by sporkage
My cousing successfully built a new continent in the Asia area by using small cities to cut-off key areas around Russia, Ural and Siberia. This made early defense easier and a major city in Russia nearly guaranteed he'd get to start there regularly.Those three countries became a "continent" worth more than any except Asia through the following two spoilers:
[o]Our group somehow managed to put all three mercenary scars on those three countries and he had given the comeback power where you get double recruits at the end of your turn on his primary faction. So he'd get 6 bonus troops for holding three easily defensible countries.[/o]
Sometimes one need not control Asia to control Asia.