Pasong Tirad wrote:Or, the fifth option: a Nordic province.
Hope you like casual
racism social darwinism and cultural assimilation.
lazy natives need to learn to adapt!
Raetia Secunda wrote:Not sure what would be worse for the region - greater Roman power or greater Nordic power. Overall the Romans are closer so probably more dangerous. Though Persia is currently in no capacity to get significantly involved in Ethiopia. We will be keenly following nevertheless.
On second thoughts we'll just arm both sides so whatever's left at the end will not help Rome or Norden
If we manage to turn Ethiopia into a protectorate/client state then we'll probably be too busy turning Ethiopia into a productive Nordic client to do anything else major in the region. Integrating an unindustrialised, politically anachronistic, culturally and religiously different, and decentralised mess into the Nordic world order is going to take a lot of effort for a very long time.
Let's start by replacing all the silly native languages with Standard Scandinavian in all schools across the entire country...
Terminus Pheonix wrote:Retaking the concession is a goal, but Arabia can't do it alone without some major backing and build-up of both military and economy.
You know, on second thoughts, maybe I do want that defensive pact with Rome after all...
I'll be sure to bring this up at the next regular session of the Second Chamber.