Engilsh are definetly one of the coolest. Because of isolated and protected position they can and must assume a maverick or corsair attitude, with pityfull France crushed under the boot (if not then England will wither and stay small. In fact, in my campaigns, if I'm not English, France or another party allways crushes England, anyone has seen else?)

And about the troops, I have a soft spot for clansmen and a bit for the callowglasses too. Add billmen and longbows and English are practically masters of western Europe, more if they can control their conquered lands. Some say longbowmen take game out of balance. Well, check history and you will find that the longbowmen tilted that same history out of balance. England won time after time against very bad odds, due to longbowmen and their proper utilization in battle by their commanders. If not for these troops, England would never had had the stranglehold it had on France for hundreds of years.