[quote=@Asura]
<Snipped quote by Willy Vereb>

So... no crude automatons? 
[/quote]Crude automatons doing simple things are fine, so long they don't dominate. The point is delicate balance to have fun steampunbk technology yet don't turn this into a WW2 era setting.
Also we may have a little problem here because my Heavenly Empire of Yllendthyr occupies the same territory:
[img]http://i394.photobucket.com/albums/pp25/willyvereb/PP/Yllendthyr.png[/img]

Though I don't ask you to switch. Rather, how about sharing it? I get the lower part which kind of looks like Greece while you get the larger piece and maybe also expand elsewhere if you want.
Having a nation to compete with is always fun in NRPs.