Albeit its harsh climate, the mountains of Yukon are thought to host precious minerals which may be worth exploiting. The Yukon also is connected to the sea, allowing you quick access to East Asia via Kamchatka, or the rest of North America by way of Upper Canada and the Pacific Northwest.
This vast and frozen insular region in the Arctic can almost be considered a continent by itself. Apart from being a vital staging point between Lower Canada and the British Isles , it is also a vital source of furs from the exploitation of the local wildlife — whales, seals, and the archetypical polar bear.
While not connected to any major area by sea, the Yucatan is no less strategic than it would seem, for it is the gateway between both the continents of North America and South America.
: Maya Oath of Fealty
South America[]
Llanos[]
Owing to its bordering the Andes, the Amazon and the Yucatan, the Llanos or "plains" are a highly desirable area, especially owing to the fact that it hosts a Supply Center.
Named after the planar region south of the Amazon rainforest and the northern Andes, this territory has some of the most arable land in all of the world, and there is evidence of ample deposits of silver to be exploited by miners.
The British isles are dominated by two major landmasses: Britain, and Ireland. Being based on the northwest peripheries of Europe, this territory forms a highly strategic location as it forms Europe's primary link to North America, as a crossroads between Greenland, France and West Scandinavia.
The Kareliyan isthmus is a vital gateway between Scandinavia and the Russian lands, linking East Scandinavia to Russia and the Urals. Although somewhat small in size and harsh in climate, it is known for being a significant source of copper.
The strategic Ural mountains are held to be the frontier that separates Europe from West Asia, and is known for hosting immense natural resources ranging from timber to wildlife and minerals. Expect many conflicts to control this territory as it forms a crucial waypoint between Russia, Siberia, Kareliya, Persia and the Steppes.
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France[]
: French Oath of Fealty
Holland[]
It may seem like madness to live in a waterlogged and flooding-prone land like this but such is the case of Holland. Aside from its links to neighboring overland territories, it also forms a maritime shortcut across northern Europe into West Scandanavia.
: Dutch Oath of Fealty
Germany[]
: Germans Oath of Fealty
Central Europe[]
: 30
: Food Economic Boom
Russia[]
This vast land is characterized by vast plains, crisscrossed by many rivers and forests, and forms a vital link between the Urals and the Caucasus mountains, and Central Europe and Kareliya to the west and north.
: Russians Oath of Fealty
Alps[]
The harsh crags of this land belie its green and fertile heart of rolling hills and lakes. This mountainous region of geostrategic significance lies at the crossroads of many different powers in Europe, and forms the one overland gateway into Italy through western Europe.
With overland links into four different territories in Europe, it is necessary for any European empire to seize the Balkans to secure its borders in Eastern Europe. The addition of a Supply Center and the presence of Amber also makes it a tempting target for conquest.
This territory doesn't just cover its eopnymous zone, often called the "Roof of Africa", but also includes the Kenyan Highlands and the Great River Valley regions further south. Formed by tectonic pressures, some of the world's most spectacular gems and precious stones can be found in this territory.
This broad and windswept land is known known for being the homeland of the Bantu tribes, a group of semi-nomadic pastoralists and hunter-gatherers.
: Bantu Oath of Fealty
West Asia[]
Siberia[]
This vast and sparsely populated land is known for its near-pristine environment and treacherous terrain, making it difficult to conquer except with utmost difficulty. That said, limited human presence here has allowed for a flourishing ecosystem, rich with all manner of wildlife for exploitation.
For centuries since time out of mind, these flat and near-to-featureless planular territories represent some of the best pastureland, but that is not all. Whoever seizes the Steppes of West Asia will also be able to access a strategic crossroads between China , India and Persia.
These harsh and forbidding mountains form the north-western border of West Asia with Europe, and guards the main overland routes into the same. For this reason, the inhabitants have often developed a martial tradition which along with the vital supply routes that run through these mountains provide enough resources to raise a single army.
