Well, Shawnee was my first choice, wanting to unify America and its indians and defending it against the colonizers,
Then came a European country on the Balkan, croatia was my choice. I always liked to stem the tide of the Ottomans and the Austrian-Hungarians.
Next came africa, I liked to unify it against the Arabian opressors and colonizers.
And then of course unify India and expand it and never let the English in, ((I had alwas loved the Sharpe novel and wanted to play it))
Other chioces where Japan, Korea, Flandres (knowing a bit of their history) Norege and Genoa.
But what I am going to decide will depend on the voices of you.