The original Ethiopian cores are shown in solid green, while the cores gained from Negusa Nagast is shown with green stripesįinally, Ethiopia is in a wonderful defensive position. Ethiopia also starts with a decent population of clergymen, so literacy and research issues can be easily, but slowly overcome.Įthiopia has the decision Negusa Nagast, which gives cores on some of the uncolonized provinces, that border Ethiopia. It may have budget issues at the start, but once Freedom of Trade is researched or one gets some economic reforms, these issues mostly disappear. It is a relatively rich nation that produces a large amount of coffee. One can try to ally Egypt, but then one will have trouble when the Ottoman Empire attacks Egypt Advantagesįortunately for the player, Ethiopia has several advantages to counterbalance its challenges. Egypt will more than likely declare war on Ethiopia in one to two years. Finally, Ethiopia only has one neighbor - Egypt to the north - that initially can support a larger and technologically superior army, and has eyes on Ethiopian land.
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Ethiopia starts out landlocked, so naval power is out of the question, as well as immigration.
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The population is also largely illiterate while not as bad as some uncivilized nations, it is still a significant obstacle in the path of progress. Low population will also result in difficulty in raising an army.
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This means that Ethiopia will never have more than two national foci, and will have only one for most if not all of the game. 4 The Road to Westernization (1836-1860)Įthiopia has a relatively small population (Not much more than one million in 1836), and to make matters worse, it is equally split between Amhara and Oromo cultures.