Lord Parkin
aka emperor
I'm crossing my fingers for a Polynesian civ. But I don't have much hope.I really hope there'll be some SE Asia civ as the surprise civ.
It should be a civ that already play a big role for a milennia.
My guess it'll be siamese(SE Asia Mainland)
Or Indonesia(SE Asia Archipelago).
Both of them play a big role since pre colonization era.
But i highly doubt Indonesia. First, Siamese is more popular(although popular doesn't always mean mightier). Second, piracy level in Indonesia is too high(PC game only cost 5 bucks here, guys).