Since a lot of the discussion in this thread is about if a certain city is Swedish, Danish or whatever, I think (IMHO) I might have the solution to this.
Since it is Scandinavia and not really Vikings, eventhough units still are vikings, see this as the country that was to become (and evolve from) the Kalmar Union, in 14th and 15th century. It is a nice dream is it not? The oil from Norway, the industries from Sweden and Finland, the food and drink from Denmark, and fish from Iceland.
That would probably make Margareta the leader, since she was a strong force in the making of a union between the old rivals. The UU is still okay I think, they are the typical common scandinavian units.
I do suggest making Kalmar the capital. After all it is a coastal city, which was the only way to travel fairly quickly in those days. It also have the historical value of the coronation in 1397.
The main alternative would be to make Gothenburg the capital. This is not simply because I am from that city, but for more practical reasons.
If the union would have survived the rivalty between Sw. and De. a capital situated along the coast between Oslo and Copenhagen would make sense. Still in Sw (which is the largest country after all) but close to the provincial capitals of De. and No. To place the capital by Göta Älv, therefore linking it to the Väner-region is an obvious advantage.
So as a more logical evolution of the civ, using Gothenburg as the capital is a good idea. That would probably make Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm, Åbo and Reykavik as suitable provincial capitals.
In the case of making a mod for this I guess that a list of cities and leaders would be needed. How about 15 cities from De/No/Ic and 15 from Sw/Fi. Also 5 cultural and 5 military leaders from each halve. I have for historical reasons put them in the two groups since they are closely linked together in this groups. I suggest using names from 1300-1800 AD.
Would anyone from Norway or Denmark give me a suggestion of cities and leaders(yes you may use Lund etc). The final form will probably be an alternative list where a Sw/Fi city (Gothenburg) tops the list, then a De/No/Ic, then a Sw/Fi etc. The same for the leaders lists. Sw/Fi on the top of science, De/No/ic on top of the military leaders list.
Is this a nice way to once and for all unite the scandinavians into one nice civ
What do you think about this idea? Please post any suggestions.
I will post my suggestion of the Sw/Fi lists if there is any interest in this solution.
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