The optimal solution to the problem with Europeans would be an alliance with United Kingdom but it is hard to achieve. One have to make good friends with the Europeans - Spain and France tend to take chunks out of the Middle East, and occasionally the Ottomans do too.

Often the player can find Egypt without an army at all. Especially Egypt is a good target in this regard, and they are a relatively easy target compared to their size when or just after they have been attacked by Ottoman Empire. The surrounding Arabic nations of more POPs of Yemens main culture Mashriqi. Even though Yemen has a very good literacy for an Arab nation, encouring clergymen is very important until there are 4% in all states followed by encouraging bureaucrats to 1%.Ĭonquest of neighbours is useful for prestige, military score, research points and boosting literacy ( Abu Dhabi), for example, has better literacy than Yemen.) This all will make the goal of westernising easier. Moving towards westernization should be the main goal in the beginning.