Well, back to topic, let's review the most probable choices we have, first for the SE Asia civ :- ASEAN is composed of these countries : Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapour, Thailand and Vietnam- EP already ruled out Khmer, Vietnam and Burma.- I am excluding Indonesia, since Jakarta is already a CS in the game.- I am also excluding far too obscure choices for the main public and nation's other names : Brunei (forgive me @Siptah ), Laos, Srivijaya, Majapahit, and so on.With these information combined, we have right now as most possible choices :- Malaysia : with a powerful and booming economy, it could also represent, instead of the "modern country", the ancient malay culture, which is certainly one of the most important in ASEAN history.- Philippines : it's a choice that for some reason seems to be quite popular among players, but if it is added, I believe it will more focused on the post-hispanic period rather than the the pre-hispanic.- Singapour : a modern City-state that is extremely wealthy, and may be the Venice.2 of civ VI.- Thailand : it already has a precedent in the Civ franchise (as Siam in Civ VI), and is the most tourist appealing nation in ASEAN. Everybody has heard about Thailand, may it be for the best or for the worse.On the african case, the choices are still very broad. However, following the same logic, we can already exclude some contesters for their capital being a CS in game :- Ashanti (Kumasi), Madagascar (Antananarivo), Swahili (Zanzibar) and Carthage (Carthage)Among the most possible choices, we 2 kinds of contestant civs : those that were already present before, and those popular among players that have yet to appear.- Ethiopia, Mali, Morocco, Songhai and Zulu are on the first category, thus making them high possible choices.- Aksum (despite it will probably merged within Ethiopia), Nubians, Numidians, South Africa and Zimbabwe seem to be the most popular african choices among players.Without EP's knowledge, Africa will far more troublesome to guess than SE Asian civ ...