Colonies and their governors are controlled by their respective owners. When the time comes, will play as the American revolution and the nation until somebody else swoops in. Also, i was thinking of this just for theme: Can you all go by your actual leader's names as well as cast real and historically influential people in your plots? I think it adds to the history if it's the same toolkit, just a different contraption. In any case, due to the fact that I want to get major powers filled [i]before[/i] minor as so we can the big players established, and that I have heard interest expression of being a minor power, I think we might go with the European Powers, and I could play the native nations.

Also, I will be releasing a stat system outline shortly. I will need some peer edit. I appreciate you helping me along through this and your contributions to the framework as it places the burden as a more spread out and manageable task rather than a looming toil that I must get through to satisfy the internet.