[PItalica] The factions

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~THE FACTIONS:~

The faction list is still somewhat changing, and many factions will still be added, but ones listed above already are implemented, and almost all of them have their units implemented for the battle map as well.

Some of the choices we made might need an explaining. Some factions, say the Etruscans, were split into multiple factions, most importantly to depict the dis-unified nature of the Etruscan people, and lack of cohesiveness and unified action during war. At the same time, they will start completely allied to one another in the game, and in aggregate will have (by far) the largest number of provinces of any culture.

Speaking of culture, the factions in the game will be divided roughly into cultural groups, and these cultural groups will very strongly compete over dominance of Italy. Your recruitment and other well-being will depend on the amount of your own culture in your provinces. You will be strongly limited by these cultural considerations, and if you conquer a new province of an alien culture, for instance, you will need to first convert it to your own ends before using it for your purposes. On the other hand, factions with very similar cultural backgrounds will have no difficulty going across each other's cultural lines. Thus, for instance, Etruscans will be divided, but also allied to each other, and filled to the brim with Etruscan culture in each of their provinces; so that they might wage war amongst each other and quickly raise their own hoplites in conquered provinces, but if someone else (say Gauls) conquer that territory they'll be able to recruit almost nothing from it, until they convert it to their own culture (in this case, tearing down paintings and statues and such, and creating the conditions to enable the recruitment of warbands, and other such types of soldiers).

Above image is a slightly outdated but still useful breakdown for our factions and where they'll be all around ancient Italy, handy in gauging where each is and who's around it.