Good stuff and some very interesting news. I think there is definetly some brinkmanship going on with regards to whether or not Shaybanid will join World War 10. Without their aid Austria and Italy are rather evenly matched but if Shaybanid does join Austria, I can see little hope of Italy surviving war. Perhaps another of the articles in which the Shaybanid professor, in a refreshingly straight talking description of Shaybanid's navy calls it 'awful, terrible and backward', is the reason why Shaybanid is not yet joining the war. With something of a navy I can see Shaybanid offering Austria aid. Have to wait and see though.