[quote=Cosmic Fury]
I was thinking of them having colonies in the area, somewhat like the Phoenicians did with Carthage, during their peak.
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I FOR ONE, WELCOME THIS NEW NEIGHBOR.

Still, the earth is round, perhaps it would be wiser to have a colony on the other side of the continent? There is a tiny bit of peninsula I left open above my country, juuuuust for such a purpose xP