Any nation that get's horse archers is cool if you ask me. But I've noticed that all the main horse archer countries that aren't me, Russia, look like they have it a lot easier! Maybe it's just my missmanagement of resourses but it seems to me that Russia bears the brunt of the Hordes the worst. I haven't beat them yet but I have fought them. Fortunately the game was "accidently" deleted so I could have a hounurable withdrawl.

Well anyways, If you don't have a good economy you could very well have a bit of a problem dealing with the Mongols. The situation is vastly different in my Egyptian game....