Kenny1 said
I do wish to ask if anyone would be interested in making an empire? If you can promise to be neutral I'll allow a player to have two, simply because a large empire to balance out Procellia would be a positive asset.
I don't know about an empire, but I was planning on the Desert People's territory to be scattered with nomadic tribes and other city-states. Would you be OK with defining the territory on the map? The Desert People would be in the same ethnic group, and although the population may not match up, the region itself may be formidable for Procellia.
Sabaeans are a group of Desert People, and have significant influence in the region. They may all very well lie in Saba's sphere of influence.