I was wondering if there is any way to change factions mid-game. I am on turn 100-something in my Turkish campaign and it would be fun and a challenge to 'bring back' a faction that is currently teetering on the brink of destruction.

I have tried using the shell command "control FactionName", but despite it being a recognized command (no error when I input it to the console), it does absolutely nothing as far as I can see.

Is there an option to modify the savegame file maybe?

If anyone has any ideas please post. Thanks.