First of all, thanks

Second of all, thanks again These are things we haven't much thought about yet since we don't have a map to fool around with, so we've been mostly making units, visuals, and other stuff. So thanks for bringing these topics to mind.

Sure the Persians will most likely have an overwhelming army, but that will make it more fun to try and stop them, or invade them. Also, playing as Persia might not be so easy, since you will probably end up fighting a war from 4 fronts

Haven't thought about the distance to capital penalty at all yet, so I got nothing there