Hello Robert. JoanK mentioned your name in a discussion we had and as such I would like to invite you to Sonereals Dawn of Colonisation, IOT, all other games.
I suggest you join as Portugal to start a colonial Empire, or possibly as a state somewhere in west africa or eastern Europe to fill some voids. Another option, and a challenging one which could be interesting is Eastern Asia, perhaps as Korea or in Central China, or perhaps even Xinjiang. Southern India is also needing an occupant.
Anyways I hope you join, and at any rate if you do join it would be quite good if you adopted the Orthodox Catholic Faith.
~ Jehoshua