Quote Originally Posted by Sir Beane View Post
The standard faction is almost certainly Britain.
Probably. Past standard factions are featured on the front cover of the game e.g. Julii for Rome, English king for Medieval II. Empire: TW seems to have a multi front cover thingy going on depending on which country the game is sold in.

Examples:

Britain
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USA
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Germany
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