There are reportedly 50 or so factions in the game, 10 of which will be playable from the start.  If this is anything like its predecessors then we'll all have fun modding/unlocking the rest.  So, which factions or nations would you like to see, or play as, besides the 10 already confirmed?

As long as the colonials are playable, I'm happy.

China :D Opium War.

Sadly, China won't be in the game, at least at first.  I'd bet good money that the first expansion will be Napoleonic wars, but China would make sense for a later expansion.

France, coz of the cool Napoleonic cavalry and i hope the a.i is a lot smarter in Empire Total War

Some sort of Italian faction. Problem is though Italy came around during the 19 centurny. Like Germany. But, they have to have some sort of Italian faction.

SCOTLAND!

PORTUGAL! We had one of the biggest Empires of all time, and discovered the single most profitable route of all time (the route to India) as well as Brasil sooner than the damn Spanish!

Prussia,
or the good ol' U. S. of A. if they're playable.

Denmark-Norway. It will be in the game, but it seems it ain't playable.

50 factions? do you really need any more? usually RTS games have 5-6 factions, that i know off

It's not an RTS.

"It's not an RTS."

No, it's a turn based strategy game with tactical battles. It's no more an RTS than World in Conflict.

"No, it's a turn based strategy game with tactical battles. It's no more an RTS than World in Conflict."

Have you seen what CA considers history? Can you really trust them to understand the difference between tactics and strategy?

"Have you seen what CA considers history? Can you really trust them to understand the difference between tactics and strategy?"

Oh Bellum.
CA's games have historical inaccuracies, yes.  Some because gameplay requires that they simplify things, and no doubt also some oversights or outright errors.  But the inference from such inaccuracies to their not understanding a rather contrived destinction is unwarrented.

Still, the point about World in Comnflict is well taken, although that game has some sort of resources and recruiting in real time, whereas Total War games have none.  In that respect they're even more unlike traditional RTS's (though I think that desscription is still broadly appropriate).

finally india in a game, english would be interesting too for their navy.....world in conflict was soo awesome i thought it would change the RTS genre, it didnt and ppl forgot it

I wanna see the smurfs in this game.

I'd like the Dutch, but with 50 factions I'm sure they are there already. Also, this:

tineyoghurt said:

"Denmark-Norway. It will be in the game, but it seems it ain't playable."

I'd really like to see a Jean-Claude Van Damme faction. Everytime they'd meet an enemy they would all do the splits and punch all of their enemies in the balls. Who could stop such a powerful force?

Dutch are already confirmed.  They're called the United Provinces.  There's a little write-up on the official website, here.

I just want to use the english and get my hands on some hessians. Also, a civil war Mod/Expansion would own

I want Ireland to be in it. I hope they are and then beat down United Kingdom :)

If they set the game about 100 years later, they could include Canada's origin story, much like they're doing with the US already. I'd like to see that in an expansion or something.

Can someone who has the game tell us what kind of factions are in it?

Great Britain, France, United Provinces, Sweden, Spain, Prussia, Austria, Russia, Poland-Lithuania, Ottomans, Maratha Confederacy, Mughal Empire, and the U.S. which is unlocked after playing through the Road to Independence campaign.

Ewoks.

"Oh Bellum.CA's games have historical inaccuracies, yes.  Some because gameplay requires that they simplify things, and no doubt also some oversights or outright errors.  But the inference from such inaccuracies to their not understanding a rather contrived destinction is unwarrented."

Being a norwegian I would like to have Norway as a playable factione. If you take it from Denmark and let the citizens rise up against you, they fill found a Norwegian militia and will be listed as a independent minor nation. I so wish that I could play them, and not just against them.

"Great Britain, France, United Provinces, Sweden, Spain, Prussia, Austria, Russia, Poland-Lithuania, Ottomans, Maratha Confederacy, Mughal Empire, and the U.S. which is unlocked after playing through the Road to Independence campaign."