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{{Country
|Government Type=Absolute Monarchy
|Ruling Party=Royal Faction (Conservative)
|Capital=Muscat (ID 1166)
|Population=317.01K
|Primary Culture=Bedouin
|Literacy=9.4%
|National Value=Order
|Tech School=Uncivilized
|Status=Uncivilized
}}

'''Oman''' is an [[Uncivilized Nation]] in on the southeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It is relatively strong for an Arabian nation and is all in all a fine candidate to forming {{flag|Arabia}}.

==Initial Positions==
Oman has the benefit of having many provinces on the East coast of Africa. This also presents a problem as it borders colonies from Portugal and Portugal would like to expand.  It starts off with two transport ships and three {{icon|irregular}}Irregular armies of 3,000 each. The [[budget|economy]] is in the tank and [[literacy]] is low.

==Westernization==

Westernization needs to be addressed as soon as possible and Oman has a low literacy, and therefore, {{icon|clergymen}}[[clergymen]] is highly needed. It is advised to set the [[national focus]] to encourage clergyman to increase the literacy rate. It is however not likely enough unless one have few ambitions and a good portion of patience.

===Expanding===
[[File:arabia overview.png|thumb|right|Arabian Peninsula in 1836]]
One can trying to conquer provinces with a relatively high literacy. {{flag|Oranje}} and {{flag|Transvaal}} is the oblivious choice. Alternatively {{flag|Sindh}} or another nation in near Asia. Conquest in itself does also grant westernization progress regardless of the literacy rate of the annexed provinces. If one intends the form Arabia it is generally not advised to annex Arabian states, as it can be done later infamy-free. {{flag|Ethiopia}} however is an obvious, if not a little hard, choice for annexation. They have a relatively large army and the area is mountainous.

The population of Oman is low and its primary culture is not dominant in nearby countries.  

== Forming Arabia ==
Oman has, as an Arabian nation, the possibility to form [[Arabia]]. It is needed to be a great power and influence at least one of the other Arabian nation: {{flag|Nejd}}, {{flag|Hedjaz}}, {{flag|Egypt}}, {{flag|Morocco}}, {{flag|Algeria}}, {{flag|Tunis}}, {{flag|Abu Dhabi}}, Ottoman owned [[Iraq]] or [[Tripoli]].
The easiest way to raise to Great power status is to invade the neighbouring nations {{flag|Yemen}}, [[Nejd]], [[Hedjaz]], and [[Abu Dhabi]] for the prestige and its soldiers. Alternatively [[Ethiopia]] or {{flag|Sokoto}} could be targets for conquest.

[[Egypt]] is the largest Arabian nation and is therefore the best to influence. It is however also the target of other Great powers due to the [[Suez Canal]] and [[The Valley of Kings|archaeological events like the Valley of Kings]].

==Colonization==
If Oman civilizes in time, it can colonize a good part of Africa which should provide enough [[prestige]] to be a Great power. In theory it has one of the best geographic positions to colonize Africa out of any nation, but time is against it.

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