12th playable faction

[Sir Beane]

Given that CA are doing a Faction Feature for each of the 12 playable factions and have repeatedly stated that there are only 12 I don't think '36' can be accurate.

If you can quote a source and give us a link I'd be prepared to revise my position however. But the amount of info saying '12 playable factions only' has been overwhelming.

[A Very Super Market]

Aren't there only 12 playable factions in RTW, but a single mod will et you play the others?

[Lucidus]

Portugal, obvioulsy.

they aleast still held considerable overseas territories

- In the year 1700, it was the second/third largest colonial empire.
Spain was the largest empire.

Portugal were declining but..

Not exactly.
In the second half of the century, agents of the Portuguese Crown introduced political and economic reforms designed to "modernize" their commercial systems. The Pombaline reforms attacked vested interests, dismantled long-standing institutions, and lifted barriers to trade, all with the goal of boosting Crown revenues, expanding imperial commerce, and reducing territorial and economic encroachments by foreign powers. The resulting "golden era" was abruptly interrupted by the outbreak of the Wars of the French Revolution and Napoleon.