Hey, I think i wrote something that applies to this situation in an old thread.
This does look like a useful tool for generating interesting and readable situations, however, I don’t think we’re ever really going too get away from fantasy as a place to stand and talk about the present. It’s really difficult to get a view from nowhere, and if the setting is greatly different from modern day Earth, the temptation will always be there to use the contrast as a form of social commentary,
Oh, and the picture used to accompany the article reminds me of one of the unintended uses of the Paradox grand strategy games. Take a “real” starting point, stand well back, and look at the possible histories that evolve.Will Japan build an Asian empire? Will the golden horde stick around until the industrial era? Will an Irish dynasty sweep Europe before them?
Almost anything is possible. Except Poland still cannot into space.
