Clayren posted:

So I know that I'm kind of breaking the game over my knee at the moment, which may not make for the best reading long term. Nicholas II is something of an Alexander figure, someone who shows up once in a blue moon and makes some major changes. Once he's gone things will calm down a bit and we'll get a moment to look at how the world has changed in the last 130 years, Nicholas has not been the only one turning large sections of the map into a solid color.