1500s portugal... though I agree with two theories about islands directly in front the the pillars of Hercules... I don't know where the capital is but I laid out how an empire would exploit the world 12,000 years ago. Basically sail around the gulf stream... sell drugs and steal gold (refineries all over the world peru factory Brien Forrester found... gold slave pits in Africa Michael Tellinger)... make up religion to sacrifice criminals... https://youtu.be/9oIG4bizZm4 ... I talk about human sacrifice in another video and the astorology... but you have to sort of go through my playlists to learn geology and symbology.