an Oriental Pangaea, based on Elemental magics. Maybe Mistress Centipede as one of the pretenders. (She�s like Lloth, but half centipede instead of spider�something like this appeared in the first episode of the Inuyasha anime series, but I got my own soft pLastic figure of this creature years ago from Archie McPhee�s�and you have to see their Cat Buddha�another Pretender wannabe IMHO.)

2. Add the classic Arabian Nights nation. Basically a Caliphate with irregular Bedouin-like auxiliaries. Magic would be Air + Fire. Jann elites. Flavor magic items (Ebony Horse, etc.). There was a thread on this one.

3. Add a quasi-historical Ottoman Turkish Nation�Janissaries! Maybe Earth + Air. Cf. Tim Powers Drawing of the Dark novel.

4. Classic Egyptian nation�Astral + Death magic. Jackal elite warriors. Mummies. Scorpion King Pretender. Possibly do a �what if� that extends the motif/tech into the medieval period, similar to Andre Norton�s Wraiths of Time novel.

5. A Cthulhoid nation, cold-based, using the Mi-Go/Shuggoth (Lovecraft�s Mountains of Madness).

6. Freakland: A nation built around the Freak Lord pretender (and others, like maybe an Eater of the Dead, etc). High Growth scale. Crossbreeds are breeding true, and Freakland nation-specific spells can convert captured units into additional, augmented freaks. Instead of killing population like undead, they could convert human populations into freak populations. Blood + Nature. Maybe converts Blood Slaves into advanced freaks.

7. Maybe Swiss cantons with a generous slice of Central European fantasy. A legendary crossbow-wielding Hero is a must! (A long shot but, after all, No Ask = No Tell.)