[quote=Yog Sothoth]
Did you read my post? I said that my faction's size right now is not final. Also if you guys are insular and not very connected then that makes pillaging and plundering not too hard since there wouldn't be any alliances. Also my faction will trade if it makes a good profit.
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Well an 'empire' is generally only used when something is large. So it's natural to assume that an empire of raiders and pirates would mean [i]a lot[/i] of raiders and pirates.