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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dr. Strangemonkey" data-source="post: 716254" data-attributes="member: 6533">Well, I got no opinions on competitors cept that one of em should definitely be barbarous.I do have an idea for why the Cressians would got to war, however.The Cressians seem to me to not be much into the whole conquest thing since their culture is very deep, difficult to export, and takes time to develop.  I do see them being pretty paranoid about aggressors, however.Let's say that one of the cultures bordering the Cressians consists of a lot of independent city states who fight a great deal among themselves but do have a coherent sense of identity.  Ala the Greek city states.The Cressians develop trade relationships with some of the closer and more prosperous city states along their common border.  There are problems with occasional raids or armies from the city states trying to cross into or through Cressian claimed land.  Overall things go well.  Many of the other neighboring states are deeply embroiled in the politics of these city states and one of the more distant states sends in troops to protect their allies.  This polarizes the city states into a massive conflict as all the states ally to take on the few states who have claimed foriegn protection or work to take advantage of foriegn protection themselves.  As the closest stable nation, the Cressians have to develop a policy and response to this fighting.  They are extremely reluctant to intervene on so short a time table and into such a complicated situation, but they also very much hate the idea of another power invading the City States.  Let's call the City State Culture the Kleesians.</blockquote>

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