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| 政府类型 | Absolute Monarchy |
| 执政党 | Sheikal Faction (Conservative) |
| 首都 | Sana (1178) |
| 人口 | 100.75k |
| 主体民族 | Mashriqi |
| 被接受民族 | |
| 识字率 | 21.0% |
| 国家价值观 | Order |
| 科研学派 | Uncivilized |
| 地位 | Uncivilized |
Yemen is an uncivilized nation in the southern Arabian peninsula south of 
Nejd and 
Hedjaz and west of 
Oman. Its borders are pretty much identical to modern-day Yemen. For an uncivilized nation, Yemen has a quite good literacy.
Yemen is a part of the Arabian culture and if it turns out to be a Great power it can form 
Arabia by influencing one of the other Arab nations.
Strategy
Moving towards westernization should be the main goal in the beginning. Encouring 
bureaucrats is mandatory until there are 4% in all states.
First targets of conquests
Conquest 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. The surrounding Arabic nations of more POPs of Yemens main culture Mashriqi. 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. Often the player can find Egypt without an army at all.
Safety First
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. The optimal solution to the problem with Europeans would be an alliance with 
United Kingdom but it is hard to achieve. Being put in any great power sphere of influence is desirable.
1850-1860
After having annexed the neighbouring Arab countries 
Sindh, 
Ethiopia or The Boer States are good targets.
Post westernization
Omans colonies might open up for colonization if Yemen westernizes quickly enough. if Yemen westernizes before 1870 and have annexed Oman, they are in an ideal situation to colonize Africa.
The Arab peninsula will discover 
in the late game, after which money will no longer be an issue.
To form Arabia is certainly doable, especially if Yemen manages to colonize a good chunk of Africa thus getting a lot of prestige and military score. It is only required to sphere one single other Arab state. If they are all annexed, releasing a nation while being a great power will put them in your sphere, and they can be re-annexed with the formation at the cost of 5 prestige. After the formation of Arabia, plenty of time should be spend on annexing the rest of Arabia.