[quote=@Dinh AaronMk] Whether or not the bulk of those islands and landmass is in temperate zones is irrelevant since your people would be originating in a territory as harsh or harsher than Iceland, as me and Crispy has just established. What this implies is that the physical conditions of the region should be so harsh you're not really at a position to organize to form an Empire. If anything, you're at the mercy of other people, or a tribe of people somewhere in the north that might get called in as mercenaries from time to time. The most reliable food source may be the sea, but the sea would hardly be a significant agricultural bounty on which to build a civilization that'll do anything more than raid like vikings. Keep in mind that when Scandinavea is used as a comparison a lot of its population is centered further south. It wasn't the Sami who marched south to conquer the proto-Germans, it was the Germans in the south that spread out and conquered the lands around them. Your positioning is rather poor to make an Empire so organized it can think to use three simultaneous currencies. [/quote]I don't really feel it's fruitful to get into a longer debate about my position. I can dispute the absoluteness of its impracticality, especially in a fantasy nationgame, but you're the game master and as such you have the final say in this matter to begin with. Actually, I wanted my homeland to be on the large northernmost island but I felt it might make my claim bigger and stretch the credibility of the narrative about Yllendthyr being ruled by an elite in minority. Although you gave me a few ideas how to ensure that the Yelinor are still just a small portion of the total population. [img]https://i.imgur.com/jgOCLQi.jpg[/img] I did grew a bit as a result, albeit a good portion of these territories would be sparsely populated. So it's overall actually might be a downgrade?