My first game, which I have played till the end...
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Vassals: Moldavia, Transylvania, Hungary, Prussia, Riga, Alsace, Bourbonnais, Brittany, Corsica, Foix, Anhalt, Baden, Bavaria, Frankfurt, Cleves, Cologne, Mainz, Oldenburg, Saxony, Styria, Tirol, Wurttenberg, Portugal (13 provinces!), Brabant, Hainaut, Iraq and Bar.
SOI: all eastern europe states
Techs: 70/70/70/70/70 - 19 years ahead
sum of monthly investments: 3702 + 150.1 minting (0 inflation) - 711.2 tax (150%)/1905.8 production(162%)/1209.5 trade (177%)/25.6 gold
almost all of my trade centers are almost total monopolies (1 spot for foreigners) - merchantilist
Almost recovered Roman empire, just few provinces left.