Dragons

You look out over the planet from atop a mighty thunderhead and survey your options. Almost a hundred kingdoms are scattered across the world, all isolated from one another by large stretches of wilderness or rival races.

You can, for the moment, freely review the world's history, and after a long examination you discard most of the national units except for the handful of dragon-ruled realms.

There are only three of these, so your choices are:

1: Ynnys, a northerly realm where the ground is forever frozen. While boasting impressive mineral wealth, massive expanses of land, and excellent generals, the lack of farmland would limit your population until and unless you annex your neighbours.

2: Cirmur, a temperate land with rolling hills and many small forests. It has much good farmland and forests, several towns, a goodly amout of land - basically, a well-rounded setup, and it would be near-perfect, were it not for the hostile neighbours...

3: Katii, an island province far to the east of the world. It is extremely defensible, much of the ground is fertile, and it has a well-developed culture, but the small islands would limit your ability to expand.