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[@Aristo]
I never got an answer, I guess because I didn't tag you, but was there an ancient empire that a lot of Antova was once ruled by, or are our countries origins more disparate?
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Sorry, that managed to slip my notice! I was thinking about something like that; I was going to leave it mostly to player collaboration, but it would make sense to have had an all-encompassing empire in antiquity, considering our shared culture. 

If anyone's wiling to volunteer to play the remnants of said empire, I'm game to hear you out; perhaps your kingdom is all that remains of the core states, with the rest of Antova's kingdoms once having been provinces. The other option is for the pontifical capital to be that remnant.