Mesopotamia just doesn't mean that northeastern Middle East, that area bordered over by the Zagros to the northeast, and the Taurus to the north, but also includes the Levant as well in this campaign. So as a result, you are able to navigate towards Anatolia and the Caucasus in the north, Hejaz and Arabia to the south or Persia to the east – and at a fast pace to boot.
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: Commandeer Transport
Persia[]
Persia is a land of mountain, plain and desert, with mountains - mainly the Elburz and the Zagros forming its northeastern and western frontiers. Outside of these highland areas there exists vast swathes of empty land, especially in the east near India which has made it a popular route for invaders moving in from the east from the Steppes, the eopnymous Persians being descended from one group of such settlers. Persia is connected to the Caucasus and Urals regions to the north, and Mesopotamia to the west.
: Persian Oath of Fealty
India[]
India's vast size and reach, ranging from the highest peaks in the world to vast hill ranges in the centre, deserts to the west and lush jungles to the south has always made it a prize for invaders, be they from the Steppes, Persia or Southeast Asia.
: Indians Oath of Fealty
Hejaz[]
The north-west of the Arabian Peninsula is dominated by the Hejaz, which links Arabia to Egypt and Mesopotamia in the north.
South of the Hejaz and separated from Asia and Africa by the sea is Arabia proper — while seemingly arid and inhospitable it is of no small significance to the budding trans-Eurasian conqueror, for it is a vital crossroads region for trade. Arabia's strategic nature lies in its links - to Mesopotamia and Hejaz by land, and Nubia to the west by the sea.
The strategic Kamchatka peninsula functions as a beachhead which links the Yukon to East Asia , and is thus a prime spot of real estate for any power seeking to exploit its location between America and Asia by way of the New World.
: 40
: Logistics
Mongolia[]
In this land, some of the greatest and most terrible warriors are born and can be found. If united, they could well conquer the entire world.
: Mongols Oath of Fealty
Yakutsk[]
This extensive land is dominated by fertile mountain valleys which make for good hunting and foraging, but the lack of civilisation and its isolation limit its potential.
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: Metal Economic Boom
Hokkaido[]
This northernmost island of the Japanese archipelago has access to some of the finest fishing grounds in all Asia, and is also a crossing point between Japan and the frigid lands of the Amur basin.
The windswept and desolate terrain of this territory on the northern border of China belies its economic and strategic potential, which also includes routes into Eastern Asia via Goguryeo and the Yellow River Basin.
Contrary to its being dubbed "The land of morning calm", Korea's landscape is often likened to "a sea in a heavy gale" due to the many mountains and hills which dominate it so for this reason, most of Korea's major cities are located in planar areas. The mountainous nature of this territory makes fishing and metalworking the mainstay of the locals, but traderoutes have been established here linking Korea to the rest of Asia, either overland via Northeast China, or southeast across the Yellow Sea to Japan.
: Koreans Oath of Fealty
Japan[]
The heartland of the Japanese archipelago is located off the coasts of China and Korea and separated from the North Asian mainland by the Yellow Sea, Japan is isolated and unfortunately cannot furnish invasion routes direct across the Pacific. One must seize control first of either Korea to the west, or Hokkaido to the north, in order to begin exploring the rest of Asia and the rest of the world.
: Japanese Oath of Fealty
China[]
This vast nation in the very middle of East Asia is the capital of the Chinese civilization. Linked to the rest of the world by a plethora of land routes, China also provides one of the two maritime connections of the East Asian mainland to Australia.
: Chinese Oath of Fealty
Southeast Asia[]
Located at a strategic juncture between China and India , Southeast Asia hosts a great biodiversity and a plethora of natural resources which make it a highly sought after region to conquer. Anyone capable of seizing this territory will be able to gain access not just to China, India and the Steppes , but also possess a route to Australia as well.
Dominated by a massive lonely desert, fringed with rolling plains and lush jungle, Australia's massive size ensures that it can easily rival any of the other continents of the world, and is a vital maritime outpost linked to China and Southeast Asia. The presence of Diamonds in the lonely wastes here also make it of strategic interest albeit from a commercial perspective.
