I prefer Not!Israel or Not!Greece
*shrug* I think Georgians are an attractive people with acceptable genes and lower rates of skin cancer.
We can invade Israel and beat Greece to ships if we put in the effort.
I propose that we acquire iron (~2 main actions; Mine + Study) and then Defense up until all cities are walled.
While fortifying we should:
-send out some sailing missions to map the farther shores and hopefully improve our ships. (~2 secondary actions)
-If we encounter that mythic foreign land we establish a trading post there,
-otherwise we establish one at MW and suck up whatever developments they start having. (1 main action)
-then we make the March to the NE, (1 main action)
-expand our current march up to the top border, and (~1-2 main actions)
-create a Colony by Blackriver that we'll absorb later. (1 main action)
-Invest in a couple of Art Patronages and try to re-enter a Golden Age. (~3 Mains, but totally optional. It's just that the inventions would be nice, and overflow from Diplo -> Art -> Econ is good.)
Once all our Defenses are set up we should attack, vassalize, and integrate the TS. This will weaken the TH block, and give us primary control over the northern mountains so that we can either raid the lowlands and vassalize the XS or invade the north and expand in the steppes. Obviously we'll need an excuse, but the text said they'll be spoiling for a fight anyways. If that doesn't occur, do Progress and manual development (aqueducts; dam?) instead.
works pretty well.
