Who are you going to play as first?

[Sir Beane]

Cool, I would also like to start with your country/countries, but that is not possible as far as I know. Especially Ireland with its nice isolation and access to the sea has always appealed to me. Not to mention the Scottish, with their bagpipes on the battlefields

If you're going to play Sweden, I recommend NOT marching towards Moscow in the winter. Especially if you are facing a Russian king whose name starts with P and the year is between 1708 and 1710... otherwise the hardy "Indelta" soldiers of Sweden should do just fine. Good luck.

Scotland is definitely in game as an emergent faction. I imagine that mods will make them playable pretty quickly. No one is sure about Ireland, but they seem a likely candidate for an emergent faction.

Highland Clansmen are in game as a unit, and bagpipers have been confirmed.