1491-1500 Yup.
So there I was, killing Tims. Life was spiffy. As noted, I had a border with Castile. They declared Holy War!
Mmkay, time to kill more Spaniards. Castile had 3 provinces in easy reach, so I sieged all three locations.
Like all the others before, stacks came by sea and were completely wiped out. At first, he was sending in his troops 16k at a time.
I got another stab hit event in 1492, then wrapped up my war with Tims, but made them pay money this time, in hopes that they would start to collapse so I wouldn't need to send so many colonies!!
I was also hoping Bohemia would get their S together and start colonizing north of me for the same reason. I watched the back and forth between Bohemia and GH with mild interest.
The Castilian forces were horribly bad. I wasn't sure how they were winning any wars anywhere, other than just by blobbing. All I knew was... they fought with the fierceness of sheep!
I peaced out with GH again, happy to have them and Bohemia killing one another for me!
I restarted my invasion of Egypt with a wardec on the Mams.
Castile sent white peace offer. LAUGH! Die. More.
Tims were having some trouble with revolts after paying me money, and got into a TSC that would make them late for the restart of war.
I think I drained all of Castile's manpower, forcing them to start sending mercs. Way to scrape the bottom, boys!
Then I made peace with Mams on the following terms: You suck, give me land.
Then the Spaniards started sending fewer and fewer troops. What were they doing?! They were invading Russia. Mmmkay, guess I know where I will be going.
I gave GH peace again, still watching them fight the Bohemians. I got some popcorn. I killed more Spaniards!
After a delay, Tim war was back on! Revolts weren't totally out of control for them, so I sent in 40k to do it the oldschool way.
So, after 100 years, my country is the second largest economy (not a surprise, OE starts strong) my troops are -still- the best, and the rest of the world still sucks and can kiss the Sultans...
Anyhow, things were looking just fine in 1499. Sorry Loki, don't think there will be a collapse in my future, but who knows!
I had colonies growing in Tims all along the border by 1500.
At the very end of 1500, I gave Castile peace, they gave me all their money and their border province. They were down to 15k troops. LOL!
Oh, this was the map in 1499: