Some very nice work going on here - kudos for that. When the EB Team was coming up with our last faction, it was an extremely tight vote between Saka and the Lugians of Central Europe. I'm not unhappy with Saka as a human player faction, but the AI rarely knows what to do with them. The Lugians on the other hand would have been tailor made to prevent these weird Central European empires of the Romans and Sweboz (among others).

Eminos64 - Since we can't create a new faction, perhaps we could simulate a powerful presence in the area, something tough enough to deter most of the usual invaders. Can you develop a script that adds 0-move, high powered ubergenerals to 4-5 of these provinces, once every 20 years or so? Test first for Eleutheroi ownership and if "yes", then plunk down a general. It would be interesting to see if this creates a tough Eleutheroi "buffer zone" that forces action back towards the coastlines and other historic areas of contention.