[@Willy Vereb] Thanks for understanding. I get that you're coming from a place of honest accuracy in a field rife with cool-looking inaccuracy, I'm just kind of a sucker for that Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament™ aesthetic.

Also, while I'm out here pissing in everybody's proverbial cornflakes, I'm afraid I have to nip [@Monkeypants]'s idea in the bud, as I'd prefer to not have ships advanced enough for regular intercontinental travel. That, and I don't want to have to keep track of the multiple ethnicities, cultures, and armies of all the different countries owned by the same dudes. I understand my "no good boats" rule means that some places will be inaccessible, though I have some handy plot ready to cover that right up if anybody's worried we're just gonna dick around in not-Europe.