[quote=Dedonus]
I think he was Persia in the last WiR.
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 It was Afghanistan. And I didn't get a chance to complete my plan since the WiR ended abruptly, so I wasn't going to waste another opportunity to give Afghans their glory :P
I actually didn't know much about modern Afghanistan before the last WiR, since then I've done a lot more reading around, so 1900 should be interesting...if it gets going.