Possible Factions

[WinsingtonIII]

Is it just me, or does it seem like there aren't eight factions on this list that meet the EB requirements to make it as a faction? I don't know, I just feel like there are a few obvious ones, but the rest are all kind of iffy in one way or another (not expansionist enough, we don't know enough about them, not enough provinces in the area, not historically influential enough to warrant a faction spot). Obviously, the whole list does not apply to every faction other than the obvious ones, but some of these are hurt by having one or more of these criteria applying to them.

For instance, Syracuse is a big favorite in this poll, but I was under the impression that they were not expansionist enough to make it as an EB faction. Maybe I'm misremembering though, so please correct me if I'm wrong.