Quote Originally Posted by palmtree
recreating the Persian empire sounds good.
MiniMe is right ,Bakteria is not really an eastern faction ,And surely not amongst those who can revive the Achaemenid empire. Although majority of population is Indo-Iranian ,Still they considered as subjected people. I also disagree with Saka for this role as well. They might were ethnically close to Iranians ,But culturally not ,And did not share the common interests with Inlanders !

Besides Pahlava ,Imo only Pontus and Hayasdan can be real successors of achaemenids and truly revive it. The duling family of pontus is Persian ,And the population is a mixed of nearly everything. Hayk who were a former Achaemenids Satrapy ,though might not be ethnically iranian ,But culturally and militarily are so close to them and share the common interests. thus with some justification ,Iranian would not saw them as invaders.

BTW ,Bakteria already chosen !