Quote Originally Posted by jerby
you must have a lot of time on your hands

but afaik, in EB, recruiting is done per province...little vague.example: the Ptolemaics(egypt) can't recruit Pezhetairoi (pikemen) in britain.
most of your original forces can only be recruited 'around your homeland'

so an exodus might be possible..but very hard. and with a limited troop-selection.
Yeah, and you'll be restricted too in the government types you choose, which will put you at a big disadvantage from the start. But it still could be done. It's hard enough keeping up an army to fight off your neighbors from your first province--I don't even want to think of being able to financially arm an army strong enough to make it to Britain or somewhere up there and actually take a province away from some multiple-turn-strengthened rebels. But it could be an interesting challenge.