plus if we play a christian faction, we should RP to curry favour with the pope, or atleast avoid excomm.

Another incentive not to expand too much.

YLC: I agree england has better roster than france, which is why I will vote england.
I just proposed france as it has the best starting conditions for a larger playerbase.

If we start out with the Danes, you can only start off with a handful of player max.
I can't imagine the SS map right away, but the Dane starting position gives for some serious distances aswel?
Wehereas france/england are right in the middle of western europe.