So I was taking mid terms today, and I finished early and my mind started to wander, and it rested upon the idea of somehow getting Malta to be the center of a powerful empire. I honestly don't know I whole lot of Maltese History other then they were under Knights Hospitaller for a good while. I don't mean it has to be like Great Britain powerful Empire, but is a Venice or Genoa type of merchant empire possible, or is this ASB?