Quote Originally Posted by I Am Herenow
IDK - in a Romani campaign in .81a v2 I built the level 2 regional MIC in North Africa, and could recruit elephants (they were recruitable in 2 different settlements and I had the highest possible level of government there, which was Type II IIRC). So I'd assume that all factions could get elephant regionals in North Africa with the right buildings, although I'm not sure.
Your assumption would be wrong, not all factions can get elephants.

In fact, are there some factions that don't have regional MICs at all?
No, all factions have regional MICs. nomad factions don't have factional MICs.

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