Quote Originally Posted by Sheogorath View Post
Makes me wonder if the Barbary States will be a separate entity from the Ottomans. That'd be a fun little minor faction to do.
I'd say it's definitely possible they'll be in the game (although I'm sure they won't be playable). From what little I was able to make out looking at the fuzzy photograph of that map (the one I linked to in that other thread), it appeared as if there was a faction (separate from the Ottomans) along the North African coastline.

Of course as CA has pointed out, that was a very early iteration of the map, so who knows what's changed since then.