Yeah America and Africa both got left out. I guess you could have removed French and HRE (or English) and add say Mali and Aztecs for e.g. But I'm guessing we'll get African and American civs as the first and second expansions probably.I don't really care, but not even one civ from the Americas is a good mix?
Yes I'm very well aware of the Rus and knew somebody would bring it up as a response. I even thought of addressing it to get ahead of it but to be honest, I don't know what to make the Rus.
Are they Scandinavian or Slavic? Viking or Russian? They're kinda more Nordic to me.
Kievan Rus' - Wikipedia
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The Rus were Slavic in the same sense that the Normans were French, I guess? They were a ruling elite of Scandinavian origin who integrated with the local language and culture. They were very important for Eastern European history though, like half of the countries in Eastern Europe today claim descent from them in one form or another.