[quote=@Letter Bee]
We might be, but playing the Ottomans, Britain, France, and Russia as NPCs and having them interact with my own Egyptian Sultanate sounds like I'll be playing with myself a lot.
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Working on a sheet but, Richard already put a sheet up for Russia. I mentioned this to an acquaintance interested in playing France. It'd just be Britain, mainly. 

And an NPC nation can also be shared, too. Rather than simply placing all that burden on the GM.