Talk:Mykarian Empire/@comment-3155949-20140108010640/@comment-4364108-20140110204338

I understand, the Mykarians would never reach thousands of systems because of the rules here like Ornag said, But the Mykarians are ancient and would be able to spread very quickly. The Emperor's domain states would grow alongside the substates coming under protection. The substates would likely be existing civilizations, growing by warring inside of the empire or colonizing outside of it. The Emperor would also be trying to compete with his substates, which would differ from vassals states in being all but independent. Back to the topic of spread rate, Mykarians could colonize very quickly, and we would fill in duchies and hopefully counties while their conquests and colonizations happen. If we do go the route of the HRE, it wouldn't affect outsiders that much, and any fiction and events involving the Empire would be Imperial-Imperial Politics.

I present one more alternative to the Mykarians becoming uber-powerful. They could win the third crusade and establish vast swaths of territory, but then have something like the Spanish Civil war where various political factions enter a free-for-all with outsider nations suppourting certain factions in hopes of becoming allies with the winner.