Quote Originally Posted by Tanit View Post
Assuming a map from Baktria to Japan your faction list in 272 would look something like this.
Baktria - A Hellenistic eatern state that historically expanded into India, which is on this map.
Saka Rauka - A Steppe faction which historically expanded into Baktria and then India
Maurya - The Empire of Chandragupta Maurya covering a large proportion of India
Satavahana - Another Indian nation (Thanks to AtB here)
Pandya - Another Indian nation (Thanks to AtB here)
Wusun and/or Xiongu - Steppe faction which would eventually push the Yuezhi into Baktria
Yuezhi - Steppe faction pushed into Saka lands and subsequently into Baktria
Chinese States:
-Qi
-Chu
-Yan
-Han
-Zhao
-Wei
-Qin
-Lu
-Yue
Yamato - A powerful Japanese tribe, their dominance was not until later but it is one of the best options for a Japanese faction
Gojoseon - Korean nation
(Khotan - did not yet exist and its foundings are semi-mythical, Dvipantara - unclear if it existed this early, unlikely)
The map could also, in theory, be extended to include a portion of central and northern South America which would allow for the inclusion of factions such as the Zapotec, Pre-Classic Maya and the Chavin.
Also interesting would be their original names - the names they gave themselves, as opposed to the name given to them by later Chinese historians...kinda like how vanilla RTW clumps many factions as being "Gaul" just because it was the Roman term generalizing the people in modern France.