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Second question: Industry was apparently set back a bit, but by how much? Are we still running around with Lee Enfields or has the AK-47 been built yet or what?

EDIT: And does anyone mind if I steal Azerbaijan for my glorious Persian Empire?
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Azerbaijan was part of Persia in the old canon, I think. The whole deal was that Persia rocked in there to help the Armenians with their little problem there and wound up just annexing it.

Also, Persia and Armenia were like fuckin' BFFs.