This is one of the craziest Britains I've seen for a while.
Playing as France, I logically warned England at the very start of the game. They annexed Connacht, and then DOW'ed Tyrone, which gave me the window to take them out. I quickly captured Calais, Gascogne and Saintonge and eventually knocked Portugal out of the war and my Scottish allies settled for a cheap peace. And then it became a waiting game. I built up my fleet to prepare for a landing in Kent, but before I could, rebellions popped up everywhere. Once Wales declared their independence, the English offered up Gascogne and Saintonge, and I quickly accepted to satisfy the mission.
Burgundy then DOW'ed England and took Calais. (It wasn't long before it defected to me, so I was cool with that.) Scotland was also opportunistic, and grabbed Yorkshire shortly after that. Tyrone took Meath and Connacht declared independence.
The rebellions continued for the next 60 or so years. And no, that isn't a typo. Competing armies of Welsh footmen and revolting peasants had conquered all the English provinces and would roam around laying siege to provinces each other had captured. Northumberland then declared independence and joined the party.
After several generations of more or less static war, several bankruptcies and at least one political upheaval, England finally found peace with Wales. Northumberland ran afoul of Scotland and was annexed, only to split off again in the Marches. They dominated central Britain for a while before they were beaten by the Welsh, losing most of their land in the process. Cornwall broke away, and has remained relatively peaceful.
Most recently, Glamorgan had a religious rebellion and declared for... Galicia? (Which is in its second iteration, this time as a merchant republic.)
Scotland has owned Yorkshire long enough not only to get its core, but to convert the culture to Scottish.
All the remaining Irish states are my vassals. Tyrone inherited Leinster, and has started colonizing Canada.
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UPDATE: Less than a year after this screenie, Scotland DOW'ed England, followed immediately by Cornwall and Northumberland. Cornwall took Wessex and Scotland took the two northern provinces. England is still fighting Northumberland, so it's possible that they'll be reduced to a OPM by the end of 1569.
Aside from annexing Connacht in 1400, I don't think they've won a war this whole game. I've never seen England spend this long being Europe's doormats.
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