yea i'd do sicily but taken all those rebel muslim provinces, for me, at least, is too much work :D Yes, i AM that lazy ;) No, but seriously. Denmark is another good choice for me, they are one of my favs, but pretty much right from the beginning of the game i always find myself being attacked by either the poles, the hre, the french, and sometimes (actually, more like "usually") i find myself being attacked my more than one of these factions all at the same time. england, again, i like....but too little variety of cavalry. i made a turks campaign and called a jihad on constantinople and am doing pretty good.....i like jihads :D

my only problem with the turks is their location (for the mongols and timurids.) I suck against the two big horde factions and would like to be able to have a bit more time to amass armies to prepare against the mongol threat instead of having them at my welcome mat from their 1st turn on the campaign map. I will try doing sicily, it shouldn't be THAT hard. if i find it is strictly aganst my laziness constitution then i will just have to sick to the brits. keep all the suggestions coming guys! Great help so far!